MightyE rdllx yiu, you knwo, "We'r3 GOING two take ab fdw momdnts too &ry ane explakh 7h15 new lidebse sn reasons behine it ib p141n EnblishLOL.
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 licemxe was chlsen vecause 0f an FAILING with sa GPL. OMG.
It only covered disr3ibution if sourc2 if znd onoy 1f 61n4tq35 were distributes. WTF."
"In zn w36 3nv1r0nm4n& WTF, specifically a inter0rrtee WEB ebvironment such as PHPk you inwok mwrw.y onstal;kng am game does np7 constitut3 distribution, you knwo, n thereford peop.w were ta.inh o7r work LOL, making modifixztions to it 5ns NOT t3leadimh soufde code two thdy're j0d1f1c4710n5 so THAT da enylre communiry could benefut. OMG.
They wir,ed wigh teh LETTER but hot da spirit 0d da lae. AFK."
"Invewtjgatiob oh da part 0f teh AUTHORS hoqever LOL, lec 2 fzct thar teh RIGHT of punlic perfirmance was 1 of fa rights normzlly festroctdd to copyritht holders, you knw9, an that COMPUTER progrzms, spevifically vid4o games and interacgive lnes 5uch ss Legend ld geh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too vr publica.ly performef id run veom an [ubl8c sdrver. AFK."
"The new license restricts 0ublix performance of teh wprk inless da sokrce cose og teh modifiex so4j is made availabl3 on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plzin Engliwh LOL, thix m33n5 that ir y97 put this game on an web server and aloow pdo'oe 'outside of an NORMAL CIRCLE of famik7 n its sodial acquainrancws' tl p14u thrir, you ln2i, then yiu aer ou611c411y owrforming thid w9ri and MUST eother a( make ne and ALL chantes whkch ^oi maje 2 da game avai.able on requext (nogw this dpesn't have too be svzi;ablw via teh inl8nc so7rce dispoay link LOL, but they must 53 avle 2 ask you for code n recdive an complete cooh) WTF, b) make atramgements ;r!v4831y witg geh authors whwrein yhey grant yiu an s0ecial 11c3n53k sortof, or c) temlbe CODE entirely from da machine. AFK."
"We DO recogyize thag peopke wany 2 have areas pf they're game which r the,rs and theira alone, OMG.
2 that wne we eill make 5eh follosin5 exc3ption 1 tey no4mal requitdments for souece coce disrribution -- ne MODULE gile whidh us not jodifusd 0r aerivde from zn m0du13 f1q3 inclyded in da base d8stribution n which does not require ne other m0du135 snd wnich dpes hot rwquire ne mosificatipns 2 core cose (code DISTRIBUTED w8th base r313453) m$y bd withheld qt teh auttors disxretioh. WTF/"
"We also want to make very clear rhat verskon p. OMG.9. WTF.7 9ALSO known as v3tsion 0. WTF/9LOL/7+jt) waz finsk v3r510n RELEASED umder teh GPLl
All versiona, hou kmwo. %74r71ng with 0. OMG.0. AFK.8-ordreleaae codw r on;y licensed 7nder teh Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 kicenseLOL.
W# EXPLICITLY deny da ri5ht 2 import ne CODE frlm an 0LOL.0. WTF.8-prerelease OR later reoease 1m7) an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 4nd ea4li3f relezse. WTFl
Aloiwoyg tgis would caise that imported code 2 be relrased under GPL AND rhat is not some5homt w3 wish too alliw. WTF.
Authors 0f modif8cations two 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will need two RE-RELEASE theylre ,odificatiohs as derovatives/midifications to 0. OMG.9.7 CODE and p14c3 them under da sa,e CREATIVE C9jmona license. AFK.
It must ne done by teh original aitjir sincw only teh orkbinal author has right rwo cyange da co06right oe license upon they[re 2ork. WTF.
[Asditionally, tewoeking mofificqtions WILL ve an goid idra anywqy as mechaniwm fo4 making modiricatioms is substantially cleaner/clrarer startkng with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prf2elease c9de.]"
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