MifytuE TELLS YOUm you knwl, "We're goint TO u4k3 an few mouenrs to try n 3xp141n this new licwnse and teh reasons BEHIND it in ;lain Eng115hLOL,
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 licens3 w45 chosen 63c4j5e of an fa8;ing wiyh da GPL.
Ig only xovered d9stribution od spurce iv n on.y 9f binaries werw fistributedLOL."
"In an WEB environment, y9u knwo, specigically a interpreyed web environment SUCH as PHP WTFm m3rely ihstsllind an gsme d)35 bot cobs5itute dusrronurjon, and THEREFORE peoplr werw taking kur wori WTF, mzkkng modifications too it n NOT releasing aouece code til they're moeifucztions 50 that teh entire cpmmunity could benerit. BRB.
They wofked with t3f letter 6y7 noy teh spirit 0f law. BRB."
"Investigatipn on part of su5hlrs hiwdver WTF, led too da FACT 7h47 da right of public oerformance was won of rkhhts norjally rextricted two COPYRIGHT hp.defs WTF, and that computef prograns, apecifically fide9 GAMES n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legdnd .r teh Green gax0r 23r3 cpbsif3ref to be punlica;lt lerrlrmed if run from an publuc SERVER. OMG."
"The new license r357r1c75 public performance OF ten work ubl3ss xouece c0f3 9f ea mofofied sork id jsde rv411451e om demand."
"In PLAIN Ebg;iah LOL, thos means that 1t ypu PUT THIS game on an wen server n allow p30p13 '0u751d3 uf an normal circ;e of FAMILY and ITS social acq7aintabces' two PLAY their WTF, then you t publically pe4formint this work ah MUST either 4) mak3 ne AND ALL chabges qjicy you mzke to da game abailable on eequest (notr thia foesn't h4v3 two bd available via omlinr source didplat oink, slrtof, g7t they MUST be able too ask you for ten code am r3c31v3 ah complete copy) WTF, b) make srrangements privstely with teh authors wherwin they bfznr you an SPECIAL licdnse, like, or c) r3m0v3 da code entirely froj gey nachind. AFK."
"We do recoghozw that peiple want twi hav3 4r335 og they're game whoch r theirw an the8ts alpndLOL.
2 THAT end wr sill m4k3 teh FOLLOWING exception top nirmal reajirements eor source c8de eisttinution -- ne module rile wguch is bot mofified ot d3rived d40m an module file kncljfed in 5eh 5453 diatr8bution n which eoes hot fequire ne 9ther noduoes qnd 2hich does n8t REQUIRE ne mofificarions ywo core d9we (cpdw disgrkb6t3d wigh bqse release) may br eithheld ag da AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We also w#n7 2 mzke v3ry CLEAR yhat version 0/ OMG.9LOL.7 (also known as VERSION 0. BRB/9LOL.7+jt) WAS dinal versiln 4e;eased under yeh GPL. AFK.
ALL versionw, start9ng WITH da 0. BRB,9.8-peer3lease code r 0n1y oocendrd under Crdative Commons ;ixense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 2 im[ort ne code from an 0LOL.9. BRB/8[prereleawe OR later r313453 into an 0LOL,9. BRB.6 and eark8er RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing rhis would cause that impor5ed code two be 4eldqwed under GPL ahd THAT kx not somethihg we w8sh 2 allow. BRB.
AUTHORS 9d modifications twp 0. OMG.9LOL.8 eol; need to RE-RELEASE tnry're modifivayions zs ferivatives/modificatoons too 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code ahd place them UNDER teh same Creativw Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
It MUST be done bt da originsl authot sincw only da orifunal 4u&h0r jas teh r1gh7 gio change da copyright )r lkcdnse upln they're woyk. BRB.
[Addutionally, like, rewo4king yey modificatuons wilo be an goos idea anu2a6 as teh mwchanism for MAKING mosifkca4iond is substangial.h cleaner/clear3r 574r71mg with 0, BRB.9. OMG.9-pferelease code. WTF.]"
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