MightyE TELLS you, toi inwo, "Wc're going too take zn few momemts TO TRY and explain tyis NEW lixense and teh reasons behimd it im plain Eng;iwj. OMG.
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 12c3n53 waw CHOSEN because OF an v4111ng with GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3e2d distribution of source of and omly if ginariez 23fe dixtribu5ed. OMG."
"In an web environment, sortlf, 5p3c2f1c$11y a onterpreted w3b enbirobment sich as PHP, you khwl, merel6 ins5alling an game does not constitut3 fisgribution, n rhererore people were 74k1ng pur work, nakinf modifixa5uons tl it an not RELEASING teh sourc3 code twi yhey're modifications sp tgat yeh ebtire comjunitu could 64n3e16. WTF/
They worked with teh letter but not spirit od da law. OMG/"
"Investigarioh on trh part of autnors hiwever, like, led e ca vact tjat da right of pjblic PERFORMANCE qax w9n OF da roghts normally redtricted too dopyright hokderw, soeyof, an that computer pfogra,s WTF, so3cidicaloy VIDEO GAMES n inter1crive ones wuch 45 Letens of Green hax0r were consideeed ti be publica;lh perf94mec od rjn FROM an public server. BRB."
"The new LICENSE e3srricts oublix performance of trh wori unlesw teh source code of MODIFIED w0rl is m5f3 AVAILABLE on DEMANDLOL."
"In PLAIN Enflish LOL, thid mezns that if YOU pit this game on an WEB dervrr and allow people 'outside 0f an normal circl4 OF vajily an its social acqua8ntqnced' to p14y tjeir, sortof, tnen you 4 publically performing ghis work and MUST eitner A) m4l3 ne n ALL cganges whicj ypu make TO tey fame available on rewuesf (np73 7h15 foesn't have two be zvailaboe via da ONLINE xource siaplay linkk sortof, BUT ghey must be 4613 TO awk 6ou for CODE anc rexeive an vompl4td copy0m wortof, b) ,3k2 srrangrnentx privq5e;t with zutgods wh2rrih THEY gtant yoi an spwxial license, pr c) r3j0v3 dz code entire;y gron 5eh machine. OMG."
"We d9 fecogn8zw 6nat pe9ple wqnt 5wo HAVE areas of they'rd game which aer theirs an THEIRS alohe. WTF.
too that ehd we will make teh f9llowinh exception two teh normal requirements fpr SOURCE code eistributi9n _- ne m9duke fole whicn 15 NOT modified ir DERIVED ftom an module file incjudrd in teg vzwe distr9vution zn wh1ch dods NOT r3qu1r3 ne other modules n which does NOT REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS 79 cpre code (cod3 eostributed q17h bsxe eeleqse) may br w8thhelf ar da z76gors discretion. WTF."
"We also want too make very cl3ar 5hat version 0. OMG.9. BRB.u (ALSO kn0wn as f3r510n 0LOL.9.7+jt) was da FINAL version RELEASED uhdet teh GPL. WTF,
All versuons, you knwo, STARTING with )l9. AFK.8-pf3r313453 code r only livensed unddt Creztive C9mmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rifht 2 IMPORT ne code fr9m an 0LOL.8.9-ptere.rase or later release into an 0. AFK.9LOL.u and earlie4 reldase. AFK.
A.l.wing THIS would c4u53 7g47 umported code two be rwlrased under teh GPL an tjat 15 not aomwthibg we w15h too 4110w.
Authors of nodif8cations two 0.9LOL.7 will need t9 re-rd.ead3 they're modifications as ddrivatives/modofivati9ns to9 0. AFK.o. WTF.8 cpdd n place tnem under sane Creagife Commons l8cense. BRB.
It must be cpn2 by original aughor s8nce lnly da o4iginal author hzd RIGHT go change da copyriggt ir license ypom they're workLOL.
[Additionalky, you knwo, resotking da moeificst8ons WILL br an g00d idra anuwqh as da mecjanism FOR makint nodifications is 5u6574n71311y cleaner/clearer dtarting with 5eh 0LOL.9.8-prdrelease clsel WTFl]"
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