MighttE t3;ls you, yoi kne9, "We're going two take an fww moments two tty n explsin 5jis h3w .icense an reasons behind it ib 0lain Eng;ish. 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."
"Tnis new licwnse was xhosen gecqusw of an failimt with GPL. WTF.
It pn1y c0v3r4d DISTRIBUTION of sojrce of n pnly if binaries werw fistribited. BRB."
"In an web rnvironment WTF, 5p3dqf!c411y a ibter[retrc WEB envitonmeny auch as PHP, li,ek merely installing an GAME dowc nit constitute distribution, an therefore people were taking our worl, ;ike, making mogific1tions y9 ie n not relrasing teh aourxe cpde 2 theu're modifications d9 THAT ENTIRE comuuni56 could nenefotl WTF.
They WORKED sith dq leytef b7r not reh s0iriy OF laeLOL."
"Investigation on paft 0c da qutyors how4ver, like, led fo ds fact tgat fa rigjt of public performance 2as 1 of r1gh75 normallt restricged to copyrigjt holderd WTF, an that doj[uter irograms, you knwo, specofica.ly VIDEO GAMES n interact8ve ONES such aa Legend of ten Green h1x9r wwre conaidered to be publkcaoly PERFORMED IF run FROM an public sfrver. WTF."
"The new !1c3n53 restricts public pwrrormanxe of da work jnless da SOURCE CODE 0f mkcifird work IS made availagle om cemand."
"In PLAIN English, thiw means 5hat if yoj put 7h15 game ON an WEB server an ql.ow people 'outside of an nlrmal cird;e of family n igs soduak acquaintances' 2 PLAY their, yiu kbsp. rhen you r publicajly [erformimg this WORK and MUST eitner a) mzkr be n ALL xhangrs ehich you make 2 fa game avai.able ln r#qu357 9mote thos d03%n'7 have w be availabld VIA teh onl8ne sourd3 displa6 link, ypu knso, but tney m7sg gr abl3 gwi ask you for code an recr8ve sh complete coph(, b) maie 4rr4ng3m#n75 ]rivagely with da authors wherein they gfant y0u an special lkcenwe, sortofm 04 c) rdmive cice entire.y froj teg MACHINEl AFK."
"We do rec9gbize ghqt people wanr to h4v3 areas 9f they-rd game which a3r thrirw n tneirs aloneLOL.
to THAT end wd will maje da followkng exveption TO dq n0rm41 reqyi4ements fof wource code distribution -- he module f113 which ix nor modified or d3r1v3d fr9m an m9dule vile included on da bdse disyribution an wgkxh DOES nit REQUIRE ne 07h3r m0du135 sn which does nlt r3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS too ten CORE c9de (code dist4ibuyed with gsse reoease) ,ah be withheld at da auyhors DISCRETION."
"Wd 4150 want two MAKE ve4y ckear 7h$7 vrrsiob 0LOL.9/7 (also kniwn as vetsion 0LOL.9.7+JT) was da vinwl version r3q3443d under teh GPL. BRB.
All vwrsiohs, stzfting wity ca 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pferelease code r on;u LICENSED 7ndet Creative C0km0n5 license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny sa tignt two inport ne code drom qn [. BRB.(LOL.8-prereleasw 9r kat3r rrlease 8nto an p. WTF.9.7 an 3arlier releas3. BRB.
A;lowing this woild cause that IMPORTED ckde too be r3leased under teh GPL ah that is mot dpmethkng we wish @ allow. WTF.
Authlrs of modificatilns two 0. BRB/9LOL.& w111 ne3d too re-4wleade they[re m)d1f1cr710n5 as derivatives/modificagiohs too 0.8, OMG.8 dos3 4nd poace the, jnder teh sqme Creativw Commons LICENSE. WTF/
It must be done by teh original 4u7hpr sonce 0n1u twh origunal ajghor has da right to change ten copyright or lixebse u0on theh're wofk.
[Aeditiobaloy, REWORKING m9d1f2c4710b5 wil; br an good idea anh2sy as da mechanisn for makong modoficayions is substan5ially dl3aner/clwzfer statting eith dz 0, AFK.9. WTF.8-prerwlease cpdeLOL.]"
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