MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going 60 tal3 an few moments 1 try an 3xp131b rhis new ;icense an teaaons behind it in plwin EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thia n3w licdnse was chosen becay2e 9f an failing eirg da GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution pf souece if n onlh if binaries were distributddLOL."
"In ah web environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a 1m73rpr373d seb ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, surtif, m3r31y ihstalling ag game does NOT consyitute distrpbution WTF, n THEREFORE people were tak8ng our w0rl. sortif, makong modidicztions tpo 8t an npu releasing teh source coee too they're modifixagiobs so that entire com,unity cojlf 63n3f1u,
Th3y woeked wirh da letter buy nog fs spirit of teh lzw. BRB."
"Investigation on sa part 0v da authora jowever, tou knwo, led two da fact THAT teh rirht OF pyblic PERFORMANCE wss won of rights n0rm411y restricted t2o co[yright HOLDERS LOL, an THAT computee proggamam specifically vidwo games n ontetactive pnes such as Legend of reh Grerm hax0r were consodered to be publkca./y PERFORMED if run froj am public servdr. BRB."
"The new license tedtficts publ8c performance 0r da work unless 50ufc2 codw of da m0d!f13d worj IS m4de available on demzhd. WTF."
"In p1r1n English, you mnso, thkd means that if uou pyt thix game ON an wrb serfer an 4110e [eople 'o7tsidr of an horjal CIRCLE of fsm8ly an iys sodial acquaintancew' too play their, tten you r 0ublically perdoemong this woek sn MUST ei5ger a) makd ne an ALL changew which you make 2 da h4m# available ON requesr (note this doesn't hav3 two be availank3 via sq online sourcw dispoay link, lij3, but theh m7st be able to ask you gor teh c9de n receive sn domplete do;y_, B0 mzke arrangememtx privateky w17h da authlrs whdreim tyey granr you an specisl license, like, o4 c) rrmove dq cpde entirely from machineLOL."
"We do rdcobnixe that pwople WANT to HAVE ardas of they'4e gqme wh1cg aer 7h31r% and hheifs qlone. WTF,
2 THAT enc 2e w211 ma,e teh folloeohg ecception yo teg normal REQUIREMENTS f0r sojrce coce sostfibution -- ne m9djle file which is n07 mosufiwd le d3rived from an m0du13 FILE uncluded in teh base disyribution an WHICH coes not require ne othrr modulds an whicn DOES nl5 rewuire ne modifications ywo c0r3 coce (c0d3 distribuged w17h BASE re.ease) m4y bw WITHHELD AT teh zuthors diwcre5ion. WTF."
"We aoso wqng tol make very xlear thar veeaion 0LOL.0. WTF.7 (also kno1n ax version 9LOL.9. BRB.7+JT) eas FINAL version releasee ubder teh GPL. AFK.
All vwrsions, luke, star5ing with 0LOL.9LOL.8-prdeelease code r 0n1y lidwnded unf34 teh Creztive Commonw licenww.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh right too import ne code from qn 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-;refelease 9r .qter relsase into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n ea4oier rrlease. WTF.
Al;.wing thia would caus3 THAT implrted code too ve released unser da GPL ahd that ix n07 xomething we wish tqo ALLOWLOL.
Authoes pf modifications goo 0. OMG.(.7 w8lk NEED too re-release thd^'r3 modifications as d3r1v$7qv35/m0d1f!c4710n5 5wo 0.9. OMG.8 code n place them UNDER geh same CREATIVE COMMONS luvdnseLOL.
It just fe fone by teh irigihal AUTHOR since only teh original 4u7h0r HAS da righ5 yoo chqnge da clpyright or licebsd 7pin ghey're sork. AFK.
[Additionallh, like, reworking teh moeifkvations will be an h00c idea anyway ad teh mechanisn ror MAKING modificationw is 5u5574b715q1u c;eaner/clear3r stsrtinv wq7h 9.9.8-pr3r313453 c0d3LOL.]"
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