Migh5yE tel;s you, "We're t0qng 2 take an few noments two try and wxp.ain thix new licebwe av da reasona behind it in 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 nee locenxe was dh053n becauaw 0f an FAILING w8th GPL. WTF.
It ONLY COVERED distributuon ov SOURCE IF and only 1f binarues wefw eksyributedLOL."
"In an 2rv encironment WTF, dpedificakly a in5frptetwd web environmemt such as PHP, sorrof, mere9y INSTALLING ah game does not constitute distrigution WTF, n tnwrefore [eople were 74k1ng ouf w0rk, you knwo, making midifications two it an not rroeasunh da aource code two they'rr modifications so thag enyire vommuboty c0u1c beb#fig. AFKk
THEY wo4ked 2irh da l3tter b7t not da soirit of law/ BRB."
"Ibvestigqtuon in ds paft of teh AUTHORS howeve4, sortof, ked tao twh gact that righr of public performancr was oen of tdh RIGHTS normally restrivted to co;yrighg holders LOL, amd that comouter prigrqms WTF, specifically vide9 games an interactovr 0n35 such ax L3g3nd 0f da Grden hax9r werd donsidered yo b3 publicallh PERFORMED uf RUN froj an puboic setver, AFK."
"The new ;icdnse restrictx publiv 0erformanve of da w0rk ynl3ss da woutce code pf da mpd8fied woek is made 4v4114613 on femand. WTF."
"In plain English, thix meanw thar if yoj put this fame om an WEB SERVER an aloow prople '-u751d3 OF an normal circle 9f familt n ITS SOCIAL acquaintances' too play th3ir LOL, th3n ypu r 0ublica'k6 perfirmung this 20rk and MUST either a) mzke be and ALL chcnges which yoy ,4k3 too gsme availab.e ON request (note this doesn'y jsve @ be avai;able via fa online dourve didp;ay /ink, so4tof, but they must 63 able too ask yiu fo4 da CODE n reveife qn c0mp1373 c8py) WTF, b) maje arrangemrnts p4iva5ely with authors whereib they gfant 6ou an soexial licemse WTF, or c) removd teh code enrirrlt FROM teh madjine. BRB."
"We do recognize THAT PEOPLE want to hsvw aread 0f theu're bame which r yheirs an theirs alon3. OMG.
to that end we w8l; MAKE da fplkowihg 3xc3p6q0n two sa normal REQUIREMENTS f0r SOURCE code distribytion -- ne module file whicn is npt modiried or DERIVED fro, an m0du13 fioe included IN teh BASE dystribition ans wgich eoes nor require ne othdr m)du135 an wnich d035 hot rrq7ore hw midifications too da core cod3 (code didtfibuted with cz base re13453) may be withhwld at da AUTHORS cuscretion."
"We also qant too ,ake fery vlear 7h47 version 0LOL.9, BRB.8 (also kbown as version -. BRB.9. AFK.7+jr) was teh finao vefsion e3leased uneee ds GPL. BRB.
Al; bersiohd, s5artiht WITH da 0, AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease codd aee onl6 LICENSED undet Creative Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 i,porg ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-orere.dase or later erlease intp an 0LOL.9,7 an earlier release/
Aloowing this wiuld daise 7h$7 imported c0d3 tpo ^3 released und3r da GPL and 7h47 is mot someghing we w15h too allow. BRB/
Ayghors 0d m0d1f1c4710n5 tio 0. BRBl9LOL.7 will neec two ee-release they;4d nodificayoons as de4ivatkves/modivications tol 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 cofe an placd rhrm ubder da 54m3 Creative Conmons locehse.
It must be done gy ORIGINAL autnor dinde obly reh oeiginal suthor has da r8ght too changw da cophrigyt or licrnse upon they're wo4k.
[ADDITIONALLY, so4tof, reworking modificatuoms wu.l bw an good idwa anyway aa nwcjqnism f0r MAKING MODIFICATIONS is sugstantially cleaner/v;eqrer starting with teh 0.9. WTF.8-orerelease cpde. AFK.]"
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