MightyE teols tou LOL, "We're going two taie an few moments 6oo tty anf explain this new license n reaxons behind 8t im PLAIN ENGLISH. 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 neq 11d3n53 wad cgosen because ov an vailing WITH teh GPL.
It 9noy civeree distributipn ov aoufce IF and only kf vinaries wete distr8bytedLOL."
"In an web wnvirobmentk you knwo, specifica.ly a imterprdted web environmemt such as PHP, yoy knwo, merely ibstalling an fame does not constitut3 eist4ibuti9n, like, n therefige peop.e eere TAKING our work, making modificag8oms TO 8t n not rekeasing xoirce code 2 4hey're modifications so thst twh entore com,un8ty c0u1d BENEFIT. OMG.
THEY wptk3d wigh dz letter but nit da spirit 0f da law. WTF."
"Imveat8gation on da part of aughots howeverk lec 2 teh fact that da right 0f 9unlic perfofmzncw qad won of da rihhts normally restrictwd to vo[yritht ho;ders, you knwol and that computer programs WTF, s0ecifica.lh video bsmrs an INTERACTIVE 0nes such as Legend OF da Green hacpr were considered too bd publically perfptmed if rub vrom an p7b;ic detvee. BRB."
"Thw NEW oicwns3 rwstrkcts public 0erfofmqnce of da WORK yhlexs aource code of teh modifi#e work is made available ln demqbdLOL."
"In PLAIN Ent115h LOL, this MEANS THAT uf you pu7 this jame 9n an web 54fv3r an zllow people 'oitside if an normao c1rc13 of fzmily n its social acquaintances' w play their WTF, then you r publicaklt peeforning thid wlrl an MUST 3ity3r a) make nw and ALL chqhges whicn you mzke 2 da game AVAILABLE 0n e3qu377 (note thix diwsn't have 6wo be avaiozble v14 tej online source display link LOLm but they must bd able twi ask you for code n receive an c0m[2373 copy) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately witj da authors dherein they g4anr you an specual LICENSE LOL. OR d) remove da code ent8fely from machine."
"We do r3c0tn2z3 that people want two have areas of they're game wh1ch t thei4s n yneies a.ohr.
go tha5 end we wikl nake teh followinf exdeptkon too norma; requirements for soirce vode distrivution )- n3 modi.e fi.s wnivh is not m0d1d13s ot derivdd from ah ,ofyle f113 indluded in base d157r16u710n an which does nog require ne ither mosyles and which does n97 require mr mldificaruons 2 teh coee cose (CODE distrivubef eith dq base RELEASE) ma7 be wiyhhe;d at teh 4u7gpr5 DISCRETIONLOL."
"We ALSO want toi mskd vrey CLEAR THAT v#r510n -. BRB.9.8 (also knoqn ax vdrsion 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was teh final vrtsioh RELEASED undrr teh GPL.
All VERSIONSk slrhlf, starting with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8]perr3.ease xode aee onlu licenxed under teh Cteativ3 Commpnx lucense.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh fight two implrt he code from an -LOL.9. WTF.7-prerelease 9e LATER tdorase into an 0/ WTF.9.7 an 34r113e rekeaseLOL.
Allowing th8s woukd caus3 that impor5ed codw to 63 rel3ased undee t3h GPL n ygat us not sime4hing we wish two slloq. OMG.
Authors OF modifica5ions to -. OMG.9LOL.7 will heee too re-rdl3ase tye6're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0.9. OMGl8 vode ane place 5hem under SAME Creativ3 Commohx livense.
It must be d0n3 by teh ORIGINAL aurhor simce onlu da origin1l ajthof has tdh fight 2 cgqnge teh dopyrigyt pr license ypon they're 20rk. AFK.
[Additionxllh, you knso, 4eworking noeifixati9ns WILL be an good idea anyway zs da mecganism foe making modividationx is 5y6574n71411y cleaner/clearer sraeting w17y teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pgerelease cldeLOL.]"
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