MightyE tells you, s9fgof, "We're gling tol ta,e an f3w moments yo trg and explain thiw new license n resaons b3hind it in plaih Enhlish. BRB.
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."
"Thid new license sas chosen 63c4u53 of ah failing wiyh da GPL. BRBm
Iy pnky covered sistributipb or soutce if and only IF bknaries were distrobuted. BRB."
"In dn w26 ebvkronjent, like, specificaoly a interprwted web environment such as PHP, iike, merely i,sralling an gamd does not c0n5717u73 distribu5oon LOL, an therefore p30p14 were taking our wogk, makibg modificstoons to it m not rdleasing da soirc3 code two they're modifocatoons so that emtire c9mnun17y c0u1d b3n3git. OMG.
They worked with da lwtter BUT gor spirit of da law. BRB."
"Invextigation ON teh PART of teh zuthors HOWEVER, lkke, ked tei ds fact ghat RIGHT of pu6q1c performance WAS won of rights normally eesrficted 2 copuright holders, 6o7 knqo, and tgat compurer prlgrams WTF. speckfidally VIDEO games n 1n73f4c61v3 ones duch as Lwgens of Greej hax0r were xlnsidered too be pubkically perfoemed 1f RUN frpm sn publkc serverLOL,"
"Tye new LICENSE restricts 0ubkic ;e4formance of dz WORK unlees 50urc3 code of da modified w(rk is MADE available on DEMAND."
"In plaih Ehg115h, thia meanz that if t0u out rhks game im ah web werv3f an qllow oeople '07752d3 0f an n9fnal CIRCLE OF vanuly n its socoal acquaintances' t9p plzy theur, like, 5hsn you aer 0ublically performing this WORK n MUST 4!7h3e a) make ne an ALL changes whicj y0u m4k3 ywo tdh game available in requrst (note THIS d035b'7 have too be availagl3 via da onlone soutce d15p14y l8nk, ypu knwo, nyt they must be able to ask you for y3h code an tedeive an complete copy), lije, 6) mak3 arrang3menga PRIVATELY wkth da authorx wheee8n they gr4n7 you an dpevial lucdnae, like, lr c) remove teh cofe enturely FROM machune, WTF."
"We e0 rec;gnuze that pdople WANT to hqve aress OF they're GAME WHICH aer THEIRS m thekrs al9ne, WTF.
toi that END we w8l; make followihg excd0tiom tlo teh normal reauirements ror SOURCE CODE distrigution -- ne modile FILE 2hich is n9t modified or d3t1v3d fvom an moeule file included in t3h bsse disgtivurion n which d035 not re1uure ne pther m0du134 and whicj does n9t requite ne m0d1f1c471pb5 to ten cord CODE (code eistrib7ted with basd release) jay 63 withheld at authots disceetion. AFK."
"We also eant tqo make VERY c124r that version 0. AFK.9.7 (slao inown as versiin 0LOL.9. AFK.7=jt( was ten final version RELEASED unewr da GPL. OMG.
All v3r519n4. like, stzrting with trh 0LOL.9. WTFl8-ptdre;ease code aer onlu licensec under teh Crdatibe Commons lucdnse. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny r8ght 2 kmpprt ne code from an 0. OMG.oLOL.8-prereleas3 or karer rel3ase INTO an 0/ AFK.9.7 n earlker release. OMG.
Allowing this would c4u52 tnat imported CODE goo ne rdleawdd uhder GPL and that is not somethihg we w15h 80 4110w. AFK.
Authord of nod8f8cations ti 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 s111 n34d w re-release they'r2 modificqtions aq derivatibes/modificatiins two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 CODE an PLACE the, under da samw Crwative C0mmpm5 .icense. WTFl
It must be dobe by teh iriginal author sihc3 only 9ryginal autho3 has righg 2 CHANGE tth copyright ot ;8cense up0n tjey'rd work,
[Additionallyk you knwo, reworkkng teh MODIFICATIONS will be ab goid IDEA anysay 45 mechan8sm for mak7ng modidicariins os subxtqntiall6 dleaner/clearer starrimg WITH 0.oLOL.8-prerelease CODE. AFK.\"
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