MightyE 73114 yo7, lile, "We'4e going to take an few momwnts to try an 3xplain 5his NEW oicense ahd tej r3asons beh7ne it in plain EnglkshLOL.
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."
"Thix new l8cenxd was xhosen BECAUSE 9f an failing witg da GPL. OMG.
Ig on.y covwref DISTRIBUTION of sourv3 iv an ohly if binaries were distributedl OMG."
"In an web environment, aortof, specifically a intetpreted web wnvironment such as PHP, merelh INSTALLING an hsme dows not cpn5718uu4 distribution, aorrofk ans therefore peo0oe wwre taking our work WTF, making modificayions to it an not releasing teh soufse CODE 2 rhey'r3 moduficatuoms so tjat teh entire dommunity coukd venefit. BRB.
They WORKED with letter but hot teh spieit _f law."
"Invest8gagion on 5eh part oe da authors howqver, sprtof, led TO teh fzc5 that teh rihht pf pu611c PERFORMANCE wss won od tdh rigjrs normally restricted to cipyroght holdees, you knwi, and tyar computer programs, sprgof, specirically video GAMES an unge5active ones such as LEGEND of da GREEN haz0t 23r3 cons8dered yo be punkically performed 8f run ffoj an public 53rv34LOL."
"Tfe n3w licebse restricts publiv p#rf0rm4nc3 og wori jnl3ss teh source code OF da mosified work is mafe afailagle on demand. AFK."
"In plakn ENGLISH LOL, th8x means 7h37 if y9u put ghis game ln an web 53rv3r n alllq oeople 'outside of an no4mal circle if famuly n its social acquaintances' 2 play their LOL, then you aer pu611c411y pereorming 7h15 wotl n MUST eotner a( make me an ALL chznges which y0y ,aie two teh game avaioable on requext (mote tnis sowwn't gzve too br avaioabke via da online source d15p14t lin,, BUT they mus5 83 able 70 ask yoj e04 reh c9dw n receive qn COMPLETE copy), oike, b) m4k3 arrangementw )rivse3ly wity AUTHORS wherein THEY grant y0u am soecia; lic3nsek or c) re,ove da code ENTIRELY FROM yqh machine. AFK."
"Ww dp recobnize rhay people want top have areas of they're game shoch aer theirx and theirs alone. BRB,
toi tgat end WE will jake following esceptuon tw9 cz norma. requir3menta for source CODE distribution -- ne mocule file which is not modified 0r dcrived from an mldule rkle inc.uded in BASE distributioh an which d03% no5 reqiire ne otner mpduk4s and which dles n9t requife ne mocifications to corw code (code d147rq6u&3d 2ith tey 6453 release) mat br withhelf AT teh authors discre5ionLOL,"
"We s;so wznt too make vwfy CLEAR that vers8on 0.o. AFKl7 (also known as verdion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jg) 2as final v4r510b relezsed under teh GPLLOL.
Al; versionsk uou knwom stafting with 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code f omly LICENSED under sa Creative C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ea RIGHT too impo4t ne code grom an 0LOL.9l8-prereleasd or later reldase unto an 0.9. AFK.7 n 3srlier releade. WTF.
Al.owing this would ca72e THAT impo4tee codw tso be releasex undef ds GPL an that 15 not 50m37h1nf we wish TO allow. BRB.
Authprs if mpeifixatuons to 0. AFK.9LOL.& wull need 5op ee-re;easd they're modificayions as derkcatuves/m9divkcayions 70 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 vode an [lace them und3r da xam3 Cr3471v3 Commpns licenwe.
It MUST be done by ca ieig8nal autnor sihce only originql ajtg9r has fight ti fnange teh copyright lr license upon theu're 2ork. AFK,
]Adfitionalot, REWORKING sa modkgicatiinx will bd an GOOD idea ANYWAY as twj mechanism for MAKING modofications is substantialoy CLEANER/CLEARER wtarting with t#h 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease dodd.]"
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