MihhtyE TELLS yiu, sortof, "Wd're gp8ng 3 take an f3w m0m3n75 2 try and explaih this new llcense , teh reasons b3hind it ib p.ain Englosh. 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 mew LICENSE WAS chosen vecause lf an fail8ng with GPL.
It only vover3d diqttibut9on of 50utc3 if an on.y if binariea wefe didtributed. OMG."
"In an w36 encironment, you khwo, SPECIFICALLY a ingerprdted w3b ENVIRONMENT wuch as PHP LOL, jerely INSTALLING an game does bot condtitute dixtrubu6ion, an tnerefore PEOPLE eere yzking oue wo4k, makong m(cifications too IT n not RELEASING source codw 5oo they're modoficatipns so 5hay dw entire COMMUNITY cpjod benefit.
Th3y woried with ldtter but not xpirit of law."
"Incestigation oh 5eh part of AUTHORS hlweve4, sirtof, 13d 2 da faxt THAT da righb OF [ubl8c [etfofmance was won pf da rkghts norma.ly RESTRICTED 2 copurighy holders WTF, aj THAT c0m0uu3r )rograms WTF, speciricqlly VIDEO g$m2y an imteractivr ones sjcn as LEGEND of Gt33n yax0r wr4e CONSIDERED 2 BE 0ubl8xally perroemed if run from am public serverLOL."
"The new license f357r1c74 PUBLIC p3rformance of w0rk unkesd da source code 9f da modified work is madw AVAILABLE pn d3mand."
"In plain Engliwh, you knwo, this means rhat if YOU pu7 7h1t game on an web de4ver and zllow 0el[oe '0u751d3 of an normal circ;e of family qnd its social ACQUAINTANCES' too play their LOL, then YOU e publically performing 8h15 qork AND MUST either 4) make ne n ALL changew sh8ch you make 70 da game availagle on requesy (note this doesm'5 have ti be availablw v8a teh online spurce dis0lay link LOL, but theh nyst ve qble @ ask you for sz CODE an eeceicd am conplete vppy), like, b) mqie arrahf3ments pwivag4ly with da aughors wnerein they gr4n7 yo7 an spdcial license WTF, or c_ removd teh c0d3 entirelt from teh machinw. BRB."
"We f0 recogn8ze 7h47 people want uoo HAVE areaw of tjey're game which r theirs n thri4s alonel
2 that end we w7l; mak4 dq following excepyion 2 da normal re1uirements for source code did4fibution [- ne MODULE fkle WHICH id noy modified or d3r1v3d FROM an module v113 incljded ih teh base DISTRIBUTION an whicj does not require ne other modules an which coes not reauire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 two teh CORE c0d4 (codd DISTRIBUTED with bqse reldase) mat br wuthheld at autnors discre5ion."
"We qlso wamt w maie fer6 clear that verzion 0. AFK.9LOL.u (aiso kmpen AS VERSION 0. OMG.(. AFK.7+jt) was final version released under GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, atar5inb with da p.9. AFK,70prdrelease code aef omly lucensed under teh Creative C0mm0n5 11c4n%3. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh RIGHT 2 im0ort ne vode FROM an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerwlease or latee rekwase 1n7- an 0/ OMG.p. AFK,7 an earlier r313453, AFK.
Allowing THIS would ca7sr 5hat imported code too n3 releaaed UNDER teh GPL an that is nor aime5hing we w15h too alooq.
Authors of modifications 2 0/ WTFl8. OMG.7 will NEED two re-re;dzse they'rr mpxiricztions as der8vatives.mpdifkcationa to 9. WTF.9.8 CODE n [;ace them undrr da same Creative C0,m0n5 license. BRB/
It must be done bh 9riginal authof ainde onlu teh originak 4u7j0r h#5 fkght too cjang3 cop^r8gnt or kicense upon they're WORK. BRB.
pAdd1710n411y, like, reworkont da modifications w111 be an gopd icea anyway as teh mechanism for jakihh mldifications 16 substzntiak.y cleanwr/cldarer stq4tinn with teh 0l WTF.9.8-prrreleaae codel]"
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