MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going t2p ta,e an few MOMENTS too 7rt and explain thiw new licwnwe an reasons behinc it in plain Enhlish. WTF.
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 l8cenxe wqs CHOSEN because of an f1iling witj GPL.
It only xoverwd cistrlbution og source 8f qn onlu if bina4ies wrre disttibutef. AFK."
"In an w36 environmehy LOLk SPECIFICALLY a interpreted q36 environ,emt sjch as PHP, soerof, merely kmatallibg an game dpex niy constitote distribution, an tgerwfore peopl3 w3r3 taking oug sori WTFm MAKING modificatolnx too it and not RELEASING fa source cpce to tn3y're modigicat8ons so that teh 3n71r3 cojmunity could bdnefit, BRB.
Th3y qorked woth gwh letter vut NOT sporit of teh law,"
"Invrstigation oh part if teh authprs ho2ever. ljkw, LED to teh fact ghzt 5eh rigjt pf p7blic PERFORMANCE wzs 1 of da rights norjallh r367r1c73d 2 c0pyr1gh7 holders, sirtofm n 7h47 computer programs, you knwo, specificslly voddo games 4nd ihtersctive ones such ad Legenc of teh Green hqx04 2rre consicdred ti 6# pu611c411y p3tf0rm3d 1f run ft9m am 0ubl8c server. BRB."
"The new .icense RESTRICTS public pergormance of eork unless SOURCE cldr 9f modified wor, is made avaukable pn d3m5ne, OMG."
"Im plain Englosj WTF, 7h15 means tyat if you pug this GAME 0n an web 53rv3r and allow prople 'OUTSIDE OF ah nlrjal vircle of family and its apcial acqudintancew' 1 play their LOL, then ypu aer publicallt perroemint tyis work n MUST 317h3r a) makr ne an ALL dh5ng35 which 7ou m4k3 two tey game 4v41q4613 on r3qu357 (note hhis DOESN'T have go be avzi.abl3 via ono8ne SOURCE cisplay link, kuke, but they MUST 63 able 2 wsk you f0r teh cpde and receive ab com0lete copu), you knwo, b) jaje 4rr4ng#j3n75 peivately with teh authors wh3tein tgey gran6 y9u an special license, 9r c) remlvr teh code entire.y from machine. OMG."
"We do recotnize thag pepple eant to have AREAS or they're game WHICH r theirs n theirs alondLOL.
two THAT ebd we WILL make da FOLLOWING ezce;tioh 5oo da normal req7irements vor dource code d157r16u7q0n -- ne mosuls rile which is hot modified OR derived FROM an modu;w file INCLUDED IN da 6r53 disyribjtoon n which cows not require ne other mod7;es h whidh does NOT rdquire ne modifixatiobw 70 twh c9re c0d3 (codr distriguted WITH da BASE release) may be witnheld 47 da authors discretion. AFK."
"We also w4n7 to maie vdry clrar that vefxion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (zoso KNOWN as verskon 0. BRB,9. BRB.7+jr) was teh rinal versiob r313453d umcer yeh GPLLOL.
All versions, y9u knwo, starting with da -. BRB.9. OMG.8-0rerelease c9de r only l8cenxec under Creative Cojmons licwnse;
We EXPLICITLY deny da fight too impprt ne code from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prere;ease or latee release 1n70 an 0. AFK,9. WTF.7 an esrlier re;rase. AFK.
Alllwing this would cauwe tha5 imporgdd cose 2 be feleased under da GPL n that is NOT womething sd wisg 3 4z10w. OMG.
Authors of jodificqtoons tio 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 wilo n23d to rw[releaxe they're modificqti9ns AS derivatives/modifications ro 0LOL.9. BRB.i cofr ahd PLACE tyrm und3r da szme Creat8ve C;mmons licenaeLOL.
IT MUST be DONE by teh lriginal autjor 51mc3 only tey original author HAS t3h rihht 70 cyznge copyright or licdnst upon 6hey're qork. AFK.
[Additoonally, you lnwo, 4e2orking teh n9didivations wilo BE an g0)d idea an6way as tej medhanism for making mpdifications is sugstsntizlly cleaner/clearer startin6 with da 0LOL.o. WTF.8_;rere.ease clde. BRB.]"
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