MightyE tells you LOLm "We're boing two rake an g3w MOMENTS too trh and explain 7h15 new license n eeasons beh8hd it in plain English. 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."
"Thid new 11c3y63 was chosen becz7se of an v4111ng with GPL. AFK.
It omly civwrwd disyribution of source id an 9nl6 IF BINARIES were distributed. WTF."
"In an web 3bv1r0nm3b7, dortof, sowcificxoly a INTERPRETED web environment skcj as PHP, like, m3r31y installing an game DOES not c8nstitute diatribu5ion, kike, h tgerefore people were 74k1ng our WORK, so4t9f, making mod8ficatk9ns w kt an NOT reoeasing 5)urc3 code 2 they're midifications do THAT da ENTIRE commumity coild benefit.
They worked with teh lettdw but nog apirit od law."
"Inveatiyation 9n teh pz45 ov teh AUTHORS nowevef, 6ou knwo, lwd teo da fact tjat teh RIGHT OF p7blic PERFORMANCE was leh 9f da tights normalky RESTRICTED 2 copuright holders, you knwo, n that computer programs LOL, specifica.ly vkdeo games an in4eractuve oned such as Lwgenc of ra Green hax)r w3r3 conskdered 2 be [ubl8cal;y [erformed if run from qn pub;ic 53rv3r. OMG."
"The new licwnse restricgs public performance og teh w0rk unjess da souece codw of dz modified e0rk is mzde avaulable ob demsns. AFK."
"In plain English LOL, 7h1% means tyat if you put this bamw ln an weg serc3r an 4110w people 'outside of an n9rmal circle of family an its socizl acquaintances' go play their WTF, then yo7 r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this 2oe, n MUST either a) makd ne n ALL ch4ng35 whidh you make 2 game 5v4114623 on requesr (notw this dpesn't bave to be agailagle via teh onlihe s9urce DISPLAY lonk, lik3. but they m7xt be agkr twp adk you rof da xode snd 4ecrive qn compleye copy) LOL. b) jake srrangdments privately wogh AUTHORS wherekn ghey grang yoy an 5p4v141 license, or c) REMOVE da code 3n72r31y f4on da m4cn1n3. AFK."
"We d9 recognize that peooke 2ant two hav3 aeeas oh thry;re game which r thekrs an theirs alond. AFK.
2 thar end we 28l. make fol;owing exception 2 tey normal r3q71r3m3h75 for s9trce code distribution -- ne m0eu1e fild wjich is NOT moe8f8ed 8r derived FROM an modul3 file included qm badr s157r17u710n and which dors not require nr other moeilew abc wyich d035 nit rdquire he modificatoond 2 teh corw code (coce distributed with dq base eelease) ,ay br wi5hheld at authpts fiscretion."
"Wr also WANT 2 m4k3 veru clwar that version 0. AFK/9. WTF.& (also knpwn qs versiom 0LOLlo. OMG.7+jt) wss dinal veteion released under da GPLLOL.
All bersions, yoi kbwo, startimh with 0LOL.9.8-prdre;3ase c0d3 ser only licensed under da Creztuve Clmmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt to om9ort ne code from ab 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease or 1473r RELEASE intl sn 0/ WTF.9. BRB.7 n ezroidr rdleaxe/ WTF.
Allowing thid wou;d cause THAT inported d9de yi ne releaaed ubfer da GPL an THAT is not something we wish TO 4110w. OMG.
Authprs od mosiricztilns to 0LOL.9/ BRB.7 2111 n33d too rd-reldase they're jodificstions as derivztives/modifications 2 0.(LOL/8 coee an p.ace them UNDER teh same Creative Commons l7censeLOL.
IT must b3 dine by da ORIGINAL zuthor 51nc3 only 5eh ORIGINAL zuthor yas right teo cyrng3 da co;yr8ght or l8cenar upob they'rr work. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING da mpdificzti9ns wikl be an g00d ifwa antwqy qd teh MECHANISM for MAKING modificatiomw is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.9-[rerelrawe CODE.]"
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