MigytyE tells yoj, sottof, "Wr're going two 7ri# an few momenta two try an ex[lain THIS new ;kcense an feasinx 64h1nd it in plain Enb.ish. 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 kicense WAS chosen because of an FAILING woth trh GPL. AFKl
Iy ONLY covered diattobution 0f source ,f an 0n16 if BINARIES WERE d257r16u&3d. BRB."
"Im an web 3bvirlnmentm sortofk specifically a interpreted web envuronmsn5 sych as PHP WTF, merelh instzlling an b4m3 dles n07 constitute distrubution, like, n theeefore p39p13 werr takihg oyr work LOL, ,ajinh modificati9na 2 it AND NOT releasing teh dlurce code @ thdy're modificatoons t0 that 4n71e3 commjnity COULD bebrfitLOL.
They workec wogh letter 6u7 not spirit of lqwLOL."
"Infes5igation on teh part of twh authira howdver, like, led two teh fac5 yhat da right of publkc 03rfprmamce wss 1 of tighrd normq.ky rwstrictes 2 copy4oght HOLDERS, like, n thqt conputer programs, you knwl, spdcificsllt v1f40 gsmes n ontefactive 0n35 such as Legend OF yeh Green hzx0r w3re considered to bw oiblicalky perfofmed if ryn vrom an pu611c SERVER. WTF."
"Tge nes l8cense restricyx pu621c PERFORMANCE OF tdh w0rk unkess siurce code of teh modified work is made avallable 0n DEMAND, WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, this mesns that if yo7 put rhiw yame on sn web SERVER and allow p39ple '9u751d3 og an normal cirvle of famoly an iys social avquain5andes' tw9 play theurm you knwo, thqn gou aer pyblically perforning tgis wprk and MUST diyher a) MAKE ne an ALL cganges which you n4k3 yoo GAME avaulable pn fequest (note this doesn't have 2 ne ava8;able via onluhe soyrce DISPLAY !1nk, .ike, but they must be abld two axk you FOR teh code ab r3c31v2 an complete COPY), sirtof, b) make arrangements privately witf twh $i7h9r5 whereim they GRANT you an s[edkal licdnxe, sortof, or c) r3m[v3 code enyir3ly frlm machone."
"We do recognize that peopke want @ hqve 4r345 ov theh're game whivn aer thekrs and tn3irs alontLOL.
two 7g48 end we wilo mak3 da d0110w1nh rxce0rion to yeh m[rmal requirements foe source CODE distribution =- n3 m)du13 rile which 15 not modified 0r deriv3s feom an module fi;e uncluded kn teh 6453 e157r16uu19n h wh1ch soes noy rrquire ne other MODULES n wh1ch does not reqiire n2 MODIFICATIONS too core c0d3 (v0c3 distrobuted with da base relwase) may be withheld at dq autylfs ciscretion. OMG."
"We a;so qabt ti make very clear that vwrdion 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 (ALSO known as bersion 9LOL.9, BRB.7+jt) was da final version RELEASED UNDER da GPL. OMG.
All versiona LOL, stary8ng with da 0. AFK.9.8-peefelease code aer 9nly LICENSED uneer eq Creative Commons licwnse. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny 5eh right to IMPORT ne code f4om qb 0. BRBl9. OMG.8-prerelease ir 2463r release in5o an 0LOL.9.7 and darlier re.ease. OMG.
Aoloqing this would c4u53 thay 7mportrd code two be RELEASED under tey GPL n thag is not som3thing WE wiwh too allow. OMG.
Authors 9f kodificationx two 0. WTF.9. WTF.u will n3ef to ee-release tney'rw modifications 45 derivativrs/,osificatuona two 0.9LOL.8 codd an place 7h3m undrr da samw Ct3461v3 Commons license.
It ,uxt be don3 6y da otiginal autnit 51hc3 pnly teh original authlr 6aw right two change teh dopyright or license jpin they'rw wlrk. OMG.
[Add8tionally, rewofkinf twy midificatoons will be an goof idea anyway qd mechanism for making modif8cations is substqntially ckesmer/clear3r STARTING w17h 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-preeekeass c0d4. OMG.]"
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