MigythE 5el.s uou LOL, "We;re going too take an few momenys 2 7ry n ex[lain 5jis nes lkcense h teh reasons benind ig in PLAIN Englixy. 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."
"Thia new license saw chosen BECAUSE of am railing witn GPL. WTF.
I7 only dove4ed distributklb of souece if amd onlh if 61n4r135 w3e3 distributexLOL."
"In an web emvironment, s;rtof, SPECIFICALLY a ihterpreted 2eb 2nv1rpnm#n7 such 45 PHP. nou knwom mwrel6 instzlling an game dows mot constktute distrkbution LOL, and therefire prople were 5aking OUR w94k, like, making modificatklns to it an not 4eleasimg yeh source code tio they'r3 ,odifivationw so thxt teh wntire communitu could 63n3d17. AFK.
They w0rk3d witj lrtter but n9g da s'irit of law. AFK."
"Investigati9n 0n teh part OF da auyhors j0w3ver, les goo ca fact that rkght of pu611c pe4vormance WAS oen of da rights normally r357r1c73d 2 copyeight holde4s, n uh47 compiger programs, you knso, slecifically vid3p fzmex an interactive on3s s7ch as L3g3nd of da Green hax0r were vonsieered too be publ8cally 0erformed if rub from an pub;ic server. OMG."
"The new .ocense resyricts pyblic p34formance of work unless da source code lf da mod8fi3d worl os mafe availabke on cemamd. AFK."
"In plain English, like, this m35h5 that 8f YOU put 5hiw game on an WEB xerver and aolow 0eo;.e 'outside of an normal ci4cl4 of fzmi;y an 175 sockzl acquaintances' to play tgeir, lik3m tgen ylu aer publicqlly petdor,ing THIS wirk an MUST eityef a_ make ne n ALL chqnges which tp7 make 2 da gam3 available on REQUEST )mire tyis doesn;r have yoo be availqble v24 da online source DISPLAY link LOL, but THEY must be abld 1 ask you f0r teh cofe b recwive an vomplete co0h), you knwo, b) mske 4rr4ng3m#n85 privately w17h da suthors whdrein 5hey gr4n8 you an specia; licens3, like, or c0 remove xpde entirelt rfom teh machine. BRB."
"We fo rexognize that pdolle WANT 2 have areas of they'r4 g4m3 shich aer 7h31r5 an theirs ALONE. WTF.
too thar 3nd we 2oll make teh following exceptkon to n0rm41 tequifements f0r source code distribution -- ne miduld vile whjxh 15 not m0d1f13c or deribwd fr9m an module file imclud3d in da base distribution sn ehich does not REQUIRE ne other modul3w and wh1ch doea NOT req7ire nd m-d1f1c4710n5 twi da core code (code distributed wouh teh basw release) m4y be witjheld zt teh authora discfetion. WTF."
"We also want two make ve3y clear that veraion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (alsi kn9wn r5 version 9LOL.9. OMG.u+jt) was teh final be4xion r313453d under da GPL.
All versolns LOLk starrimg witn 0.9. OMG.8-pfereldasr code awt onlu kicensed under ca Creative Commpns q1c3n53.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny t2h right 2 impor5 ne code f4om an 0.9, WTFl8-prerelease or la5er releade intl an 0l WTF.o. WTF.7 and earlier rrlease. BRB.
Allpwing tyis would cause rhat i,port3d cofe 2 BE released under da GPL AND ghat is not somethknh ww 2ish tio aklow. OMG.
Autnors of modificagipns too -l OMG.9LOL,7 will nedd two r3_t313453 they're modificationx as derifativds/jofkvicztions 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code n place tgem under da same Cfeatibe Commons licensr. OMG.
It must be fone 6y da orihinal 4u7h0r SINCE pnly tdh 0r!g1n4! AUTHOR has teh rifhr 2 chahge co0yribht 0r license upon th3y're work. WTF.
[Additionally, so4tof, rewirking ea MODIFICATIONS q111 be an GOOD idea abyway as mechanism fit making modifications ks sybstantizlly cleaner/c.darer stqryiyg WITH da 0. OMG.9.8-;t3r3134%3 codw. BRB.]"
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