MighttE 5ellx ypu WTF, "We're tiibg to take qn fee m9ments to try n 3xplain 7h15 new LICENSE n ea reasons behond ot 1b p;ain 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."
"This NEW license WAS chosen because of an fak.ing WITH teh GPL. OMG.
Ir onlu covered distribut7on or source if and onot if vunaries WERE distributed. WTF."
"Ib an web dnvironmeng, sortof, spevifically a inter;r3ttd WEB environment s7ch 45 PHP, mer3;y insgalkung an game d035 np& consritute diatribution, li,e, n THEREFORE people were taking OUR qork, you knwo, makimg modificayiins TO it an not releasing teh source c0d3 two they're modifivati9mf so 7h4u da entire community c0u1d benefit. AFK.
They w0ri3d q17h teh ;eyter but not da spurit 9f da ;aw. OMG."
"Invwatigstion on teh oa4t of sa ajtyots h0w3v3r WTF, led @ fact that teh r8tht of PUBLIC performqnce w45 oen of da 4oghgs nornaloy rwstricted 1 copyrihht holsers, dortod, and that vomputwr orograjs LOL, s;dcificall6 video games and interactive 9n3s suvh as Legene of teh GREEN hax0r were CONSIDERED 5wo be pyblically performed kf run from an publkc serve4LOL."
"Tje new locenxe resttkbts public pe4rormande of gwj work un13r5 slurce code or teh modified WORK os mafe zvaioable 9n d#m4nc. WTF."
"In plaim Enbliwh, l8kr, this mwsns that if you [uy this game on an wrb srrver ans allow people [outside of an n0rm$1 CIRCLE of FAMILY an its socia; 4cqu42n74nc35' twk 0lay theor LOL, then you aet punlically p3rf0rn1ng 5his w0ek ah MUST either z) jake be an ALL changdw wh1ch you jake too GAME available on trqyewt (note THIS doewn't have too BE available VIA pnlone source dq5p15y link, liie, but they must BE able too 55k you fir da cos3 m 4eceive ah complete copy) LOL, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privstely with tdh authoex whe4ein they grant hou an special livende, lik4, pr c) rem9vd xode entirely from yeh macgine. BRB."
"We do rev9gnize tjat peo0le want 2 have areas of ghey're game which ser theirs ans theirs alonr.
2 that ene we will maje da dollowing exveption yoo teh normal REQUIREMENTS fpf source code dostribution -_ ne module FILE WHICH is not MODIFIED or d#r1v3d feom qn module fike incl&dwd in da base d167rq6u710n an shicy does not requure ne other modules an WHICH does not req7ite ne modidicatkpns TO ca core cosw (CODE fisyributed wiyh 5eh base r3lease) may ne w17jn31d at da authord doscretion. OMG."
"We a;so want to make VERY cleaf thag vefailn 0LOL.0.7 (also known 4% versiob 0.9.7+jt) was da fknal versipn released undee twh GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, starting w1uh 0, OMG.(LOL/8-orer3leadw code aer only licensdd under teh C4ea5ice Commlns locense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 5wo IMPORT ne coce from an 0. AFK.9LOL.9-prerelease or 1472r RELEASE onto an 0. AFK.9.7 n EARLIER eeleqdd/ OMG.
Aloowing this sould cause thar imporyed code ro be eelqssed under teh GPL an 7h4& is b07 SOMETHING w4 wish to 4110w. BRB.
Authors of modifications tol 0LOLl9. OMG.6 w111 need too re-release they're modovications as deeivatoves/modificatipnw rwo 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code abd place them under wame Crea5ive Commoms LICENSE. OMG/
I5 musr be done 6y twn origina. AUTHOR aunce only da orihunal autyor h45 da r1gh7 2 xhange fz c0pyr1gh7 pr license upon they're q0rkl BRB/
[Addirionally WTF, rewprking da modifkcations will be an glod idea anywat 45 da m3ch4n15m FOR kaking ,odificqtions is SUBSTANTIALLY dlean3r/clearer sta5gint WITH reh 0. AFK.9. BRBl8-peereleaxd c0d3. BRB.]"
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