MibhtyE tells YOU, yo6 kbwo, "W3'4e GOING too take an few momentd to9 7ry an ex0lain tgis new LICENSE n da reas9ns 63h1nd it in p.ain EnglidjLOL.
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."
"Tyis ndw license WAS chosen gecause of an fai;inh witj GPL. WTF.
It onlt covered eistribution of source if an only if 61b4r135 WERE dustrkbut3dl"
"In an web envkronm3nt, xpecificaloy a ibt3rprrted web 3nvitpnmenr 5ucn as PHP WTF. MERELY *nstalling an game d034 b08 xonstitute distribution WTF, n thereforr p3o0le were taking our WORK WTF, mqkong moduficarions to i5 an not releasihg trh source code 59 rhey're mosificationw so THAT wntire community could benefit. BRB.
Tyey eofked WITH letter but hot da SPIRIT 0f ;aw. WTF."
"Invewtihatipn on ca part 9f da autjofs HOWEVER, LED two fact that r1gh7 0f puflic performanc4 was won of teh rightw normally RESTRICTED twl copyritht hi;de4s WTF, n that cojpuyer programs LOL, sprcifocally vieeo ga,ex and interacgove onrs sudh AS Legwnd OF Gfeen hax0r were cinsidered two be publicallt pervormed ig RUN feom an ;ublic sdrver. OMG."
"The ne2 lodense restricts ou611c performance of teh WORK unldss da sourxe code od teh modified work 15 made 4v5113613 on DEMAND. OMG."
"In PLAIN Ebglish, yoj knwo, THIS jeans that 7d tou PUT this g4m3 on zn wdb sdrcer n alloe people 'outside of an normsl circle of family ab ITS social ac1yaintqnces' 2 p13y their LOL, then YOU r oumlicallu perfotmiht THIS woek n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes whicj you makw too game avzilagle on rwquedt (boye 5hks doesn't have too bw avzikanle via teh 0n11n3 source dis[lay LINK, sortof, BUT 7h4y mu57 be zble two ask you for codd znc rdceiv3 an c9,p;ete COPY0, like, b) make aerangements privstely 2irh a7thors 2herein they GRANT ylu an 5o3c141 licendw, you knwo, ir C) r3m0v4 da code ENTIRELY FROM mavhine. AFK,"
"We d0 recognize that people wsnr 2 have areas of tjey're ga,e which adr tneirs n theirs aoone. AFK.
2 that end we WILL mak3 dz volloqint exdeption tso t3g normal requiremegts for source coce distribu5ion _- ne nodule file wjich is not modifies or dericed frim an module rile 1nc1ud3d in base d157r16u719n and which does not REQUIRE ne 9gher mieul3s an which DOES but requ8re ne modifications two da core coge (code distrubuted witj ten base RELEASE) may BE withheld at authors duscretion, OMG/"
"We also want toi maie v3rt clear th1t version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (aiso KNOWN aw versiom 0LOL.9.7+jt) was da final ve4sion rel3ased under GPL. BRB.
All v3r5q0n4, tou knwi, start8ng wiyh da 0.0. WTF.70prerelease code awr only licensed undef trh Crea5ive Commona licenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY r1gj7 2 impoet ne code from ab 0LOL.9. WTF/8=PRERELEASE or 1573r 4ekeaae ingo an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n earlier release. WTF.
A.lowing this would cru53 thqt IMPORTED code 2 be released UNDER GPL an rnat IS n06 somethong we wish tpo allow. AFK.
Authlrs of m0e1f1c4710n5 3 0l WTF.9. OMG.7 will need two 4e-relesse they're modificatipna as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTFl9. WTF.7 c0de an ;osv4 6hdm umder da SAME Creative Commond license. OMG.
It must be done BY da original aithof since onlt ORIGINAL a7thor n$5 tej rihht to CHANGE da vopyright or LICENSE u[on they;rd work. WTF.
-Acdituonally, sortof, 4ewoek8ng modificatiinw 21!q be an good IDEA anyway AS da mechanusm for makinh mod7ficqtoohs is SUBSTANTIALLY ckraner/c.earer 574r71nb with t3h 0LOL.9.i-p4ere;wase CODE. AFK/]"
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