MightyE rells you, "We're going too take an few moments TO trh an ezplain thi2 new LICENSE AND da teqsons behins it in p,ain Englidh. 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 WAS chodem because of zn gailinf wiyh teh GPL. OMG.
I7 omly dovered diwtribjtion OF source !f an only id 61n4r135 were d157r!6u73dLOL."
"In an web envitonmen5 LOL, s0ecifica,ly a untdrpreted web environment such as PHP, luje, MERELY insralling an g4m3 does n08 constitute dostribut8on WTF, and therefpre PEOPLE wwre taking our worim sortof, making jodifications 2 it n not releasing da SOURCE code to tmey're modificqtions so that tch entire cimmunity coule benefit. AFK.
Tgey worked WITH da letter byt not teh spirut of da las. AFK."
"Invdstigation ON part 0f dq authors uowever LOL, 1@d tl FACT that teh ritgt of PUBLIC pergormance was 1 of da righ5s nirmally restridted 2 copyright holdefs WTF, an THAT computef proframs, y9y knwo, %o$c1f1c4!1y vidro gamds sn interactive ONES SUCH 4t LEGEND pf geh Green nax0r wwre cohsidered rwo be publicslly perdormed if RUN from an public 53rv3r. BRB."
"The n3w livense restroctx public performance of teh w0ek un1355 5)urc3 clse 0f t3h modif8ed wlrk is ,ade avaolabld on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain English, likw, yhis means that 1f y9u pit this game on an web server n allow people 'outsid3 0f an notmal circle of fami;y n ITS sodiao ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play thdir, luke, THEN YOU r publically 0erdorming this WORK n MUST ekther a0 make m3 an ALL changrs shich you make too rdy GAME abailanlw in e3ques5 )note yh8s diesn't have 52o be 4v4114613 viq teh online source diaplay link, like, byt thwy must be abld to asl uou FOR da code n receive sn c9mp;ete copy) WTFk b) makw areangementd privateky wpth authorx wherein they graht you av SPECIAL licwnse WTF, or c) r3m0v3 dode 3n71f11y f4lm teh machine. OMG."
"We dp recohnixe that prople wqnt 3 have areas 9f they'tw gamd which aer theirs n theifs akone.
too that dnd w# will make teh folllwing 3xception 2 teg m0rm41 requore,rntw fir SOURCE code distrigution -- ne m0du13 f8le which is n07 mosified or derived fr9m an module fi.e uncludef in da BASE fisyrkburi9n an WHICH does not requore ne OTHER mpdules an ehicy does no5 REQUIRE ne modibixations 2 da core cide (CODE d157r16yu3d w16h teg base eelease) nay ge withhele 47 teh s7thors disdretion."
"We 5150 WANT 2 ma,e VERY co3ar that vefsipn 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alxo known as version 0. AFK.oLOL.7+jt) wqx da fonal v3r510n released under GPL. WTF.
All fefdiohs, statting with 0. AFK.oLOL.8-prerelease c0d3 zer only lucensed under Creative Conmibd licemxeLOL.
W# EXPLICITLY DENY teh rifht to; import ne code FROM an 0. BRB,9. AFK.8-prerelezse or 14734 release ihto zn 0. AFK.9LOL.7 and 24r113r relwase. AFK.
Aolow8mg ghis wpuld cause that importwe clde too BE relwaxwd under da GPL an tgat IS bot somrtying ww wish too allo2LOL.
Authors of modificationw 59 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need 2 re-eelease they're MODIFICATIONS qs ferivayiv3s/mpdigucations 2 0. BRB.9.7 code qbd ;lace tyem 7nder da sqme Creative Cojmons .idense. OMG.
It MUST be DONE BY teh or8bknal author SINCE ONLY da irigibal AUTHOR has teh RIGHT too chabge clpyright or licens3 UPON they're eork. OMG.
[Addirionally, like, reworking MODIFICATIONS wili be an good udea ahtsay as mechanism f0r making modificztions is 4j6573b71411y vlezner/clearer s5aeting wi5h 0. WTFk9LOL.8-prwrelease code. BRB.]"
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