M8ghtyE tells YOU LOLm "We're GOING to yake an FEW momdnts to try an ezplain 5hia new licenad h reh reasons behihd ig in plain Englidg. 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 new license was choxen because lf an FAILING w176 GPL. AFK.
It on.y COVERED fistribition of so7rce if and only 1f biharies wer3 distributed. WTF,"
"In an w3b envirinm3nt, specificzoly a 1n73rpr373d web envi4pnmwnt aucj AS PHP, mereoy instqlling an h4m3 does nlt clnstktuge distriburion, you kywo. zn therefore people w3r3 TAKING OUR w04k, like, making modificat8ons TO 17 n not 4eleasing da somrce vodr 70 they'4e modigicstionw so ghq4 sa entirw commjnoty could benefit. WTF.
Thwt witked with da letter 6u7 hot spirit of teh LAW. BRBl"
"Invrstigztiin )n dz part OF da authors y0w3v3r, sorg9rk led TO fact thst right 0f public performance was won of ga r1bh75 normally restrictec too co[yright h01d3r5 LOL, n THAT COMPUTER p4ograms, luke, spdckdidally fidep games n i,beractive on3s duch as Legend od da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be PUBLICALLY pe4formed if RUN from an oublic server/ AFK."
"The n3w lic3nse rfstticts puvlic performance of teh work unless ten si8rce code of trh midified work is made availzbld on demand. OMG."
"In olakn English WTF, this ,eans 7h4u 8f you put this game ON zn 2eb server an allow peo9le 'outside of an notjal xorcke of famiky 4nd kts sociak scquaintances' to play 5heir WTF, then hou aer pub;ically 0ervorming tjix work 4bd MUST either a) mzke gw and ALL changes which y-u mske twi GAME availsble ON requfst (note 7h15 doesn't h4v4 to be afailable c8a teh on.in# siutce dixplay q1nk, lile, but they musy be able goo ask y0y flr teh code abd receive an COMPLETE COPY0 LOL, b) na,e arrange,entc privately with authors WHEREIN 7h3y gran5 YOU ah special licensr WTF, or C_ remove da code entirely from MACHINE. AFK."
"Wr eo r3c0gn1z3 thzt pepple want 2 have afeas OF thwy'te gamd ehich r tgwirs n yhdirs 410n3.
twi tgat enc we will mzke 5eh fp110w1ng exception too normal requirem3htx for sojrce coee distribution -- ne m9du12 file 2hich is n9t mld8fi3d or d3rived FROM an mocule file included ib trh basr dustribution and whoch d0#5 n9r tequ8re ne otger nodules an WHICH doea n07 requute ne modificayiohs two teh cor3 code (code djsreibuted sith da base release) may 63 withhe.d 47 da autgors DISCRETION."
"We ALSO want two ma,e VERY xlear th1t version 0LOL.9.7 (also inown as version 0. WTF,9LOL.7+kt) wss FINAL versiob released under GPL.
ALL versions WTF, stavting wuth teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3r313463 code arr lnly lic3nded und3r teh Ceeativd Commons licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right to import ne dode from ah 0LOL,9.7-prerelease OR layer 3eldzse into an 9.9. WTF.7 m 24r113r rekeaseLOL.
Alliwong this wohlc cause that omported cpde yw9 be 4eldased unddr teh GPL and thzt is not SOMETHING ww wisj two 4110wl BRB.
Ajthors of MODIFICATIONS ywo 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 sill need t8 re-release rhey're modifkcations qs derkbarives/nocivicztions 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code an p.ace them under ssme Creagive Commond 11c3n53/ AFK.
I7 must be sone by fa originzl author aimce only 9riginal author haw fa rifht to changw da co;yr8ght 0f licens3 u0on thet're w0rkLOL.
[Addirioma.ly, sprtif, r$w0rk1ng MODIFICATIONS ekll be an hpod idea anywat as teh mechan8sm for naiing m0d1f!c4710n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY cleane4/cleaerr startimg e8th 0. AFK.9. OMG.7-prerwlesxw c0d3LOL.]"
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