MightyE tells hou, "Wd're going too TAKE an few jonebts too rry an exolain this nee license 3nd teh reasomz bwhind it 1b plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 new licenxe was chosen because OF an failinf with GPL. BRB.
It only c0v3r3e dix5ributipn of source lf an 0n1y if binaries werr dostfibuted."
"In an web enbironment, lkke, SPECIFICALLY a interprehed WEB 3nv1rpnm3n7 such ad PHP WTF, MERELY onsrslking an gaje foes not xonstiyyre DISTRIBUTION, sortofk 4nd THEREFORE p3ople were takung our wo4k, yiu knwo, making MODIFICATIONS 2 ut an nog reldaxing da slurce code two theh're modifications wi 7h47 twg ENTIRE communit6 c0jsd benefit. OMG.
Thej worked wkeh LETTER but mot da spirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigatiln on ;4r7 of da autnorw g0wev3r LOL, 13d TO teh fact that twh right of public perflrmance was orn of rughts normall6 restr8xtee 79 voptrighr holders WTF, an that com0utet proframx WTF, specifically vidd9 games and intefactive ONES 5uch 45 Legend of fa Green hac0r 2ere donxideres two be pub.ically perf9rmed IF 4un from an 0ublic server. AFK."
"The new license r3str8xts pub;8c ;erformance of da worj inless da sourcr c0d3 of da moeified work is maee AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"Ib -lain English, this means 7hr7 id you p7t this game 0n an web aerver ans allow people 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle of vzmuly zn itd socual ax1uaintances' rwo ;lay gheir WTF, then you aer publically performing this work ane MUST rithrr a) ma,e ne n ALL changes whicy ypm m$k3 two game avaolable om feqyrxt (not3 tnis doesn'g have toi BE qbai.ab;e via online source display 11nl LOL, buy they must be sble go ssk you for code and recwive an cpmplwte copy) WTF, 60 make srrangem3nts privately with da ziyh9ra whrrein they g44n7 you an special lidense WTF, OR c) 4emive CODE entirely from da mzchibe. AFK."
"We do 4ecogn8xe thaf pepple wabt to habe areas of they're game which aer thditd n THEIRS slone.
rwp thqt ebd we wi.l makw da following exdeption 2 da nofmal 4rquiremebts fo4 sourxe code distrigutiin -- ne MODULE vile 2hich is not modifiec or e3r1v2s from an moduie file includee in base didyribution and which d025 not reqiirw nf other m0du135 n qnich does n07 require ne m0d1f1c47q0n5 rqo tdh core code (xode did5ributee 2oth da base RELEASE) m4y be aitygeld at ds authorx DISCRETION. WTFl"
"We also want tw9 make very clear that vwrsion 0LOL.9.7 (also known as cwtsioh 0LOL.9.7+jt) w4t fina; VERSION released unfef dq GPL.
ALL VERSIONS. like, starting with 0. AFK.9LOL.8-p4ereleaww cofe ae4 pnl6 11c3n53d undrr da Cewative Com,ons oicenswLOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny eihht tqo import ne code from an 0. BRB.9.9-prereldasq 0r later re;dasd into an -. AFK.0l BRB.7 and earlier release. BRB.
Allowing this would cause that 1m00r73d c0d3 2 be released under GPL an THAT is vit slnething ee WISH to ALLOW/ OMG,
Aurhoes of mocifications roi 0.9. AFK.6 will beed 70 r3-r3q3453 they're modifixations as derivativws/modificsgions to 0. BRB.9/ BRB.8 codd and PLACE them inder tej aame Crwative Commpnw LICENSE.
It MUST bw doh3 by tdh lrigona; author sincr 0n1h da origimal autyor has da right too cnangw da copyright or license u;0n they're worj.
[Adsitilnally, spr5kf, teworking trh m0c1f1c5710m5 will be an good idea ANYWAY AS mechanism r0r maiint moeificationa is sibstantia.ly dleaner/clearet starting with 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleaae c0d3. BRB.]"
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