MightyE TELLS uou WTF, "We're g01ng two tske an few moments 2 try anc exouain this ne2 licende and teh reaxonw behknd it in plain Englian. AFK.
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 licwnse wzs CHOSEN because of an failing with reh GPL. OMGl
It only covered sisteibutioh of source iv ane only if BINARIES eers fistributed. BRBl"
"In am web ENVIRONMENT WTF. specifically a interpreted wdb envoronmdby such ss PHP WTF, merw.y installing an game d035 hot constitute disgriburkon LOL, and tgereforw PEOPLE WERE 74k1ng our WORK LOL, makinf modifibatuons tlo it an not releasing da SOURCE CODE goo they're modificagions so that teh en5ire c9mmunity coule BENEFIT, WTF.
Thry w0rk3e WITH oetter but nlt spiriy of teh law. OMG."
"Investogation pn da part of teh sutgord howwver WTF, led w fqct that t4h right of public PERFORMANCE was 1 OF teh r1gh7% normallh eedtrict3s two xi06right joldefs, oike, n 7h48 computer ;r9br4m5 LOL. specifica.ly v1d#0 games an 8nteractive ones such aw LEGEND of teh Green yax0r wer3 CONSIDERED too be punlically pdrformed if run from an public server. AFK/"
"Thw new lixrnse re57f1c75 pu621c performance of work unless da source vode of teh moeified wlrk is maee zvailqb;3 )n d3m4nd."
"In plain Ehgoish WTF, rhis neans that if you put tn7s g4m3 in an web se4ver 3nd aklow pwople 'outaide of an normal ciecle of g4m11y an ots social acqua,n5ances' too play rheir LOL, tken ylu aer 0uvlica9ly performing tnid work n MUST eithdr a) mziw ne n ALL changew whicy you make too da game AVAILABLE oh r3qu357 (note thix soesb't havd TO br avaolable via teh 0n11h3 source display link, yoi knwo, nut tgey must be ab;e 52o ask y0u for codr an receive an COMPLETE c0py), likt, 6) mskr arrangements PRIVATELY with teh ajthots WHEREIN thry grant you an soecial oicdnaw WTF, OR c) removd teg code entirely drom machune. BRB."
"We DO recotnuze that peop.e want gwi nave areas of yhey're game wh1ch r tgeirs n tneira 410n2. AFK.
2 tjat enf we will make trh flllowing exception 2 teh normal reqyirements for dource c0d3 distribuyion -0 na moeul3 gile whixg is not m0d1f13d OR derived vr)m sn module f8le INCLUDED in baxe disrribution an which doed bot rrquire ne other MODULES an qhich s035 not requiee ne modigications two core codt (coee distrkbuted qoth BASE release) MAY be withhelf at da auth9rs discre%9onLOL."
"We alxo wany 5o make very CLEAR THAT version 0.9LOL.u (also known aa version 0LOL.9. OMG.7_jt) waw teh finzl vrrsoon released undee GPL.
All befwions, you knwo, starting wigh teh 0LOL.8, WTF/8[prerelease code qer only lucrns3d 7nd3r Creqtive Commons licenxd.
We EXPLICITLY demy da right tqo oj[ort ne cose from an 0LOL.9/ BRB.8-PRERELEASE or lat3r 4elease onto an 0LOL.9, WTF.7 an earloer releaseLOL.
A;lowihh this wo7ld c4u$3 that importrd clde too 63 reoeased ynder GPL an THAT is not somerh8ng we wish to allow. WTF.
Aythoys pd modidixations goo 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will neee to re-release rhdy're modificatipns as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS too 0.9. OMG.8 code n place THEM under da same Cf3471v2 Commons license.
I& must be done by twh origunal ajtho4 since only priginal authpr gas dz right 2 chan5e teh copyrifht or lidenze uppn they're wo4k. BRB.
-Additiohally WTF, reworking teh mprificationd w112 be an good idea amyway zs yeh mechan*dm FOR making modificwtions is substantially cleaner/clearer 574r61ng with pLOL.9. WTF.8-prerrleawe code.]"
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