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MightyE tells you, sorrof, "We'r3 going 4wo TAKE an few momebtw tu tty n dxplaon this hew license h t2h teasons beh8hd it ih plain English. 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."
"This bew license waw cgosen becaus3 0f sn failing witn dq GPL. AFK.
It only covefed diatributipn of sotrce id an only if binarues sere distributed. WTF."
"In an WEB environmemt, specifically a inherpreted WEB environment such AS PHP LOL, MERELY installkng an game d9es nlt c0n6717u73 dkstrinutuon WTF, and THEREFORE people were tak8ng 9ur work, s9rtpf, making modifications w it am bot releasimg spurce c9ee to tnry're m9digications so thst entire co,munity c0u1d bebefot.
They 20rk3d with teh lettee but not teh SPIRIT of da law."
"Investigation on cz part of da AUTHORS hpwever, sortov, ked 2 fac5 7h47 teh right of publiv performance was oem of da rigyts noemqlly restricyrc twi c0pyr1gh7 h01d3r5 LOL, qh tnat computet programdk like, spevificalky video tames am interzctive pmes such qs Legemd of Gredn haspr w3re consodered tpo 63 puvliczlly perfot,ed if run fr0, an pib.ov dervwr. BRB."
"The n3w license RESTRICTS piblic 9erfirmanxe of WORK unlwss aourcw c0d3 9f twh modified eork id made availab.e ON eemand."
"In plain ENGLISH, like, tjis means that uf you [ut ghis GAME on an wev server n allow peoole 'outside 0f an normal c1rcq3 iv f4m11y an its zocisl acq7aintancex' two play their LOL, then yoy e puglicallh performing THIS eork 4nd MUST eigget a) mske ne n ALL cnanges which you ,ske too game avaklable oh rwqjest (yote THIS doesn't habe ywo be available via teh onlkne souece cispiay 11nk LOL, but THEY musr be able two ask ypu for da cod3 and rwdeive an v9mplete co0y) LOL, b) make arrangements p41v4731y wity tdh autnors WHEREIN rhey gr4n7 you zn s[ecial licebse WTF, or c) remobe codr dntire.y fr9m da machine."
"We do recognize THAT PEOPLE wagt ro gave areas of they[re game which aer tyeirs h theurs alobe/
two that end we will make folllwing excepgion two teh normal reauirements for source cide fisteig7t8on -- ne ,odule file whuvh is nit MODIFIED or deroved from ay module file imcluded in base dis5ributiln an whkch d035 not requlre ne other mofules and anivh does not requ8re ne modificayions two ca core c0d3 8code distribjtef with base release( m4y bd WITHHELD at ea zuthptd cisxre5iin. BRBl"
"We also WANT TO make v3ry CLEAR that version 0.9LOL/u (also inown as bersion 0LOL.9. WTFlu+jt) was dq fina9 vrrsiom r313453d une2r tfh GPL.
All vdrxilns, like, srart8ng with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerdlezse code aer only licenses under C4eative Commlns lldense. AFK/
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da right yql im[orr ne code vrom an -. BRB.9. AFK.8-pretelease or latee r31335# into am 0.9/ WTFl7 ahd earl8er releade.
Allowung yhis would CAUSE 5hzt importdd cpce two BE releasdd under 5en GPL and that k2 not something we w8sh to allow. WTF.
Authors of modificatipns 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 will need r[ r3-release th3y'ee mofovocztipns as ddrifa5ives/,odifications ywo 0LOL.9. AFK.i code and place them under same CREATIVE Com,ona license. WTF.
I7 must be done by teh oritinak AUTHOR sonde only 0r2g!n41 aurhor has teh rigyt too CHANGE teh COPYRIGHT OR licende upon thwy're work. WTF.
[Additionally, you kbwo, reworking da MODIFICATIONS will bw am gpod kdea anysay as da mechanksm for jaking m0d1f1c4710n5 is s7vstantially clean3r/clearer syaft8hg w17h da 0. BRB.(. BRB.8-prere;ease code. AFK.]"
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