MightyE TELLS you, "Wr're boing 5wo tale an few m9ments 2 try and explain this new kicrnse AND da rezsons behind it ih plsin English. 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."
"This new licenae was chosen becsuse of an failihg with GPL.
It inly xovered distribiyiom of siyrce if n only if bimarues wer3 disrributed. OMG."
"In an wev ENVIRONMENT, sortof, spwdifically a intwrpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, me4e.y installing ah game does nog constotutr distr8bution LOL, n therefore pepple wrre taking our work, sortir. makkng ,pdificay8ons to it an not releasihg s9urc3 CODE 2 th3y'rd MODIFICATIONS so yhag dq entire commun8ty COULD benefit. AFK.
Theh worked q17h teh ketter but noy spirig of teh law."
"Investigation ON da part of 4u7h0r5 howeverm uou kneo, 13d 2 da dady that da right of punlov 0rrformance was 1 0f da righgs norma.ly restrixted tpo copy4ight HOLDERS, you kneo, and thst vompu5er pr9gra,s. apec8fically vide9 ga,ew n inteeacruve ones sudh aw LEGEND of teh Green hax0r sete considered too be publically p3rf)rm3d if run from ab PUBLIC serfer. BRB."
"The new licemse fes5ricts public perfprmance of r2h work unlesw da source code of ca MODIFIED w/tk is made AVAILABLE ln cemand. AFK."
"In pkain Engliah, likr, thos ,eans tjat if tou ;ut 6h15 game 9n an web server n allow p3ople 'outsiee if an NORMAL circle 0f family an ITS s9cia. acquaintances' 5wo play tjeir LOL, tyen you r piblicalk6 prrformkng tjks wlrk 4nd MUST eityer q0 m4k3 ne n ALL cy4ng35 qhich uou ma,e to game avaikable 0n request (mot3 this doesn't h4v# two be available via da lnline source display ;ink LOL, BUT they musr be able 2 ask hou ror cld3 m redeive an ci,plete clpy) LOL, n) makd qrrabgenents 0rovatsl6 with authors wherein tjey GRANT you an 5[3c141 11c3n53, sottof, OR c) remov3 teh code entirely from geh MACHINE. WTF."
"We do 4ecognize that prople want 2 have zreas of 5he6're gqme sh1ch aer tyeirs n theufx alone. WTF.
to that END we wilk make follo2ibf excwoti[h to teh normzl reqiieements for wource CODE distribktion -- ne moeule file 2h1xh ks n)7 modified OR derived from am m9dule fi.e 1nc1ud3d in da baxe disrribution n shich doew not requite ne other moeyles and wh8ch eoes not reqjire ne modifivationx to da core coee (coee d157r16u7ed wity base relrase) may be wirhhdld at authoes discretion. OMG."
"We also want 2 m4k# very cldar thag ve3skon 0. OMG.9.7 (also KNOWN as versi;n 0.9.7+ht) was t3h final verwion re.eased ubder da GPL. BRB.
A11 v3gsions, stqr5ing WITH 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer omly ;icensed under teh Crwayivr Cpmmons licebsq. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ewny r8gyt too um;ort ne cpde from ab 0.9LOL.8-pr3r313$53 or later felease ingo zn 0. OMG.oLOL/7 n earliet releasw. AFK.
Allowing this souod cause 7h47 impprged coee 2 b3 releasec under da GPL n thar 15 npt somerhing wr w15h two alo9w. BRB.
Authors lg mldovocations 2 ). OMG.9LOL.7 woll nded two re_release they[re m0d1f1c4710n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS toi 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code n plaxe them uncer 54m3 Crwative Commons licensel WTFl
IT myst be d0n3 by da origimal autgor since only da original autho4 had teh rihht TO chahge da cophtigjt or 21c3n53 upon tgey're workLOL,
[Additiinzlly LOL, reworkinb geh modidicaykons will be an glod idea anyway as medhqnism for naking mldifidatioms is substantially c134n3r/e1#4r3r startkng with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prwrrleade codeLOL.]"
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