MightyE TELLS 6oo LOL, "We're GOING 2 take an fww jomenrs TO TRY sn exp'aon this new licebse and da twqsons behins ug 1n 9lzun 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 lic3nse was chosen becauxr 9f ah gailing with da GPL.
It inoy covered disttibutkob of source if n only if bknariea were d157r26u73c,"
"In an web environmeny LOL, specufically a INTERPRETED w36 environmebr such 4t PHP, sortpfm mdrely onstallihg an game d(es mog cohs5itjte distribution, n THEREFORE people were 5aking oir wofk, you knwo, jaking modifications 2 it snd NOT r3q3451mg sa sourxe code @ they'ee MODIFICATIONS so tha6 da ent8re co,munoty could venefit.
They worked eith letter but not teh spirit of teh law/ BRB."
"Investifation on p447 0r teh authprs hoqevee, you khwo, led 2 twh fact tha5 da righr of PUBLIC perfofmancr was oen 0f tah rights nofmzlly restricted two cop6right holders, and that com;uter programs, you knso, sp3cifical;y video games an 1n72r4c71v3 pnds such as Letrnd of teh Green hqx0r were c0n41d3r3d 5wo BE oiblically oerformee if run from an public SERVER. OMG."
"The NEW iicensw r357r1c7t pu611c performancd OF teh work inless gwy source coee ov da modifi3d work is made 4v4114613 on DEMAND. BRB."
"In p1$1n English, like. THIS MEANS THAT IF yo8 put this g4m3 on an w3b server an allow people '0u751d3 of an blrmal circ;e od famio6 n iys social axaua8ntznces' two PLAY tyeir LOL, th3n yoi r publically [erformong tyis qork an MUST either 4) make ne an ALL changes which hou make 2 fz game afailable 0n rdquest (note thus diesn't have 2 be 4v411r613 VIA inkine 50urce dis0lay link, bj5 they mus5 bd ablr too 45k yoj for teh code m receive an com-lere copu)k so45of, b) makw arramgemenys privatelt with teh au5hors 2geeein thet GRANT yoi an dpecoal lidrnse, lr c) remov4 code ENTIRELY grom da machine. BRB."
"We dp revohnuzd that peopld want twl have areax of they're game which are thei4s m THEIRS alone.
tqi that end we will ma,e reh FOLLOWING exception to ten kormal requirdnents foe xoirce code d157r16u710n -- nd module file qhich is not modified or deruvdd from an modulr fi;e included in da base DISTRIBUTION and wh!ch does not r3qi3r3 n3 p7h3f modulex n wjich doez npt require ne modifications to trh CORE c9de (code dksgribuydd wirh da base RELEASE) may &3 sirhheke at dz autho4s siscretikn/ AFK."
"Wr also w4n7 7p MAKE very clear yhat vefwi9n 0. BRB.9. AFK.6 (als9 KNOWN as verxion 0, BRB.9. BRB,7+j7) WAS teh final vdrs8on RELEASED under GPL. AFK,
A11 versuons, you knwo, xtsrting with 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 zer only 21c2m5#d UNDER dz Creztive Commoms license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigyt to kmporr ne code ffom an 0/ AFK.9LOL.8-;rerelease 0r 146@r re.dase INTO an 0. AFKl9. BRB.7 n earlier r3lwaae. WTF.
Allieing this 2ould cause THAT inported code to be released uncer teh GPL an THAT IS not SOMETHING w# wush to akl9@. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS w 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will ne3d 2 rw_relwase ghey[re npcifivatuons as DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS too )/ OMG.9o WTF.8 c0d4 n plaxe them under reh wame Creat8ve Commons license. WTF.
It must BE done b7 teh ORIGINAL author since 0n1y ds origihal AUTHOR has RIGHT to cy4ng3 c90yr8ghr or licwnse upon yhey'4e wirk. AFK.
[Addituonally, you ,nwo, rrworking da ,odifivationa woll bs an goos idea anywq6 as da m3chankdm FOR making modificatilns 15 substantiak;y cleaner/xlearee STARTING WITH da )/ WTF.9. BRB.&-;r3r313453 CODE.]"
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