MightyE tells you LOL, "We're go8nf tlo gale qn few momemts two try n exp;ain 5his ne2 11deb53 n da rrawons behihd it in PLAIN Ent115h. OMG.
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 mew licens3 was vyosem because of an faoling wigh da GPL. AFK.
Ir only covered distribu5ion of SOURCE IF and on.y of ninafies were distributedLOL."
"In an web enbir8nmeng, 5p3cqf1c411y a 1n7erpr373d web envuronmen5 such r5 PHP, like, merely INSTALLING an gaje s035 NOT constituge dustriburion WTF, an therefore PEOPLE wdre tajing ojr work, MAKING m0dqr1c4710b5 to it and not rdleaskng teh slurvw c0c3 roo thdy're m0d1f1c4710n6 wo tha5 da entore vommunity could benefit. BRB.
THEY worked wiry teh letter but no5 da s[irit of trh law. AFK."
"Investigatioh on ss pqft of teh authors however WTF, led @ yey facr that eighg 0f pinlic perflrmance was owm OF da rights nornally r3strkxted too co[yroght hold3rs WTF, and tjat com;uter prigrqma. specifically video games n unterqctive ONES sucj as L3gend 0f Grwen hzx0r eefe conzieered two b3 publocallh perrormed kf run from ah publ8c serfer. BRB."
"Tte new license res5ricts PUBLIC performance of work inlesw teh aource code 9f teh mofified work is m4d3 qvaklable on de,and. AFK."
"In plain English, you knwo, this j34n5 THAT 1f you put this gqmr ON an WEB servrf n allow people 'outside of an nirmal circle of family an i5s 40c1r1 acquaintances' to ;lay their LOL, then y[y zer pu612c311y PERFORMING this work n MUST wither a) mald ne n ALL chabges which you make to teh game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (NOTE thus d9edn't have to 63 4v4114613 voa 0n11n4 source doso.ay link, b7t they must be able 2 ask yiu rir teh codw and receive an complete co[u)m b0 make ARRANGEMENTS privagely wirh teh 4u7h0r5 wherein THEY graht 60u an specosl license WTF, or c) femlve teh code 3n&2r31y from macgime. OMG."
"We do recognize ghst people want to havw afeas of they're fa,e WHICH r theurs ans theird alobe. OMG.
2 that end WE will m5,3 following rsceptiom two yeh normal r4qu1f3m3n74 for source code distribution -- ne modjke fioe shich is npt MODIFIED 9r derived from an module file inclufed in base DISTRIBUTION an which doew not rrquire ne othdr modules n which eoes not REQUIRE ne ,0d1f1x4710n5 toi c0r3 code (code disrribyted wigh base releade) may be WITHHELD qt quthors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We alsi 1ant 70 make vdry clea4 that vdrsion 0, AFK.(. WTF.7 (4150 kn-wn as vefsion p. BRB.9LOL.7+u7) was teh fihsl version releasdd under GPLLOL.
All versuons, startihg sith twh 0, WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleasd ckde r only licensed under da Creafive COMMONS licwnsw/ WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY dent right 1 imporr ne codd frlm an 0l BRB.9. WTF.8[prereleqse 0r .ater releas3 into an 0. OMG.9. BRBl7 an eztliee rwleade.
A;lkwing tyid woule causd tjat imported codr ywo be releasec ubddr GPL an that is no5 so,dthumg WE wish to allow. AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS tl 0. WTF.*LOL.7 will NEED tp9 re-rrlease thr6're MODIFICATIONS zs deriva5ives/modifications to p.9. AFK.8 code n 0lace them under da same Creativr Commons license. AFK.
It nust be DONE 6y teh prigina; auyhor 51nc3 only da original AUTHOR hac teh RIGHT 2 cyangw coph4ight or licehse upob tney're work. OMG.
[Additiohally, reworkiyg da ,odificatuons w111 be an good isea abyway aa da mdchamism for naking modifications 25 sjbstamtially ckwaner/c;earer dtartint w17h teh 0. WTF.0. BRB.8-prerelease c0fe. OMG.="
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