MightyE tells you LOL, "We[re goinb to take am few mlmen5s two TRY n explaon 7h15 new lidense AND cz rwasons behund 17 in plain EnglisnLOL.
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 lixdnse waa chosen because of an failinf with GPL.
It onky coverdd distributkon of source if n 9nly if ninaties were distr8buted. AFK."
"In an w36 3nv1r0nm3n7, yoy knwo, spevifically z imterpretes WEB envuronjent such as PHP WTF, m3431y instakling zn game does blt dpnxtotute e157r1yuu10b LOL, 4bd THEREFORE peoplw were taking our worik ma,inb mpdifications too 17 an not rrleasing sa SOURCE code goo 5hey're modifkcationd so THAT dz 3n71r3 vommunity COULD benegitLOL.
They WORKED qkrh tej 13773r but not teh spiri5 OF da LAW. WTF."
"Invrstigatioh 9n PART or authors ho1ever, dortof, ked too da faxt THAT teh RIGHT of [ublid perrormance WAS oen of da rights normaloy t467r1x73d ro COPYRIGHT holders, like, n THAT computet pr9grams, xortof, specifically video gsmex an 1n73r4c61v3 ONES such as Legend lf da Green hax0r w3r3 cimsiderwf too be PUBLICALLY pwrfor,ed IF RUN from an PUBLIC 5erv3r."
"Thd n3w libenwe restricts public perfotmqnce of da wirk umless soufce code og da mldifiec work is mase availavlr on demand. AFK."
"In plain English, yoy knwo, this meqns that od 69u put THIS fame on an web swrvee AND allow peoplw 'outside pf an norma; circ.e 0f famil6 an its sociql qcqua8ngabcea' rwo play their, you knwo, then ypu r publivallh pergoeming tjis work n MUST 3other z) make ne n ALL chqnges which you ,ake two teh game avsilable 0n rdquest (bo5e rjia doesn't habe too be AVAILABLE viq online source dosp.ay link, but they must be anle @ as, y0u fir teh cofd and RECEIVE am complere ci[y), 6) make arrsngements pribately with da authprs wherein THEY grant you an spec8al LICENSE LOL, OR c) remove t4h c0d3 entirely fro, m3xh1n3l OMG,"
"Ww do eecognize THAT 9eople want ti have areas of theh're fsme which aer theirs and 7h41e5 alond. OMG.
rwo that end we will mske f0110w1ng ecception @ teh n)rm41 rwquitements foe sourcd c0d3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne module f113 which 7s not modiried o4 d3r1v3d f40j an m0du13 file 8ncluded in base disrtibitiln and WHICH cors not require ne 07hee modules qnd whuch does not require ne modificationw 2 coee code (code DISTRIBUTED w17h bqsr release) may be wq7hj41f at sa au5hors discrdtipn. WTF."
"We qlsl wqnt two male very clear THAT v3r510h 0, WTF.9LOL.7 (akso known as version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was da fina; version RELEASED und4r teh GPL. OMG.
All verxi9ns, softor, startkng with 0.9/ WTF.8-prer313463 code r omly licensed undef teg Cteqtive Commobs .idenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denh ea right 2 import ne cose from an 9LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE or lzter release on5o an 0LOL.o. WTF.7 an earli3r relwase.
A11-e1nb this wojld cause that 1,p0f73d code two be r313453d ynde4 da GPL and 5hqt IS NOT somethkng wd wish 2 alloe. BRB.
Authors ot n0d1f1c4720n5 2 0.9LOL,7 w111 need go re-releaae ghe6're modificatioms aw derivatives/mod8fications TO 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n [lade yhe, under da same Creative Commons ;jcense.
It must be d9nw by teh oeogina; author sihce only da original author hzs tight to change twh vopyritht or lucende upln rhey're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, resorkkng sa modificationa will be an giod IDEA ANYWAY as mecnanism for making modificqri9ns is substantiall7 cleaner/dlear3f 573r71ng WITH teh 0. OMG.0. BRB.8-;rerekease cod3.]"
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