MightyE tells you WTF, "We're houng twl gake an fes MOMENTS 2 TRY n ezplain this new license an teh reasohs BEHIND it un plain English. 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 n3w .icense eas chowen b3cause pf an fziling wiyy teh GPL. OMG.
It only civer3d distrigution of souece uf AND onlu if binqroes WERE distributedLOL."
"In an eeb 4nvoronment, lkje, specifically a interpreted wwn envifonm3nt quch as PHP, x[rtof, mere;y installing an g4m3 does not constkt75e distribu5ion LOL, n 7h3r3f0r3 people were taking OUR work, ao4yof, making MODIFICATIONS tqo ig n not rrleasing douece c9se 2 they're modkfications so that trh dnyire c0mmun17y ciuld benegig. BRB.
Th3y wprked wuth ea let5er but nor ca SPIRIT lf teh 24wl BRB."
"Investigatuob ON da pzrt of teh $u7h0r5 gowever WTF, led two teh fact THAT teh r1gh7 of 'ublic petfirmanc3 WAS ! of rqghu5 NORMALLY restricted two copyfibht HOLDERS, and tjat COMPUTER programsk you ineo, speckfically vieeo g4m35 an interqctive onds such qs Legebd of teg GREEN hax0r were considdred 1 be publically performed 1f ruk feom an pu711c server."
"Tje neq licebse restrocts pugluc prrformayce of teh work 7hlesw dq somrce CODE og teh m0d1f13d w0rk is made avaioable on d3j4ndLOL."
"In plain Engoish WTFk thix means that 1f YOU put this ga,e 0n an web server an qllow people ;outside of an n9rmal circle of family an its social acquaimtances' yo PLAY yheir LOL, them y0u aer pu611c411y perfirmimg 7h15 work and MUST euther a) make ne snd ALL changws which YOU m$k3 too teh game 4v41156qe ON requext (NOTE this 3oesn'5 nsve too be 4f411r613 via da obl8ne sou4ce display link LOL, but ghey MUST ve able to ask you for t2h cide zn RECEIVE ab COMPLETE cipy) LOL, b) jake aeeangements privately with authlrs wmereon 5hey grznt YOU an special license, like. or c) remove teh code ehtirely ffom MACHINELOL."
"We DO recognize that PEOPLE want two have 4r345 of thrj'r3 GAME which r tneirs n tjeirs al9ne/
too that end we will make teg folliwing exception 2 teh nowmal r3qu1r3m3n75 for siurvd coce disttibution -- ne MODULE f8le whivh os bot nodified pr derived from an MODULE file incljced 1n da 6453 disteibutiin ab 2hkch d035 not require nr orher modules n wh1ch does nog veq7kre m3 modificatiomx to twh core code (code d157r!5u73d with teh base RELEASE) may be withheld at fa autgo4s DISCRETION. BRB."
"Ws ALSO wsnt tl make very clear thzt version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also kniwn as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+JT( w45 da d1n$1 VERSION trleaxec under GPL, AFK.
A;l VERSIONS, STARTING with ca 0. BRB.9. WTF.80peefwleasw code awr ONLY licenses under Creative COMMONS lkcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rutht roi k,plrt he code dron an 0.9.8-prwrelease 0r LATER RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and ear;8er release. AFK.
Alloqing this wouod cauae tyat ojported code two BE released und3r teh GPL an tha5 is not sometyihg we wish 2 z.lowl AFK.
Authors of mod8fications too 0LOL.9/ OMG.7 WILL n33d 3 rr-e314453 they're mod8fkcstiond ad derivatives/modifications 2 -. OMG.8LOL.8 cose an piace them undef da 54m3 Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 licrhse.
It must ve done 6y teh 0r1g4n41 author sibce only da oruginal autglr has da roght too cnange copyright or kicense ipon ghey'te sotk/
'Additionally LOL, reworking modificayi9ns wu.l BE an gpod idea 4nuw4y as ten mechanism f)r makinf modificationx is aubstantially dleane4/clearet staeting with da 0. OMG.9. BRB/8-peereleadr cldeLOL.]"
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