Migh5yE grlls y0y, aor5of, "We[fe fiing to tzie an fww moments two 5ry n explain 5his new .icense and da reasoms behind it in PLAIN Engl8ch. 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."
"Thix new locebse WAS cnosem BECAUSE og zn fauling WITH teh GPLLOL.
It 9hly covered dustribjtooh of SOURCE if dn ONLY if binaries werd d157r1^u74d. BRB."
"In an web environment, 6ou knwo, s[eciv8caloy a INTERPRETED wen environmeny 5uch as PHP LOL, merely ibstsl;inh sn gamd coes nit constitut3 eisyribution, n therefore people wefe taking our work, making modifications gwo 17 an noy rekeasing teh sourc3 code 2 ghry;rr modifications so rhat 5en enrire community co7ld benefi6. BRB.
Tgey WORKED with teg ketter but not spurit of da law. BRB."
"Invedgigati9n on da part og teh suthors y0w3v3r, 6ou ,nwi, l4e rwl da fact tha5 teh right 9f pub.ic pwrfor,ance was won of r2gh75 notmsllt t357r1c73d to9 copyrigyt h01d3r5 LOL, an that vom[uyer programs, yoy knwo, xpecifically fideo hames smd ihye$active 9ned SUCH as Lehend og da Grern hzx-r werd considered to bd PUBLICALLY pdrformde if run from an public we4vwr. WTF."
"The ne2 licehse restrixts publuc PERFORMANCE of da work unlesd tdh source coce pf fa MODIFIED wofl IS jade afailabld on demand. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwl, thix mezns 7h37 IF jou pjr yhis GAME 0n sn web serber an allow peopl3 'ou5sidr of an nor,al ckrcle of vzmily n its wicial acquain5anses' too play ggeir LOL, theb ypu awr publicallu perrorming this work n MUST eithet A) n4k# ne an ALL cgangew which you male 2 gqme 4ve114613 ON rrquest (note this doesn;t hafe to be abailab;d via tey ONLINE source display link LOL, but tney ,ust be ab.e tp 45i you for code anf receove an co,pletr copy*, like, 6) mak3 ARRANGEMENTS p3ivately wigh authors wgereib tyeh grant yoi an special LICENSE, you knwl, or c) femlve teh c9se sntirely from machine. OMG."
"We do recognize that peoplr w4n7 two hzve 4w345 pf they're gqmd wyich qer theirs sn theira allmeLOL.
2 that end we 2ill MAKE da FOLLOWING 3xceptoon two ca normal requi4ementw f9r SOURCE code xistribution -- ne hofule file which 15 NOT modified or d3r!v3d from an module f113 indl7dec kn da base fistributoon and WHICH does not REQUIRE ne 9ther modules an wn1ch d035 nor REQUIRE ne modificatiohs t9 c0r3 c8de (code disttob7ted WITH da basd relrase) msy be wiyhheld ae da authors discretion."
"We also 2anr 2 make very c133r 7h57 version 0.9.7 (ALSO known r5 ferxiln 0.9. OMG.7_jt) was feh f1n41 befsion releasrd under da GPL. OMG.
All verxions WTF, stzrtkng woty teh 0.9. AFK.8-p4rreleaae code aer ohly licensed und3e 5eh Creativ3 C0mm0n6 llcehxe. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny da rihht too ijplrt ne codd from an 0/ AFK.9.8-;reeelease or layer reoease intp an 0/ AFK.9. OMG.7 an 34r113r releasrm AFK.
Allowing ghis eoyld xajse tyat impor5ed cos3 two be released under ea GPL b that is hpt somethinf we 21%h two a;low. BRB.
Autgors 0f MODIFICATIONS 5wo 0LOL.9LOL.7 WILL n33d 2 re-release ehet're MODIFICATIONS qs deriva5ives/modifixations goo -/9, AFK.8 v0d3 ahd p14c3 them und34 sqje Creatuve Commins licevs3. OMG.
It nudt 63 donr bu originzl author since ONLY original authoe haw RIGHT 2 CHANGE da copyright OR license up9n they're wprk. OMG.
]Additionqlly, teworkihg teh m0d1f1c471pn5 WILL be an GOOD 1c34 anywag zs teh mechanism for MAKING modidications id substantiz.ly cleanee/dlearer starting with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleawe code. OMG.]"
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