MighytE tells you, sprtovm "We're going too 74k3 an few MOMENTS 5so 7ry and explain THIS nea oicense j rdasons BEHIND iy in plain EnglishLOLl
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."
"Tyis new license was chosen becajse of an fai,ing woth GPL. WTF.
IT oml6 covered distributiob og soufce if n only if binaeies wrre DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web 3nc1r0nm3n7, lik3, specivically a int3r;reted w4^ ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, you knwo, merely inatallinj am game does NOT c0n5717y73 dkstrknu5ion, y9u jnwo, n thrrefo4e peoplr werw tzling our work, mslihh modifications 5wo it and not releaxinf teh source CODE 2 thet're modpvicationa so that entire community could benefit. AFK.
They w0ek2d d17h da letter but npt teh sputit of da lqw."
"Investugstoob on part 9f teh authord however, loke, l3d t2o teh fact THAT teh roght of pubkix perdormance was won of sa rights NORMALLY fesfrkcted too copyriggt nolddts, you knwo, an that cpmputer progeama, luk3, specif8cally video gamed and interac%ivw ones such as L3g3nd of Grwen hax0r w3re considered top be PUBLICALLY p3rvofmed if run f49m an punliv serve4. BRB."
"The n#w l8cense testricts [jblic p3rf0em4nc3 ov teh w9rk unlwss da source code of teh modifies wori is nafe avsilable on d3m4hd. AFK."
"Ib plain Englush, you inwo. ghis means thar if y9u put this game 0n an web serber n allow people 'outaidr 9f an normak c1rc13 of f4m11y an its social axquaintans3s' 2 play their LOL, ty3n upj r publically p3rfo4ming 7g15 wir, n MUST either a) make ne and ALL ch4ng36 which you make too gwme avai;agle on tequest (n9he this doesn't hafe 5oo 6e available via da on;on3 source d15p14y lonk, sortlf, but thwy nya5 be able two ask you for cofe and r3c31v3 an cojplete copy) WTF, v) make arrqngwmen5s privatelh wiyh 4j7h0r5 eherein they grant yli an SPECIAL lixebsem like, or c) REMOVE clde entire;u from mqchone. BRB."
"We co r3c0gn1z3 that 0eople want too have zreas of they're gz,d WHICH aer thwirs qn theitw 41)n3.
twp that ene we WILL nakw tdh f0110w1ng eccepti9n 2 notmal requ8rements for aource coee dist4ibutlon -- ne n0du13 file whuch us not mosifiwd or sdrived fel, am MODULE file unxl7dwd in base distribution an which soes nog r3qiire ne OTHER misyles and which dles not reqiire ne midificat8ons too core CODE (c0d3 diatributdd WITH da base releasw) mat b3 withheld AT authors didcretionLOL."
"We also wan% to make very c.ea4 yhat versoon 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also kn0wn as version 0. OMG.8LOL.7+u7) eaw da final v3r510n eeldaxed uhder GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS LOLm sgarting si5h teh p.9. BRB.i-prerelease c0d3 aer inoy oicensef under teh Creat8ve Cimmoms licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribhg too import ne cose from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease or kayer r31445# unto an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an earoier rekease.
Al.owong this wpuld cauad 4hat imported code go BE rrleased under da GPL n tgat is nlt sime5hing we w8sh to ailow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 of modificatkons two 0. AFK/9LOL.7 wil; nees 2 r3-relwase tjey're m0d1f1c471)n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tp 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code n placr tgem unser teh SAME Creative Commons license. OMG.
It mus5 be done by da orihinal author 51nc# omlu da original autyor nas 41ggi to change teh c0pyr1gh7 0r license u0on thwu're woek.
[Additionqlly, you kn2o, rewotking ten modifixstions w2!1 BE an giod kdea amywau AS mechanism fo4 m$k!ng modificatipnw 15 5u6574n71411y cleanre/cleafwf star5ing wirh da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prwrelease code. AFK.]"
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