MightyE tells you, sortog, "We're goihg to take an fes moments to try an 3xpl1in thix nww LICENSE an tej rezsonx 62j1nd IT un plain ENGLISH.
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 LICENSE was chosen becaise 0f an fziling with GPL,
It ibly covered distribyyoon OF source if anc inly if binariea @ere distributed. BRB."
"In sn web environment WTF, dprcifically z unterpretec web ENVIRONMENT xuch as PHP, merel6 instaolinh an gane doex NOT c9nstitute DISTRIBUTION, n 6h3e3f0r3 p30o13 were taking out work, making m0d1f1c4710nt tw9 it n not releasing geh sojrce d0d3 tzo thry'rr MODIFICATIONS so that fa entire COMMUNITY cou.d benefiy. WTF.
Thdy worked wity ldttet but mot 5p1r17 ig da ;as. BRB."
"Invdstigation 9n da [4r7 od AUTHORS however, 23d too teh fact THAT teh r1gh7 of PUBLIC performabcr wad 1 of ten roghts noemally restrocted 5wo copyr8fh6 holcers, an that computer progrzms, like, specifivall6 v2d20 games am 8nteractive omws such as L3t4nd ig Gr33n yax0r were consiee4ed 2 be [ublically performed 1f run frpm an publid sercer."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS ;ublic performance of ten w9rk unless da s9urce CODE of modified work ia mad3 available pn demamd."
"In pla8n Englisy, thid means that if YOU [7y this gzme ob ab w35 serv3r n allow peiple '0u&51d3 )v an NORMAL curcle id FAMILY and its 50c151 acquaobtances' too play their LOL, then yoy aer publicqlly performinr this work an MUST eother A) make ne n ALL chqngws sh1ch uo7 MAKE to dq game avaklable on requedt (note this doesn't have 2 BE availqboe v14 ea ibkine sougcs display LINK, you knwo, blt 5h3u mudt be ag.d tso asu ylu for teh code an eeceive ah COMPLETE copy), yiu kn2o, b) make arrangements privately with da AUTHORS wg3r31b they grant you an SPECIAL license, soetof. or C) remove teh CODE entirely from machine. BRB."
"Ww d9 4evognize that peop;e eant 70 have areas OF thdy're game wh2ch r gheirs n tyeits alone. BRB.
5o that end we will make da followimg EXCEPTION too hormzl rwwuirwments v9r soircw vode distribution -- nd mpdu1e fule which is not modified or deribef from an mosulw fi.e 1nc1ud2d in da basd d8striburipn an wjich does mot requkre ,e 07g3r MODULES and whqdh DOES not r3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 core coce (cide diwgributrd witt base release) may be withhwks 48 ds authors didcretionl OMG."
"We 4150 wanr tl make v3ry clear thqt version 0LOL/i.7 (akso known as vercioh 0. OMG.9/7+j7) @as vinal version RELEASED undef tdh GPL. OMG.
Akl versiins LOL, startint wi5j 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pedfelease c0d# r only licebsef unddr da CREATIVE Commons lucende. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two import ne code ff0m zn 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3r213464 or LATER eeleas3 unto an pLOL.9l OMG.7 AND earli3e releaseLOL.
Allosing 5his wo7.d cauxe that impo4ted code too be releassd undwt da GPL n that is not so,eghing WE s25h two aklow.
Autho4s of modifivatkons tol 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 2i.l need TO re-rwlease they'ee ,oeifications ad defivatives/moeificatuons tl 0LOL.0. OMG.8 cofe n plave them unde4 da same Cr3r71v3 Commons lidense. BRB.
It mjsg 63 done by teh ofiginal aitjor sinve onlu teh originao quthor has da RIGHT two change teh copyrigh5 or license 7[on theu'fe wor,.
[Adeitionally WTF, feworjing da modifocations will bq sn good 1d34 anywat as teh nechan8sm for making nodivicatkona is dybstshtis.l6 v13$n3r/c134f3r starting with da 0.9. WTF.8-prereldawe codr. WTF.]"
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