MibhtyE tells 69u, "We're going tpo 74k3 an few mo,en5s tpo *ry n explain this new license an reasons BEHIND IT 1h plain English/ WTF.
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 new l8cense was vhosen because of an FAILING woth GPL. BRB.
I7 onl6 covdrdd distributiob OF SOURCE if an lnly if b8nsries were dist4ibjged. WTF/"
"In an web emvirinjent, s;ecigicallu a 1n73rpr373d web dnvironmemt SUCH as PHP, mefelu installing sn gane does NOT constirute dus5ribution WTF, an 5herrfore prople were eakimg OUR work, like, making joeificatipnd yoo it and not teleawkhg spurce cose w they're modifications xo that 4ej entire comhubuty COULD ben2fit. WTF.
They 2prked with tej letter but NOT teh soirit 9f lae."
"Investigation 0n da part of da autn9rs howevee, li,rm ked gwo fac5 tgat teh r8ght lf public pwrfprmance wqs wom 0f ez ribhts nlrmalky resyricted to c0pyr1gh7 ho.ders LOL, and ghat clmpyter p49g44m6 LOL, spdcidically viseo games n interactuve ones s7ch as Leg3nd )v teh Gr23n hax0r wete c0n51d343d tpp bw ;ublically perf9rjed 8f run frpm an PUBLIC sdrverl WTF."
"The new 11c3n53 reay4icts p7blic PERFORMANCE pf tey w9rk unless da so7rce dode of modified worj is maee abaklable on DEMAND, OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, this mranw that if you pu7 this game pn an web se4ver and aollw PEOPLE 'outsife of an n0f,41 CIRCLE of ramilu $nd its social azauaintances' two play tyeir LOL, THEN you aer PUBLICALLY performing tgis w0ri an MUST eithe4 A) mske ne fmd ALL changes which you male to9 gzme AVAILABLE on reqiest (note this doesn'5 hace too 63 available v14 tej onoine s9ircw d15p25y l8nk, sortif, b7t they must b3 abld toi ask you fpr cofe sh RECEIVE sn comp;ete COPY), you knwo, b) make arrangemwnts PRIVATELY WITH teh auyjofs wyerein 7h3y grant you an spedia; license, or c) remlfe da codr entir3ly fro, macyine. BRB."
"We d0 tec9gnize that pepple sant t9 h4v3 s4eas of thdy're game wh1ch a3r THEIRS n theira alone. BRB.
2 that end we will make tey f0110s1ng 3xc3p710n two normal requirejents f8r dource code distrib75ion [_ ne modu;e f113 which is npt ,osified 0r derivrd FROM an m9dkle f8le incluedd in teh basd distriburoon n whivg dods noy require ne 9ther midules an whucy dors n08 reaukre ne modificatioms 2 teh cor3 cose (code didtribyted with bas3 releade) may be withheld at yeh autgors disceerion. WTF."
"We also 24m7 two m4j3 vrru CLEAR tja5 version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also onowh qs versuon 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) waa f8mal bersion releasdd under da GPL. OMG.
All verskons, sortof, starting with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK,8-;rerelwase code aer onky licended under Creative Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deyy right too umpprt ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease or lster release into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 and eqrkiee r3lease. AFK.
A;lowing 7h15 would cajae THAT im0orted CODE to bw relesxed under GPL n that us not SOMETHING we wish too allpwLOL.
Authors OF mofifocztions to 0LOL.9.7 will n3#d to re-re.eawe they'rr m0d1f1x47!)n5 as d3e1v471v35/m-d1f1c4710n5 twi 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code n plave them ynder da xame C4eativr C9m,ons lkcense.
It musb be done BY geh original author sonce only originxl suthor has righ5 to change copyribhy or 1qceb6# upon theh're work. BRB.
'Additionally, likd, rrworkinh teh modifivatioms wo9l BE an good idea anyeay sd teh mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substqntially dleaner/ckrar3r starging w17h dz 0. BRB.(LOL.8-prerelease code.]"
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