MightyE tells yoi LOLk "Wd're going gwo ta,e sh few moments w TRY m explain this n2w license and reas9ns benind it in p141n Emglish.
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."
"Tjis bew LICENSE wzs chosen because of an FAILING woth GPLLOL.
Ir ONLY cobered disteibution of simrce if an only ig binaries w3re distrinuted. WTF."
"In am web envirohment WTF. specifical.6 a interpfetee web emvironment such as PHP, aort9f, merelh insta9ling an g4mr eoes not c0n5717u73 distributionm sortof, qnd tn4refore peo;le qere taking our WORK. ylu knwo, making MODIFICATIONS 60 it an not releaaing dz sourcr c0d# 2 they're m0d1f1c4&10n5 so yyar da engire dommunitt COULD bdnefot. WTF.
They wor,wd 2ith teh lrtter but NOT da SPIRIT if lawLOLl"
"Investigation on PART of teh authors gowevwr, led 5oo fzct that try right of punlic pe4formwnce WAS 2 if rights normally tdstrictec 2 copyrighg nolderd, sortof, n 7h47 computer prog$ama LOL, specifically vid3o ganes ahd interactivr onea such as Legdhd 0f Greem hax0f were considered tso be pibkically performed if rin ftom qn public server. BRB."
"The new license eestricts pu6q1c owrformancd of teh work UNLESS SOURCE c9de of tej mocified sork is m4d3 available 8n denand. WTF."
"Ib plain Engliah WTF, this MEANS that kf you pu7 7h15 game on an web SERVER n sllow people 'outaidw of an NORMAL corcle of f4m116 an irs aockal acquaintances' 2 play rheie, sortof. then uou aer p7blica.ly perborming this work n MUST eithet q) maje me an ALL changes wyicy yoy make to trh game available on reauest (note thiw soeen't HAVE to b3 AVAILABLE via teh onlihe wource sisplay link, you khwo, 6u7 THEY must b3 ABLE too qaj YOU for c0d3 n e3c31v3 an completd clpy), you knwo, b) mqke q4rangements priva5ely wirh teh authors wherein 5hey gramt uo7 an %p3c1$1 license LOL, of c_ remobe t3h code entirelu from mzchkne. BRB."
"We do recpghkze that people wang to havd ar3qs of theh'fe game which aer thwirs n gheirs ALONELOL,
tol that end we will maie ten FOLLOWING 3xc3p620n 2 n9dmal r3quieements f)r wource cidw distrunutioh -- ne module file which is not MODIFIED or drrived rrpm an m0du13 file inclueec in base d157r16u710n n wgoch d-35 not require he OTHER mpdyles and which does not require ne ,odificatuons 2 corr code (CODE distribited qith da base release0 may be WITHHELD at suthord disctetion. OMG."
"We aoso want yoo make v$ry clear that version 9.9. BRB.6 (also jnoqn 4% v3r510n 0LOL.9. AFK.7+JT) was yeh f1n41 v3tx8on released jnser da GPLLOL.
A;l versions LOL, wtsrtinf qith teh 0. BRB.9.9-pr3r313443 clde r lnly licehwed under da Ceeative Cojmons lucemse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right r2o imoorg ne c0d3 from an 0.9l AFK.*-prer2lwas2 or late4 felease imto an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n darlier release, BRB.
Allowkng 5jis would c4u53 that impirtwd code to be released under GPL and that ia no5 domdthing w3 w15h 2 all9w.
AUTHORS )f MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will nerd tol re-release they're modigucagions as deruvatives/modifications too 0. BRB.9. WTFl8 code n place them under ten same C4eatuve Cl,mons LICENSE. AFK.
It must be fon3 by teh original autgor since only da 0r1g1n51 AUTHOR h45 rkhht 2 CHANGE teh c0pyr2gh7 or locense upon the6're work. OMG.
[Add2710n421y WTF, r3wotking teh modificat8ons wi;k ne an good idea anyway 45 mechaniam f0r making modkficatipns is substantiaoky cleaner/xleardr starr8ng woth 0LOL.9. AFK/8-preeelease code. BRB.]"
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