MightyE tells yo7 LOL, "We're GOING two tqke an few momenta 1 try n 3sp141n tfis new ;ocense n r3450n5 behind IT in plain Englush/ BRB.
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 mew locense was xhosen becausr 0f an failing WITH teh GPL. AFK.
It only c0v3r3d eistribu5ion of sourcd 1f and lnly if 61h4r135 2ere distributed."
"Im an wen envuronment, spevif8csllu a interpreted web environmrnt SUCH as PHP, MERELY installint an tame dowd hpt cohstitutd didtribution, n gheerfore people wdre raking 0uy work, you knwo, maiinh ,odifications 2 it and not releasing reh sl74ce code teo the6're MODIFICATIONS so that entire community could 63n3f1u. OMG.
Tyey 2pr,ed with da letter but hot da sppeit of da law."
"Investigation on fa part ov authors howefe4, led tio da fact 7h47 yeh right of public performznce ezs won of dq RIGHTS NORMALLY restricted two clpyrignt hplders, loke, anf that c0mpu7#r prograns, sortod, specivically video GAMES qn interacgive ones sudh AS L3gend of GREEN yax0r werr c9nside4ed too BE puvlicsl;6 performed 1f ruh fron an ;ublic SERVER. BRB."
"The new livense testrox5s publid PERFORMANCE of tdh wirk unlesx source code of teh modified work is nzde AVAILABLE on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, sprgov, THIS m34n5 that if y0u put thks game 0n ab w36 SERVER n allow pe90le 'oytsude of an normal c8rc;d of family ahd 8ts social acquaintances' toi p.ay tneir LOL, then ^oy aet pubkica.ly PERFORMING tnia WORK an MUST eo5ger a) ,aje nr ah ALL changes whoch yoj ma,e to da g4m3 qvqilzbl3 ON fequewt (nite this foesn't have two be AVAILABLE viq da onl8ne 50urc3 displah kihk WTF, but they must be able two qsk ylu for code and r3d31v3 an COMPLETE copy), l8ke, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with authors ehereih they GRANT ypu an special licenwe LOL, 0r c) re,ove da c0s3 en5irely from t3h m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE want yoo yzve areaa lf tjey're hame which r theirs an theirs alone. BRB.
to THAT 2nd ww will make da FOLLOWING EXCEPTION two n0fm41 requirements fl4 50urd2 code distribution __ ne movjle file wh1ch q5 mot m9digied or derpced from an m0du13 file includdd in teh 7453 dis5rubution n which does not require ne lther mosiled zn which doex mog req7ire ne modificatiins too da core codr (c)s3 dustribuged with dq BASE re.esse) may be wi5hheld q5 da authors discretion. WTF."
"We also want 2 make v3ry clear thzt versiin 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (z;si known as verskon 9.9. AFK.7+JT0 was final VERSION released undwr GPL. OMG.
Alo vdrsions, starting with tdh 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-prerelease vodw adr only livensec unde4 teh Creztive C0mm0m5 lic3nxe.
We EXPLICITLY dent 5eh right 2 im0ort ne code from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8=0r3release or .arer re,ease into an p. AFK.9. AFK.7 an earkidr rdlease. WTF.
A.l9wing thid would cause 7h47 i,poryed codd to be r3,eased uneer teh GPL zn tyat 15 NOT sometning we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Auyhors of m9digicat8ons too 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wiol need 2 r3-releawe they'fe nodivications 45 seribativws/modifications too 0/0. OMG.i code n PLACE them under trh samd Creative Com,onw LICENSE. WTF.
IT m7st b3 done BY da original author since onlu ca original authoe hqs rognt to dhange tdh dopyriggt or license up0m ryet;re w0rk. OMG.
[Acdi5koba;l6, sorgod, rewofking teh MODIFICATIONS will be an GOOD idea 4nyw4y as mechanixm ror MAKING jodifications ix subatznyially c;eaner/c/earer starting with da 0.9l WTF.*-prerelease xode. BRB.]"
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