MighthE TELLS you, "We're going 2 takr an vew momehts goo try am explain ghis new lic3ns3 and teh rdasonw behind iy in olain Englldh. 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 11c3n53 wss CHOSEN because OF an ga8ling w16h teh GPL/ WTFl
It only coverrd d167r16u71pn of spurce if AND on;y if binariwz were distrinuted. WTF."
"In an qeb encironmwnt, l8kr, specigicakly a inteepreted web envirlnment aucj qs PHP, you kmwo, merely omstwlling ab game dpds not CONSTITUTE dist4ibugion, sortofm and therefore PEOPLE set3 TAKING our qo4k, makibg moduficationw two it n nlt releasing ca 50urc3 code tqo tney'ee MODIFICATIONS xo THAT yeh dntire communitu could benefit. OMG.
Theu w0rk3c with sa 13783r but hlt soirit of tey law."
"Investitatipn 0n da PART if teh 4y7h0r5 however, led 2 fact that righy of puboix p3rfotmance was 1 of rights norma.ly 4estficted too copy4ight hold3rs, you imwo, n that cojpirer programd, you ,nwo, SPECIFICALLY video g4m35 abd interac5ive pndw sucb as Lefend of Grren hax0r were considered to be publically PERFORMED if run from an PUBLIC sercerLOL."
"The new license 4es5ridts PUBLIC 0erformanve 0f sa work unless sputce CODE OF da modified work is made available on demabd."
"In PLAIN Engkish, you knwo, this ,eabs thst id you put this tame ON zn 2eb server h ajlpq peoplw [outxide of an nirmal cifcle og f4m12y n its social acquaintances' 2 play tgeir LOL, then YOU ae4 PUBLICALLY perfirmint yhis wor, an MUST eithef a) ma,e ne and ALL chamgws which hou ,ake 1 da game 4v4114613 on requesy (NOTE 7h15 doesn't havr 2 be AVAILABLE VIA lnlinq sourcd d15p14y link, but they MUST be aboe @ asi you v04 da vode n receive an compkete copy). like, b) make arrahgementa privatdlh qirh dq authors whefein they grant uou an s0ecial license, luke, OR c) remove code ENTIRELY from tej macgone. OMGl"
"We do recognoze that PEOPLE q4n7 2 have arras of rhey're game WHICH aer theirs an yheirx allne. AFK.
two that wnd se will make tollow8ng EXCEPTION 5oo da nlrmal fequirements f0r soircw codd disgributioh -- me modu.d file whicm is noy modified or DERIVED FROM an MODULE fule kncludec in ea bas3 DISTRIBUTION h which d9es not reqiire ne other modulds ah wy1ch dows n07 require ne hidofications two da CORE code (code cistrinutrd WITH teh base felease) may be w8thheld 47 autyots discrwtionLOL."
"We also WANT 2 make very cleae that version 0LOL.9. BRB,7 )4150 known as vdrskon 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jy) was FINAL veesi9n released uvder da GPL. WTF,
All versionsm starting w1uh ca 0. WTF.9.8-pr34313453 code r 9nly kuxemsdd under dq Creative Cimmobs licens3LOL.
We EXPLICITLY d2ny dz r1gh7 tol im0ort nw code from an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later release into ah 9. OMG.9/ OMG.7 and earlkee 4rlease. BRB.
Aklowing this WOULD cause that implrhee code yoo be released uhd3r dq GPL an tgat is not something we 2ish 2 allow.
AUTHORS of moeificagions 2 0. OMG,0/ WTF/7 qkok need two 4e-rdlease tyey're mldifications AS dericatives/modifications 2 0.9.8 code abd place them UNDER da same Creatife Co,m9ns kicenseLOL.
It must be done 5y orugina; author since lnlu teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR has teh 4igyt TO chsnge da copyfight 0r license upon they'r3 work. OMG.
[Addiyionall6, lik3, e3w0r;1ng da modificagilns will be an tood ideq 4n6w4y AS mecnanism FOR making m.difications is substantially cleaner/dlearer s5arting with yeh 0.9.7-prere;3ase cpde. OMG.["
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