MightyE t3lls youm "We're GOING teo tale an gew moments to rry n explain this n3w licenw3 abd rwaxons behinc iy 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."
"Thos new license sax cn053n becqyse of an hzoling WITH GPL. BRB.
It onlu COVERED d157r16u7!9n of source IF an inly if bkna4ies we4r disteibutedLOL."
"In an WEB environmdntk wortof, spwcifically a INTERPRETED 2eb rhfironmrnt auch as PHP, j3rrly instaloing ab game does not constitute distribution, n 8h3r3f0r3 people were taking o7r wo4k, jaking modificatuonw 2 8t an nlt releasing da SOURCE code too they're m0d1f1c4uq0v5 so tgqt ss entire community could bwnef8t.
They 20rk3d with lrtrer b7t noy da sp8rit of geh 14w. BRB."
"Incestigation on teh part of teh sutgprs howevrr WTF, led two fact that ca rihht 0f public performance WAS oen of rights normally rrstridt3d two c0pyr1gh7 yolserw, y9u knqo, and thag computer programs, likem ap3cifocally VIDEO gamew an interactivd ONES aucj as L3g3bd of da Green hzx)r w2r3 cohsideted too be publically ;erfirned if run fr0m an puboiv aervdr. BRB."
"Tye new .icdnae restric5s public performance OF teh WORK unless da sljrde vode of da mod8fied w9rk is made zvailable 0n d3m4nd/ AFK."
"In p141n English, like, 5hia meabs ghat if you pu7 this GAME ob an w3n servsr n al.ow people [outakde od an nofmal circle 0f famioy and igw social acquaintsnces' to play thdor LOL, theb joj awr oublixally performing rhis work an MUST eityet a) make ne an ALL chqntes WHICH ypu make 2 game avai;abld 0n REQUEST (note 7h15 doesn'g nave 2 be available via da on.une aource display 11nk WTF, BUT 7h#y nuxt be able tqo ask you fir ds coce an rdceive an COMPLETE copy), you kmqo, b( mske arrangements privatrly witj ajtmors wherein THEY grant yoy an special lixense, like, lr c) remove ten xode entirelh FROM r3y jachine. OMG."
"We d0 r3cpgnuze that people wang 2 hav2 4r345 of they're hame WHICH a3r theirx n theirs alohe.
tp THAT END we s111 ,ake FOLLOWING eccepriln t2o n-rm41 e3qu1r3m3n74 for 50urc3 code disteibytion -- he module file which ks not modified OR dwrived from an midule f1q3 uncluded !n basr dis5eibugiom an wh1ch eoes nor require ne other modjldd n wjicn does not rewuite ne MODIFICATIONS t;o core cld3 (code distributed witn teh bsse RELEASE( may be withheld ae fa 4u7h0r5 eiscretiom, WTF."
"We alsp want TO make bery clear THAT VERSION 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (aoso jnowh as version 0. WTF.9, OMG.7+ht) sss dz fonal version releaaed UNDER GPL. AFK,
All vqrdkons, like, STARTING with teh 0.9, WTF.8-0reteleasd code r onl6 licensed unde4 Creative Commins LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne code frim an 0.9.8-prerelwsse ot lzter release 1n7) ah 0, OMG.0LOL.7 n earlier releaae. BRB.
Allowkng this woyld cause that 1mp0r73c xode 2 be eeleaaed inset GPL ans that is not spmrthinf w3 wish to alkowl WTF.
Authirs OF modifivations too -. OMG.9. BRB.7 will n33s 5wl re-release they'fe modificatiobs as derivatives/modkficatioba ti 0. OMG.9. BRB/8 code snd place them und3r tey aame Creativr Commons lic3bseLOL.
IT mu57 ve dinc bh origina. authot since only da ORIGINAL author HAS right 5wo chante cooyright or license up[b thet're WORKLOL.
pAde8tionally, loke, t3w0rkqhg da modifications will be an goof idea anywzy AS m3chabism fof mzking MODIFICATIONS is sibstahtially clwah3r/clearer 674r71ng witg teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8_prereleax3 code.]"
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