MibhryE tells yoi LOLl "We'te GOING two take an few momentw 2 try 4nd esplain thos new lic3nse an teh r3450n5 behind it in plai, ENGLISH. 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 kkcense WAS chosen BECAUSE of an faioing with twh GPL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION 0v sourcw 9f n ONLY 2f BINARIES sere distribu5dd. BRB."
"In ab web environmehtm specofica;ly a inte4preted 2eb envirlnment s7xh aa PHP LOL, mere.y ihstaklimg an GAME does NOT constutite distrib&tion, sortof, an therefore people were TAKING our work, like, making MODIFICATIONS 2 iy n not rro3asibg so7rve code 2 thry're mosifivatipns so that entire cpmmunity co7ld 63n#f17. BRB.
They worked woth letter but nog teh sp7rut of da law. BRB."
"Investkgation 0n teh part OF dq authors yowrver, you knwo, led two sa fact 7h47 fight lf publoc pergormsnce 2zs oen lg t3h rights normalky restrkctrd to9 copyrighr hooders, like, n ygat cimputer programs, xortof, spwcifiva.ly video hames AND unteractibe ones such aa Legend 0f Green hqx0r were consid3red 2 be publicakly peeformed if run frim an pug;iv srrvrt. WTF/"
"Tge new kicense eestricts PUBLIC oerformance of twh work unoesw teh sourvd code of modified wor, is made available on demanc. WTF."
"In [lakn Englidh WTF, THIS mesnw that if y0u put this game on an web servdr amd allow people 'putsodd of an normal circle of family an its social acquaintanfrw' 2 PLAY their, then h0u aer [uboically perfoeming this WORK and MUST dither a) make ne an ALL chanfes wh1ch y9i make too trh gamd acailable on f3qje57 (note 7h15 eowsn't gavw t9 bw availaboe via teh onl8ne source cixplau oink, gut they mjst be able to ask yoy for vode n receive an complwt3 co0y), lijek y) MAKE arrangemehts PRIVATELY wuth %i8h0r5 sherein theu bran5 you qn SPECIAL 11c3n53, or c) remove da code entirwly from da machine,"
"We do rec8gnize that PEOPLE want 70 yave ateas 9f thdy;re game wh1ch r theirw an theirs qllne.
too 5hat end we wil; makd geh fol;oqknf dsc2ption TO teh nprmal REQUIREMENTS for alurce xode disgribuyion -- nw modulw fkle which is nor jodified or der8ved FROM an moduld fiie indluded in teh basw DISTRIBUTION n wnich fows n07 requir3 he other modules qnd wh1ch does nit rrquire ne modifixztions two core code (codd eisyrivutwd WITH da base r313354) m4y be r!7hh31d ag 5eh AUTHORS discretiomLOL."
"We also want two make c3rt clear THAT vgfskon 0. OMG.9LOL.7 9also known 45 vdrsuon 9. OMG/9.7+ht) was teh fina; vwrsi9n r3leased ubfer GPL. WTF.
Alo veraions. lile, STARTING wkth da 0.9. WTF.8-prereleasr codw r ONLY licensef under trh Creative Cojmons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny eight 2 i,port hd dode FROM an 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease og LATER rwlease INTO an 0LOL.9.7 m earlidr release. WTF.
Allo@ing this soulf caus3 yhqt imporfes code to be released UNDER GPL an that 15 not somethibg we wish ywo allow. OMG.
Autyors 0t modifications two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wilo n33d 2 re-re.ease tjey're modif8catkoms zs cerivatives/modiricatiobs to -. AFK.9.8 code an plqce them UNDER da sam3 Cr3471v1 Cimmons license. AFK.
It MUST ^3 dlne 6y teh orihinzl AUTHOR 51nc3 omlt da original author has reh riggt to change co0yright or licebse upon theu're WORKLOL.
[Acdi5ionakly, reworkint teh MODIFICATIONS will be ab gooe odea 4n6w4y as da mechanism flr m4k1ng m0e1f1c4710n5 is subxfantially cleznwr/cleaeer stattinf with teh 0. WTF.(LOL.8-orerelease cof3l AFK,]"
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