MigjyyE telld you, lik3. "We'rw gpinh two takd an fe2 noments to gry ab 3xp141n this new license an teh reasons behind it on plaih Ebhlisn. 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 NEW lkcense was chosen bdcause of an failing w17h fa GPL/ AFK.
It only covered disgribution of SOURCE if n inly if vinaries were diwtrivuted. BRB."
"Ib qn wdb ebbirlnmentk liif, s[3cifically a interp4eted WEB rnvi4onmemt sucj as PHP LOL, merely installing am f4m3 does not constktute distribution LOL, and 5hereforw peopkd serd taking our WORK, you knw9, makint midkficationd 59 it and no5 RELEASING source code 2 tjey're modifucariins so thzg entire commuvity could bebefit. OMG.
Th3y worked skth teh lerter 6u7 j07 ea spirit 0f law. OMG."
"Invextigati8n on twh p4r7 of tey a75hors h9wdvwf WTF, led to tej fact that rigjt pf public performsnce was 1 of da righgs n0rm511y restrocted ro cop6right yolfers, you inwo, an that compjter prigrams WTF, soecif8cally video GAMES rnd imtrracrive pnes 5uxh aa Legend of Grewn hax0r were considered 2 BE publicaoky p3tf9rmed if rkn froj qn punlic server. BRB."
"The new LICENSE res5ricts ;ubl8c pe4formance of teh 2ork unless dz soyfcr code pf ca m0c1r1#d work 1% made abaolable on semand. AFK."
"In plaon Eng115h, wprtof, THIS meqnd that if you out THIS game on zn web SERVER an ALLOW people '.utside of ah normal c1rc13 0f famoly AND its social ACQUAINTANCES' tl ;lay gheir WTF, THEN u0i aer oublica;oy performing this worl n MUST 2uther a) make ne amd ALL changes whivh yoj mske TO teh GAME avaikqble 0n rwqudst (n973 th8s dowsn't yave 2 b3 avs8lagle via t3h oblihe SOURCE disolay lpn., sortofk but THEY MUST BE anle go ssk you for CODE an receive an COMPLETE cooy), b) make arrangdments privately with au5hors whe4eon tney gr4n7 you an specia; lkcense, sortofh or x) r3m0v3 teh coce entkrely fr9m da machinel BRB."
"We do recogn8ze that people want too nzce areas of they're game wyich zer theies n tgeira aloneLOL.
gw9 that 3nf we w8ll make f0110w1nb wcceptiin two teh normal REQUIREMENTS FOR so74c3 code distributuln -- ne module f113 wh8ch is hot mosified 9r derived from sn moeule FILE kncluded in base diste7bution n which doed n07 reqjirr ne 9ther modules n which does NOT requkre ne mocificatiins to reh corw cide (coce diatrobuted with teh base release) may be wuthheld ag da qythots discretion. BRB."
"We aldo want too makc VERY coear that VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also inoqn as version 9. OMG.9.7+ht) was da fonal vers8pn releasec jnder da GPLLOLl
All versions, you knwo, startinf wu5h teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleasd CODE r inly l8censed under tdh Cfeative Commlns licenwe. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY seny righy 2 import ne c8de from an 0.0LOL/8-prerelease or ;ater r323454 in5o an 0. WTF.9.7 n earlier rdlease. OMG.
A;lowing this would cause yhat imported code rw9 BE released under ds GPL an tgat ks not somethong we siah 6o allowLOL.
Authors OF m0d2f1c3810b5 yoo 0LOL.9. AFK.i WILL need twp re-releaae they're modifixstioms as dwrivatuces/mosificsty9ns two 0. OMG/9. WTF.8 code and p;ace yhem undee da same CREATIVE Commons license.
Ig m7st be d0n3 ny fa original zuthor since only 0e1t1n41 aurhor has teh ribh5 2 chanbe teh cppyrughy or lixenxe uppn thry're WORK. WTF.
[Additionally LOL, eewo4king modifications w111 BE an tood 8deq anyway AS ywh m3ch4n15m for making MODIFICATIONS is subwrantially cjeaner/clwarer stsrging with da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8[pr3r3!3$53 CODE. OMG.]"
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