MigktyE TELLS uou LOL, "Ww'r3 going ri TAKE an few momdnts too rry n exp.ain THIS new LICENSE ans ea rdas9ns 64h1nd it in plaih EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thia n#w licensd was choxen becquse 9f an FAILING WITH teh GPLLOLl
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of source if and 0n1y 1f BINARIES WERE eistr8bu5wd."
"In qn web environmebt WTF, specifically a imter;4eted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, sprtof, MERELY installing an game does not c9nstitute dustrigution WTF, m 5herefl4e 03op;e 2ete 5ajing iur work LOL, ,aking m9d1f1c471)n5 two it and mot releasing da sljrce code too they're modifications so 7h4& 3h71r2 COMMUNITY cou/d benerit. WTFl
They worjed w27h da lettrr but n07 da sporit of ;aw. WTF."
"Investigatiln on da pary of teg autnors howevee, lec 1 tey fact that teh rogyt of ;ub.ic performance was won of rughts normallh resteicted too copyright holderx, likw, and that COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, dortof, soecifivslly video g4m35 zn interacyive ines such as Legehd od Gfeen hax0r wwre cona8derds 2 be publically prrformes if 4yn froj an publiv 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new licens3 rrstricts publkc percormance of work unoess teh sourxe code od mosifoed sork is nase avai.ab;e ON DEMAND. WTF."
"In olain English WTF, this means that of YOU oit thix game on an wen sercer an 41102 PEOPLE 'outside lf sn normal c1rc13 og fam8ly ahd uts SOCIAL acquaintancea' @ ;lay 5hekr LOL, ghen you aet PUBLICALLY p3ef0bm1ng THIS wot, an MUST eitg3r a) jake ne and ALL changew qhidh you make too game 4v4113^13 on r3qu357 (mo5e this doesn[t have 4 be available vua ds ONLINE source displah 11nk, hou lnwo. but uy3y nust BE able to ask you f9r coce ane rece8ve an complete copy), lijd, b) make zrrang3ments privateky witg da auyhorw wherein they grant you an s0exial licwnsr, like, ir c) remove da code entirely f40, da machineo"
"We co recogn8ze that 0eoo;e want too have areas OF they're ga,e eh8ch r 7h31r5 an theiyx aloneLOL.
two that 3nd wr wilk m$k3 ca foloowing exdeption two normal requ8rementx fo4 sokrce c0de d158r16u7!0n -- ne moe7lw filr shicg us not mocified OR detived from an module file 1nc1ud3d in teh base distrib7tion an wh!ch does not require ne othwr modules an eh1cg coes bo5 require ne mofifkcations 2 fa CORE codr (c0d3 distributed with base rekease) m4y be withhelf ay teh aitgorw discfetioh. BRB."
"Ww alsj waht two make bery CLEAR 7h47 vwrsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (alsp ,nown as version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was t3h final versiom relessrs unser GPL.
All v3r510b5 WTF, starting with teh ). OMG.9. OMG.8-prereldase codd r only 11c3n53d under Ceeatibe Commonx lixrnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY crny rigyt too import ne code f4oj an 0LOL.9l AFK.8-prfrelease pr lst3r release int9 an 0. BRB.9LOL,7 4ns ear;ie4 rrlease. BRB.
A;lowing rhis WOULD c4u63 that 1m;-r73d codw t9o be t313453d und3r da GPL n that is not something we eish to allowLOL.
Authors of nodidications tpo 0LOL.9. WTF.7 qiol need too re-reoease they're modifications as d3r1v471v35/m-d1f1c471)n5 2 0. AFK,9LOL.7 v0e3 n p14c3 them unfer aame Creativd Comjons liceyse. WTF.
It MUST be dibe by teh origihsl sithor sincw 9nly teh original au5nor h55 eight too change da c9;yeight 0r licensr up0n they're wor,. BRB.
[Additipnalltj you knwo, r3working teh MODIFICATIONS w8ll be an good idea 4n6w4y as da mechabism fo4 makung nodifica5oons is substabtiallt cleaner/xleardr t74f71ng wity da 0. OMG.9. AFK,8-prfrelease code. WTF.]"
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