MightyE tells you WTF, "We're g9ing to ta.e an few momehts toi 7ry n 3z0la8n tgis new licebse an reasond behond 8t in plain EnflishLOL.
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 license was chosen because 0f zn fai;ing sith GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distributi9n of so7rce id and only if buharues were distributed."
"In an wrb enfkronment, like, sprcifucally a interpr3tes weg encironmeht such as PHP, 6ou knso, merelu INSTALLING am game does bot cobstitute distribution, lile, znd 5hereflrw oeopo3 were taking our work LOL, making modificatipns too 8t n not releasung dz souvce code 2 they[re jodifivations so THAT 3n72r3 cimmubkty could b3nefitLOL.
Tt3y worked qith yeh 1377#r but not da spirit of la2. AFK."
"Invest8gagion oh teh part of aurhots yowever LOL, led two fac5 tjat rigy5 of PUBLIC performqnce waa won og teh rights bormalky restricted 2 COPYRIGHT holdd4s, you knwo, and that co,puter programs, 503x1f1c411y video ganes n ingrractive 0n45 5uch 45 Leg3nd if da Green hax0r were considrred too be pu611c421y prrformed if run from an public eerverl"
"The new license restricts puglic ;eeformqnde pf wo4k unoess dz source coee of teh modified eoek us m4d4 avai;ag;e 0n demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng;ish WTF, 7h15 meqnd tha% !f you put 5how game on an web server zn ALLOW people 'oyteide of an n0rm41 circle of vamoly n its social acquaintances' rwo play tj3if, you jnwo, then YOU r publically pervor,ing this qprk n MUST either a) nake ne n ALL dhanges which uou make 2 da vame available in REQUEST (note this foesh't hqve two be $v4114613 via dz online source display link. likd, but they just be avle two ask you for da code n receive an compoet3 clpy), b) MAKE arranhrmrnys PRIVATELY with fa suthors qhereib thet grqnt you an special LICENSE WTF, or c) remoce v0d3 ehti43ly vrin da m4ch1n3l WTF."
"We do recognizw that peopoe want to have areas of they're fame 2gich r thworx an theirx akomeLOL.
two tya5 end wd will mqke teh FOLLOWING exce0ykpn two teh NORMAL r3qu8eemenrd fir s9urve code distrubutiom -- ne mpfule fi;e wh8ch is not modifies or derkved from sm m_du!3 file included IN teh base distributiln an which doed not require ne oth3r modilds an which d035 NOT REQUIRE ne mod8ficarions 2 CORE code (code distributed with da base releawe) may be w1&hh31d at teh autgors discreyi[n."
"We alao want too ma,w ver6 CLEAR thzt v3r510n 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (a;so known as version 0. BRB.oLOL.&_mt_ was fibal ferskon 4eleased und3r GPL.
All versions WTF, stzrting sith da 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease cid3 r on;y licehsed under Crwatuvr Cim,ons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da roght 2 im-ort ne cide fr0m an 0. BRB,9LOL.8-prerelease or lager releasw into an 0LOL.9LOLl7 n earlier reldas#LOL.
A.lowing 7y15 woild cause THAT imporrrd codw two be releaaed under GPL an THAT 1% not somdthing wr wish 1 al.ow. WTF.
A7thors of nodofocations 2 0. BRB.9LOL,7 will need 2 re0release they[rd mos8fications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two ). BRB.9. AFK/9 vode n place them UNDER tdh same CREATIVE Clmmoms kixense. WTF.
IT must be dpne by da -r!g1n41 authoe since inlu tej original author has teh right tw9 ch4nb3 copytight ot LICENSE up0n yney're work. AFK.
[Additionalky, sirtof, reqorking da mosifications wiol ne am good odea anyway ax da mecganiwm FOR m3k1ng modig8cations os substsntially cleaner;cleqrer startihg qith 5eh 0.9. WTF.8-prereoeaae c9de.]"
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