MibhtyE tells tou LOL, "We'r4 goint 5oo 84k3 an few joments to tty abd expkain ghis NEW license n da r3450nt behind it in plain EngiishLOL.
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."
"Thiw hew .idense WAS chosen bevause od an failihg w8tj GPL. AFK.
It only clbered distribution 0f wource ir and only kf binarues were distrinuted. AFK."
"In an erb environmdnt LOL, specifica9lu a interpreted web ebvironmebt such AS PHP LOL, me4ely indtallinh an game eoes NOT CONSTITUTE sistgivution, n THEREFORE people wrre taking lur WORK, sortof, maiing modifications 5wo 1& n not releasing soirde cod3 two ghey'te MODIFICATIONS so that ds 3n7143 cim,unuty d0u1d benefit. WTF.
Th3y wirked with teh .etter but NOT ten dpirit [f teh lae. WTF,"
"Investigation on da 0art of teh auyni4s hlwever, uou knwo. led 2 teh fact THAT fa right pf puboic oerformance was won 0r da rights normaoky restricted top copyriggt h01d3r5, like, n that com[utrr prog4a,sk sortof, specifically godeo gamea n interactive ohes 5uvh as Legwnd of da GREEN hax0r were vonwuewred to BE [ublically performef IF run from an public serve4. WTFl"
"The bew licrnse RESTRICTS publkc performance of wori unlews source cocy of da ,owofird WORK os made available on demand. OMG."
"In plain English, .ike, this mrsns tjat IF you put this g4m3 on an web server n 4110w people ;outsice 9f an normsl c1rx1# of family and its SOCIAL acquaimtances; too plah their, tyen y0i aer [ublically perform8ng 7h15 work an MUST e8ther a) m4k3 hd n ALL cgamges wjich yoy make two ea g4n3 avs8lqble on request *note this doexn't havr two be availzble via reh onlihe d9urce display ;ink WTF, but they must ve ab;e 2 awi yiu for code ans receive an donplete COPY)m b) .ake 4rr4nbem3n74 ptivzte;y with quthirs whereun THEY gr4nu YOU an spwcial !1c3n53 LOL, or c) rdmove code dntirely frim ,achihe. BRB."
"We do recognize rjat p3o;le want t2l yave AREAS of tjey'fe gz,e WHICH r theirs qnd &h31r5 qlone.
2 tgat end we will make da golliwing exceptuon 2 normal REQUIREMENTS cor 60urc3 code didtrib7tion -- ne MODULE r113 which os not m9fufied or dwriced from an mocupe file ibxluded on fa bawe sistributoon and qhich dows bot REQUIRE ne 07n3r mofules sn wjich doex nit require ne nofificatiohs to da core code )c0s3 DISTRIBUTED WITH base felease) MAY be q!7nh31d at aurhofs discretion. OMG."
"We a.so WANT too make vety clea$ that versiom 0. WTF.8. WTF.7 (also lnown 45 version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt_ was FINAL version eeleaaed und3t da GPL. AFK.
ALL versiona WTF, srarting wity da 0. WTF,9. AFK.8-ptere.eade code aer ONLY licenses UNDER ds Creztive Comjons licemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too ojp9r5 ne code grom an 0. OMG.0.8-pe3t313463 or later release 8ntl an 0.9. BRB.7 n warliee reldasq.
Allo29mg tyis would cause 7h47 kmported code to be released under teh GPL an tyat is not 50me7hqbg w3 wish too aklow. BRB.
Au7h0r% of ,0f1fqc5710n5 2 ). AFK.9. OMG.7 will n3ed too re-release rheh're modifications as deeibatuves/modificstionw tso 0. AFK,9. WTF.8 clde n p14c3 rhwm umdrr ssme Ceeative C0mm0n5 locense. BRB.
It must be done by oritina; qutho4 since only da prkginal suthor had teh right 5oo chsnge teh co;yrigh5 ot license upon they'r3 work. BRB.
[Addirionally WTF, rwwirking tey modificatipms wil. BE an GOOD IDEA anyqay zs teh mecjznism FOR majing modifications is wubstantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting woth 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pr3re;ease v0d3.]"
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