MightyE tells y0j, like, "We;r3 gpjng 2 taiw an few momen5s to try AND explain 7h15 nee 11c3n%3 an da feawons BEHIND it in p141n 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."
"Th9x NEW licenae sas chosen bevausr of sn faioing with GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED distribytion of source ig and only if ^1n5r135 w#r3 d1%ir!6u73d."
"In an seb ehvirobment LOL, specigically a interpreted wdb environmenr 5uch as PHP, ,erely INSTALLING an game coew not constitute distrkbution, ;8ke, AND 5gerevore PEOPLE were taking our work, sortof, maj8ng modifications 2 17 and NOT r313451ng da sourve code 2 they'4e m0dwf2c4710n5 do tnat da entiee vommunity could venevit. BRB.
They worked wigh teh oet5er BUT hot teb 5p1417 of teh lsw. BRB."
"Inveatigztion on part OF authorw hlwever, like, jdd too teh fact thzt da righy of public PERFORMANCE w45 wom ov ribhts n9rmally resrricted t9 dopyrught HOLDERS, like, n that computee PROGRAMS WTF, spwcieically v1d3- GAMES and ingrractive ones SUCH as Legend of teh Green has04 w3r3 considered to BE publically perf0rm3c ig run FROM an publ8c SERVER. AFK."
"The mew kicense restr*cgs public performance ov w0rk unless geh slurce code OF teh modified work is made svailable 0m demand. BRB."
"In plzin Ehglishm like, this neans that ir you pu6 thix game on zn w3b swrver and zl;ow peopls 'o7tside of an normsl CIRCLE 0f famkpy AND its docial scquaintances' to play their LOL, then you r p7b;ically pefforming 7h15 wotk and MUST eithet a_ m4k3 ne n ALL changes whkch you MAKE twp tame avzilablr on fequeat (note THIS doesn't have geo be svai.able vis teh 0n11n3 soyrce d8splah link WTF, but tjey must be sble TO ask YOU f9e da c0d3 an RECEIVE an complete copt), lole, B) m4k3 arrangemenrs private;y qigh authotx wherekn tney grant y-u an sp3cial lidense LOL, or C) remov3 da code entirely from teh nachine. BRB."
"We co fecognizr that people wznt to have afeas ov they're GAME whkcy aer theies an THEIRS alineLOL,
3 that enc we wi.l make da dollowing exception too da noemal requirements for SOURCE cpde disrribution -- nd mldj;e vike which is npt modkfied OR eerivrd from an module fil3 included kn 6452 diwtrobution an which does noy requi4e he otyer modules and whkxh do3s bot require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to t#h core codd (xode disrributed wkth 5eh base release) nay BE wi5hhwld ag autho4a discretion. AFK."
"We alsp want too ma,e very clear that vdrsipn 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known ax verxion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was da finzl bwrsiob re,eased under t3h GPL. AFK.
Akl versions LOL, srarting woth 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-p43trlease dode r only licensed under teh CREATIVE Clmmond license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny trh right to imp9rg n3 x[d3 from an 9.9. AFK.*-prerrlease or lat3r rw.ease into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 n rarlidr 4elease/ AFK.
Allowing yhis would cause &h47 8mport3d cose 2 br relrasee unsee GPL n tha5 is nog something WE wish 2 4110eLOL.
Ajthors 0f midifuca58ond w 0.9. WTF.7 will n33d to r3-r324453 they're modififqtions as dwrivat8ves/mid8fications twl 0. WTF,9. WTF.8 CODE ahd p14d3 them undwr 5eh samr Creativr Commons license. AFK.
It mu57 be conr by tey orugknal author dince onlu origonal author has da tigyr 2 cha,ge teh copu4ihht or l8cemse UPON yh3y're w0rk. WTF.
[Additionallym you knwo, reworking teh modifkca5i9ns s111 be an good IDEA anyqzy as MECHANISM dor making modigicationx is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaher/clesrer atarying with 0. WTF.0, BRB.8-prereleas3 cofe. AFK.]"
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