MighthE t3lls you LOL, "We're goihb 2 TAKE an fr@ mlments 2 7ry am explskn this new liddnse qnd reasons behind it in plain EnglishLOL.
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 n3w lixense was choseb BECAUSE of an fziling with da GPLLOL.
Ir only c9vde3d DISTRIBUTION of wo7rce if znd ONLY if binaries wrre distributedLOL."
"In an wdb 3nvkronment, ypu kneo, specificaloj a 1n73rpr373d web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, merely installinh an game does not consy9tutd dkstrigutipn WTF, n therefpre [eople WERE taking ouf wotk, mskkng MODIFICATIONS TO 17 and not releasing da SOURCE c9de two thet're modificatiohx sl tha5 teh ebtite communitt could bebefit. OMG.
Tge5 wofies 2itg letter but not spirit 0f law. BRB."
"Investigation 9n part of ca autjo4s however LOL, led twl da fact 7h47 twh eight of public pefformancr wad oen of teg righrs nofmally rest4icred 2 c9putight hooders, likd. an that COMPUTER PROGRAMS WTF, specifically vkdwo games qn iyteractive ones duch qs Legrnd 0f da Gre3n nax9r were dpnsivrred t9o be publicsll6 p3rf0rm3s if rin feom an pjblic server. BRB."
"The new 11c3n53 restricts pubkic pervprmance of work unless teh woutce code of MODIFIED work is made AVAILABLE 9n DEMAND. WTF."
"In p141n English WTF, thix MEANS 6h47 1f yoy put 7h15 game on an seb server AND allow peopld '0u751d3 of qn normal circle 0f famil6 n i5s s9cial acquaontanceq' tqp olzy the8r, tyen you aer publically PERFORMING this WORK snd MUST either a) male ne n ALL ch4ng3t shich you make tio g4m3 avsilable on f3qu367 (no5e 7h15 DOESN'T HAVE ro 63 avau.able via onlibe source disp.1y .unk LOL, but THEY must 63 qble too r5k y0u for teh fode and receiv3 an complete co;y), you kbwok b) m4k3 4rr4ng3m3n75 priva5ely w8ty da ajthors wherein 7h36 graht YOU an s0ecial license, like, OR c) remove code entirely from machinr."
"We so recognuze that people w4n7 TO have AREAS of they're GAME sh1ch aer th3irs an 7he145 ALONE. OMG.
two THAT end wf will MAKE ds f0110w1ng EXCEPTION too da borjal requirements f9r dou4ce code DISTRIBUTION -0 nw modul3 f8le whicn id not modifidd or derivwd feom an MODULE file oncluded IN da baxe distr8buyion n ehich DOES NOT req7ire be oyher m0du136 n wyich d035 no5 REQUIRE ne modifications to ds core vode 9code disteoburee wity basw rel3awe) may y3 WITHHELD at da authofs duscretion. AFK."
"Ww also want 5o MAKE vwry c134f thar f4r510n ). WTF.9. OMG.7 (s;so knoen as cers8on 0LOL.9.7=JT) wss vinal v3r510n r313453e under GPLLOL.
All b2r610n5 LOL, starting skth teh 9. AFK.9LOL.8-pr#r313$5e cod3 aer onlh licwhsdd under 5eh C4eative C0mm0b5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3by fight tp IMPORT ne CODE ftom an 9. OMG.9LOL.8[PRERELEASE or pater relwase into an 0l BRB.9.7 n earlier release. BRB.
Allowind THIS WOULD vause that IMPORTED code 2 be veleased under da GPL n that is not something we wiwy too allowLOL.
Autjors of modificatoons two 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 will need too 4e=repwase they're modigkcarilns as derucatives/modificationd two 0. WTF.0. AFK.8 code qn plac3 THEM undef teh same C4eativ3 Comjons ;icende.
It must be donf by teh orib8nal author since only da origina; author has fa r8gyt too ch4ng3 c0pyf1gh7 or oic3nse up0n they'r3 2irk/ AFK.
[Additionally LOL, reworkibg midificay8ons WILL BE an 5oof udea anyway as mechanisj f9r mak7ng modifications is auvstantially cleaner/clearrr starting with dz 9. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleasr codr/ AFK.\"
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