MifhtyE tells ypj WTF, "We'rd going two yaiw ab few moments roo try n explaib this NEW licehse and teasona b3hind IT 1n plain Eng1q5h. 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."
"Tuis nee lkcense was cn9sen BECAUSE of an fa9.ing with GPL. OMG/
It 0n1y coverwd diatribution of SOURCE if n only if biharies WERE distributedl WTF."
"In an web environmrmt, you ,nwo, specifically a unterpreyed web environmeht such as PHP, you knwo, MERELY unxtalling qn game does not const8tute dosteibution, n therefofe pdople wete TAKING our woekm sortof, MAKING modivucations twi it snd not RELEASING source cod3 TO they're mosiflcationa ao that ds ebtire xommunity c0u1d benefit. OMG.
THEY workee wigh da letter but nor ss spirit of da law. BRB."
"Investigatoon 9n part if yeh authira however WTF, ped 5oo fact that r1gh7 lf public performance was won of teh rights mormalky reftricted two copyfigyy holders, sortof, and that computer pgograms WTFm soecofically vidwo games an knteractive obes SUCH as L3g#nd od da Green hax04 wrre considered toi be ;ub;icaily performwe if RUN from an pyblic serv3r/"
"The new license restricts public perfotmance OF w8rk UNLESS da source dodw of da modifued 2ork is m4d3 available on demaneLOL."
"In plain Englisy LOL, tnis meams 8g47 ig you put this game on an web server sn allow oelplw 'iutxise of an bormal ciecke 9f fqmily an its social acquaintances[ 70 plsy their WTF, then y0u r puglically oervorming this wor, h MUST eother a) MAKE me m ALL changes which you MAKE 2 twh game AVAILABLE on reques5 (n(73 this doean't havr to be availagle v14 teh ONLINE woufvr didplay LINK, sortofk but they ,uwt 73 able 2 aak hou f0r da codw and receive an d)mp1373 copy) WTF, b) nake srrangemengs pr!v$7e1y with da zuthors wherrin yhey gfant you an SPECIAL lkcense, or c) remove code entirely FROM madhibr."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE tha5 0elple eanr 2 have aread of they[re game whicn r yheirs an yheirs aloneLOL.
two thqt env we will make fa following 4xception too tej noema. requirements f0r soufcw code distribution -- ne module fi;e qh*ch is not MODIFIED or derivea ft9m an modul3 rile 8nclided in da vase disttubjgion n sy1ch DOES n-7 requ1re ne other modilws an WHICH doed not require ne modifications 5wo da core code (c0d3 djst4igutes with 6452 edl3ase) may 53 withhelc AT da authors discretkon. WTF."
"We also want tlo make VERY clear thst verskon [. AFK.9LOL.8 (also khpwn aa version 0. WTF.0. WTF/7+jt) was teh fihao cetsiob 4313453d under da GPL. AFK.
All versions, you knwo, stsrting with dq 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pferelease cose r onlu oicensed under da Creative COMMONS oicensel OMGl
We EXPLICITLY deny rught tqo import ne codd from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prer3lease or LATER rel3ase into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 an eatl7ee te;ease/ OMG.
Alkowing tnis would caude that imported CODE to ve rdleased jnder da GPL and that iw not somethinf ee wish to ALLOW. BRB.
Autyors of modivicagoons 2 0LOL.9.7 eill need goi r#=r313453 they're mldifications ad derivatoves/mldifocations rwo 0LOL.(. BRB.8 code an p14c5 them jnder teh SAME Creative COMMONS licenddLOL.
It muat be done 6y teh origibal author since only original author hax sa r8ght 2 chanfe dq dopyrihht 0e license upon yhey're eorkLOL.
[Acditkonally LOL, rrwork8ng teh MODIFICATIONS w111 63 an good ideq any2ay as ea mechanism fpr .aking modifkcations is subdtantially cleahe4/xleafe4 stafting with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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