MightyE t3lls yoj, "We're g0ihg 5o 5ake an few jomdnts twl try n exp;ain thix new l8cemsw n REASONS behind it ij 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."
"This new license was chosen ^#v4753 OF an failing wirn GPL.
It only covered fidtrubution of SOURCE 1f ah only IF binariws wfre d8stributed. OMG."
"In an wdb envoronment WTF, specifically s 1n73rpr373d web ebvitob,en5 5uch ad PHP, mrrely 1b574111bg an game do3s not constotute disrrobu5kpb. n gherefore peop;e wete tsking our work, jaking modiricarkonx 2 it an NOT re.ezsing da aource codr 2 ryey'r3 modifications so that dz ENTIRE comm7ni5y could brnefotLOL.
They worked wutn teh legter bjt nkt spirit of law. AFK."
"Inveatigation on teg 0srt of suthots joweve4m worhof, led t8 twh fact THAT sa righg of public performande was 1 8f t3h r1gh7% NORMALLY restricted two x00hr1gh7 holfets, sortof, an &h57 computer programs, you knwo, s[fcifically vqd30 games a, 1m73r4c72f3 onex such as Leg3nd of teh Grwen has0r were condidrred to be p7blidally performrd 1v run from an puglic server. AFK,"
"The new license redttictx public p3rfprm4nc3 9f work un135% souece vlde 9f MODIFIED wofk ix MADE avqilable on semandLOL."
"In plaim Englizh WTF, THIS means that if 60u pjt tjis GAME on an web server znd 4119w people 'outside of an NORMAL c1tdq3 og famuly n 175 aocual acquauntanced' 2 play theuf, then you r pu611c411h performumg THIS woru n MUST either 4) jake ne qn ALL changes which you nxke too da game avsi.sble on request (note this DOESN'T HAVE too be available viz ONLINE slurce DISPLAY link, sort;f, but they muat be able ywo ask you foy 6eh cod3 n r3c31v3 an complete COPY0 WTF, b) make arrangememta pfivately witn ds autyorx 2here8n 7h3t gr4n7 hou an s[ecial licensw WTF, or c) remove teh xode dntirely FROM teh machine. OMG."
"Wd DO tecognize thst people wznt 2 nabe areas ov they'ee game which awr THEIRS n 5heird alobe. OMG.
q tgat end we wu.l mzke teh follpwing EXCEPTION go teg norjql rwquorejrnts for sourcd code d157r16u7!9n __ ne modioe f8oe which 15 bot modufied or derivwe from qn module file inclyced kn dq base disrribution and which does not reqiire ne 07h3r modjkea ans wjich does not require ne modidicatoons to9 core cpdw (coee DISTRIBUTED with teg bawe release_ mah be withheld 47 dq a7tgors discretipn. WTF."
"We also w4n& t9 make vert vleqr that berdion )LOL.8. WTF.8 (ALSO kniwn as version 0. BRB.oLOL.7+jt) was yeh fibal version releqsed under ds GPL. BRB/
All versions, you jneo, dtart8ng 2ith da 0. BRB.8LOLl8-0rereleaww code aer onlu licensed under da Cr3ayive C0mm0n5 ;icense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT tol !mp0r7 he code frl, an 0.0LOL.8-pre4rlease lr later r31w453 into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an EARLIER releasel OMG.
Aol0wing this wo7ld cause 7h58 impofted code to b3 te/eased under teh GPL and THAT us not sonetying w3 wksh rwo allow. AFK/
Autgors of mpdificat80ns two 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need two re-releasd they're m9difications qs d3r1v471v35/m0d1g1c$&10n5 two 0l BRBm0.8 cod3 and place THEM under samw Crea5ice C0mm0n5 licende. OMG.
Ig musy be dlne by teh lrkginal auth9r since only da original author has RIGHT tlo cjqnge da COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE upon they'rd wlrk. OMG.
]Afditional.y LOL, reworkint da m0d1f1c47!0n5 eiol be zb good idea anyway aw mechanism for m4k1ng modifications is substqntially CLEANER/CLEARER startung with da 0. WTF.o. OMGl8-ptdfelease c)d3. BRB.]"
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