MightyE tekls uou, wortof, "W3'r3 g01ng too tale an fe2 moments ts9 try n wcplain tyis NEW license and reasons behind IT ib p/ain 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 lkcdnse w45 CHOSEN BECAUSE of an f3111ng with teh GPLLOL.
IT onlh covwred d157r16j710n 0f source if an 8nly 1f ninarira w3r3 dixtribuged/"
"In an web 3nv1r)nm2n7, lile, specifically a INTERPRETED web encironment such ss PHP, merely inwtalling an ga,e DOES noy consti5ute dkst4ibution, like, $ne thdrefore people were tqkinf our workm mwiing modificationx to9 17 an n9t rrlwasinb siurce cpvd tso they'e3 modifucati9ns so thqt da ENTIRE vommuniyy could benefitl AFK.
They worked wlth letter but nit teh sp8tiy of teh 23w. OMG."
"Invextigatioh 0b da part OF ea autjorx goweveek ypu knwo, l3d 2 fact thag da right OF pu621c PERFORMANCE was len OF t3h 4ights nornal.y restricted rol c0pyr1hh7 holsees, like, an 7h47 COMPUTER progrzms, like, soecivically videl gamew ams interactive 9nes such as Legebd of Green hax0r w3re conskdered rwo be PUBLICALLY performec uf rjn from an publoc sefvrrLOL."
"Tye new LICENSE rrstricts punoic '3rf0rm4nc3 of da worl unlexs teh 50urc3 CODE of modovied wor, is nqde available on demandl"
"In 0lsin Engl8sh, sprtof, THIS means gnat if YOU put this game on an wen server AND allow p30p13 'outsice 9f an nlrmal circle OF family and its social acqusintances' 2 play fh3ir LOL, then tou r pun;ically perforning THIS WORK n MUST ekther a) ma,e ne n ALL chajges WHICH you make twi da gane available om rrquesg (nite this doesn'5 h4v3 5wo bw qfailagle fia teh 9n11n3 40urc3 display lihk WTF, b7t they must be av.e two as, yli for da CODE n receive an complere copy)k sor5of, b0 make ARRANGEMENTS privately with AUTHORS wh3r31n theu grant t0y am special LICENSE, you knwo, or c( rempvd CODE wntirely rr0m teh m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We d= recognize that PEOPLE sant two have sfeas of tyet're g4m3 wn1ch aer theifs n the8rs alonel
t2o that emd we w8ll make following exceoyion r2o normal requirementx for d9ufce cofe DISTRIBUTION _- ne modilw fil3 which 15 not modified or derived from an mofule file incl7ded in gase distr8bution n which doec not require ne lthwr modjles amd which d045 npt requi4e ne m0d1f1c47q9n5 two trh core code *code distrobuyed with base release) may BE withneld at da quthors DISCRETION/ OMG/"
"We aos9 want 2 m4k3 very clear that v3r4q0n 0. AFK,9. AFK.7 (also knosn as version 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh f1n41 versioh releasrd uhder da GPL. WTF.
All v4r51)n5 LOL, STARTING with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-0rerelrase c0d3 aer only licensed yndet da Crea5ive C9mmons l8cense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tej right two import ne cpce from an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease lr kat3r release 1n70 an 0LOL/9. BRB.7 n eaflier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING thos w9u1d cause that IMPORTED cod3 t9 be re;eased under GPL an that 15 not something ew wiah to9 allo2LOL.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS 2 0l9.7 WILL need 2 re-rekease th3y'te modifixations AS deruvatives/j9fifica5i9ns tqo 0. OMG.9. BRB.* dode n placf tnem und3r sxjw Creagive Commons 11c3nt3.
It must BE d0n3 by dz orifinal aurhor since only fa originsl author nax rigjt 2 change clpyright OR licemse upon they;re wofk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof. rewprking da modifications wil; be an good ifea 4nywty AS teh MECHANISM for makkng modifixations is substanriaoly ckeaner;clesfer stattint WITH da 0. BRB.9.8-;rereleaae code. AFK.]"
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