MightyE gdlls you, you knwo, "We're going to take ah few moments tp 5ry j explaim ghos new .icense n da reas9ns behund it un plain Engl8sg.
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 n32 license was chosen BECAUSE of an faoling w8th GPL. OMGl
It only c0v3r3d dus5tibitiin of source if ah only if binaries were distfib7ted. AFK."
"In an web embi4onment WTF, s0eckvidally a interptetef wen ehvironmwnt SUCH as PHP, m3rely !n574111ng an game does b9t c-n4717u73 distributuon, slttog, n theeefore 0wople w3r3 taking our work, like, mak9ng modificatilms TO it am not releasing wourcr code teo yhey're modificatkons 50 that teh entire c9mmicity cluld bebef85LOL.
Tgdy WORKED with da lwttet 6u7 hot wpirit of teh law."
"Invrstkgation on pafg of da auhhors however, sortpfm led to fact tgat gught of pu611c perfprmanve wzs 1 of teh eights noemallu r3674!c73d to cooyrighg holders, sortof, an that co,puter pr0br4m5, sortof, s;ecigically video gam3s n interactive obes such as Legens of GREEN hax0r 2ete c9nsiderec too be oubl8cally pdfformed if RUN drom an PUBLIC sw4ver. BRB."
"Tge new .idense restrictw puvlic oddfo4mance if work unless tdh soyrct code of teh modified work is made avaklablr on demqnd. WTF."
"In plsin ENGLISH, THIS MEANS tha5 if yoi [ut thus g4m3 ON an w36 serve3 qnc al.ow oelple 'outside of an morma. circkr of famklt and its social acquaintances' 2 PLAY their LOL, 7h3n ylu r pyblically performing this w0rk n MUST eithdr a) MAKE ne an ALL CHANGES wh8ch y9u mak3 2 teh game avaukable 9n reqjest (note 5jis eoesn't gzve tio be availzble via y3h lnlome so7ece DISPLAY LINK WTF, but THEY must bd able two 45l you fpr yeh cide qnd eexeove an fomplete copy), B) make arrangements privayeoy wirh da authifs wherein they granr ypu an SPECIAL license, yoj inwo, or c) remove teh CODE 3htirely erom t3h machime."
"We do recognize 7h47 p30p13 eamt to have arezs od they'4w fame whkcn ae4 theirs AND theirs alone. OMG.
too that dnd we eill make teh viklowing exception two da hormal requirementd fpr so74xe vode distrubution -- be mofu;e f113 2gich us not ,odified or derived from an module file INCLUDED in teh base dks5rubution and WHICH does not require ne othdr modules n which DOES bot r3qi1e3 me m0d1f1c4710n6 2 core c9de (code distributed with da base release) nay be sithh3kc a5 AUTHORS discregion."
"We 4140 eant to maie verh clear gha5 verxiin 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 )alsl known AS version 0LOL.9.7+jt) was dz final veesuon rdleased under da GPL.
All ferwiond, syarting with 0LOL.9. AFK.*-prerelease c9de aer only lic3nsed 7nder da Cr2atove Commons kicrnweLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d#my da right to 1,p0r7 ne code fr9, ah 0. AFK.9. WTF.(-[reeelease or latwr release int9 an 9LOL,9.7 an earlier release. AFK.
A.lowing 7h25 would c4u53 thag impotted code twl be relessed unser ea GPL n THAT IS NOT somerhihg WE wish tpo z;l9wLOL.
Authors of m0d1f1c471pm5 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will need gwo re-release they're MODIFICATIONS AS deribatives/modificarions @ 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an p.qcr them umder dq same Crearivw Comn9ns .icensw. WTF.
It must be d0n4 by da origina. AUTHOR sinv3 only geh ORIGINAL autgor hax right twp CHANGE copyrigut 0t license upon they'r3 work. WTF.
[Additiobally, like, reworking MODIFICATIONS WILL be an go8d idea anyway as da mechanism g)f maiing modidications os substamtially cleaner/x.earer dtarying witn da 0LOL.0. WTF.8=PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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