MightyE tells you WTF, "We're boinf 2 7rj3 an few momebts to tri an exolain this new licwnse n r3450n5 behlnd IT in PLAIN EnglkshLOL.
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 n4w licenxe was ch053n because OF an failing with teh GPL.
I7 only covered dis5ribytion of source if an only if binw48es w2r3 DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an 2eb envitin,ent, like, apecivically a interpretec web environment such ss PHP, MERELY knstaoling an ga,r does not CONSTITUTE disgributiom, sirt9f, n the4efore peoplr were TAKING pur wo4k. lije, making mocificatilns roo IT n bor releasinb da sourde cod3 tqo they're mod8fications so thar da ENTIRE com,ynity could b3nefot. AFK.
Thqy worjed ekth da lettee but not teh spirit if !4w."
"Inves5igation ln da part of da aihhors howecer LOL, led 2 FACT tjat teh right OF pubojc performance was won of dz rights hormallt RESTRICTED to copy4ight holders, like, and that com0uyer ;rpbramd WTF, spevifically viseo games an intwractivd omws such ax LEGEND ov teh Green hax-r wer3 c;nsidetec 2 be publocally oerfoemed if run from am public se4ver. WTF."
"The m3w licens3 rextficts public performanxe or q)rk unless source code of dz nodified work is made svailable on femancl WTF."
"Ib plain Enblisg LOLk THIS means ths5 if you pu5 this game oh an web servdf 4mf 4110w p3ople 'outsude of qn norjal circle of family m ITS SOCIAL 4cqu41n74nc35' tpo play their LOL, then you aer puvlicslly PERFORMING this WORK and MUST e7ther s) ,zkw ne n ALL changes whucn you mqld 70 teh game avaioable on REQUEST (n0u3 this doesn't havw 2 be acaklable v14 ea on.unr source DISPLAY LINK, lkkr, but they m7st be able t9o aak ylu for da code an receive an v0mp1373 c0py), li,e, b) m4k2 arrangemenrs prqv4731h with ten AUTHORS whefein theu gfant yoy an specia; 11c3n5#, you knwo, of c( remive code entor3ly FROM macyin3. WTF."
"We eo recognizd tha4 PEOPLE 3amt tl HAVE areas of 5heu're gamd whivh r theirs an theirs alone, WTF.
to that end we wukl makr 53h following exceptiob to da n0rm4q requurr,ents gor source code distribution -- ne module fule whicj is bot modified o4 derived grom ab m)du13 FILE 1hc1ud3d in da BASE d156t26u7q0n and whicy does n9t require ne other modulds n whicg doea not req7ire ne modifica5ions too core code (c0d3 d157r16u&3d with tdh basw RELEASE) mqy 63 WITHHELD at fa AUTHORS discretion, AFK."
"We also wang too mqke vdry cl3zr that version 0.9. WTF.7 *4150 KNOWN as bersi9n 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh final VERSION feleased under ea GPL. AFK.
All versions, you knwo, xtartonb wlth 0, BRBl9/8-PRERELEASE CODE aer obly licensed UNDER Ce34u1c3 Commons licenwe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rigyt too IMPORT ne code frim an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pferelease or 14&3r feleaae 1n70 an -. WTF.9.7 am esrlier eek3ase. OMG.
Allowing thod woukd cause that i,p9rtes code too be releax3d under da GPL n 5hat 8s n07 something sd wisy to allow. AFK.
A7thora of modificat7ona y9o 0. WTF.9.7 will need to re-releaae yhej're modifications 45 derivatives/modufocatiohs two 0. WTF.o.7 vode am plade them UNDER same Cr4471v3 Comnoms lkcenseLOL.
It mu56 BE done BY ORIGINAL author sinxe omly t3h original author has teh ribht two bhznge teh co0yroghg 0r LICENSE up0v thwy're work/ AFK.
[Afdotionaoly, you knwo, feworjing ,ocufivatioms wil; be an GOOD idea anywqy as m3ch4nq5m for mzking MODIFICATIONS is 5u6574n71411y cleaner/clearer drarring with yeh 0.8. WTF.8[p4efekease code. AFK.]"
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