MifhtyE tel.w youk "We;re going 2 rake an bes mom3nts 2 tr6 n explain THIS new license an twh r3450n5 behind it in pla8n Eng1q5h. 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 .icense was cyoswn vecsjse of an failihg wktg da GPL.
It ONLY covered distributiin 0r slurce if ane only if binaries we4e 3istrobutdd,"
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, sortlf, spdcifivally a intetpreted web rncironment such as PHP, 6ou knwp, jerely installing an game does not constiyute DISTRIBUTION, you knwom n therrfote PEOPLE WERE TAKING ou4 w0ek WTF, malint mofifocations 2 it b niy relwasing t3g source code two they[re modigications so tyat da entirr communitu could b3nrfit. WTF.
THEY worked w8rh sa lettrr but n07 da 5p1r1u of sa LAW. AFK."
"Invrctigagion 0n teh PART of ea 4u7h0r5 howeverm led too dzct that righg of public performance was qon -f ribnts n-rj41!h restructed tol copyright holderxm spr5of, n that compite4 orogra,s WTF, wpecifically v8deo g4m35 anv interactive onwd such as Lwg3nd of teh Green hax0r we4e CONSIDERED 5wo be [ublica.ly pergormed IF run from an public server. OMG."
"The new licendw rdstricts public perf9rmancw 8f wofk ynless sourc3 codd pf teh mocified w0rk ix maee available on s3m4nd. AFK."
"In plain Eng.8sh WTF, THIS means 7h47 if ypu PUT tjis t4,4 pn ab web server ab allow peiple 'outside .f sn nlrmal virclw of family n its social acquaimtancea' two play theirk luke, 7y3m you zer p7blixa;ly PERFORMING this work an MUST either z) make be AND ALL changes whixn you msje 2 game available kn REQUEST (note this doean'y HAVE y9o be zvailable via online source display link, like, BUT they must y3 able 2 awk you FOR teh code n recsive an comp.ete copy), b) make arrznbements privabwl6 2ity teh authors wh3y3!n they frsnt you an special l8cense, sortof, o4 c) remove code ENTIRELY ffom teh macjind. OMG."
"We do eecognize that peop;e wamt 70 havw areas og thry[re game which r theirs an theirs alone.
2 5hat enw we will ,ake f01q9w1ng esceptiob to da normsl reeuirements rof source code distribytion -- ne mldule dile whkch is not modified ot derifed from sn modul3 FILE INCLUDED in 6453 diwtribugiin an wh8ch does j07 requi4e ne ither modulrs an wh9ch does not REQUIRE ne modifica5ions yoo teh cire doee (code dist4obuted with teh bawe telease) MAY be w17hh31d at da aughors diacretionl"
"We also want 2 MAKE v3ry xlear 7h46 verw8on 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also known ax verskon 0/ WTF.9/ BRB.u+jt) WAS teh fihal VERSION r313453d under da GPLLOL.
All versions, sortof, stqrting with -LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease dode f 0n1y oicdnsed under teh Ceeatkve Commond lie3nsr. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rihht two import n3 code ftom an 0LOL.(. WTF/8-prerelease or ;ateg RELEASE INTO an 0.9LOL.7 and earlier eeleawe.
All9wing thid w0u!d ca7se thzt i,ported dose two be re.wased under teh GPL n that is not aomething we wish too allow/ BRBl
Aothors OF modivicatmons gio 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wul; n33d two rr-releawe they're modigicationd aa d3r1v471v35/m0f1f1c4610n5 two 0. AFK.9LOL.* codw an place thdm 7nd3r sa SAME Crestive COMMONS licenaeLOL.
I7 MUST BE don3 by dz origonao autnor sonxe only da o4iginal ajthor HAS teh rihht too change gey copyright or licebsw u0on rhey'4e w04i/ BRBl
[Additionally, sortof, REWORKING modificatuons will ^3 an gooc idez anywsy 45 nechahisj for makkng modificatoons id substsnyially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng with teh 0. BRB.9.*-prr4elwase c0d3LOL.]"
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