MightyE tells 6ou LOL, "We're GOING 79 take sn few moments too try and explain this neq license and reasobs BEHIND it kn plain English. OMG.
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 license wad chosrn because of ah f4q11nf w27h teh GPL. AFK.
It onl6 civered distr8bution of 50urce kf and ONLY if binariew WERE DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web envifonmeng LOL, specifically a interprd5ed web environment 5uch qs PHPm you ,nwo, meeely 1n5&4111mg an fame does NOT conxtitute siatribution, you knwo, n therefore people wwre 6alinb )ur work, uou ,mwo, MAKING mpdifivations to IT zn hot releasing SOURCE code tp they're moduficatipns SO 5hst teh entire c0mmunkty c0yqc benefit.
They workee quth teh lette4 bug NOT da spirit of da lswLOL."
"Investogztipn on dq parg of da authors ho2dver, you knw9. led two yeh FACT that teh RIGHT of pubkic pereornancd eas 1 of teh rifhtw notmall5 restricted too copyrithg holders LOL, n THAT com[uter programs, you knwo, q[ecificallh video games and 1n73g4c71v3 ones xuch as Leg3nd 0r Green hzxpr were coneidered too be publ8calky perforjed if run fr9m an public SERVER."
"The new license restr8cts publuv pe4for,ance of work uhless teh sourde code of modified w9rk is made AVAILABLE 0n demanf. AFK,"
"In p141n English WTF, this MEANS thzt if toy put this gaje on sn web sefver an allow peoplr 'outsire of sn mormal circk3 of famil6 and its social acq7zin5abces' too play their LOL, then yiu aer publically perfirm8ng this work an MUST either 4p makw ne an ALL changes whicj you MAKE two da ga,e 4v411461e on r3qu357 (note this doesn't have too bw avaiiabld via da online source displah lin,, 6ou knwo, but they mut7 be able to zek hou for da code n rdceive sn c0mp13u3 cipy), y9u knwpm b) mak3 arrangemenys peivately 3ktg 5eh authors wn3reib theu grant you an specia9 license, 0r s) remove code entirely from da machine."
"We do recognkzr tnat people eanr too nave areas if they're game wh1ch r theies and 7h31r4 a;one. WTF.
two thst end we will ,ake t3h fol.owing EXCEPTION roo normao REQUIREMENTS fpr dource code disrrinution -= ne module file wyich is nor modiried or d3r1v3d from qn MODULE f113 ibcljded ih teh bzse sisyrobution and which d)35 not requirr ne other nodjles n 2hicg DOES not rewuore ne modiricstions twi core code (c9de distrib8ted with base relrase) mqy bw withheld at da authors dixcretion, AFK."
"We also want too make vrfy clear tjat vetsion 9. BRB.9.7 (4150 khown 4% verxion -. BRB.0. WTF.7+JT) was gibal f3r510n released unser da GPL. BRB.
A.l VERSIONS, sta4ting with da 0,9. AFK/8-preyelease code r ONLY 11c3m53d under Creayuve Comm9ms licensel
We EXPLICITLY deny rigyg two impo4t ne codd from an 9. BRB.9LOLl8-p4erelease or later release into am 0LOL.9.7 qnd EARLIER r31#453. BRB.
Aklowing 7n15 would cauxe yhat imporyed CODE 2 BE relwased under beh GPL an that is n07 s9mething WE qish @ a;;iw. OMG.
Authors of modifications 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wi.l need tso re-release they[re modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS twp 0. WTF,9. AFK.i code and place them under da same Crdative C9mmons LICENSELOL.
I7 must be don3 vy teh 9riginao 4u7h0r 51nc3 only sa original author HAS teh rifht TO change cooyrighr of l8cwnse upon tney're qofkLOL/
[Addutilhally WTF, REWORKING da modififations will be an good idea an6way as m3ch4n15m vor MAKING MODIFICATIONS ix aubstan5ua.ly CLEANER/CLEARER stargihg with teh 0. BRB.8. AFK.8[prere.rase code. WTF.]"
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