MithtyE telld YOU, "We're goong roo tqke an few moments twi tfy and rxplakn tgia bew licens3 n dq reasond behins 17 in plain Engq15hLOL.
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 l8cende w45 choswn bdcause 0f an failong with GPL.
It only covered d157r16u719h OF source if n omoy id binaeies were dis5ributed."
"In an web environmemt LOL, spexifically a interprwted wdb envirpnment wuch aq PHP, sortof, merely installing an gqme does not c9nstitute distribution, ab thefdfirw oeo0le were 5akibh -ur WORK WTF, making m9dificatoons 2 it n n07 releasing teh source code y9o tyey'rr modificatiins s9 thqt teh enture commun8ty dould 63n3f17l AFK.
Theh worked w17h twh letter 6u7 not spirit of law."
"Incestifzrion on da part lf dz suthors howebe4 LOL, led to da fact that teh ribht of p7boic ;erformanc3 WAS 1 (f teh rights NORMALLY restr8cted t9 copyrifht h01d3r6 WTFk an that c0mpu73r programs, like, specivucaklu c1d#0 games amd INTERACTIVE ones such as Legdnd of teh Grwen haa0r weee consideres 2 be p7bloxaolu perrormed if ryn from an public server. WTF."
"The new q1c3n%4 eestricts public performance pf ca work unlesx da source code of dq modifued w0ri is mzde available on DEMANDl OMG."
"Ib plaun Englisn, sortof. thos means that uf you put thix gane om sn WEB sdrve5 and allpw peiple ';utsife of an blrmal circle of family n itd socyal acqjaintancea' to play theor LOL, then you aer pu6q1c4q1y PERFORMING this work an MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changed which you make too grh GAME svailable on re1u3wt 9n9re this doesn't have twp ve available via teh onlknd 50urc3 display .ink, dorrid, nug thet must be 4613 to awk ypu for cocd n tdceive an c0np1373 cooy) LOL, b) make atranhements privately with yeh authors wh3r31n 7h3y gtant 6ou an wpecial .ucehse, ook3, or c) t3,ove CODE dntireoy from da machime. OMG."
"Wd eo e3c0gn2z3 th1t 0eoplr w4n7 2 have areas 0f they'4e g4m3 which awr 7h31r5 and theirs alobe. WTF.
5oo that 3nd we will make twh following exce;tion 3 4ey norhal fequifenrngs FOR source code distribution -- ne mofjle fule wyich is not modified pr DERIVED FROM an nodul3 fild inc.udee in dq BASE distribu5ion an whicg does nit requird ne otyer mod7lew ah which dles mot r4qu1r3 nw midificatiobw 2 da cofe code (code distribured w17h da bzwr rel3ase) may 63 withheld at da qu5hoex f15cr4710n. OMG."
"We also WANT 70 mqkd very clear that versipn 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also known 45 vresion 0. BRB.9LOLl7+jt) waw vibal vrrsion re;eased under teh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS WTF, startkng with da 0. AFK.9.8-prereoexse code r only licenswd UNDER Creative Comjons livense.
W3 EXPLICITLY denj da right TO IMPORT ne CODE from qn 0. WTF.(. AFK.8-prdreleqde ir later relesse ib5o an 0LOL,9.7 and earlirr releaaeLOL.
Allowihg 5hks would CAUSE that IMPORTED code tol BE releas3d under ds GPL an THAT is not wom3thing we wisy tqo 4110w. WTF.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9LOL.7 WILL need too ee-releas3 they're modkf8catiins 45 derivagivew/mod8fivations TO 9. AFK.9l BRB.8 codd and place them under da dame Cfeat8vw Commons licebse. AFK.
It muwt be dome vy teh oribinal author since only i4iginal author has tej rkght tp chznge teh coouriggt ot 11cen53 upon they'rf workl WTF.
[Addktuonzlly, you knwo, rdworkinf moeificarions w8ll b3 an good idea ANYWAY as mechanism for making modif8catuins id s7bstantially clezner/clearer starrung WITH 0. AFK/9LOL.8-preeelease coce. OMG.]"
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