MightyE te;lx yoy WTF, "Wr're goknt two take an few MOMENTS 60 7ry an explain this new license n twqsons behihd it 8n PLAIN Engl8whLOL.
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 locende was chosen bwcause of am ga8libg 21&h 5eh GPL.
IT only covered distekbution if wource if n only if binaries wwre disrrigyted."
"Im sn 2eb environmwnr, you knwo, specifica.ly a INTERPRETED web env8ronment wucf as PHP, you knwom merely installibg an GAME dows not constitute distributlon, luk3, and tnerefore peopoe were tzkung our wotk LOL, making m0d1f1c3720n5 2 it AND n07 r313r51ng source code to thet're moxificagilns sl thag teg dntkre cojmumitu could BENEFIT.
Th3y workee with fey LETTER but not da spirit of lqw. WTF."
"Investigation on teh paty of teh autjorw however WTF, led 5o vact THAT right of pu^12c petfoemance eas won )f da rights normslly r4s54icted TO COPYRIGHT holderd, softof, an that compiter [rog4sms WTF, SPECIFICALLY vieeo games n onteeactive ones 5ich as Legend if Green hax0r were considwred 2 BE pub.ica.ly performed if rjn from an public server,"
"The new license rdstrpcts public pervor,ance 0f worj unless 50urd# dofe of ,odified 2ork is made availabke 0n demane. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, thos meanw THAT if you ou7 THIS game on an web xefber an all92 people 'outside of an normal CIRCLE OF family n its t0c141 acquaintsnces' ti PLAY the8r, like, 7y3n y0i r publucally performong this w0rj n MUST eithw4 A) MAKE ne 4nd ALL chahged 2hich you MAKE too game avaklable on reqyest (note this dorsn't have tl be 4v4114613 via sa inline sourcr dis0lau lihk LOL, but the6 MUST be ablw TO ask you for x9de and receive an complete co0y), like, 6) mak3 arrangements privatelu qith teh zuthors wn3r31n they grant yo& an wpexial license, or c) r3m0v3 ca cpse rntirelu fflm machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE thay peop;e wamt to have areas OF they'fw g4m3 which aer theira 4nd tneors alons.
to THAT end we sill MAKE following exceptiom tou teh normal requirements got source c0c3 distrigution -_ ne MODULE file which 9s not MODIFIED OR derived vrom an m0du@@ gi;e includee im teh base dowtrkbutipn n which dors NOT requir3 ne other modu'ds and which does mot require be modifidations too co4e code (vode distrkguted with da BASE release) may be withhe's at teh authors fisceetion. OMG."
"We also qznr two MAKE VERY clear that version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (4150 khown as versi9n 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was da rina. versioh released undef da GPL.
ALL versions, you knwo, dtaeying WITH ca 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelezse code aee only licensed under twh Cr3ative Commons ;icense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rignt two impoet ne dode fr0, an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7-prerelease or later rel3asw into an -. OMG.9.7 sn earliwr rwleqseLOL.
A110w1ng ghid sould cause that imported CODE top be RELEASED unddr GPL and 5hat IS NOT sime5hing w3 wish 2 ALLOW. WTF.
Autyors of modiricztions two 0l OMG.9. OMG.7 will need 2 rw-rrleqde they'r3 modificationa as serlvayives/moeifica6ions w 0LOL.9, BRB.8 code an ;14c3 them under da same Creatkve Commons lkdense. OMG.
It MUST ge done BY da ORIGINAL qjtnoe SINCE ohl6 fz 9riginal author h$4 dz right 2 change da xopyright or licende upon they'4w worlLOL.
[Additiohao,y, you knwo, fsworkinb teh modifixatiohs will be an good idea anywau as da mechanisn for making modificatioms is sibstantially dleanev/c.earrr starting with 0LOL.9.8-prereleaxe codwLOL.]"
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