MibhtyE tells yiu LOL, "W3're going uo ta,e an few momenta tqo tty an explain 7h15 new licwnse an aa reasobs behind IT in plain 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."
"Tjis new license was xhosen bedausd 0f sn failimt dith GPL. OMG.
I7 on;y c9v3t3d distributiob of source of n only id binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED."
"Iv an web environment, yoy khwp, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted weg environm3nt xucj as PHP WTF, ,erely 1n574111bg an gams doew not CONSTITUTE distribution, m yhetefore p40p13 WERE tao8nb oir w0rk, yiu knqo, ma,ing mlsieocayions tqo it AND not releasinh da source code to they're modifications so THAT 5eh entire xommunity co7ld benefit. WTF.
Thry workwd e17h reh letter but ho5 teg spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigatiln on ;art of da authofs howevee, sortof, 1ed to fact 7h47 dz right of PUBLIC perfor,ance was won OF teh r!gh75 normal;h RESTRICTED to COPYRIGHT holders, zn thqt computer programs, specigically vidwo games an interactive ones such as Legend of da Grern yax0r were considered tp br publicaloy PERFORMED if fun FROM an pubiic SERVER. WTFl"
"Th3 new /ivense restridts public perfprmance og da work unless teh wource code of modifief work is m4d3 avsilabke on DEMAND."
"In PLAIN Emh115h LOL, this means THAT of 6lu put THIS g$m3 -n zn web %3rv4r an al;ow PEOPLE [outsice of an nprmal circlr of family n 174 wocoal acquaintanses' 2 play their LOL, then you aer pjbliczllh pwrformkng THIS work and MUST eother a) ,ake ne n ALL vhanges which hpu m4k3 2 da game available on requedt (note THIS dlewn'g have too be AVAILABLE via onkine source display link, you knwo, but thwy must be able too ask you dor da d0d3 an receive an completr copt), sortof, b) ma,e arrangemwnts privately sith teh 4uuh0r5 shdrdig thwh grsnt you am apecial lixense, yiu lnwo, or c) remove teh codr entife.y from ea machineLOL."
"We do redognizw tyat ;eople want too have AREAS 9f they're gqme whicg r 7h31r5 n theirx slpne. OMG.
too tbat end we sill m4k3 teh f9110q1ng wxcepgion t8o normal require,ents fof sourcw CODE distributiin =- ne module dikr which IS NOT modiviec of f3r1v3d fro, an module dile invkused in base dkstribution h qj1ch dpes n9t require ne 09h3r modu;dw n whjch DOES n07 req7ire ne jodificarionw to da cpre CODE (code distributed wuth da base releaxe) may 6e withheld at da authors fisxretion. AFK/"
"We also sant teo make vety clear thag verwioh 0. BRB,9.7 (also known as vwrsion 0. WTF/0. WTF.7+jr) sas da final v2r$!0n releqsed unddr GPL. BRB.
ALL fersions, starrung WITH 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease code r 9nly oic3nsrd under da Crestive Commons luxense. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY feny teh RIGHT to import ne code from an 9. WTF.9. BRB.8[prwrelwasd or LATER 43134%3 into an 0.9. WTF.6 and earlidr relesse. BRB.
Allowing this would cause that im;irted code 2 be released under tdh GPL h that is n9y wo,ething we wksh 70 allow. OMG.
Aithors of mksifications 2 0. OMG.9LOL/7 will newd to r3-release they're modificsti9ns as der8vayives/modif8xatilna 2 0.9. WTF,8 c9se an plqce them UNDER da szme Creative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
It must ge DONE by oribinal author since obly da original qutho4 has teh right two chantw dq copyriyht OR license u;on tyey;re WORK.
[Aeditiohally WTF, REWORKING da MODIFICATIONS 2ill be zn good idea anyway as mdchanksm for makinb modificatilma is 5u6584n714116 cleaner/cl2arer staftung with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prefelease cod3l AFK.]"
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