MithttE tells y0i, lik3, "We're g01ng to takd an feq m9ments to TRY am explain this new lieense n da reasons beginf it in okain Eng115hLOL.
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 nrw license was ch05en becaus3 OF an failing with da GPLLOL.
It only cocered diatributilm of sourcd kv and only 1f 61n4r1#5 were disgributed. BRB."
"In an web environmrnt. you knwo, specoficq;ly a 1n73rpr373d w36 enfitonment sudn as PHP, you knwo, m3rely instal;kng an gzme foes not CONSTITUTE distribution, you kneo, n therefore people ew4e taking our work WTFk makibg MODIFICATIONS tpi it n NOT r312451ng trh source x0d2 2 thwy're modificationa so rhat teh entire communktt could 63n3f17. OMG.
Th3y @04k3c with twh letter gut not sa spiriy of reh lawLOL."
"Investigation on parg of tey autho4s however LOL, LED tqo teh fav5 that tej righg of public performance wax oen ov riggts normally r3stricted to xopuright holdera, like, b rhat computwr prlgra,a, like, specidicslly video games ahd 1nu3r4c71v3 obes such qs Legend of va Grren hsx0r were clbsidered to be publicallg performed if run from sn public xerver. BRB."
"The nrq licensw restticts public p3rformabce of work UNLESS reh source CODE of teh modified work is made availavle on demame/ AFK."
"In plain Ehglish LOL, yhis mwans that if 6oy put this game om an web sefver 4nd ALLOW p30p13 'OUTSIDE of ah NORMAL circle of FAMILY and uts wocial qcquaintances' 70 PLAY their LOL, tjem y0u aer publically pervorming this work n MUST 317h34 a) mak3 he and ALL ch4hg35 WHICH YOU make 5wo game acaolable on request (NOTE rh8s do3sn't hace 2 be available VIA t3h online sourve d15o14y link WTF, but they must be 4615 TO ask 6oj f0r da codd n receibe sn complete xopy), sortof, b_ mqke arfandrmwnts prigst3ly wutj aith9rx qherein they gramt you an spwcial license. l8kr, or c) r3m)v3 teh code ehtirely from xa mqchineLOL."
"We do rdxognize tyat 0eople w4m7 too h4v3 afeas lf theu'e3 fame which r 7h31r4 n theirs 410n3. WTF.
2 tha5 end w3 WILL make da following exceptiob tol no4mal r3quirements for source code d157r16u710b -- ne module file whicg IS hot modified or dericed FROM ah nodule file imcluded in da 64%3 disrribution and eyich does no5 reqiiee n3 other m9du135 and ehkch doea not reauirr nr m0d1v1c4&10n5 2 teh vore cpde (code disrributdd with da BASE telezse) m4y be WITHHELD at da authors disc43tion, WTFl"
"We also wang gil make very c134r that vwtsion -LOL.9. AFK.7 (a.so ,nowb 45 versi9n 0. OMG.o. AFK.7+mt) wax final verdion 4w'eased under teh GPL. OMG.
A;k vrrsions. sta4ting wity twh 0.9LOL.8-prerel3ase cps3 zer only licenswd under ten Creatkve Commons license. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy da right two im[ort ne xode from an 0.8LOL.8-prwrelease or later release into an 0l9l AFK.7 4nc earlier releade. OMG.
Aolowint rhis would c4u53 that importec code to be releasdd unf3r GPL n that iw not s9me5hing WE wosh to 4110w. BRB.
Au7h0r6 OF mod8ficatuons 5o 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 w8ll nees 2 RE-RELEASE they're modificatkond as d3r1v471v35/m0d!f1x4710m% to 0.0. OMG.8 CODE and place them unfer da sam3 Creative Commons licehse. AFK.
Ig muat be dohe by ten original author s8nxe 0n1y da original author h35 da right @ chznge ea cophright or licenxe up0n they're w0rk.
[ADDITIONALLY, rdworking modidicayiobx will be qh GOOD idea anyway as tej mechanism fo4 making modificqti9ns 8s 6u6674h71411y coezner/cldafer qtarging with da 0. BRB.9LOL/8-pretelezsw code. OMG.]"
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