MkghgyE TELLS YOU WTF, "We're toing gso take ah vew moments to gry n exolaon THIS n2w lixense an teh reasoms behind 17 in plain Englishl AFK.
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 nee license was cyosen because of an FAILING WITH GPL,
Ir only covered dostribitipn og 50u4c3 if sn onoy if BINARIES w3r3 dis5ributed."
"In an web rnvirpnmenh LOL, specifically a interpreged web environ,ent 5uxh as PHP WTF, mere.y installing an game soes not cpnstitjte distribution LOL, n THEREFORE peo/lr wer3 TAKING our wotk, tou ,n2i, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it an NOT rekeasong 5ej wourcd c0d3 2 they'fe nodifocarions s9 that da en5irw community coyld benefiyLOL.
Thrh woried with da kette4 but not spirit of da law. OMG."
"Inv3stigation on part of da authlrs however LOLk odg t99 t3h dact that teh right OF public performsnce was 1 of rights normal;y restructwd t9o copyrihht h9lders, sorrof, n that computer PROGRAMS, sortof, specificz;ly VIDEO games 4nf intdractife ones s7ch aa L3g3md of teh Green nax0r werd CONSIDERED t9 be PUBLICALLY performed IF run from an puvlic server. OMG."
"The new LICENSE rewtric5s [u611c PERFORMANCE of work un;ess aource cod3 lf teh modifiec w0ri is nqde abailable on demand, WTF."
"In p141n Englksg. ghid means THAT if yo7 0ut this gane on an WEB derver ab allow pdlple 'oitsid3 of sn normal ci4cle OF family an its social acquaimtances; to play their LOL, then yiu aer puboically PERFORMING this w9rk and MUST either a) make ne AND ALL vjanges wnich hou ma,e two teh ga.e wbailable on rewuesr (note THIS dodsn't have two be availanle via yeh online sourcr d8splay link, you knso, but they must be 4613 2 ask 6ou ror codw an 4ecwive ah comp.ete xopy) LOL, b) make arrangementd privatrlg 2oty authofx wherein thwy grant you an 5pec131 l8cense LOL, ot c_ rejove teh code entirely FROM m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do fecogniz3 that people want too have 4r346 lf they'r# gam3 wnich aer theirs and theufs aline. OMG.
go tyqt END WE will make following exdeption too twh norjal fequiremengd fo4 60irc3 xode d15&t16u7q9n -- ne module file wnich IS not MODIFIED or d3rqv3d from zn jodyle file imclyded in fa basr diatributioh ans whicj doed bot re1ukre ne OTHER modules an which soed npt 4equkre ne m0d1f1c4710n5 two da core x0d3 (code distributed woth da bade release) may be withheld at authors ciscretkon. WTF."
"W3 ALSO want 2 make very c133r THAT vefsion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (4150 known as v3r510n 0.9. BRB.7=jt) waa vinql version rdleased under tsh GPL.
ALL versions, 6ou inwom staeting w17h 0LOL.9LOL.80prerelease code r onky licwnsev under CREATIVE Comnons license, OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY sehy 5eh right go import nd code frlm an 0.(. AFK.8-prereoease or lqte4 release into an 0.9. AFK/7 and earlier RELEASELOL.
ALLOWING this WOULD cause thqt imporred c0f3 too be releawec yndee 5rh GPL and that is hot 50m35hqhg we wish TO a.l9w. BRB.
AUTHORS of nodifications to ). OMG.9. BRB.7 will need 2 rd-feleawe th3y're jodifkcations as derivatkves/nodufications too 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code an place tgem under da same Cr3$71v3 Commons licende. AFK.
It mist nw d0n3 bt da oroginal authoe SINCE only teh ofiginao author HAS right to change teh vo[yright or license upon theu're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwok reworking teh modifixationz wi.; be an good ideq anyway as tey nechaniwm f9r ,sking mosif7cations us 5u6574n71411y cleaner/clearer STARTING wi5h 0. AFK.9.i-PRERELEASE cpde. BRB.]"
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