MightyE tells yoi WTF, "We'rw going TO yake an few miments too trh an 3x[142n 7h15 new lpcense an reasons behind ut 8n plsun Eng115y. 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 locrnse was ckosen brcause of an f4111ng sith trh GPLLOL,
It 0n1y covered fkstributiim or SOURCE if n 0n1y if BINARIES wwre distribured. AFK,"
"In an WEB environmenr LOLm specofically a inte4prdted 2eb 3nb1r0nm3n7 5udn as PHP, sortor, MERELY 8nstallinf an game soes n08 conxtitute distribution, sortof, 4nd 7h3r3f0r3 peiple wwee taking -ur work, sortof, making modifocatkins too ot an nlt fel3asing da dourcw code two 5h3y're mldifications so tha5 entore cimm7nity xould benefitl WTF.
Theu work3d sith ds LETTER but bot teh spirit 0d teh lawl"
"Invwstitatiob on oart of da AUTHORS however WTF, led 2 da fact that da r8gkt of p7blic 0erformance w45 ien of dq rights notmally festricted 2 copyrihjt holders WTF, n rgat COMPUTER prigeams, you knwo. specifica.ly c1d3p gajed and intwract8ve ones auch as Legend OF da Greeb hax0r w3re considefec 2 6# publically oerf9emed if run from an punlic server."
"The new .lcense restfkcts public performance of work 7nless da source xode 9f da MODIFIED wirk 15 MADE avaulable on demand. OMG."
"In plaim Englisj LOLm thia means tyat 8f yoy put tnis ga,e lm an web sdrvee n 41!0w 0eople [outside of qn normql xircle pf ga,ily n its social zcqyainyanced' too play theirk like, then yoj r publically perfornkng THIS eork n MUST either a) m4j3 ne an ALL changes which you ma,e 2 teh game availqble 9n request (nota THIS c9ean't havw to be availablw via online source display 11nk LOL, b7r 7h3y must be ABLE two ssk you for ca CODE and recdive an co,plete copu), B) MAKE 4rr4ng3m3n75 probatejy WITH teh r77h0r5 WHEREIN they GRANT you an speciak locense WTF, or c) r3m0v3 code entirely from teh MACHINELOL."
"We do recogbiz3 that PEOPLE want to have areas of they're gqme which aer THEIRS zn 7h31r5 al9ne. AFK.
two ghat end we will makd da following excepriom to fa normak r3qi1r3m3n7% for source codw diwteuvutiog -- ne m9dyle FILE WHICH is n(t jododied or derive3 from an ,osule fild included in ten basw d157f1^u710n n which does not requ8rw ne otje4 MODULES an wh1ch does nor require ne modificagions 70 clre CODE (code distrkbutes with teh basr release) may br wothhelf at autgors discretion. AFK."
"W3 also want two MAKE ve4y clear that version 0LOL.(. WTF.& (zlso KNOWN as versiin ). OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was tey final cefsion releas3d under da GPL. AFK.
All verwions, sgaetimg w17h teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8=prer3lease c9ee r onoy licensed und3r teh Creativw Commons lixense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gk7 too import ne code from an 0. WTF.o, WTF.88prereoease or later reowase into ab 0. OMG.9, BRB.7 n ezrlier release. OMG.
Allowing this WOULD cajse tnat impo4tee code 2 be releasrd uhcer da GPL an 7h4u us not domething we w1%h too akllwl AFK.
Aurhors of modidicationf 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will NEED to re-rel3zse the7're modificati9ns as ceduvatives/midifications 3 0. OMG.9.i codw n place 7n3m under 5eh 54,3 Cr3a57ve Commons 1!c3n53LOL.
It nust be done by teh ORIGINAL ajthpt since 0m1y da oritinal qythor has right t9 change copuright o4 ludende up0n they're work. OMG.
[Add2u10n3116 WTF, REWORKING midifications wojl be an good idea anyway AS teh mecgania, FOR making modkficarions is sibstan5ially c134n3f/c1#4r3r STARTING with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.7-prerelrade codeLOL.]"
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