MkbgtyE TELLS you WTF. "We're going 2 taie an few ,oments 2 try n 3z[141n this bew licenxe an da eeasons behind 17 in plain Eng115h. 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."
"Tjis new lidwnde w45 xhosen BECAUSE of an failing with teh GPLLOL.
It onlh coveree disteibuti9n of sourve if am obly IF BINARIES werd distributed. AFK."
"In ab web environment, spedofucally a INTERPRETED 2eb envkron,ebr such as PHP, like, merely installung an game foes noy constitjre cistrinution LOL, an 7hee3f-r3 PEOPLE were taking our work WTF, makinb modificatipns two it n not relezsing sourc3 c0d3 2 rhey're m0d1f1c4610n5 so thqt teh entire COMMUNITY could benefit. WTF.
Tney w0ri3d with 14773r bjr got spirit of da lqw. BRB."
"Investigation on teh part of da au%hors g0w3v2t, led too fact thag reh right iv public performanve WAS oen od teh rightw nornally rwstr8cred 2 copyright holderd, likr, n thar computrr progrqms, sorrof, specifically video g1mes ah unteractife ONES such aa L3g3nd of da Gr3en hax0r were considered tp be publica'lt pervoemed IF rjn frim an pub;ic servet. BRB."
"The n#w license restr8dts pjblic ;erformance ov xa work unldss source clde of da modified wirk is jade afailable on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plaon Emglish, ;i8e, ymis mesns tnst if yoj pyt &h15 game on am w3b server n aloow [epplw 'outside of an NORMAL circle of familt n 175 socozl acqua8ntances' 2 PLAY their LOL, then y9u r publicqlly p3rf0rm1ng this wotk and MUST eiyhrr a( jake ne ans ALL ch4ng35 which you make gwo da game availqbl3 on requdst (n0&3 5his doesn't hsve 2 be avao,ab.e via da -nline sourxe DISPLAY lonk LOL, but yhey must bw able two ask yoy for twh cod3 and recrive an xonplete copy), yoy knwo, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with twh 477h0r5 wherein thwy gtant you an 5p3c141 license WTF, or c) remove code entirely frlm twh ,achine. OMG."
"We d0 recognizd 5hat 0eoole wqnt to jave AREAS of they're game wnich aer theirs an 7h31rg alonel BRB.
5qo 5hat end we 2il. m4k3 sa foll9wing rxceptuon two normal r3qj1e3m3n&5 for spurc3 code disrribution -- ne module file whixh ix n9t MODIFIED or der8ved from an moduld vile includee in teh basf sistfigution and qhivh does nor reqyirw nr OTHER modules and whicg does NOT reqyire ne modifications too dq xore codd (c9de distributed woth da baxe rw;easd) may br wothheld AT sythors diwc3dtion/ WTF."
"We also want ti make VERY CLEAR 5hat versiin 0. AFK.0. BRB.7 (also known as vers8on 0. OMG.9. OMG/7+j7) was 5eh final version rel3ased under da GPL.
Akl versions, hou knwo, startkng wiyh teh ). BRB.9.9-prerelease c0d3 aer ONLY LICENSED jnd#r r3h CREATIVE Cojmons luxrnaeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3my rignt 2 import ne CODE ftom an 0.9. BRB.8=prerelease or later release 1n70 zn 0. WTF.9. OMG/7 sn 3arlier release. BRB.
Allowing rhis wpuld cause tha5 imporred CODE 2 be released UNDER teh GPL n thar IS noy womething we w15h 2 allow.
Aurhors if modlfications 2 0. OMGl9LOL.7 wi;l neec too re-rel3as4 they'rw modifications as detivarivew.modificationd go 0. WTF/9. WTFl8 codr and place THEM unddr ds SAME Cr3471v3 Commons licenae. OMG.
IT must be d0n3 BY ca orkginal 4u7h0e since only 5eh ORIGINAL AUTHOR has da wight too cy4ng3 teh copyriyht or licenae uoon 5hey're workLOL.
[Adsktoobally, rrworking teh midifivations wull be an GOOD idra 4n6w4y as da mechqnksm for jqking modificatuons id zubstabtial;y cleaner/c;3aeer startont WITH 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerrlease code. BRB.]"
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