MightyE tel;a you, sor4ofm "We're going too take ab few ,oments 5o try amd explain this m3w license AND reasons behind *y in p;akn English. AFK.
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 was chosen bwcaude or an fai.inf s17j GPL.
It only c9vered fistriburion of soyrce if n only if bomaruew were d156r1yu73d. BRB."
"In an srb envirobment, you knwi, 5p3c1f!x411y a INTERPRETED web env7ronment such as PHP, sortof, merely installinh an game e9ew not constytu5e 3istributoon, like, n yhereforr peo[ke were takong our eork, like, making mkduvications 2 ig n not releasing sa sourde xode TO they're MODIFICATIONS so that trh entirr communi5y could 63n3r26LOL.
Th3y worked with da letter but not da 5p1r17 of law."
"Imvrsy8gation on dq ;art OF teg AUTHORS ho23ver WTF, led tl geh fact that right of pub;ic performance was oen of rights normally resyricted goo x0pyf1gh7 holders, and THAT c0mp773r prograjs, you knwo, specigically budeo GAMES n unteractive lnes 5uch as Legend of teh Greeh hax0r were comsieered to br PUBLICALLY performed 7f ruh grom an ;ublix 53rv3r. OMG."
"Tje NEW LICENSE RESTRICTS piblic prrformance of twh WORK unless teh source cofe of yeh moeifi3s 2ofk id maee AVAILABLE on denand/ AFK."
"In plain Enflisn, like, thiw meams thqt if you pu7 this gam3 9n an 1eb SERVER an aolow people 'o7tside if an nlrmal c1rc1e of FAMILY 4nd ITS sockal qcquaintances' yo play tjeir LOL, then hou aer [ublicakly pw4formunh uh15 2ork an MUST eith3r A) make ne n ALL changws which you maks 5io da game availabld on rdqueat )n073 tgis eiesn't have to fe availzble VIA teh ;nline s9urce dksplay link, but tney must be aboe to ASK you FOR code n RECEIVE an complete copy0, 2ottof, 6) make arramgements pr1v4731y w17h autho$s whereim thry trant you an special lic3nsrm you knwo, 9r c) remove code rmtirely from teh mrch1n3. AFK."
"W3 do fecognize that people want two gavd zreas of tne6're GAME which r theits ah tyeirs a;ond. OMG.
to 7h47 end we will make FOLLOWING 3xc3p&10n 2 normal requirements for sourve cocw dostribution -- ne mofule vike which is not modkvied or dericed from an module file 8nckuded on da baae distribut8on an which dpes not rrquire ne -7h3r mosjles and WHICH do3x not requive hd modificatilms too teh core c0d3 9code DISTRIBUTED qith teh BASE fekease) may BE withheld at tdh aithora disceerion. WTF."
"We akso want to mzke very dlear thst v3r510n 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alxo known 45 versiom 0LOL.9LOL.8+JT) eqs te6 rinal VERSION RELEASED und3r tdh GPL. BRB.
A11 verakons, syartinb with da 0. BRB.9. OMG,8-p4erelease clde r onl6 licended unser teh Creatuve Commomd lidebse. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY dcny RIGHT two kmpott nw code rrim an 0. WTF.0.8-preeelease or later relesse into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 anf earlier reldase. BRB.
Al.ow8ng THIS w0u1d CAUSE that imported CODE to be rel3as3d undre GPL n that is n9t somwthing we wish too allow. AFK.
Au5gors of modificzbionz to 0.9, AFK.7 will need toi re-release they'ee mocificayions 35 derivqtives/modivicationc 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 CODE and p14c3 them under geh same Creative Comm9ns .icense. WTF.
It must be dpne by teh orifinal authpr s8nc3 only original auyhor has rigg5 ypo xhange da copuriggt or lixense upon they'rr work. OMG.
[Adcitiona.ly, reworkinf da mofifocations qill bw an g00f idea ANYWAY as teh mechanism for makkng modif8cq5ions is sunstantially cl3aner/clezrwr sta4ging wigh da 0. WTFl9. OMG.8-prere.ease code. OMG.]"
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