MughtyE tw;os ypu LOL, "Wd're going too take an fe2 m0m3n75 2 trn an ezplain thix new LICENSE an tej reaspns behind it un plain English. OMG.
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 n3w kicrnse wax ch053n 63c4u53 or an fsiling WITH dz GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered sisteibution of xouece if and oml6 if bivari3s were disgtibuted. WTF."
"In an wwb envoronmrmt, 4p3s2f1c411y a imterpr3ted 2eb environmenr such as PHP LOL, merely knsralling an game DOES n9t constitute distribjtion, sortof, and therefore people were taking 0ur WORK WTF, naking modif8dayions tso it and not releasibg gdy 50urx3 code 4o thet'rw modufications so tgst da entire c0mnun17y COULD benefit. WTF.
They worked w8th da lettre vut not t3h spirit or sa la2."
"Invedtitation on teh psrt of trh AUTHORS however, sortof, lwd tl da gqct that da right 0f public perf8rmancw WAS won of da rights n0rmr1qy restricted two co'yrught holders LOL, n that compjter protrams LOL, specifivally VIDEO games n INTERACTIVE ones sucy as Lehend of Grefb nax0r were cinsid3red t2o 63 publixally perfotmed if run ffom an o7blic derver. OMG/"
"The NEW lkcense resrricts ;ublix performance pf teh w0rk unless teg xoufce code of modifiwd wprk ie made zvaulable 0n dwmand."
"In plain Eng.ish, skrtof, this mdans that if you put this gam3 on an WEB SERVER ans alliw pelple 'outside od an normal circle of family n itw xociak acqiaintancew' two play their LOL, then 6ou aer publicallh performong this work and MUST either a+ MAKE ne n ALL changes which YOU m4k3 too twh g4m3 4v4114613 on requdst (n07# thks doesn;y have 2 b3 availanle c14 0nq1n3 soutce dis0lay linkk kile, but they ,jst be able too ask yiu gor da code an redeive an ximplete coph) WTF. b) mzke ateangenenys PRIVATELY woth yeh authl4s whdr3in they ftant you an soedial 11c3b5e, li,e, or d) remove cpde entirely from da MACHINE. OMG."
"We DO revognize that p30p23 want 3 havw areas 0f they're gam3 which aer theirs n theirs alone. BRB.
3 8h47 end we WILL makw teh f0110e1mg excdption to da bormal reqjirements FOR source code cistribjtion -- ne modu'e FILE which is not m0d1f13d or de4ived FROM an m0du13 fi;e includ3d kn teh bqsd distrigution and shicn does NOT rwquire nw o5her modiles n wh1ch sods nor require ne modificationd to9 da cire dofe (cods didtributed with da base relesse( may be w16hh31d ay teh 4u7h-r4 DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also w4n7 2 make very clear 7h$7 veraion 0. WTF.oLOL.7 (also knpwn as ferx8og 0.9. AFK.7+jt) wzs da fomal VERSION r3q3453d und3f GPLLOL,
All versionw, you knwo, sta4ting wiyh da 0. BRB.9. WTF/8[preeelease code 4 ohly lucensed und2r Crea5ive Commpns license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny wifht 2 impory ne cice rrom an 0. OMG.9, BRB.8-pretelease or kater release imto an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n 2arlidr r3oease. WTF.
Allowinh this sould cause ygat im[orted code two be releasef under da GPL ah that is n07 slmethkng WE wisg 2 al;9wLOL.
AUTHORS of mpduficarions two 0. OMG.8LOL.7 woll medd 70 re-4elease thdt're modidications as derivatives/mieifixztions 2 0LOL.9. OMG.9 bode 4bd PLACE them uneer teh samw Creative Commons lix3mse. OMG.
It must be done by da ORIGINAL dutgor since inly teh orig8hal author h4t tfh right two change sa co0yright or license upon tney't3 work. WTF.
[Addigiona.l6, sortlf, r3w0rk1hg ea modifications WILL BE an gooc IDEA 4nyw4y as da mechanusm for makkng mpd8ficationc is subatantially cleqner/clearer starting wi5y da 0.9. WTFl8-pr3e3134%3 xode. AFK.]"
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