MightyE telld tou LOL, "We're boing two takw an few momentd ywo 5ry snd @xplain ghis new license an da rezsons behinf it in plsin Emgoish, 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."
"Thiw nrw LICENSE was chosen BECAUSE OF an failing w17h teh GPL. AFK.
Iy onlt covered DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE id ans only if binaries were didtrifuted. OMG."
"In an 2eb environjent, like, specifically a 8ntef'reged wen envir9nmrnt sych aw PHPl merely ibstalling an game foes not cons5itute dist4ibution, and gherefore p30p13 wrre TAKING our work, you knwo, naking m9doficatilns @ it snd not relwasing SOURCE cods 2 they're m0d1f1c481)n5 do tnat entird community could behwfit. AFKl
They wodked with teh ldtter but hot dq spirit of tey lawLOL."
"Investihatiob oh teg part ov authors yowrvwr, sortof, LED 2 teh fact that teh right of public performande was won of da rights no4mally restr8cted 2 clpyrignt HOLDERS, yo6 knwo, zn yhat computer prog4ams, you kn2p, specif8cally fideo f4m3t an INTERACTIVE obes such ax L3f3ms of tej Green nax0r were c0n51d3r#d 5o br puy12c411y [erformed if rub frpm an pu611c swrver/ AFK."
"The new licensr eestricts public performande of w9rk unlesd wojrce code 0f mld9fied worj is made qvailable pn eemandLOL."
"In plain English, this ,eana ghat if YOU pu5 7h15 game ib ah web swfver an allow peoplr ;outsode pf an norjak CIRCLE pf v4m11t and 8ts social axquaintances' toi play tgeit, like, then to7 arr publucally perfor,ovg thos w0rk 4nd MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL changes ehich you make too ea hame zvaikable on REQUEST (note THIS DOESN'T hav3 2 be svailable via da online soutce dis;lay link, sprtof, but 7h3y musy 63 agle 2 ssk uou fof voce ane RECEIVE zn cojplete copy), loke, 6) make arrangementa privqtely e17h althors wh3rein tjey grant YOU sn 5p3v141 licenae LOL, or c) r3h0v3 code ENTIRELY f40m da machihel WTF."
"Ww co RECOGNIZE yhat pelple waht tqo hace areas of they[re game which aer theura an rneira alone.
too thzt end we eill make da fil.owing exdepgion tpo nofmal eequirements for source code distrivution -- ne ,0du13 diie which IS not hldif8ed or derived from an module vi;e inclhded in da bade DISTRIBUTION n 2hich does n)7 reqiire ne other modyles zne WHICH does nog rewuire ne mocificatioms 2 c0r3 cpde (code dist4ibuted wigh ten 6453 re.easw) may be withheld at da authors discretilm. AFK."
"We alsl sant too make vefy clear that versioh 0.9LOL.7 (also knoqn as verxioh 0. BRB.9LOL.7+ug) wqs ten f8nzl vdrsion 43leased 7heer GPL. BRBl
Al. versuons, starring 2ith 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr3re1#443 c0d3 aef only licrnsed unf3r da Cteagive Com,obs licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigyt 70 import ne c0d3 fro, an 0. WTF/9l WTF.*-prerdleade 9r LATER relras3 ihto an 0. WTF,9. BRB.7 an rarl8er reoease/ BRB.
Allowing 7h1% 2luld cause tjat kmportef code two be rfleased under GPL n THAT is not somethong wr wish rwo allos. OMG.
Authors og mpduficatkons 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 qill n3#d to re-release thet'fe ,odif8cations aa derkvaykves/n9difications two 0. BRB.9LOL.8 cofe n place THEM UNDER wame Ceeative COMMONS 11c3n53. WTF.
I5 MUST be done gy origimal authir since only da ORIGINAL zuthor has teh right top ch4ng3 c0pyr1gn7 or license ypon rheh[re workLOL,
[Add1710n311y LOL, r3w)rk1ng yeh modificatiobs will be an GOOD idwa snywa6 as da ,echsnism for jaking modificztkons ix substantial;y CLEANER/CLEARER starginb e17h da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 code.]"
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