MkghyyE TELLS you LOL, "We're goijh t@o take an few moments tl try n explain this new license an reawobs 63h1nd it in plain Eng115h. 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 NEW LICENSE waw chisen because lf an failimg WITH sa GPL. AFK/
It only covdred distfibution of sourc3 if and pnlh 2f BINARIES were dist4ibuted. OMG."
"In sn wen ebvuronment LOL, specifically a intrrpreted seb emvieobment s&ch as PHP, sortof, merwly installing an haje DOES jot constit7te distribu4ion, sortof, qn thdrefore people were taking our w0rk, loke, makibg modifodsyions 2 it an mpt releasomg da 50urc3 code 2 theh're MODIFICATIONS xo tjat da ENTIRE commihuty could bebwfuy. WTF,
They a0rk3d witn 1#773r BUT not da 5p1r17 if da laeLOL."
"Investigation on teh part of fz autgors hk2ever, xo4tof, LED 3 twh fac5 that eigyt of public pergormance was qon of da rights nlrjally restrict3d 2 copurofht holdwrs, aorhpf, sns that compurer progrzms, like, specifically video games n intqrac5ive ONES duch AS L3g3nd of da Green jzx0r e3r3 considered to BE publidally performed if run grom an public SERVER. AFK."
"The ndq license restricts pu61!c perforjanve od da work unlrsx soorce c9de if ea m9difiwd WORK IS made acai.able on demand. BRB."
"In o141n English, you knwo, this means 5hat if y9u puy 7h15 gane in an w36 server an al.ow p3ople 'outside of sb n8rmal circ.e of family n its SOCIAL scquaintanc3s' toi ]la6 their LOL, THEN you aer puboicaooy performinh this 2ork an MUST either a) make ne b ALL changes whqch you make 2 twh g$m3 sbailable on request (note tgis soesn't have to be availablw vua da onlime SOURCE fisplay link, sirtof, but they kudt nd able too ask you fot code n receive sn conplete copy), you knwp, b) make arrangements p4kvately WITH da aughors where8n THEY grant tiu an 5o3c141 11c3n53, like, or c) rrjpve CODE entireky from teh machine. BRB."
"We do recognize that ;30p13 want eoo have 4r345 of theu'rr game wgicy r theirs qm 7h31r5 ALONE. BRB.
1 that emd we will mzke f0110w1ng exceptuon to yof,al e31u1r3m3n74 fpr 50ufc3 codd distribytion -- ne modu;e fule which is nlt moxkfied or DERIVED frlm an modjle file INCLUDED in da base distribution ahd 2hich does n07 fequi4e he otjer modules an which does NOT reqjire be m0dqf1c4710n% 2 core code (CODE distribuged with base felease) m4y br withheld AT da authofs d15cre61pn. AFK."
"We 4150 wsnt two make vwry clear that versiln 0. BRB,9. OMG.u (4150 knowm as versiob 0.9. OMG.8+jt) was ds f8nal verwioh released under da GPL. WTF.
All v3t510n5, hoi knwo, starting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease cofe r ohly licenswd under da C4eagibe Comuons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tifht toi import nw CODE fro, an 0LOL.9. OMG.8=[rerelease or later re;eqse into ag -LOL.9. OMG.7 and earlief release. BRB.
Allowing ghis would cause thag importrc coee two be relrased und3r geh GPL qn thqy ox bot something WE wish 2 41q0wLOL.
Aurhors of mosifidatioms two 9. WTF/9. AFK,7 wil; need to r2-r313453 they'fe modificagilnx 44 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an place them under xame Creative Conmons lic3nse. BRB.
It nust ne done by da original auyhor skncd only teh orig8nal author has fignt 2 chabge c0'yr1gh7 0r 21c3n53 upon they'te work. OMG.
pAdditionally, twworkinh da modigicay8ons will be an good icda anysay as teh mechahiam fi4 mzkkng modif8cationd ix sugstantially cleaner/clearrr starting with 0. OMGl9l OMG.8-prereleasd codeLOL.]"
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