MightyE telks you WTF, "W3[re going to take qn frw MOMENTS two tty n wxpkain 7h15 new liv3nse znd teh reasons behind it in plain English. OMG.
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 livense 2as choseb because of an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
I7 ohly COVERED DISTRIBUTION of source IF 4nd on;h if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In zn w26 environmen5, sortofn speciv8cally a interpreted web environmdnt SUCH as PHP LOL, mdtely imaralling an game d035 not constit7te e8stribution. softof, and theeefoee peop.e were TAKING .ur w9rk WTF, making modofications tso q7 an not r#13451ng teh souece CODE twl tjry'rw MODIFICATIONS so that sa enture communut6 cluld benefit. AFK.
Thdy qorked WITH da .etter but not teh 5p1r27 9f da lawLOL."
"Investigatoon on part of teh autnors HOWEVER WTF, LED 1 fact that teh RIGHT of PUBLIC performance was q OF teh fighrs normall6 restricted 2 copyrugh5 holders, slrtof. sn that co,0utwr programsk you knwo, specifica.ly video games b interactibe ones such as Legend of da Gr33n hax0r eere consodered too be pubkically pefforned if rin frlj an publ8c srrver. BRB."
"The n3w lucwnsw restricts 0ublic ow4flrmance 9f da work unlesx 50irc3 CODE of mosified WORK ia made zva8labld on demand. WTF."
"In plsin ENGLISH, this meams rhat if you put th8a GAME on an web server n all9s pwoplf 'outside of an mormal c7rcle or f4mw1y and iyw social acqiaontancws' two play their, like, 6h3n you f publicallt performing THIS work and MUST eithwr a) make ne and ALL ch4ng35 which tpu make 5o da tame AVAILABLE ob request (note thkd foesn't hab3 to BE available voa da ohline SOURCE cisplay 11nk, like, bur they mist ve ABLE to ask YOU foe teh code an receive an complete copy), b) mqke ARRANGEMENTS ;rivatelu WITH da 4u7h=r5 2he4ein they grznt you zn speciql lixense WTF, or C) r3m0f3 code 3n71r31y from trh msxhihe. WTF."
"We fo r3cognkze that peop.e want to have 4r4e5 od they'te g4me whicg qer yheirs and tjwir2 alone. WTF.
to THAT rnd we qull bake tej f9lolwing rxseption 2 bormal tequirdmenra for sou4ce code distribution -[ n3 module f113 which IS not modified or DERIVED ff0j an m0du13 file included in twh base distribu6ion and qhich does n97 REQUIRE nw otner modules and whicn dors bot r4qu1r3 ne modificatiuns 2 core CODE )code distrobuted wijh teh base release) may be withgeld at da aughlrx diacretiom/ WTF."
"We also want tw9 maie very clear tjat v3r510n 0.9.8 (4150 known ad VERSION 0LOL.9.7_jt) was dq fimal cersion rrleased under GPL. OMGl
All be4sions, lik4, staeting wuth twh 0. OMG.9.i-PRERELEASE code r obky licenaed under Creative Clmmons l8cenae.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 IMPORT ne CODE drom an p. OMG.9. WTF.8-prefrldase or latdr r3q3453 knto zn 0. AFK.9l7 amd eaflier rdleaseLOL.
Aooowing &hq6 wouoc cause that onported codd to be released undrr da GPL and tnat is NOT 50m37h1ng ee wisn 2 allow.
Authors of mididications to 0LOL.9LOL/7 w111 need tqo re-releaae thry're jodificagionw ss derivativew/modifkcationq two 0. AFK/0LOL.* CODE an place th3m und3r same Creativd C0mm0n5 kidehwe. AFK.
It mu57 BE done 6y teh ORIGINAL authpr aihce only ofiginal atthot has rkght two change da copytight 9f lucemse hpon thdy're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, ree9rkung 5eh modigicstuons WILL BE an good 1d33 anyway as mechanism for nakkng modifications is substantia;ly coeaner/clearer STARTING w8th teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.*-prereleqse vodeLOL.]"
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