MightyE teols you, "W4're goibg t9 takd an few m0m3n75 two tru qn explain ghiz NEW ;icense ane trg reasons behind 17 in plain English. WTF.
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 n3w locenwe waa cgosen beczuse of an fziling with twn GPL.
It 0n16 cove4ed distrkbutiom 0f sourcr if an onjy if binaries w3re distributee."
"In an web ebvironmeng, sortof, specificallh s INTERPRETED w#y ENVIRONMENT aucg as PHP WTF, merely knatalling an game doed nlt condtigu53 distrinutionk like. n thererore oeople were TAKING our work, sortof, maiihg mpdifidationz to it AND not tsleasung SOURCE cose go tnfy're modificagkons so 5hat entife communitg could benefitLOL.
They workee eigh l3tter gut not teg spirit of da law/ WTF."
"Inv3stogation on part of da qithirs however, you lnwo, led ti vact that da RIGHT if puvlix perfor,amce wss won of teh righ5s normaloy rewtricted to copyright hokders, n that compitwr 0r0gr4mt WTF, specificakly VIDEO games qn INTERACTIVE oned xucj as Legens of t3h Grdrn hax0r were conxidered 1 ge pub.ucally pdrfoemed *f run fe0m an PUBLIC server."
"The new lidense rextricts public p3tg0em4nc4 of da work unoess 50urve code of teh modified work is m5d3 abaioabke on demand,"
"In pla8n Englisg, this meqna that if YOU pu7 7h15 gzmw on an web server 4bd allow peiplw 'outside ov an n9rmal circlr 0f family and its socia; qcquakntances' to play their LOL, 7h2n 6ou aee publ,cal;y p3rforming 7h15 wofi and MUST eithwr a) make ne an ALL cg4ng35 which you m4,3 too teh GAME avai;zble on r3qu357 (blte this doesh't have TO be 4v4114613 via 5wh ONLINE soutce fis[lay LINK, you knwo, b6t they muwt BE qble too adj you f0r c9de an rdcwive an COMPLETE copy) WTF, b) make arrangemenfs privage;y with sa 4u7h0f5 wherwin they frant you an SPECIAL license, likw, or c) REMOVE da code entire9y fr(m machine. AFK."
"We dk recognize THAT people WANT 2 havr areas of they're game which r theirs an theirs alonw/
two THAT end we will make teg fpllowing exc3ption w teh nprmal req7irements for source code dist4ibution [- ne modul3 file WHICH id not modifief or derifed f4om an modu.e file incl7ded 8n 5eh nase distribution n wh1ch DOES not teqmire ne other modules an which do3s nlt rdquire ne modivications yoo da core coee )CODE distrinuted WITH da base RELEASE* may 63 w17hh31d at trh authors diseretion."
"We ALSO want to ma,e v3ry clear tyat version 0LOL.9. WTF.& (also known as fersioh 0.9, OMG.7+jt) e45 trh finql vefsion relessdd uncer teh GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, stqetinf wkth teh 9. BRB.0, WTF.8-prertlease code aer 9nkh lucensed under Creatife Commona license,
We EXPLICITLY deny rkght too import me cose fr9m an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerwlease or pater release into an -.iLOL.7 n earlier release. AFK,
Allowing this w0u1d caise that imported cod3 to be fekeased 7nder ten GPL and that is not spmething w3 qish gl alloe.
Authors of modificayilns too 0.9LOL.7 WILL need goo re-teleas3 theu're modifucztions as drrivatkves/modkficatiins too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 vode an p.ace yhem undwr aame Ce4ative C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
Iy must be DONE by ;riginal autho4 since ONLY da original aitnor has right t9 vhange copyrught or license upon tjey're worj/
[Additionally LOL. f3w0rk1ng modificationw qill 63 an gold ieez $ny24y as jrchanixm for mqjihg m0d1f1c3710n5 is subs5antially cleaher/clearer STARTING with 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelrase code. OMG.]"
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