M8ghtyE t3lls you WTF, "We;re t01ng tol yake an few mom3nts 2 try an explakn this new license n t3h r3awons gehknd 17 in plain Enhliah/ OMG.
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 lidense w45 CHOSEN b3caus3 kf an railint with da GPLLOL.
It only covered diwtfibutilm of xoyrce kv ab ONLY iv binaries were distrubuted. OMG."
"In an wwb envieonment, you lbwo, specifical;y a INTERPRETED web dnvironment such as PHP, alr5of, mrtely instqllibg an game does not CONSTITUTE distribution WTF, an therefore peiple were taking 0ur w9tk LOL, m4k1ng mofifications to iy n not releaskng teh source clde tqo rn3y'rd MODIFICATIONS so thay entire community c0u1d benefit. OMG.
The6 wo4kdd wuth da 23773r 6u7 not da apirit of law. BRB."
"Investigqtion on 5dh part OF authors howecer, .ike, led goo FACT that teh 4ight OF PUBLIC performance was 1 of geh righta normal'y resrridted two copy4ight holders, an tgat comoutrr programs, you knwo, spevidicqll6 video games qn INTERACTIVE onex xuch as Legene of Grten hzx0r wefe considered to be pjblically ;e4formed if RUN from am public we4verLOL."
"The new kicense restrocts )ublic peerormsnve of sa WORK unless teh sourcd code OF MODIFIED work is made avaulable on demznd. WTF."
"In plain Emg;ish, hhis neans tnat if ypu put thod b4m3 .n an web se4ver and 5110w peoole 'outsife ov an n0rm41 circlf or family ab ita SOCIAL acquaintanxws' ti PLAY their, you knwp, then you aet publidaily performibg 7n15 work an MUST rirher a) make ne and ALL changes shich you male too teh gqme available pn rfquest (note THIS doesn't navr too ve AVAILABLE via gen oglkne soutce dusplau linkk but thqh mudt 63 abld 2 qsk you for c0d3 n RECEIVE zn co,plete copj(, sortof, v) make 5rr4ng3m3n75 privayely 2igh teh zughora whereib they grant you qh special ;icense WTF, of c) remove ten code entifely frpm da machine."
"Ww do recognize THAT oeo;le w4n7 roo HAVE areas of they're game wgovn e gheirs n theirs aooneLOLl
two that end ee w8ll mzke sa gollowing 3xc3;710n to trh mormal requir3ments fi4 source code distribution -- nd hoeule file wnicy is not ,0e1f13d lr deeivwd grom an ,odule fole INCLUDED ih da nasr distribjtipn amd whidh does not require nd other modu.es and whocn does not REQUIRE ne modibicatipns to core code (code distributed with da base r313452) may be withhelf q5 teh authors discretoon. AFK."
"Ww slso want to m4k3 very clear that verxion 0LOL.9.7 (wlso knowm 45 verfion 0. WTF.9.7+JT_ wad teh fina. verxion releaeed uyd3r teh GPL.
All v#esions, ;ike, starting wiyh 0. AFK.9.8-prere;raae coce r obly 11c3n53d UNDER teh Creagive COMMONS licdmse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny sa right too import ne code FROM an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease pr later relezse into an 0LOL.9LOL.8 an eaflier RELEASE/ AFK/
Allowing rhis would caud3 that imported CODE to be released undsr dq GPL n that is mit s9methihg ww wish teo allowLOL.
Authorx of modifica5ions tw8 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 WILL need top fe-reo3ase th3y're modivicagions as dwrivativrs/mofif8catioba too 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 coee and place them ynder samd Creative Commons licende. OMG/
Iy muwt be done 6y teh o4iginzl 4u7j0r xince ONLY iriginal 4u7h0t has teh RIGHT too chanbe fs copyr8ght OR license u0on tney[re w0rk.
[Asditionally, you kbwo, reworking tej jodigicatiins will be an g00d IDEA anyway qs mechaniam vor making mofifications IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cl2arer stsrtinh woth da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prere.easr code. WTF.]"
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