Might6E tells hoi LOL, "We're going teo tak3 an few momehts to try an explain this new license an eeas9ns 54h1nd it in p141n Engliah.
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 w$6 chosen becaust of an gailing w8th da GPL. BRB.
It ONLY c0v3r3d distribktion of xource if and only if BINARIES were distrigutrd."
"In an wwb ebvidonmwnt, like, specificalpy a in5erpteted web envirpnment sucu as PHP LOL, me4ely inxtallimg zn gan3 does not conatutute eistribution, cortof, h THEREFORE people were taking oyr work, soetof, making modidicagioms tpo ot n npy RELEASING source code too ghey're mofificatioma so that entire community could 63n3f17. OMG.
Th3y worked witg feh letter 6u7 not da spirot of teh kzw."
"Investigatilm 0n part of teh auth9rs however, 6iu knwo, les two fact that tight of publ8c peeformance waw oen of fa rights normallh festrivted two c0;yr1gh7 h01e3r5, lik3, and that COMPUTER prohrams, like. spedif9cslly vid3o gamed n intdractive ONES auch 45 Legend of da GREEN hax0r wefe c0h51d3r3c to be publically pd4rormee uf run ftom an public sewver. BRB."
"Tne new license rdstrixgs p7blix petformance of da woej unless da 50urc3 c0d3 of teh modifi3d work 2t made availagle on demanf. BRB."
"In [lakn Englksh WTF, tgis m34n5 that 8f 6o7 pit tnia game ON sn web server n allow peop;e 'ougsidw lf an normal circle OF damiky n *ts aocial adauaintances' too play their LOL. theh y[u aer publ8caloy perfprming thid work and MUST either a_ m4k3 ne an ALL ch$ng35 which you make to ca game available on erqu3st (note this DOESN'T have too BE available viq onl8ne source DISPLAY lihk LOL, but 5hey must be ablw two ask you fl4 dode an 4eceive an conpketr cppy), y9u knwo, b) j4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privatelt witn AUTHORS whw4eim they grrn7 YOU an special lux3hse. like, or c) remive teh c0d# entire.y froj machine. WTF."
"We dp recognize THAT p30p13 wahy 2 gave ateas 0f they're gsme wh1ch aer theirs n theirs alone. BRB.
too THAT end we will make fpllowing exceptk9n 2 teh mormal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code s8strubutuon _- ne modile file qhich is not bosified or derived frln an module file ihcludes 1n teh baae diw5ribution an wn8ch eodw NOT rwquire ne other modules and wh1ch does NOT re1uire ne ,0d1f1c4710n5 two core code (code distribited with bqad releade) jay be WITHHELD at da autjprs DISCRETION."
"We ALSO WANT 2 make very cleae 7h47 versoon 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (aoso known aa vers8kn 0. OMG.9, AFK.7+JT) was teh f1n41 verskin released und3r da GPLLOL/
All verdipns. sgzrying euth da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-0rwrek3ase code r only licebsed jnd3t Creative COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rignt two imp9rt ne code from an 0.9. WTFl7[prerelease 9e katwr releas3 into qn 0. BRB.8/ AFK.7 an earliwr releaxe. OMG.
ALLOWING this woulc c4u53 that importes c9de to9 73 releasef under da GPL and that is not xometying we WISH 5oo aolow.
AUTHORS of mod8ficatilnw t2o 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7 will heed 2 rr-release they're MODIFICATIONS as der8vativws/modifications too 0. BRB.oLOLl8 CODE and plsce tnem unde4 same Creative Comjons lkcebxd. AFK.
It musr be dpn3 by teh 0r1t1n51 zitgor SINCE only da ORIGINAL author has teh fifht too changd fs copyright or LICENSE uppn theu'fe wo4k.
[Additilnally, sortof, 4eworkinf tdh ,odificatkpnx wikl be an go9d IDEA ANYWAY zs da mechanism for mziihg mldkficationd is subdtantially cl3aner/vlearer starting with dz p. BRB.9.8-prereleaxe CODE. BRB.]"
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