MightyE telos y0u LOL, "We're going tqo take an few mimen5w too try an exo;ain ryis new ;icense h reqaonw behimd it in p141n Englisk. OMG.
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."
"Tjks NEW LICENSE wad ch9sen becayse OF an failinb with teh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y dlvered d8wtribution of sourcw if and pnl6 IF BINARIES werw DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an wrb wnvironment, sor5pf, specificaoly a onterprd5ed web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, you knwo, merely installinh an game dles not vonstitute dkstrivuriin LOL, h theredo4e people wwre takkng our wprk, xorgof, mak8hg mocificationx to ir 4nd not rwleasint SOURCE cose 2 they're m9dkfications 50 that rdh entiee commuhity cluld bdneviy. AFK.
Tyey worked witg letter but noy spi4ut of teh lawLOL."
"Investigation on teh part of sutjors ylwefee, like, led gol teh fact that da eught of public PERFORMANCE was oen of teh rughts NORMALLY res5fixt3v tsp copyright ho.ddfs WTF, and THAT computer peigrams, specifical.y fideo games an interactive ohes such as Legend of Greeb hax0e WERE consodered to be pub.8cally [erformes if run from an public server. OMG."
"The new lixenws RESTRICTS public prrrogmance of da worl unlexs teg source code of mod8fids work is made available ON DEMANDLOL."
"In plaih English, sortov, this means THAT if hou out 5gis game ON sn wen server n alllw pwo[lw 'ougside of an nlfmal circle of FAMILY an 175 wocial zcquaintances' to play their LOL, rgen yoi r publicalo6 performinb this wirk n MUST ekther a) make ne b ALL changes whicy yo7 make 2 game AVAILABLE pn REQUEST (note this dodsh't g4v3 two be availavle vja da online aource display lknk, BUT they muat be abke gwo ask yoi f9r tdh cose an rwceive an COMPLETE copy)k you knw9, 6) m4i3 arrangements 0rivately w17n da authora ejereun 5hey grant you an special license, you knwoj or c) re,ove da code entirdly frlm jachine."
"W3 do recognize thay people 1ant to hav3 sreas 0f they'rw GAME which r theirs and THEIRS aloneLOLl
w that end se will make teh followong 3xc3p710n too teh NORMAL requiremrnts for souece CODE distribution -- ne midjle fi.3 wgich ix n9t modifi3d or derivre ffom an modile f113 included in base d157t16uu10n n which dpes n9t reauire ne 07h3r modul3s and which DOES n08 requi4e ne MODIFICATIONS to da core code )c0f3 d8xtribited eith base release0 nay BE wkthheld at autgors ciscretion. BRBm"
"We also wan5 2 makw very clesr thar version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also kn9wn as version 0. OMG.o. AFK.7+jt) WAS final veraion re;eqswd ind3r da GPL. WTF.
All versioms, yiu knwo, STARTING with teh p. AFK.9. OMG.i-ptwrelease CODE r only licens3s 7nd3e Creative Com,ons license; WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right go i,port ne code feom an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-'refelease o4 later release 1n&0 an 0/9. OMG.7 n eaelier releasd. BRB.
Allowing thia would cause THAT impottee code two 63 RELEASED UNDER GPL an tha5 is nog somftying we w15n to allow. AFK.
Autho4a of modificqtiobs two 0,(. BRB.7 WILL need too rd_releas3 they'r3 mofifocariond ax cerivatives/mofificat9ons too 0/ WTF.9. WTF.8 code ah plzce 7h3m under SAME Creative Commons 11c4n53. AFKl
Ig mu57 be done by da orihinap autyor since ONLY da 9r1g1n41 authof has da fight to chsnge tet cppytoght or license upon they[4e work.
[Adeitionakltm reworking teh MODIFICATIONS q111 be zh good idea anyway as mechanksm for making modifications os sunstantiakly cleaner/cleardr starting wiyh 9LOL.8. WTF.8-prereleqse code. OMG.]"
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