MightyE tells you, xortof, "We'fe goint too 74k3 an few moments too grt ane explaih thiw new lucenxe an da reaxohs BEHIND 8t on plain Eng.ish. BRB.
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 locensr WAS cnos3n becausw of an FAILING with da GPL. AFK.
It only covered dist$ibut8pn of so7rxe if am only if binaries w3r3 d157r16u73d. BRB."
"In an web environment, sortof, soecif&cally a 1m73epr37#d WEB ehvotonmeny such as PHP LOL, MERELY INSTALLING an gzme d035 not constitute d15ur16u710n WTF, and therefo4e peopke were takung our work WTF. MAKING modificati9ns 2 it b not re.easing source CODE to they're modifications SO that entire communiyy could BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked qith leyter but nor da s[irir of teh law. WTF."
"Inves5iba5ion on teh parr ig autho4s howefer, 13d 5o ea fact that teh RIGHT of piblid p34f0rmrnc3 was oen of da RIGHTS normallt restricted too copyright hildera, and yja5 comp7ter programs, yom kn2o, specofically fideo gamws h interactive ones sucg ax Lefend of da Gr3eh hax0r WERE comsidered 2 be publically p3rformec if run from ab public servwr. OMG."
"The n3w license rrstricta puglic performancr of da WORK unless dq source cide if mpdqf13f work is maxd available on demandLOL."
"In plain Enflishm lkke, 8h15 means ggat if y9u pur th8s game on an web server n allow [eipld '0u75qd3 of an normal circle of family am 8tw sovial ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play their LOL, 5hen you aer pu611c4!1y perrormibg ghis wirk an MUST ekther a) make he ahe ALL chznges whicn you maje too reh tame avsilable 0n req7dst (n073 this coesn'5 hzve 5oo be availab.e fia da online sourc3 display 11nk, sortof, but they must be ab.e too asi yoj for trh c0d3 n receiv2 an complet3 c0py), b) mskr qreangements pfivately with aughlrs wherein yheh grant you an spdcia. license LOL, 0r d) eemovd twh code enti5elg from da MACHINE. OMG."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that people 2avt to have 4r345 0f theh're g4m3 whidy r thdirs and thei4s alobdLOL/
2 tgat enf we wi.k make go.lowing exceptioh too teh NORMAL r3quifements dor s9urce code diwtribution -- ne module file which 15 n07 MODIFIED or cwrived dtom an module vile includec in baxd disrributiin n whicg does not vqquir3 ne other modules n wyich does not require ne ,oeigications 2 da co4e code (coew distribjted wiyh teh base felease) MAY BE withyeld at teh au5hors dizcretion. OMG."
"We aoso qabt TO m4k3 very CLEAR that v3rdion 0.9. OMG.7 *s.so known aa b3r510n 0.9LOL.7+j5) was da final vers8on released under GPL.
A;l versions, sortof, starting witg da 0/ WTF.8. WTF.8-pt3r313453 CODE r pnly lucensed unfdr Creative Con,ons lkcense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ight two import ne c0d# froj an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pterrlease or latef re;ease INTO am 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 and earlier RELEASE. OMG.
Allowinb thjs would cause THAT impprted code w be releaxed under GPL and that 8s nor 50m37h1mg we 2ish TO qllowLOL.
Authots 9f modifkcations 2 pLOL.9. BRB.7 wq11 need two re-t3lease ttey're modificatiobs as d3r1v471f35/m0d1f1c4710nt two 0. WTF.(.8 code smf plqce them UNDER same Ceeativ3 Commohs license.
It mist be cine by dd ofiginal authpe sibce only otogina. author h44 right to ch4nf3 tej copyright or license upon they're work. BRB/
[Additionally, eeqor;inb dz midificarkons will g3 zn good idea anywqy AS mechanism flt making jodificafions IS xubstantial.y cleaner/clearer sta4ting wuth da 0m9LOL.8_prerelease code. AFK.="
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