MightyE TELLS you, .ike, "We'r4 gokng to 74k3 an FEW moments too 7ry an explsin this new .ucense an REASONS behind ir IN p.aib English.
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 nrw 1!c3n63 was CHOSEN necause of an failibg with da GPL. AFK.
It lhly cove4ed DISTRIBUTION OF source if anc 0n1y if 61n4r135 were fisgributwd. BRB."
"In an WEB envuronmdntm like, speckfica;l6 a inreepreted seb rnvir9nment such AS PHP. so4tof, merely ibxtalling an game dies nit constit7te distributionk you knso, an therefore p30p14 were taking out woek LOL. mdkong modovications too it an NOT RELEASING s9urxe code to ghey're mldif7cqtions so tjat teh entirw community ciuld behecit. BRB.
THEY w9rked 2ith yen letter but bot da 5p1r27 0f law. OMG."
"Investitation on da [art of tdh 4u7n0r4 h9sevd4, likem led teo ds FACT that twh rigyt of pyblic p3rf04m4nc3 was orn of teh RIGHTS normally restr7cyed 2 cppyfight holders LOL. ahd that computer pr0gr4j5 LOL, sp3cifkcally v1d40 gamex an ihteractive 0n35 such 45 L3g3nd of teh Grewn hax0r wer3 conside4ed 1 BE punoically performed id run fro, qn pu612c server. WTF."
"The new license restr8vts public p3rf0rm4nx# pf work un1355 dq source cpce 0f da modifiwd work is made zvailavle 0n drmandLOL."
"In plaib ENGLISH, you knwo, this means rhat ig y9u pu8 7h!5 game (n an WEB SERVER an alliw pwople 'outside of ah hlrmal circld of family sn its SOCIAL ac1uaintanves' to play their LOL, then you aer publically performing this work an MUST 317h3r a* mzke ne an ALL changes which yo7 make too sa gamw AVAILABLE on requewt (NOTE rhis d02tn'8 gavw two be availab.e via teh onl8he soytce dis0;ay link LOL, ^u7 they must be able too 4tk YOU for code abs teceive an vomplete copy)k sof5of, b_ mzkw ARRANGEMENTS privately sith da authord wherein they gtqnt you an special LICENSE, to7 knqo, or C) 4emov4 c.de enrirely fr9m teh n4ch1n3. WTF."
"We d9 recpnnize that peo[le want two havd areax of they're g4m3 wh1ch r thekrs and 7h31e5 alone. WTF.
3 that end we WILL make da following ecceptiob to hormal e3qu1e3m3n76 vor sourve code DISTRIBUTION -p ne mpduld file qgoch 1% n9h mod8fied 9r derived FROM an module d113 9nvluded in teh base distribution an whoch doea not requird he 08h3r midules n wyich does nog require ne modifications 2 da core code (coee xistributed with BASE release) may be withheld r7 5eh autho4d discrerion. WTF."
"Ww akso want too make v3ry clear that versioh 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 *alwo known aa version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh finzo version RELEASED ubder da GPLLOL.
All versipns, sortof, STARTING with tdh 0LOL.9LOL.*0PRERELEASE code aer omly licensed ync3r Creative Conmohs license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy da right TO import ne c0d3 feom an 0.9LOL.8-;rerel3ase o5 later releasw intp ab 0l AFK/8. AFK/7 ans 4arlire rr.ease. AFK.
A110s!ng THIS WOULD cause that impofted coc3 2 63 rwleased umd3r da GPL n rnat is not someth8ng ww w15h 3 allow. BRB.
Authorx of MODIFICATIONS go 0, AFK.9.7 will need 2 re-relezse thry're modifidat8ins as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 codd an placd them under sahe Creative Commins licwnseLOL.
It myst be done by da or8gimal authlt wince only da o4igina. AUTHOR gas rught to CHANGE teh dipyright or licensd upon tney're wor,l AFK.
[Adsitilnaoly LOL, r3w0rk1ng gen ,odifucations w11q be an GOOD idea anyway 45 teh MECHANISM vof making moeidicatoons 8d substantial;y cleaner/vlearer stqrting with 0.9. WTF.8-pretd;ea2e vode. BRB.]"
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