MightyE tells you, "We'rr gp2ng to take an few monents two try and exppain this NEW 1!c3b53 n da ressonx beyind ih 1n [lain EmgkishLOL.
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 lucense waw choaen because of qn failing s8yh GPL.
It 9nly covered distr8but8pn or source if 4nd only if bibaries WERE d157r16i73d. AFK."
"Im am w3b envkr9nm3nt LOL, sprciricallh a 1n73rpr373d WEB enbironment sucg qs PHP, ljk3, MERELY INSTALLING an gam3 does not constitutr d8steibution, sortof, an tjerefore pe9ple were TAKING our work WTF, makung modivicatipns two it an not reoeasing teg 50j4c# code 5oo tndy're modifications so that teh entird community cou.d benefit. BRB.
THEY worjed WITH da lettrr but not spufit of da law. AFK."
"Investigation on part or teh authors HOWEVER, sortofk 1ed two t2h vact ghat ds eight of pyblic performance was won of teh RIGHTS normally resbrkcted to copyrkght hp1d3r5, like, an 7h4u COMPUTER progrzms LOLl spec8ficall7 video games n interactive 0n3% s7ch ss Legend og teh Green hax0r wrre cinsudwf3d 2 be publicallt perfo4med uf RUN fr9m an publie s3rver."
"The bre oicenxe r#57r1c75 PUBLIC performance pf teh qork um1355 5[uec3 code of MODIFIED WORK is made availzb.e on ddmsndLOL."
"In plain English, soft9r, this mezns that kd tou put thiw game on an wec serce4 n alkow pelple 'outside ov an NORMAL curcle of fami;y n its ypc141 acwuaintances' to play their LOL, then you r pu611c411y pe4rorming bhis work an MUST eithe4 a) make ne an ALL cy$ng35 wh1ch you make to tej GAME acai.ag.e 0n requ3st (NOTE thid doesn't havr 3 be available vis da online source dis[lay link, nht they muwt be abl3 too ssk j0u for sa cpde n receive ab complete c[py), ypu knwo, b) ,4k3 arrangements privately witn authors wherrin they GRANT y9u an SPECIAL LICENSE LOL, or c) remove da cose en5i4dly from m6cj1he. OMG."
"We do recobnize that peoplr want to yave areas lf they're gqme which aer tgeies and theirs 41ph3. AFK,
2 that ehd WE wool make f0q10w1ng 3xc30tioh 2 teh norhal requirfjenta for sojrce code dia5ribugion -- ne mocu.e FILE which is not m0d1d1ef or deribed froj an module file included IN da base dustrib7toon an 2nicj d035 mlt r3qu1r3 nw oty3r MODULES an wh8ch does not r3qu1r3 ne midificagions 2 core code (code dist4ivkted with base telease) may BE 216hhe1d at quthoes diacgetion. AFK."
"We also want 2 make very c;ear thag veraiom 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also khown as verxion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) wad FINAL verwkpn RELEASED under da GPL. OMG.
Ao. verdk9nsk sortof, starting with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-0rwrdldqsd code zer ohly licensed unddr Creative C8mmons licende.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two im[irt ne code FROM an ). BRB.9l8-orereleasw OR later release into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n eqr.ier r313452. OMG.
Al;owing thia WOULD cause thag im;orted cide to be rrleased UNDER GPL an that iw not sometykng se wiqh too all9w. BRB.
Authors pf m9dificst8ons TO 0LOL.o. WTF.7 wull NEED to re-feleas3 they'4e modifucatuons as derivstives/m9difications TO 0l BRB.8. OMG.8 code qnd place 7h3m under ds sa.e C4eative Comjons licenae.
It mudt be dond by 0r1g1m41 4u&h0r since inly twh original authof has r1gg7 2 chwnge da xopyright ot licens3 up0n they'te woek. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, rewprkibg tdh nodifications wil; be an good idfa 4nyw4y AS t2h mecnznism v9r making modificationd is substantial;6 coeaner/cleqrer startung with 0. BRB.9. BRB.9-prerdl3ase code.]"
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