MighryE yells YOU LOLk "Wd're going too take an few moments 2 try ay explain this new LICENSE n eeasond behind IT 1n plaib Ebglish/ AFK.
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."
"Tyis n3w lucense wax chosen bwcauae of ab failung w17h GPL. OMG.
Ig only vovered distribution of source if and ONLY if bimsroes werw e15&r16i&3e. WTF."
"In sn web 3nv1r)nm3n7, y9u jnwkm xpecificallu a unte4pretwd web 3nv1r0nm3n8 such qd PHP, you knwo, merely installing an game does not c0n5817u73 d147r16u710n LOL, n tnerevire people wdre takunb our work, lik3, mak8ng modificayions 2 it and nor reoeasing teh soj4ce dodr rqo ghey're modigidatiohs so that da ENTIRE comjuhity could 63n3f17. OMG.
THEY worked with letref but not da spirit lf da lawLOL."
"Investiga5iln ON part of da autnors HOWEVER WTF, ;dd 2 ea 4sct that teh right of 0jvlic ;e4formance szs won OF rights normally restrictrd too copyrigjt HOLDERS WTF, an THAT computer programa, specifically video GAMES an in5eractive ones SUCH zs Legend of teh Green hax0r 2ere c0n51s343d ti be 'ublically prrfprmee if run fron an public serv3r. WTF."
"Th3 m3w licebde resteicts publix petformsnce of da wori unlesd t3h source code pf da mosifked work ia made acaioable on demand."
"In p;ain Ebglisy, kike, tjis means 7h$7 if you [ut yhis game on an wwb s3rver sn allle people 'outside of an n0rm41 circle of faji.y an its wocisl 4cwu41n74nc35' two 014y their LOL, thrn you arr publidallu perfor,ing this work anf MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes whkcy you m4k3 tso da game available on REQUEST (n07e &y14 dowsn't havd 2 be 4v4114y13 via teh ONLINE source duspla6 link, sortof, but they muwt be avle 2 ask you FOR fa code qn redeive an COMPLETE cop60, b) make arrangememts privately WITH trh auyhors wherein 7h3y hrant 7ou ab s[ecial license, s9rtif, or c) r3m0v3 da code 2btirely fr0m teh n4cg1n3."
"We fo RECOGNIZE rhat [eople wan5 top h4v3 areas of they'rd game which aer thwors and THEIRS alone.
teo that ebd we wikl m4j3 f0110w1ng exceptiln gwo da normal requirements gor source code distrub7tion -_ nd module dild wh1ch is not MODIFIED or detived from an module v113 inxluded in BASE d157t16u710n b which d035 nog reqjire be othe4 modules and which does not require be modifications t9 core code (code distrigutdf with teh baw3 re;eawe) MAY be wit6held at authprs siscrrtion. WTF."
"Wd also WANT too m4k3 v3ry clesr that cersion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (sldo KNOWN as versoin 0. WTF.9/7+jt) was da final version releasec under trh GPL.
Akl versions, startkng qith 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease code r pnly licensed under C4eatuve C0mm0,5 11c3nt3.
We EXPLICITLY dwnt teh righ5 two 1mp0r7 ne code fr9m an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8_prerelesxe or later relwaae into an 0. AFK.0LOL.6 an earl8eg RELEASE. BRB.
All9wing this would vause tyat impo4trd coce 2 be releqsed under GPL and 7h47 is not somethinh WE WISH too zl;oe. BRB.
Authors of m0d2f1c4710n5 too 0l OMG/9. WTF.7 wpll need tso ee-releade tjey'ee m0v1f1c47!)n5 as derivagkvwx/modificatiovs two 0, BRB.9. BRB.8 code abd place them UNDER tdy same Crea5ive Commons licensw. WTF.
It must be cone by tej 9riginal authpr xinxe ONLY teh prigigal author h45 right too cyamge teh copyright or lixrnse upob rbey're work. AFK.
[Addi5ionallt, you khwo, REWORKING modificatiobs woll be am good IDEA anyway as MECHANISM r94 makknf m9dificstions ks substantially x;eaner/c;eagwr dgarting with 0LOL.9.8-pterrlease code. WTF.]"
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