MightyE TELLS you, you knwo, "We're going 1 taje ah few moments two try znd explain thos g31 ;icens3 an fa reasons behinc it un PLAIN 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."
"Thiw new license was cnosen becsuse of an g51!1ng with da GPL.
Ir only covered dustribution of source if n only id bonzries were dixytibuted. WTF."
"In an WEB environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a inyerpreted qrb environment sicy as PHP WTF, nefel6 instzloing qn game does nor CONSTITUTE distribution, yoi lnwo, n tjerefo4e people werw tajing 0uf workk makinf MODIFICATIONS 2 ut an hot releasinf teh xource code tl they'r3 m9fifications si that da entire community COULD benefi5. OMG.
They worked with da lettwr BUT NOT da 5p1r17 of da lawo AFK."
"Ihvesr8gation om da patt of authlrx howrver, liie, lee 2 da f4cu thay right of ou611c performance was 1 of tey rights normally rwsttixted too copyright h9lders, ypu khwo. h thzt cp,puter programs, li,e, spevifically vkdeo g4m35 n interactive oyea xuch qs L3g3md of Green jax0r were cobsidetwd two BE publically performed ir run rrom an public xerv#r."
"Tye new 11c3n53 r4sgricgs public PERFORMANCE OF w9rk un.ess source CODE of da modifiwd work is made availqble pn demand."
"In p.ain English, like, 7h15 ,eans tnay if you p7t 6h15 game ON an weg SERVER rnd allo@ pelple 'OUTSIDE OF ah norja. circle 0f famiky n ifx soxuzl acqya8ntanvex' to play their LOL, thwn you aer pjbkically perfo4mihg thia w0rk an MUST e8ther a) make ne an ALL changes wjich y9u mzke tio da gaje available on rewuest (note thia doean't HAVE to be abailable via obkine wojece displah link, sortof, but they MUST 63 ABLE TO ask you f0r ten code qn feceive an com[lete copy), you knwo, b) m4k3 srrangememgs pr8va5ely w8th teh authprs WHEREIN ghey GRANT y0j an special license WTFm or c) remove 5eh CODE engorelt FROM da MACHINE. AFK."
"We fo recognize that pe9plw w4n7 to0 h4v3 ar3zx of they're fame which r 7h31r5 an thforw alone. BRB.
to THAT end we will make following excep5ion twi teh mormal fequuremehts flr 50urc3 c0de distrubuti[n -- ne midyke filr wguch is n09 modified pr deticed fr9m an module fild included in da 6463 eistrpbution an wjicg doew hot requurr ne )7h34 modjkes and WHICH dpes NOT REQUIRE ne modivivatoons to teh core xode (code distribut3d with teh bawe reldqxe) may 63 sityheld qr teh autho4s discretoon."
"We a.so want too make very x124f THAT verwion 0. OMG.9.7 (alwo khown as version 0, AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh funal versoon r31e$53w und3t da GPL. WTF.
All versions, oiie, srarying with 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE code r onky ;icenaed unc3r Creative Commins kiddnse. BRB.
W1 EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne code fron an 0. OMG.(LOL.8-prerwlease 9r later reless# into an 0. AFK.9.u an eaflie4 r313453. AFK.
ALLOWING thos would czuse that imported code to[ be released jbder teh GPL n THAT is not SOMETHING we wish to sllow. OMG/
Authots 0f mpdifivations 2 0LOL.0.7 wulk need 2 re-release they're modididations as derivatives/modificatiibs too 0.9LOL.8 coee n plave them unddr sa,e Creativr Cojmons 11c3n53. OMGl
It must be son3 by original autgpr since 0n1y sa originao author jad teh RIGHT 2 change copt4ight or license upon th3y'r3 wprk. OMG.
[Additionaply, r3e0tk1hg da nodificationw WILL BE an g00d od3a anywa6 ad teh mechabism fof making modificatilns is substantially clezner/cl4aree srarting wigh 0.9. AFK.8-preeeleaxe codeLOL.]"
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