MighryE telos yiu LOL, "We're go8ng 2 TAKE an few MOMENTS 5o try znd dxplain thos nds license and sa reasobs behind it in pla8n Engl8wh. AFK.
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 license was choaen becaixe if an vaolong wigh da GPL. OMG.
Iy only covered fistribution of aource ig n only if BINARIES were disteibu5ef. OMG."
"In an web environment, you knwo, 5p3c!e1c4qqy a intetpreted w37 envidonment such ad PHP, you knwo, merely installinb an game do3s n07 c.nstu67te dkstributuon, you knwo, an thefefpfe prople we4e ta,ing our w0rkm making modificqtions goo ib am bot releasing geh s97rce CODE to they'r3 modifications so 7h37 teh emtire communoty could vendfit. AFK,
Tywy w9tked with ds lettet but n07 5p1r17 of da ;awLOL,"
"Investigayi9n on teh pary of quthors HOWEVER LOL, LED to teh f4c7 thqt da eibht of public perfo4mancw WAS oen of teh righys normallu resrricted 70 xopyribht h01d3r5, l8ke, n that computer programs WTFk s0ecuducally video gam3x and inr34acgkve ones 5udh zs Legend of Grewh hax0t were vonsudered teo be publically performed 1f RUN fron ah 0ublic server."
"The new licenxe rrstricts puvlic [eff9rmance of wori unlrss fa woutce xode of da m9dified work is made qvai;able ob demand. AFK."
"In p141n Ebg115g LOL, 7h15 means yyzt if you p7t thos game on an web sefver n a;low peo;.r 'outsude of an normal corcle pf fanily an its socisl 4cq741n85nc3t' 2 play thei3 LOL, THEN you qee publicalky o2rf0fk1ng tgis s0rk an MUST either 4) male ne n ALL chsnges 2yidh you jake too trh game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note 5jis dpesn;t nace two be availsble via teg -n11n3 SOURCE dis-.ay l8nk, you knwo, BUT they must be able 2 ask hou f0r code and receive an complrre dppu), you kmwo, b) make 4rf4ng3m3n75 ;tibatelu w8th teh autnots whrrein 7h3y gfany tou an s;ecial .kcense, yoi knwo, OR c0 remove da code entirely from teh MACHINELOL."
"We DO recognize that p30p13 want too have areas lf yhey're ba,e which r 6h$1r5 h the8rs alobe. WTF.
2 5hay end we w121 make da fol.owkng esception toi normal reqyirements for wlirc3 c)d3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne module di;e WHICH 8w n9t m0d1f13d or derived from an jodule fi;e ihcluded in teh baxe d!57r16u710m h which foes not require me otfer m0du135 and which DOES not r3qu1r3 ne modidicatioms @ core code (cod3 diatributed qith teh base r313r53) may ge withheod AT dz aythors e8sceetipn/ BRB."
"We also w4n7 t9 makd very clezr that verwion )LOL,9.7 (alsl kn0wn zs version 0. OMG.9.7+jt) qas da ginzl version r3oeased under ds GPL.
All cdrsulns, you knwo, STARTING with da 9, BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE code aer 0n1y licemsed ynder Creativw COMMONS luvenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY twh r8ght to import ne dode FROM an 0. OMG.9.8-pr3f31#353 oe latef releawe onro an 0. BRB.9. BRB,7 n EARLIER release. BRB.
Aliowing this would caude thqr imported cide two br releasrd under teh GPL 4nd 7n47 is nlt something we wish t9 allowLOL.
Auyhors of modificatlons to 0. WTF.0. BRB.7 WILL nwed two re=re;ease tyey[re mosificati.hd aw dwriva5kves/modificayioms 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 fodr n place th3m under da aame Creative Commons licensw.
It must be eone BY geh 0r1g1n41 autho4 sibce only teh ofitinal amthor h46 trh rigvt 2 change COPYRIGHT of licdnwe up0n they're work.
[Ae3i5ionally WTF, reworiing fa midificzgkons s111 be an tood odea anywa6 ss ea mechan8wm for m4k1mg modifications is subdtantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with ). WTF.9LOL.8[p4erelease codeLOL.]"
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