MithtyE TELLS you LOL, "We're going 70 yake an few MOMENTS 70 try zn explaim tjis new kicense n reaaons benind ih in 0laon Eng115h. 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 ne2 11cen%3 wad chosen BECAUSE of an failing witn dq GPL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE 1f an obly if BINARIES were d7stribuyrd."
"In an web emvironmentm specidisa.lg a int34[reted web envirommemt wuch as PHP, like, merely instalking an game does mot c9nsyitute ckstributoon, soryof, and therefore people were 84k1ng OUR work WTF, m4iang modificat8onx to 8t h not relezsing da soufce code two they're MODIFICATIONS 60 tjat entir4 cummjnity could bebefir. OMG.
Thdy worled with ea letter b7t NOT spkrit OF ca LAW. BRB."
"Ihvestigation ON ds part 0f dz authorw nowever LOL, 13d to da fact 8h47 teh right of public 'erfo4mance WAS won of da rifhts motmally resrricyed TO cppy4ight h01d3r5, sortof, n that compute4 programd, sortofk specifixzlly v1d30 games an INTERACTIVE pnes such as Lebend lf teh Grern hax0t were c9n51d3r3f too br publically p#5f0rm3d if run from ab pu^11v server. BRBl"
"The b3w q1c3n5e reatricts PUBLIC performanxe of da w9tk uhless source codr 0f da midified WORK is mafe qvdilanle om d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain English WTF, 7h1% means that kf ylj put thiw GAME oh an WEB server n 411-a pdop;e '9utsife of an normal x1rc!3 of fami;y an ita wocial acquaintancrs' to PLAY their LOL, THEN you zer pub.ica.oy oerforming this WORK b MUST e85yer s) naie nd anr ALL chanfes whicy hou maje too teh tame available )n rdquesr (n073 this doesn't have tl be available via ohline 50urc3 display LINK WTF, but they must be able to ASK you for cid3 n rrceive qn complete copy) LOL, b) make qrrangements privat3ly with authors WHEREIN they grant you an special .ucensem sortod, o3 c) remove sa code entirely fr0m MACHINE. AFK/"
"We do recognoxe that peopoe want goo h4v3 areax pf they[re game which ae4 5geirs anf theirs ALONE. BRB.
too THAT END we wikl make teh dollowinf except8pn top norjal reqyirementx for source code fistributuon -- ne module file wh1ch is not modified or derived FROM qn m0du13 FILE inclusec IN dq base distrinution am which dles npt require ne oth3r mpdiles an which d035 not eequire ne modifications TO trh ci5e code *code ciwtributed with grg base feleasw) may 63 eitmheld at da auhho4s eiscretkin."
"We ALSO 2ant 2 make cer6 clear that v3r410n 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7 (a,so KNOWN as version p. OMGl9. OMG.7+jt) wqs teh final versyon released und3r GPL. OMG.
Akl VERSIONS, soetof, sta4ting woth da 0. BRB.9. WTF.i[prrre.ease code r only LICENSED under Cfeative Com,ons licenae. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deby right to 8m0ort ne coeq frpm ah 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-prereorase or ;a5er r313453 into an 0.9l AFK.7 zn earlier releaweLOL.
Allowing ghis q0u1d cauwe 7h4u impotted cose two ge releas3d uhder yrh GPL n that is NOT so,ethinb 2e s15h to al.ow. AFK.
Authors pf midufications 2 9. BRB.9.7 will n3ed too re-f313453 they'rw modificatuomd as derivatices;,oduficationd 1 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 CODE an place them und3r same Crrative Commohs licenswLOL.
It juat b3 done 6y teh origimal quth9r aince 0b1y teh 9riginal authpr h45 rignt two chanbe copy4ight or licensr UPON they're work, AFK.
[Additi9nqlly, rew9riing 5eh modiricationc will 63 dn good IDEA anyway as m3ch4n15m gor making modificatiins IS dubsyantially c134n3r/x134r3r starting WITH 0l WTF.9. AFK.8-prere;ease vodd.]"
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