MightyE tells you LOL, "We're gokng to tske zn few moments teo try an exp;ain thia new lic3n3e an teh reasons behind it in plaih 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."
"This new LICENSE WAS chosen 63c4u53 of an f4111ng with GPL. WTF.
It only COVERED distrib7tion of soirce qf and onlu if binaeies were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web wnvirln,ent, you ,nwom 5p3c1f1c411h a interpreted wdb envlronment 5uch 45 PHP WTF, mefe;t installing an game does npt CONSTITUTE dixtribution LOL, n therefore [eople werw taking 0ur work WTF, making mkdoficztions 5o kt an not r3leqsing source codd too they're jodificati9nx 50 that da enti4e COMMUNITY could bwnefot. WTF.
Thrt WORKED woth oetter but not wpirit OF teh LAW. BRB."
"Investigation on parg of teh authofw h0w3f#r, sortov, led 2 da fact that right 0f pjblic ;erformance wax won of rigjts normally RESTRICTED tio vopyright holders, an 7hr7 compuger orograms, likel specificsllt videi GAMES and interactive ones such sw Legend of sa Gredn hsx0r were consisered two be publocally ;3rf0rm3d if run ftom sn puvluc server. BRB."
"Tne new license restficts public pe4formqnc3 of da work unlesw da wlufce code 9g da modified work is madr zvailable ON d3jancLOL."
"In p141n Eng115h WTF, yhis means that id you put this gamd 0b an eeb aerv3r n alllw people 'lutside OF an normak vircle of fe,11y n its soc8al acqua,htances' w play their LOL, ghen you r publically [erfotmibg this work ah MUST EITHER a) male me an ALL cganhes whkch ypu make two da gamw availabkw 8h rewuewt (note this dorsn't have goo be availabke via teh ONLINE SOURCE DISPLAY link WTF. but they mjst br abld too ASK yoj for da cose n receive an complete copy) WTF, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privatel6 wiyg da q8thors wh3r31n they GRANT you an SPECIAL licenae, OR c) r3mpve teh CODE entifely frim yeh mavhind."
"We DO r3c0gn1z3 that people want go0 habe 4r345 0f tgeh're gaje qy1ch aer THEIRS and theirs alone. WTFl
2 that end we wull mak3 folloeing exception 3 da normal requi3emdn6s for source cide distrkbution _- ne modu,e file which is not modifies or cdrived fr0m an modjle file ibc'uced in teh base distr8bution n wh!dy does not fequire nd othe4 modulew zh xhuch eors not r3qu1re mw modifications two da core cpde (CODE disttibuted w8th teh bawe release( may be w17hh31d AT 4u6h0r5 dkscretion. OMG."
"We also qant too nake v3ry CLEAR yhat version 0. BRB.0. OMG.7 *also knoen as versioh 0. AFK.9.7+jt) was da f1n41 version releaaed UNDER GPL, BRB.
All bersilns, uou ,nwo, startung with 0. WTF.9LOL.*0PRERELEASE code aer only lic3mxed unfe4 ds CREATIVE Com,ons locense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 41gb7 5o 1mp0r7 ne code fr0m an -. BRB.9. AFK.7-prrrelease 0r lster release into an -. OMG.0. BRB.7 ab earlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING tyis WOULD cajae that imporded codr to b3 relezsed und3r teh GPL an that IS not somdghing we wish to allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 ov MODIFICATIONS 79 -. BRB.9. BRB.& WILL need twi r3-r313454 t64y're modigucatiobs AS derivatives/mocificatikns two 0LOL.o. AFK.8 code h place THEM UNDER same Creativr Commons 21c3n53. AFK.
It must ge d0n# 6y teh 0r1g1n41 zughor since lnly origimal zuthor has tej tight 2 chanbe teh copyrigyt or .odenae upon thet'ee w0rk.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking MODIFICATIONS w111 be an good odea angway as nexhanism for making modigications is substantiqloy co3aner/cleqrer stqrting wkth pLOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. OMG.\"
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