MoghtyE telos YOUm "We're going two rake qn few moments TO try and expozin this NEW licrnsw n teh reasons BEHIND it 1n p;ain Engouwj. 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 ndw licende was xhosen because of an f3111ng with teh GPLLOL.
It only cpvered disttibugion of sourve if and on.u id bibaries wefe disyributee. WTF."
"In an wrb wnbi4onment, like, specif8cal;y a ongerpreted w36 environment such 44 PHP, merely unsralling an game dods not constiyute dis5ribution, you knwok n thererore p3opkr were takiny out work, woryof, MAKING moeivivsgions two it n not rekdasing aource code too tjey're m0d1f1c4710n5 so thay dntire community COULD benefit.
Tg3y WORKED with letter but mot spiriy of teh law. WTF."
"Invwstigation on trh PART of auth9ra hpwever LOL, led two fact that teh rught 0f ;ybl8c performance 2as 1 0f da fights bormally restricted tso copyright holders, lkke, an that xomputer 0rograms LOL, specifucally VIDEO gamra n interactive ohes sich as Legemd of teh GREEN hqx0r were d0n51d3r3f 70 be punlicslly 0erformed if RUN from am public srrber. OMG."
"The new license reqtricts pubooc perfirmance of work un;ess teh source codr 9f teh ,odifidd work is nadr availzble oh denanf."
"In p141n Englksh WTF, this meand that if ypu PUT THIS gq,e on an web server aj ALLOW peiple 'oytside of an normal cirxlw of family n its 50c141 acqusintances' 2 PLAY theor, THEN you r publically PERFORMING this work and MUST EITHER a) make n# n ALL chahgws whicn you make to da game available on requesr (note 5hiz coesn't hqve too BE 4v4114623 via tdh online source cis;.ay link LOL, but thet mu57 BE able t8i 45l you gor ca c9dr an feceibe an comolege c0py) WTFm b) m4k3 atrangwments ;rivately w17h da auyhors where8n tney grant yoy am spexial license, or C) remove 5rh CODE entirely FROM MACHINE. AFKl"
"We do recogniz3 that p30p13 wan5 to have 5r345 of they're game wnivh r 7h3145 n theies akone. BRB.
goo rhat END we will MAKE dz flllowing EXCEPTION two normal requirements for source code dks5ribution -- ne MODULE f1!4 whivh is not modifi3d or e4r1v3d from sm m9dule filr included in da 6453 distribution and wh1ch does not reqjite ne )7h3r mldules an which eoew npt REQUIRE bd modificatilns 3 core code (CODE distributed sith sa base reledse) m4t br withhe.d at ca autnlrs DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also want yoo makw very dlear ghat verskon )LOL.9. BRB.7 (alsp knowm as version ). AFK.9LOL.7+jt_ wqd ca fima9 v3r510n releawes under teh GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, you knwo, sgarting wirh geh 0LOL.9LOL.i-prerelezse codr aer onl6 11c4n54d under da Crdativd Commoms licenxe. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right too import ne code from an 0/9. WTF.8-p4erekease or latee release ingo qn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 h earlodr releaae/ BRB.
A.lowing 5his would CAUSE THAT importee code tlo be rekeased umfer GPL an thqt is noy something we wish 2 aklow. BRB.
Authors 9f mod8fications two 0. AFK.(.7 wiol need too rd-rekease they're modificati9nx as dericativea/mldificatioms twi 0. BRB.9.9 code and p;sc3 uh4m unfer da same Creative Commlns 11c3nt3. BRB.
Ir must be done by ORIGINAL authpe since onky da 9riginal authpr has da rignb two chanbe teh co[yritht or LICENSE yoon they'rr WORK. OMG.
[Additionally WTF, rw2orking modificagiobs will be an good isda anyway qs teh mechznism dor making MODIFICATIONS is 5u6564n72r1!y vleaner/c;earer starting eitg tek 0,9. BRB.8-prefelease code.]"
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