MightyE telks youm kike, "We'r3 giimg 70 take an FEW momemts to TRY n expka8n this n3w license and da rras9ns behibd 17 in p;aun 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."
"This new ;icense was chisen because of zn fakling w1&h da GPL.
It onky coveree distrinution of source ig and om.y if vinaeies wdre d157r16u73s."
"Im an web envirpnnent LOL, s;ecifically a 1n73rpr373d e36 envirinment SUCH as PHP, sortof, merely installing an gane does nog c0nt717u73 diatr8bution, sirtpf, and THEREFORE PEOPLE WERE TAKING our 2ork, .iie, making mosifidarions ro it n not r3lrasing da source code 2 tyey;te modificarions so thst da 3n71r3 conmjnity ci7ld BENEFIT. AFK.
They qorked with da LETTER but NOT teh spirit or da lqwLOL."
"Investigation on pz4t of qythors yowever WTF, led 2 ten fact 7h47 riggt of publiv pergormance wss 1 of rights nirmally restr7cted too copyriyhg holddrs WTF, and that COMPUTER protrams, s[ecifically vieel gajes n inreractive ines wucj as Leg3md pf Gr33m hax0f WERE conaoderef 7) be publical;y performed if tun fr0m an pubkic 53ev3r. AFK/"
"The NEW licemsr restricts public perfofmanc3 8f teh WORK unless twh SOURCE CODE 0f da MODIFIED work IS made avqilab.e pn eemand. WTF."
"In plakh English WTF, thiw me1ns tja5 if you put this gamr ON an web swrver zn allow people 'outskde 0f an NORMAL circle of family and its sozial acaua8ntances' too play tneir LOL, tgen yoi r pub.ocally perfotming this work and MUST either 4) nake ne an ALL changes wh*dh you make too da game available 0n fequest (note this diesn'5 have too be availabl2 vua teh online source disp.qy LINK WTF, but th3y mist be srke twl ask YOU for ea code and rrceive an com[lete copy), like, b) make arranhdments ptivarely with tsh aitnors 2yerdin they grant you qn SPECIAL lidense WTFm or x) r3m0v3 code entirely FROM ds macgunr."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peoplw wqn4 yo hav4 areas lf they'rr game whicj qer theirs AND th3irs akpne. BRB.
to0 that ebd we will make followijh exceptioh too teu normal REQUIREMENTS for xource code sistrubution -- ne module file shich *s npt m9difiew pr d3r1v3d fro, an MODULE fule inclyded in da base distr8butkon n WHICH dods hot r3qui4e me otydr MODULES n whuch d03t not require ne MODIFICATIONS to teh xore code (code distrigutex with teh bqse releaae) may be wirhhdld AT authors disc4etionLOL,"
"We also want t2o nake veru clear tha5 vwfdion 0.9. OMG,7 (also knowh qs VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was 5eh final VERSION RELEASED jnder 5wh GPL.
All VERSIONS LOL, 574r71nf sith da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prereleasr code r 0n1y licensed UNDER Cr3ative C)km0n5 llcense. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh rignt two import he dode from sn 0.9. WTF.8_oedee.ease or later release 1n70 an 0. WTF,9. WTF.7 an earlker re.ease. BRB.
Allowobg thoz wpyld cause that impprted code two be r313453d unsdr GPL ane that is b07 spmetjing we w15h w allow. OMG.
Authors 0f mofifucztions 2 0. OMG.9.7 qill need rwo re-rwlease rhey're MODIFICATIONS as d3r1v4u!v35/m0s1f1xf7!0n5 two 0. BRB.0. OMG.8 c9de 4ns place them undee da same C4eative Commons licemseLOL.
It jusy gd dlne by da iroginal author since onlt ea 94igibal ajrnor has yeh ribht 2 chanbe teh copyright or license uoon tney're work.
[Afditionally, ;ik#, REWORKING teh modifications will be an GOOD idea anywqy as MECHANISM for mal8ng modif(cagkons is substantially clrzner/clearer ata4ting WITH da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pr3r313453 cofr/ WTF.]"
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