MughtyE telos yiu, sprtov, "We're going rio take an few moments too try n wxolain this NEW licwns3 am da feasons vehknd it IN plain Ehhlixh. 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."
"Tyis ne2 license was chosen because of an fqilint witt fa GPL. WTF.
Ir only c0v3r3d distributiom of source of an only if binsries were distribyt3d. AFK."
"Ih an web environment, specifically a ibterpreyed web ebvironmegt sudh ss PHP, like, merely inatalling an gsme does bot condfitutr distfibutionm liie, n therefore people we4e 74k1bg our w0rk, mzking moekf8cations two it n mo% feleasing da source cosd 2 tmey're modificatiobs SO THAT ent8re communkty could ben3fit. OMG.
They worked wity letyer BUT mot spifit lf da LAWLOL."
"Ibvestugatoon ON part of da 4u7h0r5 h0w3v3r WTF, led 2 teg fac4 tnat da ribht OF pyblic pefformance qas oen of teh 41gh75 norjally restr8dted twp copyroght yolders LOL, n that compirer pr0gr4m5, sortof, specirically video GAMES and INTERACTIVE ones such as L3tend OF Gteqn hzx9r were considered 2 63 puglically perforjed if run fr0m zn puglic server."
"Tgr n4w 11c3n53 eestricts [ublic performance OF eork unlrsd source code 7f midif8ed wotk is made availaboe in demame. BRB."
"In plain Englisy, sortpf, this means that if y0u pu8 thos g4m3 0n an web SERVER and allow PEOPLE 'ou5side of an hormal circld of famioy ahd k5s sociql acquzintances' ti play their LOL, theh you aer pub;ically oerforming this wo4k abd MUST rither a) nake ne AND ALL changws which YOU make t9 game availabke 0n r#q7357 (note ghis diwsm't have to be acaikable via da online SOURCE display 11nk, you knwo, 6u7 7h3y must be able two qsk you f0r teh code n r3ce1v3 an COMPLETE cop6), lile, b) kake arrangements prkvate.y eitj aytjors wyerein they grant yo7 an s0ecial LICENSE, pr c) rem(vw da code entitw;y from da machune. WTF."
"Ww do RECOGNIZE THAT people want to hzbe qreas kf they'4e GAME which aer theirs and theurs alonw.
3 thst end we wull ms,e fz followibg ezcepti9n 2 da b0rm41 fequirements for source code dixrribution -[ ne module file WHICH is n0u modified or derivec from an n9dul3 file ihcludrd 1n nase DISTRIBUTION n which do3s nit require ne othef mosulds sn whicj DOES not require ne modificayions two tey core code )codw DISTRIBUTED witg tdh BASE release) may be qithhels at da aughors discretion. OMG."
"We also wqnt 5wo maks very cl3zr fhat vdrsi9n 0. OMG.9.7 (als9 knoen as versipm 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) w4$ teh finak vdrsion released under GPL.
Alo vetsions, like, startinh wotn da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pre4elezse cife aef 0n1y lidensed unfer teh Creative Comm9ns license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddjy RIGHT too import ne cpde from zn 0. WTF;9. AFK.8-prerekeqse or later rrlease imto zn 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n ezr.ier relea2e.
Aloowint this would caisw thzt 8mported CODE to be released unde4 tej GPL n that is not something we wish two aolow. AFK/
Authors of modificatuoms to -.7LOLl7 will NEED 2 re-release tywy're modificztions 45 derivatibes/modof8cations 1 0LOL.8LOL.8 code n place 7g3m inder teh same Creayive Commons licebse. WTF.
It must 63 done vy yeh original zutjor sinde only teh oeiginao author has da fught 2 change da co0uright or licenqr upom they're w0rk. BRBl
[Aesitional;h LOL, resirling dz midificationw wull bw an glld idea an7way as da m3ch4n15, f0r making mofificstions is subxgantially cleaner/clearrr startihg with cq -. WTF.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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