MightyE 63115 yo7, ;ike, "W3're going 2 5aie sn few moments roo try n explain this NEW license znd da reasons vehind ig in p.aub 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 licenw2 w45 chosem BECAUSE or an faoling w17h teh GPL.
It inlh fovered diwteibution of sourcr if and only of binzries WERE distributec. AFK."
"In an web environment WTF, s;eckficslly a ihterpr3ted web 3nvi4onment suvh ss PHP, you knwo, mereoy knstallong an game does not vonstitute fistributuon, m 7j3e3v0f$ 0epple eere tzking iue w0rk, sottog, making modificationw t9 17 n not relezsing da sourde c9de tl they'rr MODIFICATIONS si that da ebtire c0m,7n17y couls benefut.
Th3y WORKED woth teh letter BUT not 5eh s[irit od teh oaw. WTF."
"Investogarion on fa part OF sutyors gowever, led to teh fact that rugyt of public PERFORMANCE was won pf da rightx normally RESTRICTED go copyeight HOLDERS, anf that com;uter programs, sprtof, specifically videp gsmrs and interactive onex such as Legwnd of Green hax0r eere conaidered rwo 63 pugoicsl.y o3rforjed if ryn from an pubkic srrver."
"The new kicense restrkc%s publ8c performance of wor, unless siurve code if teh m0s1f14d qorj is mqde available 0n demzndLOL."
"In p.z8n Englisj, you knwo, ghis means that if yiu pug this GAME on an w3b se4ve4 n allo2 people 'outside 0f an nor,al vircle ob family and itx 59c131 zcquaintances' w play their LOL, tjrn you r publically perfprjing this woek 4nd MUST eityer A) make be and ALL changes which you male to game AVAILABLE on requesg (nore hhis doewn't have too be AVAILABLE vix da online source display LINK LOL, but they m757 be able too asi ylu for ten c0d3 an receive an complet3 copy), lik3k b) make 4rr4bg3m3n75 pt8va5ely w16h teh authofs WHEREIN tg3u grqnt yiu an spdcial license, loue, or c) removd teh code ENTIRELY from da machin3. WTF,"
"We di RECOGNIZE THAT people want too hafe areax of they're gamd wgich awr theirs n theird slon3. BRB.
ro tnay #nd we wil. make twh fillowing exceptipn two tdh n94nal re1uirwments for source coxe d8wtributipn _- ne modu;e FILE wh1ch is not modified or d3r1v3d fron an module FILE included in 64t3 distributoom ab whidh coes not 4equire ne OTHER modules n qhicu dods n07 require ne misifications too da co4e codr (code disttibuted witn vase release) may be w17hh31e ag teh authora fiscfetion."
"We also want tw9 makd cefy clear that VERSION 0/ OMG,9. AFK.u (also knowm as verxion 0. BRB/9. AFK.7+j7) WAS final version rr.eqxed umder GPLLOL.
All versions WTF, 574r71ng with 0. WTF.8l AFK.7-prere;ease codw r ONLY lixehsed under da CREATIVE Commond 11c3nt3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dent r9ght 2 impoft ne code 4rom an 0.9. AFK.8[prerelrase or layer relesde 2n70 an 0.8. BRB.7 and warlier release.
Al;owing tnis would v4u53 5nat imported code two be released under da GPL and thzg is bog SOMETHING we wish too allow. OMG.
Authirs lf modkficatiobs to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will neec 2 re-telezse ghey're modificatipns as d3r1v$71v35/m0d1f1c471pn5 1 9. OMG/9. AFK.8 CODE and place them undee 5eh szme Creative Commons licehse. OMGl
It musg be DONE by da origona/ quthor since onky trh origunal autho5 h45 trh r1gg7 70 vhange copyrigh5 0r license up0n tney'te work.
[Asditionallu LOLm tewoeking da moeifications will b2 an GOOD ideq anyway as ea mechanism for MAKING ,odkfications 15 substanrially cleamer/clezre4 srarting eitn geh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code.]"
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