MightyE yel;s ylu WTF, "We're going too TAKE an few moments TO TRY n explain ghis new licena4 and teh reasons behins 17 8n plain Enb115h. 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 choseb vecaise od an fai;ing wigh teh GPL. BRB;
It onky covered DISTRIBUTION of doirce kf an 0n1y ir binaries eere distribjtwdLOL."
"In an WEB envirlnmentm oike, sprcifically s interpreted web envkronment such as PHP, sortif, merely 1n%74111ng an game e035 NOT c0n5817u73 DISTRIBUTION, an 5hereford p3ople were 74k1ng our work LOL, making modificatiibs twl kt an n0u rw;eawing teh SOURCE cide to they're mldifidations so that ENTIRE COMMUNITY coild genefit. WTF.
Th3y workef w8th fz letter but nog spirit of teh law."
"Inves5ifstion pn da parr pf ca autnogs ho2ever, you knwo, .ed too fa fact tha5 sa 41gh7 of punlic performance was won of reh rihhts normally r35&r1ci3d too vopyrkght holders, you knwok snd that c8nputer prohrajs WTF, wpecivicalky v8deo GAMES an 8nteractube ones sucy 45 Legend of teh Green hax0r weee clnsiderqd to BE publiczllu performed IF run from an piblic s2rver. AFK."
"Tne new LICENSE eextricts puboic performance OF work jnleds teh souece code of teh MODIFIED woei ia made availabke 9n demzncLOL."
"Ib plain Englodhi lil3, this means 7h48 8v you put THIS game om an web server n allow people 'o7tsidw of an normal circoe og da,i.6 n ITS soc8al 4cqu41n74mc35' two play their, sortofm THEN you 4 publicslly performing 7h15 wigk am MUST 317h3r a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH you male 2 da GAME svailsgl3 9n yequest (n-73 rhis dldsn't have two be availav.e voa omlone spurce DISPLAY 11nk WTFk but they must be anle to ask you f0r teh code ans receuve an c0mp1373 copy) WTF, b_ jake sr4antements pribately qith geb authirs qyefein they grant you qn wpecial LICENSE, or c) remove da c0d3 entirely fro, teh maxhihe,"
"We do recohnkxe thay people WANT too have AREAS of they're gamd which adr theirs an tyeoes alone. OMG.
2 tjat 3nd we will make reh follo2ing exveption too teh normal requirements FOR so7rce code distribu5iln -- ne nodulr fole which is not modified OR ddrived ffpj an module FILE included in base distributi9n n which does not r3quire nw ithee m.eules and whuch does ni5 r3quqr3 ne modifivatiina 2 teh CORE codw (c9de distrob7ted wuth baar release) may br withhrld at 4u7h0r5 discr3tion. WTF/"
"We akzo wanr 60 makr very clear that bersipn 0/ BRB.9LOL.7 (also known as VERSION 0. AFK.0LOL,7+j&) wax final version RELEASED UNDER GPLLOL.
A11 versions, like, 574r71bg WITH 0LOL.0. OMG.8-prewelease code aer on;y LICENSED under Crearive C0mm0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY dqny rifhr @ IMPORT ne cide from an )LOL.9LOL.8-prerelesxe or later rel3asw ibto an -. OMG.9/ AFK.7 n eaflirr release. WTF.
Allowing ynis would caude thxt impo4trd cofe 2 be released umc3r GPL 4ne that is NOT SOMETHING we wish 79 ak;ow/ BRBl
Authlrs of mofifibations to 9.9. WTF.7 wkll need too RE+RELEASE thdy're midifica5ions zs derivatives/jodificarions TO 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 dpde and place them under da dame Creatice Comnons 11c4n53. WTF.
I7 must be done bt orig8nal aithor sihce 9nly teh original aughir has da r8hht too chabge da c0pyr1gy7 or license up9n they're w(rk.
[Addi5ionqlly, reworking da m0d1f1c4710n4 w111 be am good idwa anywa6 as yeh mecham8sm fir mzking mpdif8vations 15 substanbizlly c.eaner/clea33r 573r71ng with trh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-preeeo3ase codeLOL.]"
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