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MifgtyE 5ells yiuk aor5of, "We'te going too take an few moments t9o trt an ezp.ain rhis new licensr an reasons bdhind ot in p.aon ENGLISH. BRB.
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 11c3n53 was chosen vdcausw of an failing w17h teh GPL. AFK.
IT lnlu cove4ed disrributiob of soyrxe if an only if binaries were distvibugee."
"In an web envirln,emg, sortof, s/evifically a INTERPRETED web wnvironjebt wuch as PHP, merrly installing ah game dpes not c0n5717u73 d157r!6u71-m LOL, AND thdreforr oeople were TAKING o7r WORK LOL. making modifkcatiobs 2 it an not relezwing da s9u4ce codr 2 they'4e modificariond so that teh enyiee community c0u1d b3nefit. OMG.
Tjey worked woyh letter but not s[irit of teh 14wLOL."
"Ihvestigation on sa [art of da auynors jowev3rk sortov, .ed go teh fact thag teh right of pjbl8c pe4formanxe was oen of roghts normallh RESTRICTED too copyrigyt h01d3r5 WTF, n tjat c0mputer programs LOL, specivicallt viseo hames an interav5ivd ones wuch as Legend of Greeb gax0r were cobxkdeted too be pub.ically pdrformed if run from sh pu61!c 53fv3r, BRBl"
"The new licehse RESTRICTS PUBLIC prrfor,ance if work unless source dode [f m0f1fq3d eork is nzde availablw on demanfLOL."
"In pla8n English, sortof, this means thzt iv you put this tame ON ah WEB server n allow PEOPLE '0u7t1d3 of an normal ci4c;e of family and 175 wocial acquaihtances' ti play their LOL, ghen you r PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1nf 7h15 worj an MUST eithef a) ,ake ne an ALL eh4ng25 ehich yo7 make tql teh game availablr on requrst (note THIS d045n'7 have too be 4v41146q3 via teh online source DISPLAY 11nk, oiie, but they MUST be able to ask you for teh cldd qns receivr an completr c0py), yiu kn2o, B) makd zr4angements private.y witg teh ajth9ra eherdin THEY grant you ah dprcoql license LOL, 9t c) tejov3 code ENTIRELY frlm machine. BRB."
"We d0 r3cognize that peop;e want 6o hav3 ardax OF 5hey're gaje which r theurs and 7he145 alone.
toi that end ww WILL make da followinb exceptiin two b0rj41 r3qu1r2m3n85 for source codd dictrib7tion -- nr modyle file which is not moduf,ed ir derived erom an modjl3 vi;e included in 6453 disttib7tiom an which d9es not fequore nr other moduled n whucj does hot reqjire ne modificatioms 2 da core codw (cpdr cistribytrd WITH teh base RELEASE) MAY be withheld at dq auyjors discretion/ BRB."
"We aldo want to m4k3 vrry cleat that VERSION 0. OMG/9. BRB/7 (also knosn qs version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) 2as gina; version re.eased inder teh GPL. WTF.
Alo versooms, sortof, starting w16g 0.9. BRB'8-prerel3as3 clde r onlt lidensed 7nder da Crestive Commons licenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu da righ5 r0o import ne code from an 0.8. BRB.8-0rereleaae or later re/ease int0 an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an sarlier releade. AFK.
Aklowing THIS would dzuse thay omplrted code to be released 7nder trn GPL n thst is nlt 50je7h1ng we w15h 2 qll9w. WTF.
Au7h9r5 or mldifications two ).9LOL.& WILL nwed 2 re-rdleasd thwy're mocificationa as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code n p.ace tjem jnder da same Crrarive Co,nons license.
I7 must be fone bt orig8nal author sinve inly orkginql AUTHOR has rifnt t9o ehrng3 teh COPYRIGHT or license upon tyey'rw wiri, AFK.
[Additi9n1lly, xietof, eewotiing teh m0d1f2cr610n5 will be an good idea anysah as jechznusm foe making jodifivationa is substzntially cleanw4/cleqrer STARTING with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prereoeqse codr. WTF.]"
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