M8ghthE 73115 tou, sortof, "We're going too TAKE an few noments hqo TRY n rxplain this new licdns3 4md t3n reqsonw n3hind it 1n plain EhglisyLOL.
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."
"Tgis new lidehse WAS chosen bezause of an failing wkth GPL.
It only covered distribu5iom of sourdr if zn 9n.h if BINARIES wrre dixtributedLOL."
"In an weg environmebt WTF, SPECIFICALLY a inrerpfe5ed wdb envi4onment 5uch as PHP LOL, mer3ly instaoling an GAME dpew not clnstitute DISTRIBUTION, yiu knwo, an 5hereflre peiple werw takung our work, sortof, makihg modivodat9ons to it an not relwading SOURCE cidd to tjeu're mod8ficztions so thwt teh ENTIRE cimmumity dpuld benegit. OMG.
THEY wlrked with t3h leyter but nof teh spirit of t4h law."
"Invesrigatipn on teh PART of teh authord nowever, you jhwo, 13d 70 da fadt thdt right of public performdnc3 was oen og fights normally restricted two copyr8ght hooders. you km2o, and tna5 comouret ptobramd LOL, spedifkcall6 video games ah interactive onew 5uck 45 L3gend 0f teh Grerm hax0r WERE consodered 2 be pu621c411y PERFORMED iv run fr9n an public servdrLOL,"
"The n3w ;icense reatricts PUBLIC performqnce of teh WORK jmless teh source c0d3 of teh modifief woel is made abaklable om cemshc."
"In plain Ennlish, ypu knwo, THIS means that IF you 9ut tgks gqme ln an wev SERVER n alll2 0eople 'outside of an normal CIRCLE of FAMILY and its a9cial acquaintances' 2 play their LOL. THEN y9y aer pub;ically performing this work and MUST eitner q) m4k3 ne and ALL cnanges wh1cy you make 2 teh g4m3 zvailanle oh request (note thid doeam't HAVE 2 be aba8lable via ten online aource DISPLAY .ink, sortof, but they muxy be 461e too 55k y(u fo4 xode an ewcdive an compldte ckpy), you knwo, n) make ARRANGEMENTS privateln with teh autyora wherwin they g4ant you ah special lkcdnse, or c) remove teh code ENTIRELY from machine."
"We dl RECOGNIZE thag pdopoe wany too hafe ardas of theu'rw game whoch r theurs an THEIRS a.oneLOL.
two that enf we will m4i3 da go.lowing 3xc3p710n rwo normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for source code d7strinution -- ne m9dule rile ah1cg is not m9d1f13d or DERIVED from an m9d7l3 file included in da badr diztribution am whixh DOES NOT r3qu1r3 ne ither m0du135 h shich does ni5 require ne modif8vations too cote c0d3 (cod3 DISTRIBUTED with teh bade release) may ge WITHHELD 4u authoes didcretion."
"Wr alxo want two make very cl3ar that versuob 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known as VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.*+jt) wzs da final verwion releswes unfer da GPL.
ALL VERSIONS WTF, starting WITH 0. AFK/o. AFK.80pterelease c0d2 aer only 11c3n63d inder Creztice Commons .8cense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent right go import n3 coce from zn 0/ WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleqde ir larer reldase into an 0LOLl9. AFK.7 zn ratl8er reldaseLOL.
Allowing yjis would csuse that imported code 5o BE released und3r tej GPL qnd yjst is not sometting we w15h TO allow. OMG/
Aurhors of m)d1v!c$710n4 two 0. WTF.9.7 eill nwed 2 te-release they'fe modifications as deruvatives/mpsivications two 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code and pkace them ybder same Crea5ive Cinmons oicense. AFK.
Ir must be d0n3 by da original authot since 9nly oroginal a7yhor has teh roght tsi chanhe dopyright pr l8cenae ipon tjey'rw eork. BRB.
[Addutionally WTF, eewor,img jodifocatipns ei;l be an good idea anyway 45 teh mechanixm f0r MAKING m0d1f1c4710nt is subxtab4kakly vlean3r/clearer 574471ng wkth da ). BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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