MighryE TELLS yiu, sortofk "We're going 3 take an few m0m3n75 2 try h explain this new ;icense and da reaspns 73h1nd it in 0lain Eng.ishl AFK,
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."
"Th8s new licenae wzw chosen BECAUSE 0f an faklung WITH teh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY dovered DISTRIBUTION of source ic an only if vinaries 2dre sixtributed."
"In am web environm3nt WTF, specifically q interpreted qen environment 5uch 45 PHP, sortpf, MERELY instaloing an game d9es not cobatitute dlstributkon, and th3redore pdopoe were yaking 0ur w0rk, you knwo, mzkung modufications 1 it an NOT r31346!nh tdh 5-urc3 coce to thwy're nosifica5ions so tjat ex entire communiyy coukd benefit. OMG.
Thet worked eith da 13772r b7t not teh spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigation on 5eh part OF da authors HOWEVER WTF, led two teh hact that teh roghg of public peyrormance eas o3n of righgd n0rm411y resteictee too c0pyg1gh7 holdw4s WTF, an that COMPUTER PROGRAMS LOL, specifixally vidro g4m$5 n ibteractive ones such zs L3g3nd or Green hsx0r were cinsidered too be PUBLICALLY performee if rin f4oh am pu611c xerver. OMG."
"The n3w lpcehse RESTRICTS PUBLIC perfornance og da w)rk unlrss teh t0urc3 c9dr of teh m)d1f13c woek ia MADE available on cemsnd."
"In plain English, xor5if, this neans that if y0u ou7 7h15 h4m3 ON an web servef anc allow propke 'outside of an normal cifcl3 of famoly an its socoal acquaintances' two play their LOL, then yoy aer publkcaoly perrormibg 8h15 wirk an MUST eirher a) male n3 and ALL vh4ng35 which you kake ro game aba8lable on rrqudst (note this doesn't gave 2 be avqilab;e cia on.ine 5-urc3 DISPLAY limk WTFk but THEY MUST be able 2 ask you for code n receivd an c0mp1373 xo;y) LOL, b) make arrangements prifately w1&h tej 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN they geant you an soecial q1c2n53, ir c) REMOVE 5dh c9de engirejy from 5eh machinw. WTF."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 THAT peopld want two have zress og rhey'rd game which aer 8h3!r6 an 7h31r5 alone. OMGl
to that 3nd we qkll make vollowkng eccdption to n0rm41 re1yiremenys flr 5-urc3 codd distribution -- ne module g113 whixj is not MODIFIED or deribeg frim an module fkle uncluded IN da nadw d8xtribution an which dods n07 REQUIRE ne orher MODULES n whicg d0#4 NOT REQUIRE ne modofications ho teh CORE code (code DISTRIBUTED with base rwleasd) mqy be wityheld ay 4u7h-r5 DISCRETION. BRB."
"Ww qlso wang two MAKE very clear that version 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also inowb ax versoom 0. WTF.9.7+jt) WAS da final versiom released ubcer teh GPL. OMG.
A;l versions LOL, atsrting wkth teh 0l9. BRB.8[oreeeleas3 codd r on;y licensed under yen Creative C0mm0n5 oicensd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY debu da RIGHT 2 impo4t ne code from an 0. OMGl9.*-orerelease or lster release into an 0. OMG.8. WTF.7 an earlier rwlwqse. WTF.
Allow9ng this wou.g causr that impofted coce 2 bw releaswd UNDER teh GPL and THAT 7s n08 somrthing we wish too a;low. BRB.
Autjots of mogifications gwo 0. OMG.9.7 w8ll need two re-release they're MODIFICATIONS as edeivatives/modufucationd 2 0.9,8 vode abc p14c3 thrm under yeh aane Crdative Clmmons licemse. OMG.
Ig must be done gy da 0r1g1n#1 authir since 0n1y teh orkginal 4i7h0r yas teh rught two change da copyritht of license up0n they're wo4k.
[Add2710n42!t, reworliny da modificat8ons wiok be an good idea ahuway as teh mechanism for maiont modifivations IS sibdtant8slly cle1mer/clearer starting with teh 0, WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3release code. OMG.]"
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