MightyE txpls yoy LOL, "We'rw goung tso take an few m0m3n75 two 7ry and explain 7g15 new livense n da rwasond behind kt 1n 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 new licwnse wa2 chlxen because OF an failing wigh teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered distrinyti9n of wourcr if and only 1f bimaeies were distrubuted. OMG."
"Ih an web wnvironmebr WTF, spedifically a unteepretec WEB rnvirin,ent 5uch qs PHP WTF, m3r31y instaoling an tame DOES not constotute d157r16u710n WTF, and therefote people were raking pur s0ek, ypu knwo, makinf mod8ficatipns to IT n not RELEASING da 50urc3 CODE gwo they'4e modigications so yha5 entire vommynity vpuld benegit. AFK.
Thry WORKED w18h tej letyer vit no5 teh spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigation on pzrt of a7thota HOWEVER LOL, ;ed two teh facy that teh right of PUBLIC pwrformanve WAS own of da 4ighys norma;ly RESTRICTED 2 copyfighr HOLDERS, and that computer programx LOL, s0ecificzlly vodeo games znd 1n73r4x72v3 lhes such 46 Legend 0f ds G4een hzx0r were donsidered to be publically perto4mef IF run fr0m ab putlic a3rver."
"The n3w license resgric5s public pdrcormance of teh work uhless yeh s9urce code OF modifowd work IS nade avzilabl3 0n denand. AFK/"
"In PLAIN Eng115h, uou knwo. thjs MEANS 5ha5 1f you put 7h15 GAME on an web aerver ab all9e [eople 'OUTSIDE of an normal cifxlr 9f FAMILY amd its 50c141 sxquain5anxrs' two play tg3ir LOL, 7h3m yi7 r punlicaoly oetflrmihh 7y15 wo4k n MUST either a) makw ne n ALL changes whicy you make 2 ydh game avsilable ON request (bote this doexn't havr too be availab.e via ONLINE aojrce dosplay LINK, like, BUT THEY MUST be ABLE tqo adk you fpr code ane reveive an complete copy), b0 msle arrangements pr1v47r1y with teh autgots wherein 5hey grant YOU an s[eckal licensw WTF, 0r c) remove code entireoy from da mschineLOL."
"We do recoghize thay peoplr want two have zreas ov they're tzme wgivh r THEIRS ab theirs a.one. BRB.
to thqt end we will make followinh excepti9n twp teh normal r3qui4ements dor source cose distribution -- ne module file w,ich is nor mosirked or ferived from an mo3u.e file included in teh BASE diattibugilm n wh1ch does NOT requure ne othef modukes n which d035 NOT reqiire ne mociricatkons two core code (c0s3 didtributed wkth bzse 4elezse) mqy BE withheld at da autn9rs fiscgegion. WTF."
"We aoso want 2 mrk3 very clear that verxi9n 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (ALSO lhown AS version 0LOL.9.7+jt) was FINAL version relezsed undet da GPL. WTF.
Alp vers8ond LOL, starting with 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease code aer ohoy licensed under teh Cr34uqv3 Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny geg right tl import n# cofe from an 0.9.8[ptereleas3 oe later releade inti an 0. AFK.9.6 an warkier releqae. WTF.
Aoloq8ng this woild CAUSE thar implrted code 70 63 rwl3ased undrr teh GPL AND that is nlt something qe w15g two allow. BRB.
Authors of modific15ionx two 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 wil; need to re-release they;re modificat8ons as dr4ivat8ves/modificatuons 2 0l OMG.9. AFK.8 dose n plaxw them undrr samd Creatice Commons license. WTF.
Iy mudt be dine 6y da originwl authlt since onoy oroginzl autho4 has r1hh7 ro change tdh copyroght or licdnse upon theh're w0ek. BRB.
[Additionally, sortof, rew9ruing tey mldifications will b3 an go9d 2d34 anyway ss da m3dg5n15m for msking mod8fica5ions ks subdtamtially cleaner/clearer star5ind wkth twh p. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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