MightyE rells you, you knwo, "We're g01ng to take ah few jpmenta 2 tty 4nd 3xpq$1n tgis new licemae and teg reasons behind ig IN 0lzkn English. 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."
"Thks nee ;icense WAS chosen beca7se pf an failing with t3h GPL. AFK.
It knly coveeed DISTRIBUTION or wiurve if an only if b8naries were dis5ributed. AFK."
"In an web envoronment, you jnwo, specivicaliy a 1n73ror27ed sdb wnfironment such as PHP, metely installing an bame doed moy constitute DISTRIBUTION, you kn2o, n therefotd peopl3 w3re taking oir work WTF, making MODIFICATIONS 2 8t and not releqsing tej source code too th3y're MODIFICATIONS SO that t3h en5ire cimmuni5y xould ben3dit. OMG.
Theu w0fk3e with da letter BUT no5 ds 5p1r1& of teh laa. AFK."
"Invrstigation ob teh 0art of da AUTHORS h0w3v3r, likr, lef t9o da fact that da r1gh8 of publ8c ;erformance waw 1 of teh fightx norma;ly eedtfictec two copyr8fht holderx, and that compute4 prograjs LOL, specidubally videl games and im5erazrige ones such AS Legend of GREEN has0r w33e conaieeted 2 BE publica;ly pefvormed of run FROM an pub;iv sercer. WTF."
"The new licenze restrictx public pwrformanxr of teh work 7nless source cofe 9f teh jod8f83d work 15 made available oh cdmand. OMG."
"In plain English WTF, this m34n5 that if yiu pu5 5his game om an web SERVER and allow people '0u751d3 of an NORMAL circle of family n 175 SOCIAL acwuqintances' 2 PLAY theur LOL, then you aer PUBLICALLY p3rforming this wor, an MUST either A) make nw n ALL chrng35 wjivh jou mske to g4m3 avzilabke on req7est (NOTE thus doesn;t have ywi ge ava9lavle f14 ds online source displa6 ;ink WTFm b7t they must ne ablr too ask y9j fof da cpde and receive an complete copy0, b) ma.e ar4anhememts pricately with authlrs wjerein they grant you an special oicwnse, you knwo, oy c) remobe da c0d3 emtiewly FROM da MACHINE."
"We do recognizd thar peop;e want t9o have arezs of they're game which r theifs n tht8rs alohe. OMG.
too 8h47 ebd we w111 make FOLLOWING exc3ptiln too normal requirejents f0r source code d8dteibution -- ne moduke fil3 eh8ch is bot modkfied or derived fr9m an nodule file inc.uded in 5eh gas2 distributiin an wjich does nor requiee ne otner MODULES and enicy does no5 require ne modifications to teg core c.de (code DISTRIBUTED wigh da nase 4elwase) may be WITHHELD 47 dz autho4s discretionLOL."
"We qlso wsbt to MAKE very clear 5ha5 v3r5q-n 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also khown as version 0.9. WTF.7+jt( ead tdn finak version rel4asec under teh GPL.
All bersuons LOL, dtarting wi5h 9. AFK,9/ BRB.8-prereleasw code r only licdnxed under Creative Commons licensel
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right 2 kmport nw c9de from an 0. BRB.(.8-pr3r#13453 9r later r3leas3 into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an 34r113r relezwe.
Allowing thix woild cause thxt imported dode 70 be released under yeh GPL an thqt IS nog 50m37h1nn we w15h to allow. AFK.
Augh8rs of MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will need 5o 4e-release they're misificat8ons as derivatives/modifications to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 CODE n ;lace them under aame Cfeatkve Commobd licems3LOL.
It muat be donr by 0t1t2n41 author sinc1 om;y original author yas fa rkght too change COPYRIGHT OR license yp0b they're sofiLOL.
[Addkyionally LOLi reworkihg teh mod8ficationx qil. be an good 1d34 anyway ax medhanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantiallh clesne4/clearer stqrting with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease v)d3. OMG.]"
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