MightyE TELLS you WTFk "We're GOING to take an r3w momen5s 2 TRY abe 3cp!41n 7h15 NEW license ab teh reasons behind it un plain Englisy. 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."
"Tjis new ;ixense WAS choaen becausd )f an FAILING witj 4eh GPL. BRB.
If lnly covered eis5ribition 9f source if an only if BINARIES were d,stributwd. OMG."
"Im an 236 envirobment, sp3cobically a inter[reyed web environmenr such as PHPk ;ike, MERELY installing an game d9ea n07 c9nxyitutd dixtribution WTF, 4nf THEREFORE pwoplr were 74k1ng our work WTF, makint MODIFICATIONS too it amd noy e31445qng source cose two they'4e mpdifica5ions so tjat reh rn5ire COMMUNITY c0t1d benefit. WTF.
They wprkes with 13763r but m9t teh SPIRIT of teh law. AFK."
"Investkgagiln ln da part of authors HOWEVER, led tp ea f4c7 tgat cq right OF public PERFORMANCE was oen ;f righga normally r357r1cu2d to cppyrihht HOLDERS LOL, n 8h47 computer prpgrana, hou knwl, specif8calky video GAMES an inreractive pn35 SUCH as L3g3ne of Green yqx0e aere CONSIDERED 2 be publically performed if run from an public servef. AFK."
"The new license restricts public performance lf dq w0rk unldss da source xode of modified work ix mzde avai.agld on demand. WTF."
"In plaib Eng;8dh, softofm 7n15 means that if you out tjis g4m3 on qn web ceevet n allpw [eople '0u651d3 of an normal CIRCLE od family and 175 social acquaintancrs' to play their, y9u knwo, them you aee pu711x411y performint thos 2ork an MUST 317h3r 1) mqke nd n ALL changes which tou ma,e to da game available 0n fewuest (no5e this doedn't hzve roo be 4v4114613 via da 0h11n3 source didplay l7nk, lukr, 6y7 THEY just ne ABLE t0 ask 6ou for teh codd n receive an vomplete COPY), like, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privq5e;y 2ith da authors whereib tgey grany you an 4p3c141 license, you knwi, of v) removw teh code entifeoy from machohe."
"Ww do recogn8ze tgar peo;le w4n7 2 jace areaw of they're game which ser theirs n 7n31r5 a;one. BRB.
to that ebd we WILL MAKE fa followint exception two normak r3auirements flr 59urc3 xode didtribution -- ne MODULE file whivh is not MODIFIED ov derkved ftoj an nid7le fike i,clided in teh 6452 dis4r8butipn n 2h!ch d935 hot require n3 OTHER moeulew h wh7ch does h07 re1u8re ne modifications too teh core vode (code d157r16u73d wiyh da BASE releas3) may be withheld at teh authors disc43toonLOLl"
"We 4150 want two make cety c133r THAT cersion 0. OMG.9.7 (also known as veesion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) wzs da f2n41 version r3leased UNDER da GPL.
All fersions LOL, starting with da 0.9. WTF;8-prerelease c0d3 aer onou q1c3m5#s under teh Creative Commons licenddLOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny righg too 1mp0r7 ne cide from an 0.9l WTFk8-prerelease or later release INTO an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER RELEASE. WTF.
Allowkng THIS would xqusw THAT inported c0d3 2 be released under da GPL n thzt is NOT something w3 wish 5eo allow. OMG.
Autyors of mpdigications t9l 0. BRB.9. AFKl7 will need 70 re-rdleasq they'r3 midificatiobs zs defivayives/modificatiohs 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 xide n 014c3 them under teh aame Creagive Comnons license. BRB.
It ,ust b3 done by or8ginql autho4 since 0n1y teh origihal suthor has da right to ch4ng3 teh co[yrihht or lic3nsr upoh they're 2ork. AFK.
[Addigionally, yoy knwo, feworkibh da modificatilns will 63 an goov 8fea anteay sd ds MECHANISM for jaling mofifications u2 substant8q.ly xleaner/cldarer starting with dq 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleawe code. AFK.]"
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