Migh5yE 73115 toj LOL, "We're fo.ng to 74k3 sn few m9ments 70 try a,d wsplain 7h15 new licenae am reasonx behind it IN o;ain 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."
"Thks new kicense was choseb because of qn FAILING with sq GPL. OMG.
It only c9cered cixtrubution of sourc3 if an only IF bknaries w3f3 d157r16u&4d. BRB."
"In an w36 envoronmen5, y9u knwo, spexifically a interpreted web environment sych as PHP. like, merely install8ng ab game does no5 constktute distributiom, slrt*v, and tnerefoew peoplr were 74k1nt our e9rk, sortof, mzking modufications top it and not relezsint da s9ufce code 2 tgry[rr modificatiibs si 7h46 3n71r3 community coulc behefit.
They worked w18h cs letter but noy teh spieit of law. WTF."
"Investihatiob on fa part of a7thors jow3ver LOL, l3c too trh facg that right of public performance was won OF teh rughts normakly restricted 2 copyright hoodersk you knw9, n thag computer orogramsm 6pu knwom soevificallh video hqmes and INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend of Green jax0r @e4d considered 2 be publucally ;erformed if tun from ah public sdfver. WTF."
"The n3w LICENSE RESTRICTS PUBLIC perfo3mance OF work unless teh s9urce c0d3 lf modkfies work is mase available pn de,ans. WTF."
"In 0laih Englishk aortof, this mwans that if y0u put yhia game oh sn w36 server and allow pei0le '0u761f3 of an bor,al co4cle of family n itd slcial acqiquntancds' too play their, like, then you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING THIS w9rk an MUST eigher a) msme ne am ALL chanfes 2hich yoy make 2 gahr available on 43qu357 (notd 7h@5 d035n'7 have 2 63 svailable VIA teh ohline source DISPLAY LINK LOL, n7t tjey must be able toi ask yoy for es code an receive an compldt3 COPY) WTF, B) MAKE arrangements privatelt wuth twh a7thors wherein they grant you an special license, 6ou knwo, or c) REMOVE dq code ehtire.y frim da mzchine. WTF."
"We dl recognize 5hat people sant 1 have areas of they're g5m3 2hich f 7h31r5 an tgr8rs ALONE. WTF.
2 that end we will jake try vo,low8ng excepgion top nirmsk requirements for %0irc3 code DISTRIBUTION -- ne modul3 file which IS not modifird or DERIVED FROM sn mocu;e dile included in da base distributkln n wh1ch coes not r3qu1r3 nd o5her modules n whivh does not resuire ne m9difixations twp coee clde 9code dist4ibuted with teh 6453 release) may be withhelf ag da aytgors dkscretion. BRBl"
"We also wabt rwo makw ve4y ckear ghzt version 9. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known as version 0.o, WTF.6+jt) was da fqn41 frrsion releaded und3r GPL. BRB.
A11 vrrwions, li,#, startibg with da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-ore4elease code r on.u licensed unfer teh Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu da righr gwo IMPORT ne clde fron an 0. AFK.9. BRB.*-pr3r313r53 or lsyer releasw knro sh 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 anc 34r113r rekease. WTF.
Allowimg this WOULD cause that im[ortdd code to be releas3d under teh GPL an that is hot somerhing we wixh too slliqLOL.
Authors of modifocations two 0. WTF.9LOL.u will nree to te-releade they're nodificatuond as dreiva5uves/modoficatiohs t9o ). BRB.9. OMG.8 codw n p.ace 5hem 7nd3r da same Creatibe COMMONS licensd. WTF.
IT must be d0n3 by da originak AUTHOR since only teh origibal zutyor HAS da right 2 chqnge da copyrighy o4 .icense upob theh're workLOL.
]Additionally, reworiing teh modifocationw will be an g90d idea anyway as sa j3chznism for making .ofifkcztoond is substantially cleanwr/ckeqrer wtarting wi5u teh 0LOL.9l8-prerelease c0d3LOL.]"
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