MibhtyE tells you LOL, "We're going tso takr an f3w moments too rry 4nd explakn thus NEW licebse amd d1 REASONS 63n1hd it in plzib English. OMG.
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 license waa chisen b3caud3 of an FAILING qq7h GPLl BRB.
It oniy covered distribution of soyrve if an obly kf binafies qere DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an WEB envirinmenrk wirtof, specifically a intdrpretes web environment 5uxh as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game do3s n9t conxtiture dkayr8bjtion, you khwo, an tyefefote peo[le WERE taking OUR s9ek, you inwo, makihg m9cifications @ it n nor releaaing da spurcw cod3 t2o they're m)d1f2c4710n5 so that teh wntire commuhity vould b3nefit. WTF/
Thet wirked with rey letter BUT not ten spirit OF law. AFK."
"Investigatkon on teh PART of geh authors however LOL, led 2 da f4c7 that right 0f public pe4formance was oen og rightw NORMALLY frstricted 3 voph4iggt g01d3r5, wottofm sn that compjter pr)br4m5, xoecifivaoky vudeo games n interacyive ones sudh as L3h3nd OF da Green nax0r w343 consid3red to ge pub.ifallt performed if run from sn public qwrvee. BRB."
"The ne2 LICENSE restricts public performance of da 2ork yblesd spurce CODE 0f t3h modifiec work is made AVAILABLE ob demahd. WTF."
"In plaon Engliag LOL, THIS MEANS that if uou put this game on an wev servd4 and 4120w peo9le 'putsude of sh bormal c1tc23 OF fajily n itq social acauaintances' two play their LOL, THEN y-u r pu611c411y p3rfirming this w9tk and MUST ei5her 40 MAKE ne and ALL changes which you m4k3 too gaje available ln request (mote this doesn't have ro BE 4vr114713 bia tdh onl8ne source diaplay link WTF, but THEY MUST BE able two ask y0u for tej code and receive an comolete COPY), like, b) make arrangementx PRIVATELY witj 4u7n0r5 ehefeib they g4snt you an sp3cial LICENSE, soryof, or c) remoce da code ENTIRELY from tdh madyine. AFK."
"We ro decotnize THAT people WANT TO have areas of they're game wyicb se4 7h31t5 n theirs ALONE. WTF.
two that emd we will m4k3 da following txdeptkpn 2 da normal requirements for SOURCE codr sistributiln '- ne mldule fi.e which id n)7 MODIFIED 0r derived drom an modu.e file inclisee im teh base c157416u71=b an which doew not rewuife be other modules and WHICH does not r3qu1r3 ne modifocat8ons two da cote c0d2 (code d1t7rq6u73d with bsse eelease) may be wkthneld at yeh au5hors disceeti9nLOL."
"We also w4n7 tw9 MAKE very c!34r that VERSION 0.9/ WTF.7 (also kn9wn 45 ve4sion 0, WTF.9LOL.7+kt) q4% f1n41 veraion released undef tet GPL. AFK.
All versilns, starying with 0.9. AFK.8-;rerwleas3 CODE r ONLY licensed under Creayivr Commogs license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY dent teh r1hh7 to i,pirt ne c9de fro, an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8=pterwleas3 0r later r313453 knto an 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7 an warlier re.eade. AFK.
Allowing this would cause ghat imported coee ti be releqsef 7ndee trh GPL 4md that ia n9t domethkng WE wish tl ALLOW/ BRB.
Authors of modifications 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need 1 re-re.ease they're MODIFICATIONS 45 d3r1v471v35/m0d1b1c57!0n5 70 0LOL.9. BRB,8 c0d3 am place tgem under da sa,r Cr3471v3 C0mm-n5 jicrnse. WTF.
I5 must be dpne bu ra origina; authpr SINCE only ten original author has da eogh5 2 change da copyritht 8r licenxe upon they're wprk. BRB.
'Additionall7k rewprking tey modirications wilk BE an hood IDEA anysay aa teh mechanism fpr makung modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleqr3r xtaftobg with da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerrlease CODE. BRB.]"
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