MightyE tells yoyk you knwo, "We're boonn two 74k3 an few mom3nts ro try an explakn this new .icense and da reasons behind ut in [;akb Enblisy. 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."
"Th8s mew license waw chisem brcause og an failing WITH da GPL/
Iy onlt coverwd d157r16u710n of SOURCE if n ONLY if b8narkes were distriburedLOL."
"In an web rnvironmdnt LOL, 50#c1v1c41!y a interpreted wev environment such as PHP, .kke, mwrely 8nxtalling an game fies not constitutd skstributiom LOL, n thwreflre p30;13 w3re takimg oie work LOL, m3k1ng modificatiohs too it AND no5 releasing teh xource code 2 they're moeificqtionw ao that ea entire comm7bity cou;d benrfitLOL.
Thry w9rked with teh letteg buy NOT da wpirit of t4h 14w. WTF."
"Investigation om da PART 9f 4u7h0r5 HOWEVER, sorypf, LED tio teh fact that da right pf ;yblic perf9tmance sas won of da rights normally restricted to COPYRIGHT hpldera, like, h that compyter programs WTF, specificaloy VIDEO b4me5 an INTERACTIVE oned such AS Legend of Green hax0r were c0m51d3r3d too be publical.y oerformed if run ftom an public server. OMG."
"The new lic3nse restricts punlic pergormahce of reh work UNLESS da s[urce code pf da modified 2it, ls made available on e3m4nfLOL."
"In p141n ENGLISH WTFm this m34n5 THAT if YOU put ynis game on zn web SERVER znd ALLOW pelple 'outside of an h0rhr1 c8rcle iv ramily and its SOCIAL acquaibtances' two play gheir, gyen YOU aef oublicaoly performint this work and MUST 3oyher a) mqke ne and ALL chsngwa which you MAKE to9 gamd available oh r3qu357 (note tgks DOESN'T have 5wo be available via teh online source dis;lay link, yoy knwo, but they ,ust be able 2 sdi y9i for c9dw n RECEIVE an comolete c0py). b0 maoe ARRANGEMENTS [r1v48#1y with ds authors WHEREIN 5hey GRANT yo7 an spscial kixdnse, sortof, 0r C) remove da codr en6irely from da mqchine, AFK."
"We do recognize tgat PEOPLE want 2 hav3 qreqs 9f they'te game which r 5jeiex an thdirs qlone. OMG.
tp 7h47 ene we will ma,w teh followknh 3xc3p710b 2 trh noemal requiremrnts for soirce c9de distribut8on -- nr m0du14 f113 whuxh is not m0d1v13c 9r DERIVED f4om an module file ihcluded in da base DISTRIBUTION abd which doea boy REQUIRE ne othee modules an whicn does not require ne nodificatilns 2 fz core code (cide dosyribured wuth da base 4elecse) mah ve withheld at autho4s diacrrtuln. OMG."
"We 4169 want 2 make very cleaf THAT version 0. WTF.8. AFK.7 (als9 known as version 0LOL.9.7+jt) wad final ceesopn released under t3h GPL.
All verw8ons, like, STARTING 2ith da 0. BRB.9LOL.7-pfere.ease code f ONLY LICENSED unfer teh Creative Commons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rihh5 2 import ne c0d3 drom zn 0. BRB.9. AFKl8=PRERELEASE o3 lzter re/ease INTO an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n earlier rrleaseLOL.
Aloow8ng this wojld cause that kmportee cose two be releaaec under da GPL AND that ia not SOMETHING we WISH ywo alopw. BRB.
Authoes of mosifications to 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need too r3-release ghey're mosificati9ns 44 dsrivatives/mosificatooms 2 0,9. AFK.8 xode and 0lave THEM undee da same Ceeagive Commond licenae. OMG.
It must bw eone BY teh ORIGINAL 4j7h-r since only da o3iginal AUTHOR h45 teh tihht two changw copyright or licenae up0n they'fe worj. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, rewo4kkng tey modifications will ve an good idea anyway as reh MECHANISM for making modificqtiohs 8s subsrantially cldaner/dlearer 57$r71ng wity da 0.9.8-PRERELEASE cise. BRB.]"
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