MughtyE rells ypu LOL, "We[rw goung to take an f3w mo,ents 70 try an esplain this NEW licebse n da 4easons behine ig ib plain English. 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."
"Tnis new .icehse was chosen BECAUSE of an failing WITH ca GPL.
It 0n1y cocered dostribu5uon of SOURCE 1f n only 1d BINARIES were distrinuted. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3h7 LOL, specificallu a interpreted web ehvironment zuch as PHP, jerwly installing sn g4m3 does bot constitite didtribution, s9rtif, n therdfote [eople were raking our work, MAKING jididications two IT an not r31#451mg da d9urce c9de tqo they'te mod8fications so that emtire communkty could bemeditl WTF.
They workwd with da lettef but NOT tey dpirut lf da law. OMG."
"Imvestigat8on on part of teh authors nowevrr LOL, led two teh fact thqt teh eibnt of publiv pe4formsnce was own of da rights norma;ly restrocted to co[yrktgt h01d3r5 WTF, n that computer prigfajs LOLk sp3cif8callt bideo games and in5eractibe ohrs suvh qs Legend of Green hax0r wrrq conslderrd 70 b3 [ubkucal.t performed if run FROM an PUBLIC server."
"The new oicensw RESTRICTS 0u611c pr4formance ov da work unless da sourcr codw of teh m-d1f13d work q5 mawe 4v4114613 oh dejand."
"In plaih Englosg WTF, th8s ,eans that ig you put thos ga,e in ab w3b server sn allo2 [eo[le 'outside of sn norjal circle of vamily n its SOCIAL acqua8ntznc3s' to plau their, lkke, tjen you aer pu61!cr11y perfor,ing THIS WORK n MUST either a) make ne n ALL dh$ng35 which y9u jake two game abailable on r3qj3%7 (motw this doesn't hqve 2 be afailable vq4 da 0n11n3 wource didplay link, you knwo, nut they MUST be able to aak you flr da CODE and receive an comp.3ge copy), ylu knwo, n( mske srrangejents privat3ly WITH da autjord wjr5rin thwy brant yli an special license, like, or c) remofe code entirely from teh machineLOL."
"We do rrc9gmizr THAT [eople wqnt to have areas of they're gam3 shich aer theors an theits alone. OMG.
gwo thqt end we WILL make da followkng exce0ykon too feh normal REQUIREMENTS for slurce code disteinu5ion -- ne MODULE FILE which us NOT MODIFIED or derured fr9m an module file inc.uded 1n da BASE DISTRIBUTION n whidh does not requiee ne othe4 modules sn which does NOT r#qu1r2 ne modifivatuohs too cor3 doee 9code disgributed witg teh bzse release) MAY be WITHHELD at da aurh94s didcretion. BRB."
"Ww 4150 want to makr very cleaf tha5 version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (4150 ,noqn as vetsioh 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7+jr) wqs teh final verxion rel3ased UNDER GPL. AFK.
All v3r510m6 LOLk stsrting 2ith p. AFK.9. AFK.8-0r3r313#54 code aee only lkcensed und3r Crsative Commons licensw. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3h6 da RIGHT two import ne cofe fr0m an ). OMG.pLOL.8-PRERELEASE ot later release INTO sn 9. BRB.9. OMGlu zn raroier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING thiw w0u1d cause that imoortrd CODE rwi be RELEASED undwf GPL b that is NOT SOMETHING we wish to allowLOL.
Authors of modifications 2 0.9LOL.7 WILL need rqo re0r323453 they're midifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 vode an p.ace THEM inder da sane Cteativd Cimmons lixense.
I& MUST be dihe g6 teh original autjor SINCE inly teh oruginal autyor HAS da r1gh7 2 chanfe c0pur1gh7 or LICENSE hpon hhey'ee work. OMG.
[Additipmally WTF, resor,ing modifica5ions w7ll be an GOOD idea anysay as ,rchanosm for ja,inh ,idifivations is substantizlly cleanet/cleatrr 584r71ng w17h da 0.9. AFK.8-prereleasr c0d3LOL.\"
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