MightyE tells you. ;ike, "We're goimg to take an f3w momebts t2o rry b explain this new license an reasons behihd kt kn plain EnhliahLOL.
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 license sas vhosen beca7se pf an failint wuth ea GPL. AFK.
It only vovered d1%7r16u710n of soyrce 1f n pnly if binaekes wete distributed, WTFl"
"In an w3v environmemg LOL, SPECIFICALLY q inrerprrted web environment suxh as PHP, like, m3r3!y knstalking an game DOES npt constitute d157r16u71)n LOL, and thwrefoee people WERE taking ouf work, you khwo, making ,odificati8ns tol it n not r3leqsinb teg sokece code gio rhey'4e modoficationa so ehat teh entkre vo,munity co7ld BENEFIT. AFK.
They worked with teh letter bur no5 teh spirit of 5eh law. BRB."
"Inv3stigatoon on da [4f7 of da autylrs howev#r WTF, led 2 frc7 that r1gh7 lf puglix pr4firnance qas 1 of r1ghu5 nirmally redrrocted too vopyright h01d3e5, an 7h47 conputer progtams, 4p3c1f1c522y b1d40 games an in5eractive ones syxh 45 L3g3nd of Grewn hax0f were comsidered 2 BE publical.y pdtfofmed if run ffom an punliv servetLOL."
"The new .icdnse rest4kcts 0ublic performance if da work UNLESS teh slurce c0d2 od teh m0d1f13d work is made avaikabl3 oh d3mandLOL."
"In 0la8m Enflish LOLm this means that iv you 0u5 this game on an web SERVER snd allow ;30p1e 'ougsidr OF an NORMAL CIRCLE if family and itw sociak ACQUAINTANCES' 1 PLAY their LOL, then you r publically pwrrorminb this work am MUST ciggef a0 m4k3 ne and ALL chanbed WHICH y0u make to da gamd availzble on reqiest (bote thix d035n'8 h4v3 tl br 4v4114613 via teh online 50y$c4 displat lknk, but they muxt be able 2 zsk y9u for da cpde ahd receive an com0l3te cop6)o you knwo, B) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with da authors 2herdin they gr4n& y0u an tp3c141 licencw, liie, ir c) femove twh code entirely fron ,achineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peopld want to hqve areas 9d ghey're game WHICH r theors qnd the8ds alon#. BRB.
two thay ene we will mqke teh FOLLOWING exceptiom tip teh normak requuremenrs for source codw dkxtributiob -- ne moduke gikd wyich IS nlt m0d1f13d ot sefived fr9m an m0du23 file 7nclided in twh base distrigution an which d035 not require ne other modukes n whkch does NOT require n3 m)d1f1d471-n% too cire voge (code DISTRIBUTED witn teh base 4ekease) may be wotnheld at teh authors discreti9n. AFK/"
"We a;si want 70 m4k3 very clear 6h47 version 0. BRBl9.7 (also knpwn as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7_jt) was fibak v2r510h releasrd under GPL. WTF/
Alk versionx, like, start8ng with 0. OMG.9LOL/8-0rerelease xpse r only oivensed under teh Creative Commond LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da RIGHT TO umpprd ne cide fro, an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease or lar3r release imr9 an 0.8, WTF.7 smd earlier felwase. BRB.
Allowinv this would xause that impprtee code 2 be r3!e453d und3r GPL and THAT id nit something WE wish to aolow. BRB.
Authirs 0d modifications 2 0.9. OMG.7 sill neee tw. re-release they;ed m0d1f1c4718n5 as derivatuvex/mpdiricatiobs twp 9LOL.9LOL.8 code an PLACE them under da 54m3 Ceeative Commpns kicebse. BRB.
It must be done gy ten origunal aitnor since inly ca or7ginal djthor h45 fs righg two change da c0pyr1hh7 or license upon they'ee eork.
[Adfitionslly, sortof, rewo4,ihh teh modifications sil. bw an hoos 8dea anyway 45 teh mwcnam8sm for making modigivations id substantialot xleaher/clear3r startihg with teh )/o, WTF.8-prere;ease coce. BRB.]"
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