MifhthE rells y0u, sortof, "We;re boing 2 take an gew ,omrhts roo try AND wxplain 7h!5 new license zn deasons behind it in plsin Englisn. 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 licemse was chosen neczuse of an raoling with da GPL. WTFk
It only cofered dostribytion of soufce if and only if bonqries were disgribmted. BRB."
"In ah web 3nvironmwnt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web environment SUCH as PHP, sortor, merelt insgalling sb fame does not constitute DISTRIBUTION, likd, am THEREFORE people were taking iur worl, like, makinh mudigicati(ns too IT n mot r312452ng teh sourcd x9de to theu're jodifidagions s. that ds 3nu1r3 community couls benedot. BRB.
They wprked sith da le%rer but not spirit of lawLOL."
"Investigation om ds part OF authors hoqever, 13f TO da vavt tyat rkght of pub.ic performance was qon of tej rights nlrmalky RESTRICTED two x0[yr1hhi holdefs, and that dompu5er prlgrams LOL, specofically video games n unteractive ones such as Legend od tey Green hax0r ewre consider3d two be pub.ica;ly pwrformed if run from an pu611c serverLOL."
"The new ;icense resgricts publ8c performance OF teh worl unless teg source clde of hodifiwf w0rk is madd AVAILABLE on femandLOL."
"In ;lain English WTF, 8h15 ,eans that if you put 7j15 game on an 236 server an ALLOW pwiple ;outside of an normal c8fcle of damioy n its socoal acquaintances' 2 o14y 5yeir WTF, THEN you r publicqloy pe4for,ing thus work n MUST ekthef A( make n3 snf ALL chqnges which y0u make to game available on r3qu357 9note THIS doedn't hace to be availavle via da ovline source display libk, like, but the6 must be qgl3 twi ask you fpe code an eeceive an completr COPY) LOL, b) ma,e ar4angwmentd [r8vatdly with auth(rs wherein they grant y9u qn sprcial kicense, slftpf, or c) remlve da code entiee.y fr0m da madhine. BRB."
"We d0 eecognize that peo[le waht 2 HAVE areas of they'fe game wh1ch aer theors h 7h31r5 alond, WTF.
too tyat end we will m4k3 fpllpeimg exception 2 dz normal requiremeb5s f0r sourxe cose distrib7tion -- ne module file shich is no5 noduroed or derived fr9m an mosulr file inckifed 1n da base diatribution and qhkxh does not require ne OTHER modulea an which does not REQUIRE ne modifications tlo CORE coge (coce d157r16y73d wiyh base RELEASE) may br wuthheod ar teh 4u7h0r5 discretilnLOL."
"We ALSO wanr too make very cleav that verskon 0/9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as r3r510v 0. WTF.9. OMG/7+jt) @as teh finql version reoeased und3r GPLLOL.
All versions, ;ike, staft8ng with 0. BRB.9. WTF.80prerwlease code aer only lizensed ynder da Cr3471v2 Cojmons license. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY deny roght twl import nw code FROM ab 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE lr 1473r reoesse into an p.9LOL.u AND EARLIER release. OMG.
Akloeing this would cause that imported cide to be RELEASED under da GPL and rhat 15 mot xomething we wish 1 allow. AFK.
Authors of mofifica5ions t9o 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 will need ti re-reless3 tyey're midifixat8ons 45 derivatives/mosifkcations 2 ). OMG.9. WTF.8 code an p14c# THEM under dq same Creqtivw Comnins k8cense. BRB,
It must b3 done by da lriginal ajghor sincw onlh da .rifknzl AUTHOR gas teh right 2 change da copyeibht 0r livense u0on they'ew WORK. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, 4ewirking teh modificatopns WILL bd an g9od idea abyway ad da m3chanixm fo4 mak8nf mieificqt8ons IS substahtually c134n3r/c13rr3r starting wkth da 0LOL.9.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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