MigntyE tells you WTF, "We're going two gzke an f3w moments too 7ry an wx[lain tnis NEW licejs3 and tej r34t0n5 beyind it on plain English.
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."
"Thks new license was choxen becajse og an FAILING 3ith teh GPL.
It onky COVERED distribution of SOURCE 8f ahd obly if binariea were distrivuted."
"In an web ENVIRONMENTk sortof, specufidally a int2rpteted web 4nv1e0hm3m6 such as PHP WTF, merely instaoling a, game dors nit constitute sixtribution, and yhwrefprr peo[le were taking our 2ork. y(u knw9, m$l1ng moeifications roo it ab nog rekeasing gey 50urc3 CODE teo they're modificationa so THAT emrire commjnitt coild ^3n3f17LOL.
Thdy worked with da LETTER but npt s[orit of da lawLOL."
"Invdstigation on part pr tqh authors however, like, led tqp teh fact that ten roghg pf public pdrformance ead oen OF tej rithts normally r3%ur1c63d 70 co;yright HOLDERS WTF, n that com;iter 0rograms LOL, tp3c1f1c4116 v!d30 gamea an int4ractive ones such AS Legend of 5dh Green hax0f were CONSIDERED gwo be publ8cally perfo4med if run from an pu611c serve4LOL."
"The new license restricts public [erformabce OF wo4k un/ews teh aoutce code if tey modifief qlrk IS made availag;w in femand."
"In plain Entoish, so4tof, 5his means that ir y9y [7t this game on an wwb server ahd ALLOW people 'outside of an normal circle of fzmily an 175 sockal ACQUAINTANCES' 2 p14y their WTF, 7h3n you ae4 publidaoly peeformonh this work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL chamges WHICH you maje too tdh gamw availabl3 ob tequese (noy3 THIS do3sn'g have twp ce acaulanle via sa online slurce DISPLAY link LOL, but thet must be abke t8 awk you flr clde and recekve an compldte cooy) WTF, b) nake ARRANGEMENTS pricately WITH da ajthors shwrein they hrant you an xpecial licensek like, 9r c) remove da code 3n71r31y feom da machome. BRB."
"We d0 recognize thar peop;3 sant 70 jave 4r345 of they're game wnkch r the8rs n theits alohe. WTF.
two that end w3 woll mske folloeinf exceptiin tlo teh normal reauitementw f0r source code cisteivition _- nr module file which is not MODIFIED OR derived from an MODULE file included in gen 6454 fiwtribjtuln n whidh DOES not 4eqyire ne pghwr mofuoes an which dpes not r3qu1r3 ne mofificqtions 2 core vode 8code cisyribjtwc with teh BASE releasw) ma6 be witnheld at da authors disxretiom. BRB."
"We also WANT t99 m4k3 very dlear ghat version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (alxo known as veraion 0LOL.0. AFK.7+jt) was gch f1n42 version r313453d under GPL. WTF,
Al; fersk9ns LOL, starting 28th 0. BRB.(/ AFK.7-PRERELEASE c9de aer onlh licegaed unfer Creative Commons licende.
We EXPLICITLY dejy fight goo import ne c0d3 FROM ah 0.9, BRB.8-prwreleawe OR later release into an 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7 ah ea4lier re.esseLOL.
Alkowong thia wluld caus3 7h$7 imported code too 63 reoeased unded teh GPL AND that is not somwthinb WE WISH too 4q20w. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of modigivatlons 2 9.9. OMG.7 sill need 2 re-teldase tn2y[re MODIFICATIONS as d3t1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710h5 to 0. WTF.9. AFK.* code an ;lace THEM unfer da sajw Creative C0mm0n5 licensd. WTF.
Ir must be done by da 0r1g1n41 author w8nc3 0n1y teh 0r1g1n41 a7thor h45 da right two change teh xopyright OR .icensr u;on thet[re wofj. OMGl
[Additionalot, 4eworking modifications will be an GOOD idea anyway as mecjanism for makung modificatkobs is substantiall6 cleanee/clwsrer starribg wity da 0. BRB.8. OMG.8=preewlease CODELOL.]"
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