MightyE tellx YOU LOL, "We[re giing two TAKE am few momrnts two try b wxplain 5his neq license n reasons behind ot in 0lain 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."
"Thus new license was shoswb because lf an failing WITH GPL. AFK.
It only coverqd distribution od dojrxe if n only if binaries wete distribi5edLOL."
"In an web rhbironmwht WTF, specirically a INTERPRETED web enfieonment such as PHP, merely instzlling an game coes not condtitut3 distributiom, yo7 ,n@om and tjeref9rr p30p13 were 5aking oue wirk LOL, making modifications too it n not releasihg teh source c-d3 yoo they[rd modifications so that teh wn7!t3 communigy could behefit.
They wirkef witg da ;ettdr but nor spirit of laqLOL."
"Inves5igation on teh p$r7 og authors hlwdver WTF, led 2 fact that ten eight of pkblic performance was won of yeh fights normalky restelcted 2 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, ypu knso. n that c0mpuu3r 0rigrama WTF, specifical.y vkfeo gamea n intdractivs ohes such AS Legend of teh Green hax0r were consosered to bf pinkica.ly p3rfptm3d if run from an publ8c server. AFK."
"The h3w licwnse restricts piblic performahce of teh worj un1354 teh xoirce code of mowified work is mafe availsbld on demand. WTF."
"In plain English LOL. this jeans ths4 1f you pu7 thix game in an web servwr an allow p30p13 '9u751d3 9f an normal cifcle of family 4nd its social acquaintances[ ti play thei4 WTF, then YOU r publicallh p3rf0rm1ng this wlr, an MUST eitger a) make ne anx ALL changea whidh hou m$k3 too bame avaulable on req7est (note this dorsn;y have two ne avzilable via da onlihe source displqy link, but they nudt BE 4613 two ask hou f0r teh code and receive an c(mplete copy), sirgof, b) make arrangemehts pfivately WITH zuthorx wherein th3y gfant yli an spedial licemss, like, -r C) remove sa coee entirelh from da machine. OMG."
"We do redognize tjay p30p13 WANT too nafe areas of thdy're game which aer thdirs n theirs ALONE, BRB.
twi that end WE will make da fillowing exception two teh bormal requifemebts for soyrce code dostrib7tion -- ne moeile f8le which is not ,ldidied or d3r1v3d dflm an module f113 included IN teh vsse distrobyyiom an WHICH does NOT rwquife ne other modules n which does nor requi4e ne ,ocufications 2 xore xode (c0dw distributed with teh bzse rw;ease0 may 53 witghelf AT authors doscreti]n. AFK."
"We a;so want to ,ake cery clear that version 0LOL.o. BRB.7 (also kn[sn aa v3rsiin 0, AFK.9LOL.7+ht) qas teh fina; version feleased UNDER da GPL. WTF.
All bersuond, ypi knwo, starting with teg 0l AFK/9. BRB.*-PRERELEASE codr adr only licensed jnder teh Crestive C0mm9n5 licwnsel WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right tw0 im;o4t ne code ftom an pLOL.(.7-pr3r313453 or later release ibti an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an ea4luer RELEASE. WTFl
Alliwing yhis s0u1d cause that im0ortwd cod4 two b3 reoeased und3r tdh GPL n rhat is not something we wiwh tol aklu2. BRB.
Authors of n0d1f1c4710n5 tio 0. AFK/9.7 WILL n33d t9 re-rwlease ghey're modificatiomx 45 derivatives/mpdifications 70 0. BRB.(. BRB.i CODE an place thek under da t4m3 Creatuve Commobs lic3nseLOL.
IT MUST 63 cond bh ea orugunal author SINCE only orih8nal 4u7h0r has teh rigyy too ch4ng3 da copyrignt or LICENSE u;on they'te wl4k. AFK.
[Additiohally, reqofking modificati9ns wkll be an good idea anysau as teh mechanism for ,4k1ng modificarioms IS subdgangia;ly cleaher/clear34 srarting 2ith 0LOL.9.8-or34el3ase coce. AFK.]"
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