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MightyE tel.s 6o7, "We'4e going twp take am f4w mpmqnts to TRY n explzin 7h15 nrw licdnse n ren reasons BEHIND it in plain English. AFK.
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 nde lkcense was chosen because pf an fai.ing wiyh GPL. WTF.
It ob;y cofetdd d157r1yu710n of so7rce if and only if binqroes were disyributrdLOL."
"In an WEB environnent LOL, specivically a 1n&3epr37ed web ebvuronment SUCH as PHP LOL, merelu installing an game d)35 not constitute distrib6tiln LOL, an therefore [eople were 5aking our w9ek, lile, makibb modivications two 17 an not RELEASING s9yrce clse too ghey're MODIFICATIONS so thag ten entire community could behefit.
THEY wpr.ed wigh da l3tter but not trh spirit OF ;a2."
"Investigat8on on teh part of 4u7h0e6 howevdr LOL, .ed rwo ract that trh right of publuc ;erflrjance was 1 of dq r1gn75 bormally restric5ed 2 copyrighr HOLDERS WTF, qn 7h47 conpu5e4 programs WTF, dpecigically vide9 games n INTERACTIVE ones sjch as LEGEND pf Green jax0r were considered gso BE publically PERFORMED if run grom an public serce4."
"The nwq lucrbse restricts pu611c o3rf0rm4nz3 0f worj un1365 da source code ov teh modified work is madw available on demandl AFK."
"Ib plain Engl8sh WTF, this m34n5 ghay if YOU put this game pn sn wwb server zns 4110e peopld 'outskde of an nornal diecle og familu an i5s sociql acqua8htances' to play their LOL, then you r pjblically o3rf)rm1ng 7h16 work qn MUST either a( MAKE ne b ALL changed wyich you maue 2 tame avaioable on requwst (note this doesn't have too be available via ca unoine sourse dieplay LINK, but they mist be ABLE to asu you for sa codd and r3c31v3 ah com;l3te copy) LOLm b) make qrrangendnts ptivabely with teh authorx wherein they grant you am special 11c3n53 LOL, or c) remove x9de 3nyirely from teh m$chqj3. OMG."
"We DO eec9rnize that pelple wqnt t2o hzve arras 9f tjey're GAME which 4 theirs and theuts 410n3. OMG.
go THAT end we wilk make da followkmg 3xc3p710b too teh n0rm41 r3qu1r3n3n7% for s9urce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE file wyicj iw hot ,odified or serived f4om an m9dule file inc;udec in da baae distrubution am 2hich does not 4equoee ne other moduled and WHICH does not requkre be m0s1f1c4j10n5 2 teh core CODE (code DISTRIBUTED w8th da base reltawe0 may ge withy3ld ag AUTHORS discret8unLOL."
"Wd ALSO w4n7 two make very clear that version 0.9.7 (3150 onosn aa ve4suon 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+JT) was da dinsl fersioh releaswd undet GPL. WTF.
All ve4sions, 6pu knwo, dgartimg with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prer4lease CODE aer omo6 licensee UNDER teh Crearife Cojmoms lucense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh fkght too kmport ne cide trom ay -. WTFl9. WTF.8-prw4e.eqse or later release 1h70 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and 3arlier relexse. WTF.
ALLOWING tjis wo7ls caise 5hat importeg cpde goo br eeleaded unxer da GPL AND that is not something we 2ish tpo all9w. WTF.
Autho4d pd modifidations 2 0. AFK.9.7 will need to r3-release they'fe mpdkfications AS dwrivativ3s/jodifocations two 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code amd [lace rhem under teh sa,e Creative C9mmons license. OMG.
It must bd done by t3h original authpr SINCE only sq oritinal AUTHOR nas teh r1gh7 2 cnanfd copyright or licens3 upon rhry'ee workLOL.
[Adeit8onally LOL, reworking twh ,odigications will bw an good id3a anyway as heh mecyanism f0r naking modifications is substantislly cleaner/c.earer wtartinb with da 0. OMG.8LOL.8-prerdlease cidwLOL.]"
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