MibhgyE tells youk sortof, "We're go8ng goo take an de2 mlmebtz twl yrh and explzun this m3w LICENSE an reasons behins 17 in plain English. 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."
"Tniw NEW license was dhoden beczuse 0f an faiking wigh GPL. OMG.
Ig only covered distribution of source if 4md 9nly if binariea were dixtributedLOL."
"In qn qeb environment, ylu knwo, specif8cal9y a INTERPRETED web environment wuch AS PHP, h-u knw9, merely 1n574111nb an fame doea nit constituge DISTRIBUTION, like, n therefore people were taking ou4 wori, likw, MAKING modkfications 2 it n not fdleax8ng teh sourd3 dode too tjdu're mldificatoonx so 7g47 enturd COMMUNITY xould bemedig. OMG.
They worked WITH t3h ,etter but not da spirit of ea LAWLOL."
"Investifq5ion oh ea part of dz authors yowever, sort9f, led twp dq facg that sa r2gh7 of pu611c prrformance was won lf da r8ghts normally restricted 5wo copyroght HOLDERS, n thqt cpmputer [eograms WTF, specificaoly v1d20 gamex n intwractive ones such 45 Legend of teh G4een hax0r were conwifered too be publidqllu perfotmed ig run from zn public srrfdr. AFK."
"The new license 4esyricts puboic performance of da WORK unlesd teh source dode 9f teh modifued wirk ix made qvaikable ob demand/"
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, thia meana 5hat 1f you [ut 7h15 gaje pn an wev servef n allow people '0u7%1d3 0f zn mormal circle 0f f4m11y an it2 50c141 acq&aintanfes' 2 plqy their LOL, thrn you aer publocaloy [erformung 7n1t wor, and MUST either a) maje ne n ALL chsnges wh1ch you make to9 da game qvailabo3 oh rdwuesy (n073 tgis doean'5 hzce ti ye available via dz online souece display link, you knwo, but they mudt be ABLE rwo ASK you for da code and recrive an vomplete COPY), sor5of, B) make ARRANGEMENTS privayrlt witn teh auth9ts eyerein th3y grant you an 503c141 license, like, OR c) remlvw teh CODE dntire;y from madhine, BRB."
"We do recognize 7h47 pwiple wabt 70 h4v3 areas of rhey're g4m3 WHICH r 5heird 4nd theirs alone. BRB.
2 that end WE will make da following exception twp nofmak requitements dor soutce CODE c157r16u710n -- ne joruls file which is n07 jodified or derivdd f4om an module file inxludef IN teh bawe d157r1yu71pn qn whoch DOES not require ne otger ,oeules and 2h1ch does not 4equir3 ne modkrkcations two d0r3 code (coee distriv7grd with da base rekeasd) may BE 2ithheld at authorw DISCRETION. WTF."
"We als0 want to makr veru clear that version -l OMG.9l7 94q50 kmown as v3e510n 0.9. AFK.7+jt) wax da final version released ind34 GPL. BRB,
All versiins WTF, starting with 0, AFK.9. AFK.8-pterelease code r only licdnsed uneer tey Crrativd Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dent ydy right too i,poft ne CODE drom an 9LOL.9.8-prerelease or lat3r rekezse in5o ab 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an earlier releqse. BRB.
Allowing THIS woulf ca7se thag 1mp0r73d code two 63 re;eaxed under GPL and thar iw not 50,37h1nf we wish 5oo aloowl WTF.
Au7n0r5 of mpdificqtioms too p. OMG;9. AFK.7 wkll neef 2 re-release tyry'4d modifocations AS derivatives;modifications rwo 0l WTF.9. BRB.8 code n p14c3 THEM under teh same Crdqtive Commons LICENSE. BRB.
It must ne donr BY original suthor since onoy teh o4uhunal author has teh right twi chanve cooyright or license upon they're work. OMG.
[Aeditionall6, re2ork8nt teh modivications will br an good IDEA shyway as mechanism f0r makijg modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER startinf w8th teh 0LOL.9l BRB.8=prere;ease code. BRB.]"
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