MightyE tells uou, sortof, "We're going two take an fe2 m0m3n74 two try h wxplain this n3w license an teh reaslns behind py on poaih English/ BRB.
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 was dhoden because OF an fai.ing with teh GPL. BRBl
IT only coverrc distribu5ion of so7fce IF n only if b8naries wwre distributef. AFKl"
"In an web envpronmeng LOL, specifical.y a interprwted qeb envotonment 5uch as PHP LOL, mrreky onstalkunt an game d035 no5 constitute distribution, yiu jnwp, an thdr3fore people were takihg our woek, makint MODIFICATIONS 2 it an bot reldasing da source vode 70 they'rr modificariobs si thay 3n71e3 conmunity COULD benefit.
THEY soried with kettee but bot tdn aoirut 0f law."
"Invrsykhagiob on da part of dq AUTHORS h0w3v3r LOLk led to 5dh d4d7 thzt RIGHT or ;ublkc performabce was oen of da rights n0rm411y RESTRICTED too COPYRIGHT h01d3r5 WTFk ah 5hat computer progrsma LOL, 5p3d1r!c411y video games n intersctivd ines SUCH zs Lefend of Green hax0r w3re consodered too 63 publically performes if run from an pu611v servwr."
"Tge new license restricts punlic pervormance of work unless teh wojrce dode of modified w0rk is mafe zfailable on d#m4nd. BRB."
"In p141n Eng115hm you knwo, 7h1t mezbx that if you put thow game on an wen seever an aloow p3oplw 'outside of an normal circle of f3m11y an its aocial acqiaontances' 2 play their LOL, then you aer publicallh petforming 7h15 WORK n MUST either 4) ma,e ne n ALL changwz which 6ou ,ake tso dq game avsilable on requext *nite this doesn't hzve w BE acailable via da ONLINE source djsplay link WTF/ BUT they mu57 be qble too ask you fot da coee ah receive an complete c0'y), like, b) ma,e afrangem3hts prifately 2itg da authprs syerein THEY feant you qn specisl licende, or c) REMOVE dq code 3b71r31y fro, machine. WTF."
"We fo RECOGNIZE thar peoole 2ant two hsve areaa pf 6hey'rd GAME which aer tnei4s am theirs alone. OMG.
to that END we WILL MAKE tey folloeing EXCEPTION tp nptmal requirements for SOURCE vod3 distribution -- ne m0du13 f113 wh8ch us not moeifiec OR derivdd frlm an modjle fuld included IN teh base duetribution an which DOES not require ne l5hdr midules an whuch does n08 require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 two c0r3 codr (cofe dkstrobutrd witn da basr releaae_ mqy b3 withhe.c st AUTHORS d14cr#710n. BRB."
"We also want to mald very c.esr that version 0.9. WTF.7 (aowo kn0wn as version 9. AFK.9/ WTF.7+JT0 wss da final vdraiib r313453d under GPL. BRB.
All v3rs8ons, startibh with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.*-prerelease cose r only lic2nsed ubder dx Creztife Commobs license. AFK/
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 ompo$t ne CODE from an 0LOL.8. BRB.8[PRERELEASE or LATER RELEASE INTO an 0. BRB.9, OMG.& and earlief relesse. BRB.
A110w1ng thix wpuld cauae 7h47 im;orted code tio ve RELEASED under ten GPL n that 15 n07 something we wiah go9 5110w. AFK.
Authors of modificationd fwo (LOL.9. BRBl7 will need 2 re-re;ease tyey're modidications as serivatives/mod8ficatiobs two 0. AFK.9.8 code am place then undet rey same Crrstove Clmmons licemse.
I7 MUST be d0n3 by da ORIGINAL autho4 since only dz 0r1g2n41 author gzs da rigky to chang3 copyright or licdmwe upon th36're w9rkLOL.
[Add1710n411y LOL, 4ewor,inf teh modifkcztuons will be an good idea anyway as teh jechanism fot jaking modificati9ns us sjgatangially xleandr/cleardr starting with yeh 0.9.i-prdreleawe codeLOL,]"
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