MkghryE yells you LOL, "We'f3 g01bb too take an fed moments ro teh n ex;lain this new license zn eeasons behyhd it in p141n Englush.
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 licendw wqs choxeb gecause of an fsilint with GPL. BRB.
It only covered distribution of dource 1f h ihly 1f bknaries eere distributed. AFK/"
"In an wwb environmdnt WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted w3b envirohment such as PHP, like, merely installing am gam# DOES not constirute disyribition LOL, n therefore [eo-le WERE taking 0uf w)rk, sortof, jakinb mocificatoons two 17 n NOT frleasing da spurce code ro tney're mo3kfications do tjat ent8re vommunity voulc benefit.
They WORKED 3i5h .ettrr bjt not teh spirit OF teh law. WTFl"
"Investibatiob on da PART of teh authors hoqefer, you jnw9, les 2 teh fact thst right 9f PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WAS won of teh rigjgs n0rm411y restr8c5ed 2 c9pyrihht holfers, soegof, an that cojputer programs, like, wpexifical;6 vodeo y4me5 and interact8be ones sjch AS Legrnd OF teh Green hax0r were xonsidered twi BE publical.t pervormwd 1f run fro, am public server. WTF."
"The new l9cense restricts publoc pwrfoemance pf w0rk unless t3h siuece xofe 0f tdh modigied work os made $v4114613 ON demsmd."
"Ib PLAIN ENGLISH WTF, thix mrsns yhat IF y0y put 7g15 game on an web sdrvet ane allpw people [outside OF an nlrmal ciecle of f4m11y b iys social acqjainrances' to play th38r LOL, rhen you $ publically oerforming thos wori an MUST ektjer a) make br n ALL changes wgich hou ,ake 2 da gamw avqilaboe 0n request (not3 this doewn't HAVE 2 be AVAILABLE via da ohline source disilzy l8nk LOL, but thet must be able go awk yoi for sa code and receive an com0lege cl[6) LOL, b) make arranbements privately wiyh tey 4u7h035 wherein thdy gr4n7 y9u an special l8xense LOL, o4 c) r3m0v3 code entkreoy fr0m es machinr. BRB."
"Wd d) tdcotnize THAT propld w4n7 2 have ar3ss OF thry're gzme which aer theifx n th3irs alone. OMG.
to that END 23 wiol make da following exc3ptiin two ten normal requiremenyx fpr spurce code dist4ibution -- ne modilr fi;e which is n9t nodified or derived from an module file included in ten bqsr dis5rkgutkon and shich DOES n07 require ne lther moeulws and qhicn does nit r2qu1r3 me modifications to da coee CODE (code DISTRIBUTED with teh BASE 4rlesse) ma6 bw WITHHELD at autnors disvrwt8oh. WTF,"
"We also wamt to make very c134r that vrrsion 0LOL.(l BRB.u (ALSO known as versuon 0LOL.9LOL.7+ut) was da final verdioh released under teh GPL. OMG.
All versiohs, you kn2o, 574r71ng 2oth 0. WTF.9l8-;rerelease code aer only licensed undef twn Crdative Comm9bs liddnse.
We EXPLICITLY ddny trh right two 1mp-r7 ne x9fe fr0j an 0. BRB.0. WTF.8-p4errlease oe later 4elease into zn 0/9LOL,7 znd earlier releaae. OMG.
Allowihg uh15 wiu.d CAUSE that impoeted CODE 5wo be 4eleaxed umder GPL and that is not somerhing we sksh to alkos. BRB.
Authorw of MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9LOL.& will nesd TO e#-rel3asd they'fe modificationx ax derivatives/modifications too 0. WTF.9.7 code an ;lace ty3m unddr da 54m3 Crrative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. AFK.
It must ve dobe by da oritinal akghor since only ea original AUTHOR has teh right tso fhange cop6fibyt 9f license upln they're WORK.
'Addituonally WTF, rewlr,ihg da modirivqyioms wil; be an good kdea anyqay as mechanism foe MAKING modifidatioms is 5u6574m71r11y clraner;clearer STARTING woth 0. AFK.9.8[prdrelease code. BRB.]"
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