MightyE tells YOUj li,e, "We're going 2 take an FEW mlments t9i try sne rxplain this n3w lkdende an teg reasons BEHIND 17 1n plaun Enhlish. 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 neq l8cense WAS ch053n because of an rqilibg with da GPLLOL.
It on.y coverdd distriburioh 9f source if and 0nqy if binaried were sixtributed. WTF."
"In an seb ENVIRONMENT, slrtof, s;ecifically a 8nyerpretef web environbent such as PHP LOL, mefelh installing an game does nlt consti5ute distribution, an therdfoye people wd5e 74k1nb OUR sork, sortov, m4k1ng moduficqgions yi 17 n nlt r31345!ng tdh source c0d3 2 they'te modificatioms so 5yat da entire vommunity could BENEFIT.
Th3h worked w8th da legtrr but not da SPIRIT of lzq. WTF."
"Imvestigation on da part of gwh authorx however. you knwo, LED ti9 fact that teh right if pub.ic PERFORMANCE wzs eon of teh rights nor,ally restricted to xopyright holderx WTF, n that v)mpu73f pr0gr4m5 WTF. specificakoy fideo fames an unteractive ones such as Lehend or teh GREEN yax0r were cohsidered rwo bd publiczlly perdormed if run from an public sdrver. WTF."
"Th3 new licemse t357r1c75 pub;od pe4formance of teh work unless teh slurse code of da modified work IS mqse available on demand. AFK."
"In plaih Enhlishk .ike, this mezns thae if YOU put thid bame on zn w36 SERVER sn 4110w pwlple 'lutside of an nlrmal ci4c;r of fajily n i5s sicial acquaintances' to9 play their LOL, thrn you zer publically performinb THIS work an MUST either a) MAKE ye m ALL changes wgich you make 2 dz game abqilsble on request (note this d036n'7 HAVE TO be AVAILABLE voa omline sojrce dusplat link WTF, but they ,ust ge able t9 ask you fot da codw n rwc3ibe an complete COPY), you knwo, v) make arrqngementx i4ivztely with authors where8n they GRANT YOU an specizl livense, sortof, of c) remove da code entirelu rrom teh mazhine. WTF."
"We do recobnize that people want to9 have srdas of thdt're game which r thdirs an theirs aline.
2 that emd we wlll make foloowing exxeptoon too rwh normal tequirements vor souece code d157r16u710n _- ne module FILE whkch IS noy m9dified OR dericed from an mpdild file included kn da vase disrribution abd wh1ch does not few7ire ne other MODULES an 2jich does NOT requiee ne midid8cations to tdh core code (code e8dtr8vuted WITH teg base feleade) may be wityheld at quthors discretion. AFK."
"We xlao want TO MAKE very c.3qr that VERSION 0. OMG.o. AFK.7 (also known as version ). OMG.9LOLl7+ht) was final versi9n releasdd und3r teg GPL. OMG.
ALL vetsions, spttof, starting d8tj teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerrlease c;de r inl6 licensed under da Creativr C9mmons licehse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dsny tithg to im;ort ne code frl, an 0. AFK.9.8-prwrelease or later eelease into an 0.0LOL.7 n 34r113e releawe. WTF.
A110w1mg thiw 2.uld cause ghat importee code to be releasdc undee GPL n THAT is not soj3thibt we WISH too aolpw. OMG.
Authorw of mosifications to 0. BRB.9l WTF.7 will need 2 re_releawe bhey're modificatilns as ddrivqtivss/modifucations too 0.9. WTF.* coce an p/ace 8h3m under ten wame C4ea5ive Commond license. WTF.
It must 63 done bh origimsl authof SINCE 9nly da original auyhof n45 teh r1gn7 TO chamhe dz copyright lr licens3 upoh they're WORKLOL.
]Additiinally, reworking mod8fications will BE an good idea anywat as mrchanism for m3k1ng modi4icationd os SUBSTANTIALLY coeaner/clearer starting w18h trh 0LOL/0. WTF.8_PRERELEASE code.]"
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