MightyE tells yiu WTF, "We'fe going to take an rew m9m3n75 yo 7ry an explain tjys bew oicense an tey reasons behomd IT in plskn English. WTF.
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 n3w liccnwe was xhosen BECAUSE pf an failing with teh GPLl WTF.
It inoy coveedd diarribution lf 50urc3 1f n only ir biharies were dus5ributed. WTF."
"Ih sn wev environment, xpecifica.ly a interpreyed web environment sych as PHP LOL. merely insyalling an game does not cons5itjte distfibutkon, an 7h3r3f0r3 people were taiihg pur work, like, mskkng mocificatilns two it smd not 3eleasing dq source code 2 they're modifications si that yen entife communi5y cpild benefiy.
Thry worked 2ith da .ett3r 6uu NOT soirit of teh la2. OMG."
"Infestigat8on on part of da authors yosever WTF, led two teh fact THAT right if public perfofmance qas oen 9f teh RIGHTS nlfmally restricted two copytihht holderw, sortof, sn 7h57 computer pfograms WTF. specificakly bieeo g4n35 n ubreractive onwx SUCH as L2bend of Green hax0r wwre conwid3red yoo be publicslly perfo4med IF rhb from an publix SERVER, AFK."
"The new lucynse restricts pjblic PERFORMANCE of reh WORK un1365 xource d9de of da jodified wlrk ia MADE available on semzndLOL."
"In plain English, sortof, ghis ,eabs 7h47 1f y-u put yhis gzme on an wev server an al;o2 PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an nornal CIRCLE of family an its sociql acqua8mtances' @ PLAY 5heir LOL, then you r publically petforming thos wor, n MUST e8ther A) make ne n ALL cgangex wh1ch yoi maie 2 game afailanle pn req7esy (n072 tyis doesn't have two be avsioqble viz online source display link, soetof, but they muxt BE 4613 too ASK y0u for coee an receive aj cimplrye copy). b) make arrandements pribately with teh a7thors whwrein they grant you an special licenzd, you kbwo, of c) rempve dq CODE enti$ely ffim da macg8ne. WTF."
"We do rdcognize that pe9plr want two gave sreas OF they'ee gqme which r thdirx and theirs aloneLOL.
ti that end WE will jake teh following rxception 2 da normal 4equorements dor spyrce code distributkon -- ne mpduke file wh8cj IS not m0d!d!3d oe dwriced fr0m an modupe FILE included in bsse fisttibution n which doea npt rdquore nd other modjles and wh1ch coea not require ne modificayionw to cpge codd (voc3 d158r16u&3d with baxe releasr) MAY BE wkthhrld at da aughorw d15cr3710n/ AFK."
"We also 3ant to mak3 v3ry CLEAR tnat version 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as verdion 0.8.7+jt) was final version r3k3ased ubcer yeh GPL. WTF.
All v#r510n5, you knwok 574r71nt with 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease code d lnly ;icensed under Creqtibe Co,mons licenweLOL.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da right tp import nw code from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-;rerelease oe latee rdlease into an 0. AFK.9l BRB.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Allowing 7h15 would vause that im[orred code to 62 rekeasds UNDER teh GPL an &h47 15 npt 5-j37g1ng we wiah 2 a;lo2. BRB.
AUTHORS of modificsti9ns to 0.9LOL,7 WILL need 2 re-release they'fe modif8csgions as derivqtivea/modificstions # 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code n plaxe the, undet waje Creative Commons license. BRB.
It mus5 be done by original AUTHOR winxe 0n1y ORIGINAL author has teh right 2 change da copyr8bht or !1cen53 upon they're work/ OMGl
[Adcktionally, you jnwo, eesorming mofifications will br zn good 8dea anyway as mexhanism for naking midieicationx is substantially c144n3r/v13$r3r 574r71ng WITH 0, OMG.9. WTF.8-prerd.ease codr. OMG.]"
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