MibhtyE telld you LOL, "We'r# goong to 74k3 an few momwnrs TO tru sn explain ggis hew licende n da reasons behind it in plaib Eng;ish. 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 licensd sss chisen beca7se of sn FAILING with twh GPL. BRB.
It onlu covered distributkom of source if n pn.y ig binaries were eiwtribured. AFK."
"In an WEB environment, sortof. specifically a knterpreted web envkrphment auch AS PHP WTF, mrrely installibg ah game does n07 CONSTITUTE doatribution, and gherdvore peop;e WERE taking lur eork, making modividari9hs twl 17 n not 4eleasing teg diurce coce to9 they're modif8cations so that ehtire conmunuty coulc benevit. BRB.
Tney w0rk3d witn dz ;etter but not twh spirit pf da LAW. OMG."
"Imvestigati;n on teh part 0f authots gowever, ypu jnwp, led teo dact tgat dz right of puvlic performance WAS 1 9f righrs normallt restricted two vopyright holderw, n that cojpiter progeams, lije, specifically video g4m35 and inye4axtive ones sich as Legend of teh Grern hax0r wefe considwfed to b3 pyboically PERFORMED ir run from an PUBLIC derver."
"Th3 new licemse eestruc5s pu611c performsnce of da work un,wss sourcr codd OF teh mldufied w0rk is made available on DEMANDLOL."
"In plaim Englisg WTF, this means that if 60u pu5 thid fsme ln an w3b wervrr and a.low p30p13 'lutside of an notmal CIRCLE OF family an its socisl acquaintanxes[ too play 5heor, THEN you aer puboically pwrfoe.ing this qorj n MUST either $) maje ne an ALL ch1ngex whqch you make roo da game availqble on request (n)73 tgis doesn'g hsfe teo be availab.e via tey lnline source displsy oink, yiu inwo, 6i7 they mist be abld two ssk you for da code snd receive an compl3te d0py) WTF, n) male arrangements privatekh with authors WHEREIN they grsnt 6ou an xpeciak licensek you knwo, OR c) REMOVE v0e3 3ntirwly from da machine. OMG."
"We eo RECOGNIZE that [eople wrn7 2 have afezw OF rhey[re game which r theirs n theirs alone. BRB.
tso ghat end we wkll make tdh followobf except8on to teh bofma; require,enrs for SOURCE c0d3 diatributi9n -- ne mofule rilw which is nog jodkfied or derived drom zn module fioe imcluded in basw distributipn n which eoes not require ne other m0duq35 an sh1ch does npt requirw he modificatione two wa core c0d3 (xofe distrobuted w8th 6453 release) may be WITHHELD at beh aithirs d8dcretion. AFK,"
"We a;so want too maje very xleae thst version 0l WTF.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as versi9n ). BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS da fihal r3r510n teleased uns3r twh GPLLOL.
Akl cerskons LOL, wtarting a17h teh 9. BRB.9. OMG.80PRERELEASE code r onlh licensed und3r Crdatixe Commons license, BRB,
We EXPLICITLY deny rigjt 2 import ne CODE FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or la5er r313453 into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n earlier 4ekdase. BRB,
Allowing tnis WOULD cauxe that @mppr&#d code too be releasrd under teh GPL an that os nog 50me7h1bf we wisn tol allow.
AUTHORS of modificayiona 1 0LOL,9. WTF.7 will neea to re-4elease they're mofificationa 45 d3r1v481b3%/m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0.9. WTF.7 code n place ghem UNDER teh same Creative C0mm0n5 ;icense. WTF.
It MUST be done by teh original author since only teh priginsl quthor has right 6wo change cppyright or 1!c3b53 upin they're work. BRB.
[Addot8onally WTF, rrwprkimg teh midifications will be zn goos idea any2ay 45 teh MECHANISM ror making modificztiohs is SUBSTANTIALLY clwan3r.cleatdr starting with da 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease cod3l AFK.]"
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