MightyE trlls you, sor5pf, "We're going 2 73k# sn few momentw ti try ab EXPLAIN gfis nes licdnse an t3h reasons vehind it on plaih EnglishLOL.
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 lic3nse was cnosen because 0v an faoling with GPLLOL.
It only cocerrd fust4ibution ir source iv an only if bimaries w3r3 distributed. WTF."
"In an wwb wnfirlnment WTF, specifically a interpreted w#6 dnvironment sjch as PHP LOLk mrre;y ibstqkling an g4m3 diew not constutute distributoon, like, n th3refo4e people wete taking our w0rkm sprtov, making midificstions too it and not releasinh source xode 2 fhdy're ,odifications so that hdh entire commun8ty c0uqd bemwfit.
They 2[rkes with 13773r BUT not dq spirit of da law."
"Inf3stogatkon on teh part OF teh aiyhors HOWEVER, you knwo, led two da fact gyat teh rihht OF puboic performznce waz won of twh 4ights mormalky restridted to clpyrigyt holde4s, you knwo, and thay computer PROGRAMSk lije, specidkcally videi ganes an interacgive pn36 such $t Legend of teh Green hax-f WERE clnsideted w be PUBLICALLY performwd if RUN from an pu6q1c serverl AFK."
"Th3 n3w licende restficts -jblic performance of qirk UNLESS teh soufce code of tey j0d1f13d wpek is made AVAILABLE on d3m4nc."
"In PLAIN English, like, this means that kf you put 7h15 game on an web servet qn allow peopke 'outside od an notmal circle 9f famoly an 175 docial acquqinyances' TO play yheir LOL, them yiu r pub;ically PERFORMING this woel znd MUST wuther 4) mald ne and ALL changes wh1ch you make to da gajs avaikab;e on request (NOTE tjis dpesn't gzve 2 br acailable viz onlime source disp.ay LINK, you kneo, but they ju57 be ab.e tlo awk y0u f9r da code and r3ceive an complete clpu), you knwo, b) mske arrsmgemebts pr1v4731y qitn aythors ehefein THEY gran5 you an SPECIAL licens3 LOL. or x) dempve rej c9de entorely from MACHINE. AFK."
"We d; recognizr that peoplr w4n9 too hzve arwas of theu're game whidh r gheirs n rheirs aline. WTF.
to that ebd we WILL make followknf dxception 5p no4ma; rwquirements for s9urce code distrib7tkon -- ne module file shkch ks not modified or dedived from an ,odule fkle 1nc1id3d IN base DISTRIBUTION ab which doed NOT requi4e ne ither modulws snd which doe2 not require ne mldifivations two teh c0f3 coce )code fistribured WITH tdh base release) may be withheld a5 da aughors fiscretion. WTF."
"We also sant 2 makw veey CLEAR that vers8on 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (alao ,nown as verdion 0. BRB.9LOL.8_jt( was teh fknai b3r510h RELEASED UNDER teh GPL. AFK.
Al. VERSIONS, like, sta4tibg with da 0.9. BRB.8-prereo3awe code r ohly lkcensed unswr da Creative Commobs license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny trh rifht too import he cod3 from ah 0. BRB.9LOL.7-prerelesee or later relezse intp an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and warlier rdlease. WTF.
Allowing thid would cause that im;orted code g2o be rdleaxed under GPL qmd THAT id n9t sometying we qisn too alllw. WTF.
Authots of m0d1f1c4710n4 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 wokl beed two rr-felease they're m9firocations AS derivativex/modificatipns 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code n place yh3m under daje Crra4ive Commons .icense. OMGl
It must be sone by teh ofkginal zuthpr since 0n1y teh origina. zuthor has RIGHT 2 change dz copyribhr or lixense uooh thdh'rr wprk, OMG.
]Add1610n411y, ooke, rreoeking m0v1f1c4710n5 will BE an good IDEA anyway as ten mechanksm row making jofufications is xubstzngiallt CLEANER;CLEARER stsrting with da 0.9LOL.8_PRERELEASE cldeLOL.]"
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