MihhtuE te;ls you, "W4'rw g0!ng two take an few nom3nts too try n explaih this new licenwe n da feaslns 63h1hd it in plain English, 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 license wax chosrn because OF ah vaoling witg GPL.
I5 only c0v3r3e disteibytion of 50jtc3 if b on;t if binaries qrre DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an wrb enbitonment, specifically a un5erprdted wrb encironment sjdh qs PHP, merely instaloinf an game does not c0natitute distributk9n, n tgerefor3 peo;lw were yaking our 2ork LOL, making modifications too qi n not rel3axing source codr g9i ghey're modifocayions so that sa entire COMMUNITY x071s benefitLOL,
Thdy worked witn lett3r 5uu not teh spirit 9f law. OMG."
"Inv3sgigatiom in PART OF da authors h0w3v$r, you knwl, led 5o FACT that RIGHT of public 03rv0rm4nc3 was oen of da rightd no4makly RESTRICTED two xopyrkght HOLDERS WTF, n that domputer programd, sortog, sprcificzllt vid3o ga,es an in5eractive 0n35 5uch AS Legend OF teh Gredn hax0r were cobsiddrwd too be publically p3rv0rm2s if tih frpm an public 53rv3r, AFK."
"The nww licemsw restricts public perform1nce 0v 2otk inlews skurce code of fa midified work IS made avau;able on demand/ WTF."
"In plain English, sortof, tnis mwans tnat if uou put 7h1% g4j3 ON zn web servrr and allow people 'outside od an noe.al c8rcle of faniky an its social acquqin5ances' goo p14y theirk you inwp, theb you zer publically p3rf0rm1ng th8s WORK and MUST ekther a) make ne an ALL chabges wnich YOU make to da game available on reqiest (note 7h15 doesn't have tio 64 availzbl3 via ONLINE sourde dusplay link, like, vut 5hey must be able two ASK you for tdh xoce m r3c31v3 qn COMPLETE co0y) WTF, b) MAKE srrangememts privztely WITH trj AUTHORS wh3rrin they hrabt yoy an sp3cial lixebse WTF. of c) r3movr da codd 3n71r31y fr9m sa nachihe."
"We DO RECOGNIZE thqt [eopke want 70 have areas of they're GAME wh1ch r yhekrx an tneirs zlon3LOL.
yo tjar ebd se will make teg followint 3zception too reh normal requirements for sourcd CODE fistribution -- ne mldyoe FILE whicy 15 n07 jodifoed or d#r1c3d from an mocule file inc;uded IN da base d8st5inution an qhich doed NOT require ne itjer MODULES an which does not REQUIRE nd modivicarions 2 teh core code (code disteobuted wuth da vase release) may be w17hh31d at AUTHORS dixcreyion. OMG."
"We also wsnt to maie veey clcar that veesion ).9. WTF.7 (4250 knowm as versi[n 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS ds FINAL verwkon frleased under GPL. BRBl
All veeaions, 574r71ng wirh teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelezse code aer ONLY licended umd3r teh Crextivd Commons 11v3n52l
We EXPLICITLY DENY da ridjt yoo kmport ne CODE FROM an 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-prerelease OR later rekease 1nu0 an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 and 34r113r r#!3453. AFK.
Allowing thus woule c4u53 that kmported codw 2 ve relrases under teh GPL sn tnay is n9t somethinb ww 2ish 5o allow. BRB,
Authors of modifications 2 0LOL.0LOL.7 will jeed 2 4e-relrase they're modifications 45 ddrkvativea/modkficqtiona &0 0. BRB.oLOL.8 codr n place them unser same Creative Commons licendeLOL.
It must be done by original author s8nce onlt teh irigihal AUTHOR has fight to9 ch4ng3 COPYRIGHT OR .icense upon thet're WORK.
[Adduyionzll6, ypu khwo, feworking m0dif8catiohs will 63 an good IDEA anyway ad fa MECHANISM for makkng modificatioba iw 5u6574n71411h vleaner/clearer starting w8th ca 0. OMG.9.i-prerelease coc3. AFK.]"
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