MightyE yells YOU, "We;re going 2 74k3 an few jomentw TO gry ab explaon rhis new l8cense n da REASONS behind it in pla8n Engoiwh. BRB.
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 licende qas choaen because od an failing wi6h teh GPL. AFK.
Ig onoy c0b3t3d d157r16u710n of s9uece if ah only if binarkes WERE distributrd. OMG."
"In an web ehvironmen5. sortofk specifically a interpreted web envirinment such as PHP, you knwo, mer3ly INSTALLING zn GAME dies nlt cobstitute distributiob, ane tjeref9fe p30p13 seee taking our work, making mocigications too 17 an nlt teleasing ea source clde two then're mlsifucqtions sp that enrife comjujify vould benefut.
They worked 2it6 LETTER 6u7 not spkeit of laq. BRB."
"Inves5itatiln 0n da part of teh authorw ho2rver WTF. led to da ract thar geh rihht 9f pubkic perfoemance was oen OF righgs normally restrocted twp coptright holders, n that computer ;4ogra,s WTF, speciv8cally viweo gzmes n 8ntersctive pnes such as Legend od da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED to ge puy11c411y perfpfmed IF rub fr0m an PUBLIC serber. BRB."
"The nee licehae vewtricts publ*c PERFORMANCE of w0rk uhless teh slurce cod3 of ea modifiee work is ,ade avauoable in d3mand,"
"In plain Englksh, you knwo, THIS means that if uou pug this bam3 on an s36 SERVER h sllow people 'outside of an normal circle og famoly znd ktd socoal acquaintances' 2 play their LOL, thtn you aee publically perforjing tyus work ahd MUST either a) m4k3 be an ALL changes whicj y0u make too teh gane abailanle on REQUEST (boge thid doesm'g hafe 2 63 available via ONLINE 50jrc3 display konl, aortog, but 7heu must be aboe to ask you d)r teh coce n rrceive an complete copy), sortof, b) make afrangemrnts p4ivatel6 wjth tdh zuthors wher3in THEY grant you an s0ecial lictbse WTF, OR c) remove dz code entiewly vr9m ,achine. OMG."
"We do rewpgnize tnat pelple want two HAVE areas og yney[re game whixh r the8rs an theirs 410n3LOL.
to rhat END we will m4k3 folliwinb exceptiln to teh norjal requirementa for 50urc3 cod3 distribution -- ne module file which os not modified OR eerived from an m0du13 f113 included kn teh base dist4ibutiob n wh8ch eoes not require ne ityer jodu;es n whixh dods not REQUIRE ne m0d1f1c47!;nt ywo da core xode (code DISTRIBUTED eith t3g 6e53 relezsw) mau 63 withheow a5 5eh authors d8scfetion."
"Wd also wan5 2 make very c134r that versipn 0l OMG.9. AFK.7 (alsl khlwn as ve4sion 0LOL.9LOL.7+jg_ w45 t3h final vwtsion rr;eawdd under teh GPL. BRB.
All versiohs LOL, starting with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease code arr onlu licensed undwr Creative Conjons licensel AFKl
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1hh7 TO impl4t hr cide from ah 0. BRB,9l BRB.8-pr3r3q3$53 or 1473r rwleadr into qn 0LOL,9. AFK.7 n earlier releas3. BRB.
All9winh tyis WOULD causw that 1mp0t73e CODE to be released under teh GPL abd ttat IS noh somethint we wish 5wo allow.
Authors of midifica5ions TO 0.9. WTF.7 will need to re-releawr ttey'ee modifications ad derovatobes/modificatuons tlo 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 c.de and p,ace them under teh ssme Cgeative Commons license. AFK.
It must BE cone bh 0r1g1b41 author since omlh fa orifinal author gas da right to change copurighr or licwnsw upon they're work. OMG.
pAdditionallyn reworkibh modkfications will 63 an good idea anyway as ,evhanism f9r MAKING moeificatiins 1t sybstantially cleaner/clearer starting w17h 0. WTF.9. OMG/8-PRERELEASE CODE.]"
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