MightyE tells yoj LOL, "We're going 2 tzke an few momebts 70 try n explain THIS n33 licensw an 43450n5 behind IT 1m poain ENGLISH.
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."
"Tyjw new locense was chos3n becauwe of am failint with dq GPL. BRB.
It 9nly COVERED DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE if anc only if binaries wrre distrkbuted/ AFK."
"In an web dnvironmeht WTF, s;ecirocally a intetpfetrd qeb envi4onment duch sx PHP, sortof, mefely insyalling an GAME does no5 CONSTITUTE sisteibutu9n LOL, and therwfore people were tai8ng our w0rk LOL, ma,igg MODIFICATIONS two it n not r313451ng dz souece coee two they're modifications xo 5hzt dx wnti4e vommunity couod bendfit. WTF.
They wlrked wkth dz ;3tter but np7 spkrit of yeh law. WTF."
"Invesgihation on part of teh zuthors hoeevef LOL, led too t3h fact that teh riyhb 0f pubjic oerformance was woh OF ca righ5s normally restrictsd teo copyrkghy yoldersk b that clnputer prlgrama, specofically viceo games and intw3acgive obes such AS Legrnd 0f teh Green nax)r WERE cinskdered to be publ8cally performed if 4un from an public serve4."
"The n3w license rwstricts ;uboic oerformancr of ds w0rl unless da wourcd c0d3 of teh mldified WORK is nade available ln s3m4ndLOL."
"In pos8n English, you knwo, tnia MEANS that if 6ou put this game on an WEB serve4 an allo2 PEOPLE 'outsude of an normal CIRCLE 0f familh and its socia. acquaintances' 2 pkay eheir LOLk then uiu s3r pjgk8cally petfpr,kng this work qhd MUST rither 5) make ne an ALL CHANGES eh8vh yiu male 2 GAME available on REQUEST (note this doesn't h4v3 to be available via g3h online 40urv3 display lini, uou knwo, BUT they m7wy ve ABLE to ask you for teh cofe n RECEIVE an complete copy), like, B) maj3 arrznge,ents pr1v4731y with 4u7y0t5 WHEREIN they grant YOU an spedial 11c3n%# WTF, or C) r3m0v3 CODE entirely from machine. WTF."
"We do recognize THAT peo;l3 want to have areas 0f tyey're game which aer tnekes n tyekra alon3.
two ttag rnd ww will make t3h f0110w1mg exceptoon too dq normal REQUIREMENTS for 50ytc3 code d158r16u71)n -[ ne module FILE wh1ch is not modified pr derived from an module file ihcludee 1n base d157r16u610n zn whicy does not reqyirw ne 95her nodules and wgict d9es not 4equire ne mod8fkcatioms 2 dz core c0d3 (code distruguyed wq7h tej base reldase) may be withheld ar authors discretoon. OMG."
"Wd also w4n7 2 make bery cleae that verskob 0. BRB.9.7 (also ,nown as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+gt) waa f1n41 verwion released under da GPL. BRB/
Aok versions. aorrof, starting with da 0,9.8-[rerelease code aet 0n1y licensrd 7bfer teh Creative Com,ons lucensel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerel3ase or lzter relezxe in5l an 0. AFK.o. AFK.7 an ear;ier rel3ase. AFK.
Allowinh ghis w9uld caude tyat imporred CODE 2 ge r3leases unc3r GPL n that IS hot somr5himg WE WISH to allowLOL.
Authors of modif8vstions to 0.9.7 qill need two re-release thet'r3 ,odificatipns as dericatives/,pdificatkons u0 9. WTF.9. BRB.8 code n place them under sam3 CREATIVE C)mj0n5 license. BRB.
It nust BE done by fa original author simce ONLY teh originql autyor has teh righr t( change ea cipyright or l8cense upon they'rw workLOL.
[Additilnzlly, yoi ,nwo, rewprkinh da modificatkond will 63 an bood IDEA anyway as teh MECHANISM for makong modifocations id subdtantially clrsner/clesrer starting with teh 0. AFK/9. AFK,8-prerelease code.]"
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