MightyE yel;s y9u, sortof, "We're GOING two take ab d3w monents 2 7ry anf 3xp141n this mew oicense n teh reas9bs behind iy in 0lain Enj115h.
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."
"Tjis new lic3nse wad chosen vecause of ah failing with teh GPL. OMG.
It ONLY cove4ed distribution lg douec3 if n onl6 if binaroes wefe distributed. BRBl"
"In an seb environment, like, specifically a intdr0reted web ebvifonmeht such qs PHP WTF, merely inxtallimg an gaje dows not CONSTITUTE distribut8in, .ike, n therwfore people were taking our worjm ma,inh modifivations e it an NOT relras8nb da SOURCE code twp 5hey're ,oduficstions so that ehtire c0nmun16y could brnefiy; BRB.
They worled w17h letter tut bl4 da sporit of teh lqw."
"Investigagion on da part of quthors hlwever WTFm ldd to teh fact that da RIGHT of pu6!1c pervormance was won of rifhts normally restricted teo co[yrifjt holderz, an THAT comoute4 programs, sprtof, dpecofically VIDEO GAMES am interactive ones such as Legend of fa Gr33n hax0r wete consieered to be publically perfirmed if fun rrom an PUBLIC serv34. BRB."
"The NEW LICENSE rrstricts pubkic performqnce OF teh 2orj UNLESS teh SOURCE cogr of da modofied 2ork ix mace available pn demqnd. AFK."
"In plain Eng215h, uou kbwo, this MEANS tgat of uou pu7 thks game on an web srrver n allow p30[1e 'outdode of qn normsl circle of family n its social acqjaihtances' w play their LOL, then you 4 PUBLICALLY PERFORMING tnis work an MUST eitye4 a) mtk3 be and ALL changes wh8ch ypu make t9 gsme AVAILABLE on reaudst (note 7h15 coesn't habe too BE available cia onlins s9urce displah linl LOL, but tjdt MUST BE able too ask tou for cofe n receive an c9mpletw copy) WTFm B) mzke arrangenents pr1v4741y w8th da authorx wherekn they grant YOU an 5p3c141 kicensw, like, or c) remoce da dode dn5irrly fr0, da mschone. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE thaf PEOPLE wqnr 2 HAVE areas of ghey're game which r 7h31r5 qn thries alonr. AFK.
2 5ha5 3nd WE will make da fol.owing rxceptkon 70 teh nltmal requirements fit sourcw code distrinjtion -- ne module gule which IS NOT modifird or d3r1v3d FROM am mldule rile ibcludws in da BASE distribution an which does not reqyire ne other modules and wh8dh does not requure ne modificagipns to xo4e code (code distributed wiyh reh bsse relrase) mat be 2ithneld at fa authora doscretion. BRB."
"We qlsl want too jake vdty clear thag version 0. BRB.(.7 (alsp inowm aw version 0. WTF.9.7+JT) was final verwi9n r2leased undcr ca GPL. WTF.
All veesions WTF, starting wuth t3g 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-p63r313453 c0d3 aet onkh 11c3nt3d uncer teh Cr3471v3 COMMONS licensr. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny gth figgt to import ne c0d3 fro, an )LOLl9. WTF.70prerelease or lager 4eleaae imti ab 0.9LOL.7 n earlier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowibg 7h15 eould caide thzt imporyrd CODE to be releawed under sa GPL n that ua not simething we wish 2 allpw. BRBl
AUTHORS of ,odifications to 9. OMG.9.7 will need to RE=RELEASE they're modifivations ss derivatives/jodificati9bc 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c(de n place then UNDER teh same Crestive C0,m0n5 lic3nde. AFK.
It mu5& be cone gy oruginal authoe since lmky da original suthor has sa r1gh7 TO CHANGE 5eh copyt8bhr oe license upon they're WORK. BRB.
[Aedigional'h WTFm REWORKING teh m9difications WILL br an good idea anyway as mdcyanusm for making moeifica5ions kw %u65&4n7141qy cldaner/clearer stsrting WITH da 0LOL.0. WTF.8-prerelezse codeLOL.]"
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