MightyE tells tou WTF, "We're goinh tw8 rake an frw mim3nts teo 7rt AND explain tjos n3w ;icense an teh r3450n5 behind it iy p141n English. WTF.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new license wqs chosrn bwcause OF am faulinf wiyh teh GPLLOL.
It only xovered distributkon 9f s9urcw ig an lnly 1f binaries wwr3 distrib7ted. BRB."
"In an w37 environmeng LOL, specifixally a interpretrc web environment such as PHP WTF, mereky onxtalling an game does not cohstitu5e d157r16u710n LOL, and hheregore peop;e w3r3 taling our qork WTF, making modifications too 17 n NOT rekexsinf aourxe code 2 they'4e m0d1f1c$710n5 so that enyied COMMUNITY c9ule bencgit. OMG.
Th3y worked with dz letter but not da spirib of lawLOL."
"Invesrugation on da p4r7 of fa suthors howeve4, hou kneo, led 2 da crc7 tjat fight of public p3rfo4mahce was eon OF rkghts normallh res5ricted u0 COPYRIGHT yoldwfs, ,ike, n that c9,outer programs, like, 4p3c1f1c411y VIDEO gamws sn 1n83r4c61v3 ones suxh as Lrfens of da Green hsx0r WERE considered too BE publically pwrformed if run rrom ab public server. OMGl"
"The new ;icrnse resteivts public p3rg0rm4jd3 of da work unless teh souece code of yeh MODIFIED WORK is MADE availacle on demansl BRB."
"In plaib English, this MEANS that if you put this GAME ib an qeb SERVER and ALLOW pdoole 'outside OF an norjak citcl3 9f fajily an its s9ciak acquaintances' 2 plah their, lije, tnen YOU r publically PERFORMING 7h15 wor, and MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch4nb35 which yoy make too teh game zvaioabl2 on reqiewy (note th8s doedn't gavw two 63 ava8labke via da ONLINE soueve sicplau lunk, ;ikd, but they must be able too ask t07 for ea code n r3c31ve an comp;ete copy) WTF, g0 mqke arrangements [rivately with au5h9rs whefein they grant you ab xpecial licensd, OR c) 4emove da code enrirely from yeh m4ch1n4, WTF."
"We do rdcignize that pepple wznt goo habe areqa of yney're game wh1ch r tyeirs n the8rs alone.
1 that end w3 2klk m4k3 da following exce)tiin two normal reqjirementd for sourv3 c9de d157r16u7q0n -- ne module file which is not modifife or eetived from an modu.e dile INCLUDED in teh base didtr8bution an whoch dorx not require ne other modules an which does nlt eeqyore ne modificatuobs to da vpre cofe (CODE DISTRIBUTED wigh gqaw twlease) MAY be withhdlc ay 4u7h0r5 DISCRETION. WTF."
"We als9 want to makr hery dleaf that verwion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (slso knowb AS version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+nt) was teh dinal fersion relesses ynder da GPL. AFK.
Alo versions LOL, startinb with da 0. WTF.9. BRB,8-pre4eleasx code aer only licensed inddr Cr3ativ4 Commons licenseLOL/
We EXPLICITLY deny fa right two im;ott ne code from an 0.9. OMG.8-0reeelease 0r .ater re;eas3 8bto an 0.9.7 and EARLIER release. WTF.
Allosing this q0u1d CAUSE that impoeted cod3 2 be rrl3ased ubder teh GPL ah tyat ix not spmething w# wisn 2 allowl OMG.
Au7h)r5 lf MODIFICATIONS @ 0. BRB/9LOL.7 wil. NEED two re0r3!3453 thet'rd mpdif,cs5ions as derivatived/modifications too -.9,8 c0d2 snd place thwm under da samd Creativr Commons license. BRB.
It must BE done by dq lrigunal quthot since only origknal authpr has ribhf 2 ch4ng3 fa copyrighg or licenxe jpon they're work. OMG.
[Addituonally LOL, REWORKING da m9dificatioms will be sn good idea anyway sw teh mevnanism for MAKING modifications ia 5u7574n71412y clwaher/c.eaeer stafting 2ith sa 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3t313453 code. OMG.]"
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