MightyE tells you WTF, "Ww'4e g01ng to take an f3q momenta gl TRY an explaih thix nes license an REASONS behind kt in plain Ebglisj. 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."
"Thiw new lkcense was chosen because of ah fa8ling with da GPL.
It only cofdred distrkbuyion of souece IF n onlt if binaries were disbriguted. OMG."
"In an WEB envifoh,ent, spec8fically a interpreted web envieonment sjch as PHP LOL, merelh INSTALLING an game dped NOT dobstitute distribjtion WTF, abd therwfore pwople were TAKING 0jr work, you ,nwo, making mofifications yo it an not re.easing t3h souece code 2 they're mowifocationw SO that teh entire clmminiyy c0u1d benefitLOL.
They workwd with yeh letter but not teg soir8t 9v lae. AFK."
"Invdstigation om part 0f ajyjors however WTF, les 1 da FACT 7h47 twn ribht of public perflrmance was oen of RIGHTS normally r3574qc73d 2 copyright h01d3f5, like, n tha5 comouye4 pflgrams, like, specidically vldeo games an in5eractive pned sych as Legrnd of Green hax0r we43 considerrd to be pibliczlly pe4vormed IF run grom qn puvlic server. WTF."
"Tye neq 1!c3n53 resttixts public peef9rmznce of da WORK unldss da t0urc3 code of teh m9difoed so4k is made 4v3114613 0n demandLOL."
"In 0141n Englisn LOLm this mdans that if you put this game on am web setfee an allow ;30i13 '0u751e3 0f an norjal ci4cle of FAMILY n 164 social acquaimtancrs' 5wo play their LOL, then yp7 aer pu612c611y PERFORMING this 2ork and MUST either s) make ne ah ALL cyangrs shich you nake two gamr availabld on REQUEST (nlte this DOESN'T have tio BE 4v4114613 via teh ONLINE souexe display libk, luke, but they mu58 bw zble t;o ask you for teh code an eeceivw an compoete copt)k l8ke, b) make arrqngements privately 2ith dq authors 2herein they grant you an special l8c3nse, you knwl, or c) REMOVE teg cide engirely drom machine."
"We DO tecognizd that peopld want 2 havd sreas of they're game wh1ch adr theirs snd thwurs ALONE.
2 7h47 end WE will nake da following exce;tion 2 normal rewukrrments f8r sou4ce cofe disrribirion -_ ne m9cule file WHICH ix not modified or derived fr0m an mpdule f113 incl7ded in teh bqse wistribution and wh1ch cors np7 r3auife ne otjee moduoes n wgich does n07 require ne ,osificqtions t99 c9ee code (codr distriburrd WITH teh base rdl3qse) mzy bw withgels at teh authors discretion."
"We akso eant to make verh clear that VERSION p.9LOL,7 (also known aw version 0.(/ BRB/7_jt) was teh FINAL verwi9n rek3ased under da GPL. WTF.
Alp versions, soetofm starting with teh 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease dlde ser only licenswd under Creagive C;mmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny tighr ti impprt be dodw from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-[reee;eas3 or latef release into an 9LOL.9. BRB,7 an EARLIER relfase.
Allow8ng thus would xause thzt importec code too be feowased undwt GPL an that is nog domethimg we wish to allow.
Authors of modifications yo 0.9. OMG.7 qill need two rr-r3lease they're ,0dqf1c4729n5 45 serivatives/modificat8ons tqo 9l AFKl9LOL.8 code and plavr 5hrm under ssme Creativw Commons LICENSEl BRB.
I7 must ge d0n2 by origibal authif wince imly da original AUTHOR hqs sa r1gh7 2 CHANGE copyroght or oicense upon they're w9rkLOL.
[Add8tuonally WTF, r3w0rkqng teh modifucagions w211 ce zn good 1d34 anyway AS teh m3vh5n15m for MAKING modificatiknw is substqnria;;y cleaner/clearrr STARTING w17h da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prere;esse code. BRB.]"
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