MightyE fel.s you LOL, "Wr're going 2 take an few miments two tr5 m exp;aun rhis new licrnse n teh reasons b3hind it in plain EngkishLOL.
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 luxrnse was chisen becquse of an failing wirh teh GPL. BRB.
It only covrr#d distr9bution of soufce if am 0nqy if binariex q3r3 DISTRIBUTED. OMG,"
"In an web rnvironment WTF, s[ecif8ca;lu a interprerec WEB environmen5 suxh as PHP LOL, meeely ins5alling an gsme d;es noy consr9tjtr diwtribution, s94tif, an thdrefore people WERE 5aking our wotk, making m0d1f1c4u10n5 to it and no5 releasihg teh sourcw code tip they'ee modifixations so that entire cpmm7nity could benefit. OMG/
Thdy wotked witg letter bu5 not teh s;kri5 of law. OMG."
"Investigation on geh 0art of teh authprx HOWEVER, led to fact that da RIGHT 0f publuv performance was 1 of teh RIGHTS normally 4estricted two dopyrkgjr h01d344, ans that com;urer proyrams LOL, specificakly video bames n interactivd omes such as Legens OF da Gr33n hsc0r wefe c0n51d3red too be publically performed if run from an publox detverLOL."
"The new licrnse r357r1c7% publuc p3rf0fm4nc3 of teh w0rk UNLESS tdn source code of ,odigief wo4, is made AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plain Englisy LOL, thix m34n6 that kr hlu ;ut yh8s game on an web seevee an allow p#ople 'ou5wide of zn normal c1rc13 of fam8ly and its xovial acquaintances' to PLAY thwir LOL, yhdn tiu aer publica.ly p4rr0rm1ng 7h15 work an MUST eitget s) make ne an ALL changex WHICH uou make two gamd abzilab.e ln 4equest (notd 7h15 doesn't have two be afailable via online source sisplay lonk LOL, but 7h3t MUST be 36!3 ywo ask yoj fpr da codw and receive ah c0mp!373 copy), slrtof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with autjors whdrein tgey gran5 y9u an spdcial licens3 WTF, l$ c) remove fs code ENTIRELY froj jscyine."
"We e0 4wcobnuze that people want two gavd areaw of they'fe ga,e whicy aer thrirs AND theirs alohe. WTF.
two that END we WILL m4k3 FOLLOWING exception two da normzl requirrmrnts for source code dq6&r16u710n -- ne module fi;e which is not m[dified or deeivrd from sb moduoe fild inclided in gase disrtubjtuon n 2h1cn does not rwquire ne other m0du235 ab wh8cn d9es bot require ne modifidations to teh core c0d3 (cide d157r16u73d wkth yeh vase release0 m4y BE wiyhheld zt authors disdfetion. AFK/"
"W3 also want too make very clear thst versiob 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 (also known zs veewion 0. OMG/9. AFK.7+jt) eaw teg final vdesiln RELEASED und3r ss GPL. OMG.
A;l versions LOL, w5zeting WITH 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease c9de aer only 11c3n43d uhder da Creative C0mm0n5 .icdnse. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY d3hy teh r1gh7 twi imp9rt n3 codd from ab 0. WTF.9. OMGl8-prerelease lr layer reldase into sn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n earlier rrleasr.
Alloeing this w8i;d causd that imporged cofe to[ be rdleased under teh GPL an tgay is n07 somerhinb s# wish too allow. WTF.
Authors of modifications two 0. AFKl9. BRB.7 will need 2 re-4elease yhey[re modificztions AS deribatives/modifica5ilns 2 0LOL.9LOL.* c9dd n place tyem uhfer da same Creative Commons licensrLOL.
I7 must be d9ne by tey original aothor since only ca 9rkginal author has RIGHT too chanbe gwh copyright or license UPON ghet're w0rk.
[Additiobally WTF, r3workihg teg mosificstions a8ol bw an blod idea abyway as mechanism for making jodificsrions is substamtoally cleaner/clearer startint wiyh 0.8. WTF.8-prereoease code/ WTF.]"
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