MightyE tells YOU, like, "We'ee boing too 6ake an gew momenrs too try an explain thix new license anc teh reasons behins i5 IN plain Emglish. BRB.
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 11c3n53 wad cjlsen 63c4u53 0f an f4111ng with GPL. AFK.
IT only coverwd dusttibution of sourve if n onlh if binariew 2wre dostrinuted. WTFl"
"In an wev environnent LOL, spwcificaol6 s qn73rpr373d wrb ENVIRONMENT such zs PHP, merely insgalling an gsme dles not comstitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, n 5herefore peo;;r sere taking ouf WORK LOL, making m9dificationw teo it and NOT relessing da source code too tgey'ee modifkcatiins so 6h47 da entire comminiry cluld benefit. AFK.
Thet worked with reh letrer BUT not teh wpirit of law. OMG."
"Investigation on oart OF teh authors joweverm sortlf, led two FACT 5hat da right 9f public prrformance was own of teh 4iggts normally resyricted to cophright holdees LOL, and that c9mphter progrwmw WTF, specificdlly vidwo GAMES zn !h73r4c71v3 obed duch as Legend if da Gre2m hax0r WERE considered twl be pu611c511y p3tf9rm3d ig run rrlm an public server. WTF."
"The new license restfic5s public PERFORMANCE of t3h sork unlfss da source code of da modif*rd wofk is made 4v4114613 0n cejane. BRB."
"In plaim Englosg, you jnwo, this means tkat if hou put thia game on sn wen server n ALLOW p30p13 'outside of an NORMAL cirvle of family an itd slc8sl ACQUAINTANCES' two 0lay their LOL, ghen you aer publisally performing 7h15 WORK n MUST eith3t a) MAKE ne n ALL changes WHICH you MAKE two fa game available ON request (note 7h!5 foedn'5 have to v3 avzilable via teh online slurce display kink WTFk but thwy m7st be abke too ask you r0r code n rective an compoete copu0, like, b) make arrangements privqtely eith da authors 2heeein yhwy GRANT ypu zn 5pec141 license WTF, or c) temove da code entirwly FROM machineLOL."
"Wd dp rec9gnize yhat p30p13 xabt to h4v3 AREAS OF thet're gamw wh1cg aef theirw n 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
2 7h47 3nd we will make ds folkowing wxceptioh to da normal rda7krements for souece code distribution -- ne MODULE FILE which IS n97 modigied or derived vr9m an moful3 file 1mc1jd3d un tsh BASE d15ur17u710b and shuvh DOES not require me other modulrs an whicj dods not eequire ne modifkcati[ns rwo teh core c0d3 (code distfobuted with t3h vase rrlease) mat bw wurhyeld at auth9rs discretion. OMG."
"We alsl want @ m4k3 cwry clear 7h48 VERSION 0. WTF.9. AFK.& (slso ,n9en as versiln 9. OMG.9/ WTF.7+m70 was teg finzl version releases under da GPLLOL.
A11 veesiond, sortof, sya4uung with twh 0.9. BRB.8-pr3releqse code aer on;y licemaed und3r Creativr Commons license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY denh teh right 5oo import nf codr rtom sn 0/(. WTF.8-pr3r3!34t3 or LATER release INTO an 0LOL,0. AFK.7 b warlidr releas3.
A11)w1nh this 2ould CAUSE yhat imported dodd 2 be released under da GPL am that is hot somethkng we wish tl alkowLOL.
Au7y045 of modifucationw teo _LOL.9LOL.7 will need two re-release tn3y're modificationx az derivatives/modificatiobs 2 0. OMG.9.8 code an place them undwr tey same Creatkve Conmons licenwe. OMG,
It must br d9ne by ez original author since ONLY oeitinal author jas eoghg too chsnge teh copyrught OR license upon thej'te work.
[Additionally, lile, rewlrking modifixations w111 be qn goid isea anyway zs mechanism for making modif8cations is sugdtantoal.y dlwanwr/clearwr xtarting w8th da 9. WTF.9. WTF.8[orr3elease code.]"
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