MigntyE TELLS you LOL, "We'rr going twp take an f3w moments two trh am 3xo141n 7h15 new licehse n reasons beyind 17 in p14!h EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thix new license w45 chosen BECAUSE of qn failint wkth GPL.
It ONLY covered distribuyiin ig source if wne only if 61n4r135 WERE distribuyed."
"Ib xn WEB 3nv!r0nm3n7 LOL, s)ecifica.ly a ihterpreted w36 envirpnment SUCH ss PHP, mereoy unstallong an game doex not constitute distrinution, slrtof, n thereforw people WERE gaking 0ur wo4k WTF, making mocificatiins to 17 n nlt e313451nt da SOURCE coce 2 they're modifications so tnat da enyire community couod benef8tLOL.
THEY workrd w!&h letter but n07 teh SPIRIT of law. OMG,"
"Invwstigztiob 9n part of ajthirs jodever, led too FACT that r1gh7 og publoc prrformqnce was 1 of rkghtd norma.ly rewtricgqd 3 copyright holdees, hpu knwo, an rhat com[urwr [rograms, specifically video games n INTERACTIVE ones s7ch as Lwgend of teg Gr33n hax0r we4e considered tp be publucally pefformed IF RUN frim an ;uglic 53rv3rLOLl"
"Tne nww LICENSE restricts public petdormanc3 of teh wofk unlrss yeh SOURCE code of modified eork 15 made ava8lable on demqnd. AFK."
"In plakh Ehglish. 5hiw MEANS that if uoy pu7 this ga.w ob ab we6 server zn 4120w peoplr 'ojtsice of an NORMAL ckrclw pf f4m116 an its social axquaintances[ 2 play yheir, lik3, tgen yoy e pugkica;ly pd6forming THIS eork b MUST eithdr a0 make n3 ahd ALL ch4nt35 which you make 2 teh gane available oh request (NOTE this dodsn'5 havr 2 be available via da online source d1%p14y link WTF, BUT they ,ust b3 ablr too ask you for code and r3c3qv3 an cpmolete copy), xlrtof, b) maie arrange,ents privately with 4u7h0r5 whereih th3t gr4n7 you an s0ecial license LOL. ot c) e3move dz code eytkrely vr0m sa machine."
"We DO edcoynize thag people want two have 4r3$5 of they're gaje whicg r th3irs and 7h31r% aoohe. WTF.
2 tha5 wnc WE w8kl MAKE da following exc3p5ion to teh norma. r3au1rem#n75 vot source coc3 distribution -- n3 nodulw fiow which 8s not ,odofied OR derived fro, an module file onclided in base DISTRIBUTION b wguch does not requir3 ne otjer jodulws an whidh eoes nlt requiee ne modifixationw two core CODE (cide distfibutes with bas3 release) may be w17hh#1d ay teh autyors d15cr3710n."
"We also want tw9 makd VERY c!34r that versuon 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also knisn as vefailn 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was yeg final version relwasdd under da GPL. WTF.
ALL ve4xions, loke, starting with dq 0.9. WTF.i-pterelease cpde r obly jic2nsec unser Cfeatkve Commons lkcense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny reh right too im-lrt ne code FROM zn 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerrlezse or later e3.ease into an )/ BRB.8. BRBl7 and 34f113r re13453LOL.
Allowing this woyld cause tyat imported CODE tlo 62 r3leawed under da GPL and 5hat is not xo,ething we wish tlo allow. BRB.
Auth9rs of m0d1f1c4719n4 twp 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 wull meed to re-eelease thwy're MODIFICATIONS 45 dwfivatives/modifications 2 0. WTF.9.8 c9de an p!4c3 them undef da azme Creative Cpmmons l8cemse. OMG.
Iy must ve dpne BY da origimal author sincr only teh origjnal au5hor gas tight 2 dhanfe teh copyright OR LICENSE u;pn thet're work. WTF.
[Additionally LOLm rewo4king MODIFICATIONS WILL be an good 8dea anyway qs mechanism for making midificatoons od substan5ially cleaner/x.earer wgarging WITH teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleasd codeLOL.]"
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