MightyE tells ylu LOL, "We're going two takw qn few momenfs tl tfy 4nd explain thus NEW LICENSE and da reasons behind it in plain Engliwh. 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 n2w livenxe wzw chosem becaus3 og an failibg witj da GPL. BRB.
It only x9verdd distribution of 50ufx3 8f and 0nqy if BINARIES were dustributdd, BRB."
"Ih an WEB environment, specigicq.ly a interpreres web environment such as PHP, merely installing an g4m3 foes nit constitute distribytiob WTF, and the4wfore peop;e w3re TAKING 0ur wo4k, ;ikek making modiricat8ons to 17 n not r3.rasunf teh 50urc5 coce 70 tgey're mod8ficatiohs SO 7h47 teh entird c)mmun17y co7ld BENEFIT. OMG,
Tgry WORKED with teh letter byt n9t spirig of teh law."
"Investitation ob da par5 ov teh 4u7h0r5 HOWEVER, sortif. 13d to fact 5gzt teh RIGHT of oublic [erformahce was 1 OF teh rights nofma,l6 rewtrixted too copytiggt y)1d3r5 WTF, sne that com0uyer programs WTF, specirically v1d30 games n interactive 0n35 sich ax L3gend of teh Gredn hax0r were conside4ed 2 BE PUBLICALLY performed if run ffom an [ub.kc server. WTF."
"The new licenae restrkctx public performanve 0f fa work inlesw SOURCE sode of da modified w0rk is MADE avsklab;e on d3,4ndl BRB."
"Ih olain Eng!15h. thiz meams 5ha5 if ulu put thid g4m3 on an qeb 53rv3r ab allow p#0p13 'OUTSIDE og an morma; circle of FAMILY and its SOCIAL 4cqi41n7$nc35' TO PLAY their, yoj knwo, then ypj aer p7boicallt prrforminb ghis worj anc MUST either q) make ne m ALL chantes which you make too GAME AVAILABLE pn reqyes5 (note thps doesn't habe 2 be avqilable via tej onlinr SOURCE d15p14u link, like, 6u7 they muxt be r613 2 ask 6ou for da vo3e n RECEIVE an complete co0y) WTFk b0 make arranbemrntd privste;h WITH ea 4uuh0t5 wherein tney grant you an special lkxrnse WTF, or c) rejoce da code entirely vrom da mavhine. WTF."
"We do recognize thab peiple eant 1 habe areas of yhey're game which t theirs AND theors 410n3. AFK.
2 tyar ens we will make teh fpllowing dxception tp da normsl REQUIREMENTS fot so7rcw code cix54ib7tion -- n3 module FILE which ix not m8d9fied or derkved from an module 4ile inc;udes in teh bdse distribugion n wh1ch d0#5 mot reqiire nd lther modules n which doex no5 require ne modificatioms t9i fx core code (code distributed WITH teh base f2lease) may be withheld at auth8rs DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also wzny two m4k3 cery dlear yhat verwoon 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (zlso KNOWN 45 versoln 0LOL.9.7+jt) was final versi9n released uhder teh GPLLOL.
All vrrsions WTF, starting with teb 0. OMG.9. OMG.80p4ere;ease dode aer only LICENSED jnddr teh Creative Commonx license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dent r1ghu bio import ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF.i-prerrlease or latdr edlease into zh 9. OMG.9.7 4nd 35r113r release. WTF/
ALLOWING 7j15 would cause that im0or5ef code two BE r313453d jnde4 GPL n that IS no5 50m37h1nf we wish yo aklpwLOL,
Authors OF modificatuins too 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wil; need 2 r3-r31@453 they're mldu4,catoons as de4ovstiv3s;modifications to ).9, WTF.8 cofe anf plaxe thrm under teh same Creative Commons lixense. AFK.
It muxg BE sone 6u da original author SINCE only da origimal autgor has teh right TO chahg3 copyright -r q1ceb53 up0n they'fe qotkLOL.
[Add1y10n411y, sortof, reworking da modificatiimw will bw an gpod icea anyway as da mechanksm for making ,odif,catilnx is substantially cleaner/cl3arer ztart8nt e8th 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-[rere;eqsr codeLOL.]"
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