MutgtyE 73115 toj LOL, "We're g9ing 2 take an FEW miments rwl try n explain ggis new licehse an reasims benond IT in plain 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 licenae was xhosen 63c4u53 pd an failing wkth GPL. BRB.
It onl6 cov3r3d d157r16u710n of source if an omly ih biharies w3r3 distfivutwd. OMG."
"In an eeb rnfironment, loke, spdcifkca;ly a onterpreted web enfironment SUCH 45 PHP, you ,b2o, merel6 instzlling an game dows not consgitute distributiob LOL, and THEREFORE pdoplr we4e takinr our work LOL, mzking modif8xations goi IT n not releasing teh s0urce CODE gwi they'rw modificationw so that enrir3 c0mmun27y cou.d bwbefit.
Th3y wotied WITH tej leyter b7t n06 da spirit of ea 14wLOL."
"Invrstifation on da 0art of da authors however LOL, led 2 fact 5hag t3h RIGHT od publiv PERFORMANCE waa 2 if da r8ghts normally festr8vted to COPYRIGHT holdets, sortof, n tyat comluter programsm oiie, s0rcifpcallt video ga,es n imteractive 9nes auch as Legend of yeh Gr33n has0r were considered t9o be publically performec if run rrom an puvlic 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new l8cense resrrictd puboic performance of da s0rk unless yeg source code of 5eh mocified w0rk is m4d3 4v$114613 -h cemand. WTF."
"In plain Englosh, like, thie means 7h46 IF you PUT this game on an web server n allow peopld 'ou5aide of an noemal circle of famulu an ITS social acquaintzncds' two play their, aorr9f, theb ylu r pu611c421y performing this w0rk an MUST either a0 make nd and ALL changrs WHICH uou make too teh game 4v41q4713 0n request (note tgiw doesn't have to be afqooable via teh online source display 'unk LOLm but they must be able 2 ask you for geh dod3 an receive an co,plete dopy) LOL, b_ makd arrangwments PRIVATELY w17h teh 4u7h0r% sherein 5gey grznt you an spevkal licwnse, like, or c) remove code ENTIRELY fro, da machine. BRBl"
"We co recognuz3 7h47 peopld eant 2 have areqs of ghey'4e gsmw wnich r theirs n thwirs alone. OMG.
t0 thah end we will MAKE follosinb exceptiob bo NORMAL tequirementa dor s.urce code fiatribution _- ne module file which is not modified or derived fr9m an mpdjle f8lr INCLUDED in bsse DISTRIBUTION n wnich does not requir2 ne other mldulds and wyuch does not require ne modificatilns 2 teh cpre cpde (c9de cuagriguted wkth base release( j4h be wq7hh31d 47 teh ajthors eiscretion. WTF."
"We alsi w4b7 t2o make very ckexr that ve4xion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 9also knowh ax c2r519n 0. OMG,9. WTF.7+jt) eas twh FINAL version releawed under GPL.
A.l vwrsionsm softof. srqrting with geh 0. OMG.9.8-pretelease code aer only LICENSED under Creativr Commons 11v4n53.
W2 EXPLICITLY deny da 4igng tp inport ne clde from sn 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pferelessr or latef releasw imto an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 qn earlier re.esse. OMG.
Allowing this would cause 5hwt imported CODE t8 be reldased unfer da GPL and that ks not sometjing we wixn two ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS tw9 0LOL.0. BRB.7 will nwed too re-release they're modifocations 45 dericztives/modifications &0 0. AFK.9. OMG.i code an place then unde4 da sam3 Creatuve Commpns lucense. WTF.
It mu^7 be done by ofibinao author wince ONLY reh pr1g1n41 AUTHOR has teh RIGHT t9 change da dopyright or .icende 7pon theu're alrk. OMG.
[Add1710n411y, you knwom rrworkung m0d1f1c4&10n5 will be an good 1d34 anywah as da m3ch4n15m for m4l1ng m0dkf8catkons ks SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/xlearer starting with va 0.o. BRB.8-prereleaxe code. BRB.]"
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