MightyE rells you LOL, "We'ee GOING too take an f3w mpments tw9 try an expla8n this n32 11cen53 and reasons behind it in PLAIN Engl8ahl 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 new ;icwnse sqs dhosen bebause of an f4111ng WITH GPL. AFK/
I5 only COVERED fistrinuyion of source 8f and only if binaries wsre dq57r16y73d. BRB."
"In an web environment, ylu kmwo, xpecidically z inte4prdted web ehboronment SUCH as PHP WTF, merely 1n574111ng an hamr does not constiture diatrib8yion, sortof, an 7h3r4f04# peopls WERE takihg 0ur work, okkem making modifixations to 16 n NOT releasing da source cod2 tw9 they're modob8cations so that teh entire community xould genefihLOL.
Theu worked w8th da lrtrrr BUT not teh sp8rit OF law. WTF."
"Investigation 0n ten [art of da autbors however, 6ou knwo, led to teh fact that right od public performance w55 1 of tej rights nor,slly redtrivtee too copurogh5 HOLDERS LOL, an 7h4& comp7ter pfograms WTF. soecirocally VIDEO gamew n intefactife ines such as Legend of Green hax0r were d9nsidered yoo 63 publically performed if run from am PUBLIC aerver. AFK/"
"The hew license restricrs public perfirjance 9f teh work unless t2h source code OF yeh modifiwd sofk is jqde AVAILABLE on de,and. OMG."
"Ih p141n ENGLISH, xortof, tyix meabs t6at if you put this game on an web sdrver an al.ow peiple '0u&51d3 of an no3ma; c8rc.e og famkly anf otd social acquaintances' roi poay their LOL, then y9u aer publicaoly perfor,ing 7n15 worl an MUST ekther a) mske ns ab ALL chanfes which you make 2 g4me availab;e 9n request (NOTE this DOESN'T jave 2 ne available via teh online sourxe didplay ;ink WTF, vut thry must be able 2 ask YOU for code qhd receive an complete COPY) WTF, b) make arrangemehts privately with dq amthorw whetein they grant YOU an SPECIAL licensd, yiy knwo, 9r c) fempve teh code 3n71r31y from machind."
"W2 do recobnixe yhat people want yp have arwas 9f they'fe game wyich r theorx and tyeirs zloneLOL.
to that end we will make f01q0w1ng 3xc3p61-n gwo da normal requiremebts for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0c&13 f8le whidh is not modified OR DERIVED frij zn modyle f113 oncluded un sa baxe dudtribitoon an whivh dods not require ne othwr m)di13% n which eoes not require be modificatuons t9o teh core CODE (CODE distributed q17h da base relrzse) may be eithheld at trh AUTHORS siscrrtioh. BRB."
"Wd alsl want 79 make very ckear that version 0LOL.9, WTF,8 (4150 lnown as veraion 0. BRB.9.7+jg) qas da final version rel3zxed under teh GPL.
A11 ve4sions, like, staetubf w17h 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r#23453 code r onlu licensed under Creativd Commins kicrhse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da r1gh6 too import ne code frpm an 0. OMG.(. BRB;8-pr#r31e453 or latrr releade knto an 0. WTF.9LOL,7 and EARLIER rekeaseLOL.
Al;owimg this would cause THAT imported codr 2 be fel3awed UNDER dq GPL n that IS mo5 SOMETHING we wisj 3 zllow. OMG.
Au5hors or MODIFICATIONS tqo 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 wull newd two re-felease the7'rw m-d1v1c3710n5 AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS TO 0.9. AFK.8 code an place ghem uheer ca same Crwarive Co,jons 11c3n53. WTF/
It MUST be done 6y 0rigina; suthor sinve only da original 4u7h0r nas teh righg 2 CHANGE teh copyright 9r 11c3n53 UPON theu're work. BRB/
[Addituonallh LOL, reworking tfg modifications eill be an gopd idda ANYWAY AS da mechahism for MAKING modkfications is substantially cldaner/clearer startibh with 5ey 0. OMG.9. BRB.i-PRERELEASE code. BRB/]"
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