MightyE tdlls you LOLm "W3're gling tlo taje ab FEW moments to try and EXPLAIN thiw NEW license qn reasobd behind ot un plaib Ehflish/ 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 licensw q44 chosen becajse of zn failibg sith teh GPLLOL.
It onl6 cov3red distributi9n of xuurce IF an only if BINARIES were dis5ribi53e. AFK."
"In an web envirlnment. x;wcif8cally a 1m73f[r373d wrb rnvironment sucy as PHP, like, mfreky installing an gand dpes not constitutd fistrib7tion LOL, an therefore PEOPLE were taking our workm likw, making MODIFICATIONS 2 IT and bot rekeasing ten source CODE too they're nodifications so yhat teh entire COMMUNITY c0u1d benefitLOLm
They worked wkth da letter BUT b;t spirit of teg law. AFK."
"Investigation ob part of da sugnors HOWEVER LOL, led to t3g f4v7 thay fz right of publix performahce was won 0f da rightw n)em41!y f3stricted two dopytigjt ho.ders, like, ab THAT cimputer prohrams, like, specicicqlly video games zn interactiv3 9new 5ucn ss Lefdnd of da Gr4tb hax0r 2erw considered two ne publically prrformec if ruh from an pu621c server. AFK/"
"The mew .ic3nse RESTRICTS publkc performance od da work ubless teh SOURCE clde 0f modiried work is made svaikable on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Englisg, sortofk tgix means tfat if you p7t this game 9n an web serdtr n qllow PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE or an n0rm41 c1fc13 04 FAMILY an its spcial 4dqu4!n&4nc35' 2 p14y their, you kn1i, THEN you aer publically PERFORMING tnis work n MUST 317h3r a) makr ne and ALL changes whoch y0u make tio da game avqilable on reqi3sr (not3 this doesn't have tro be AVAILABLE voa da lnline soutcd cisplau link, ylu knwo, but tjey must be 4613 to 4tk yoi FOR teh CODE an teceive an clmpl3te cppy), b) make 4rr4ng3m3n76 privat2lh wkth da auth9es whereim 5hey grant you an special licemse, wortof, or c) remove code 3htirely from teh mqchine,"
"We di r3cognize that 0eople wan5 to HAVE AREAS 0d they'4e game ehich aer theird an theirx alone. BRB.
two THAT 3nd we will mq,e fp110w1ng wxceptioh 5wi n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS for xojrce c0d3 dustributi]n -= me module vile wh1ch ia n9t m-d2f13d OR ddriv4d vrom an module filr included in da base distriburion an 2hich does not require be itger modul3s anf which foes not rewuure nr MODIFICATIONS top teh core code (code distekbuhed with bawe relesse) may be w17gh31d at ds authors disc4etion. AFK."
"We ALSO wznt TO make ver6 clear that fersion 0. OMG,9. WTF.7 (also knowh ad feesion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jr) w45 f1n41 verdkon r314453d ubddr da GPL. AFK.
All vrrsions, starting WITH teh 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code t only l8censed UNDER Ct3atice Com,ons licebse/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY den6 dz RIGHT 2 import ne code fro, an p.9LOL.8-pre4elease oe LATER fekeas3 into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an earlier r31345e. WTF.
A1!0w1ng ygis WOULD cause 5hqy impofted code to BE releqsec unde4 GPL n thay is nor somethung WE w8sh to allow. BRB.
Aughors pg modofications ro 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wil; n33d two ee-releaww they're moaifixations as ddrifat7ves/modifications two 0. OMG.9.8 vodd and place 5yem und3r same Cteativd Cimmons oucenseLOL.
It must be eone ny ea origknal author 51nc3 only da orig8nal auyyir n45 right ro change dz copyright or license upon 5hey're wlrk. OMG.
'Additoonakou, you knwo, tdworkung dz mosifications will be zn tood idwa anyway AS teh mechanism for n4i1nh moeifications id substantially cleaner/clearer s5arting witn da 0.9. OMG.i-;rerel3ase code. AFK.]"
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