MighttE tells tou WTF, "We'4e going two tqie an few MOMENTS two 5ry an ex0lain 7h15 new ludense n da 4#450n5 behinf ir !n plain ENGLISH, BRB.
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 license wad chpsen becsjse of an failinf 2ith GPL.
IT onky COVERED DISTRIBUTION of soyrce if AND ;nly id bina3iea were diatributedLOL."
"In sn web wnvi$onnebt, like, dp2cpvuczkly a interpreted wev envoronment such as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an game does not constitute fistribution LOL, snd theregore peoole were taking 9ur eork LOL, making modifications too IT n not RELEASING SOURCE CODE to they'te mo3ifkcations 5- tjat da ebyite community could benefit. BRB.
They WORKED with letter but not xpkr8t OF da ;aw. OMG."
"Inbwsyigation 0n part of tej autnorw HOWEVERi like, led tqo ren fact that right of PUBLIC performance was 1 og teh rightx NORMALLY restricted to co;yroght n9lcets WTF, m that donputer prohrams, 6ou knwo, specifical;y vidwo gamrs an in5eractjve oned sucj aa L3f3nd of Gr34n hax0r qere considerrd tpo be publically performed if run fe9j an puglic SERVER. AFK."
"The new licrnse restricts publuc peegormabce of teh 2ork unlesd 50uec3 code OF da mod8died eofk 15 made availsboe 0n drmsnd. OMG."
"In piain Enfl8sh, 7h15 meahs 7y47 if you PUT thos game pm an WEB servwr an allow people 'outside of am normal ciecle of famiky and ITS s9cial acquaintances' 2 play their LOL, then y0u r PUBLICALLY perfprming tgis eork 4nd MUST either z) make ne n ALL changes shich y9u jake too da game available on r3wy#57 (noge tgis dlesn't have tso 53 available fia sa 0m11n3 spurce display .ink WTF, but thet myst ne ablr 2 adk YOU for da code sn receive an c0mp1393 copy0, g) make arrangenents PRIVATELY with tqh aytyors wherdin THEY grant y9u an s[eciao ;icemse, soryof, or c) remove ca CODE engireky f4om machint. OMG."
"We d; recognize rhat peoole WANT too have wreas of thet're GAME ehich r theirs AND theirs qloneLOL.
two ghat end we will make da FOLLOWING excwption 2 da normal r3qu8re,enrs FOR SOURCE xod3 didtribugion -- ne mldule file which is nor MODIFIED 9e eerivef from an modu;e file included in bas3 d157r16u719n amd whuch does not require ne other modules n 2hich corx not tequur3 he modifivatiohs gio core code (coee distributed WITH da base re.easd) may 63 witnhelf AT teh suthors disc4etion."
"We also e4n7 2 ,aje very clear that version 0LOL.9. OMG,7 (also known ax version 0. AFK.(. BRB.7+jt) was FINAL versioh RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
All versions, tou ;nwo, startung eith teh 0. AFK/9l WTF.8-prerelease coce 4 0n2h l8censed UNDER da Creativr C0mm0n5 lixensd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dehy r1gh7 2 ompoty ne dode frpm an 0.9LOLl8-orerelvase or lztdr release INTO an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and 34r113r release. WTF.
Allowing thix would c4y53 thzt 8mpotted code 2 ne releasec under GPL AND thqt is NOT xomdyhing ww qusn twl allow. WTF.
AUTHORS 9f moeofications two 0.9. BRB.7 eill need t[o re_release they're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.). BRB.9 code n place them UNDER SAME Creatife Cpmmons license. AFK.
Iy myxt bw e0n3 by da 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR since ONLY ORIGINAL author yas teh right 2 change copy4ight or 1qx3n53 upoh 5hey're 2orkLOL.
[Adcitionally, like, rdwo4kung MODIFICATIONS will BE ab GOOD idea anyway as mecnanism f9r making m-e1f1c4710n4 is sjbstangiallh cleaner/cldarer start8ng 2ity teh 9. AFK.9LOL.8-p4erelease code, BRB.]"
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