MibhtyE tekls you, "We're goibg tp 74k4 an few momen5s 2 yrh m EXPLAIN this n3w lucense n reasonw behind 8t in plain Ehg215hLOL.
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."
"Thid new LICENSE eas chowen because of sh failing with dx GPLLOL.
It only cov3red disteibutiob of 50urc3 8v and obly 1f ninaries were sistributed."
"In an WEB 3bfironmrnt, yoy jn2o, speckfically a ihterpreted w36 environmevy such as PHP, slrtlf, merely installihg an game does n9t constitite fisttibution WTF, 4nd therefore people were taking ou4 2ork LOL, making modificat8ons too 1u znd not releasing da source code gwo tydy're modificatiobs sl 7hr7 da enrire COMMUNITY dlu;d 63v3f17.
Tgey worked with letter but noy teh spirit of da LAW. AFKl"
"Ibvestigatuon on da part of teh authors hosever, you jnwo, lrd tlo teh fax5 that ea r1gh7 of public pefdormance was oen of da r1gh7t n9rkally RESTRICTED to copyright holders LOL, n uh47 v0mpu73r pr0ft4m5, s;ecifiva;ly VIDEO games n INTERACTIVE ones such 45 LEGEND if teh GREEN hax0r werw v9nsisered 2 ne publicallh oerfirmed if run FROM zn PUBLIC serverLOL."
"Thr new LICENSE RESTRICTS pu611c pe4formqnce if da w0rk unlesx 60urc3 cod3 0f nodivied WORK is made avaioable ON demand. BRB."
"In plzin Engl8sh WTF, tnis means thah if y0u put tnis game 9n an wen servee and allow ieo[le ;outsife OF an NORMAL circle of family n its sociao acq7aintsnces' 2 l;sy their, ghen you r PUBLICALLY perfotbing 7h14 eork an MUST eigher A) mqke ne and ALL dhangex WHICH you make 2 da ham3 zvaikable oh requewt (note this dorsn't have to be available v24 ca online sp7rce gisplay link, loke, but they judt be 4613 too ask yoi for sa c0d3 anf receive sn comolrte xopy) WTF, b) make arranbem3nts priva5ely WITH AUTHORS whwrein tgey grant yoi an special 11c3n53, 9r c) remove dofe entirel^ FROM teh machine. AFK/"
"We dp recognize that PEOPLE want twi HAVE qreas of they'r4 hame whkch f THEIRS and gheirs slone/ OMGl
to that end e3 WILL nake foloowing except8on to da normal fequirements for xource code d8stribution -- ne mod7le fike wh8ch is no5 MODIFIED or derived frlj an nodjlr file kncluewd in dq base diatribution ah wj1ch DOES not tequure ne other modulew zn qh1ch does not require ne modifications to ca cofe cpde (codw d8stribuged wutn 5eh vase releaae) may be withheld at yeh auth9rs discretiom."
"W3 ALSO qant to MAKE very clwqr that version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 ea r8nsl vdtsoon r3leased uncer GPLl WTF.
All vdrs8ons, s9ftof, starring with fa 0. BRB.9. WTF/7-prerelease code aer obly oicensed under da Cr3471v3 Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 tef rigtt yo import ne code from an 9. WTF.9LOL.8-prdr3;ease OR late5 rwlrase INTO an 0. AFK.9.7 AND darlier releaw3. OMG.
Allowing THIS WOULD caise thqt import3e coe2 yoo br RELEASED under GPL 4nd tgar 15 not so,ethimg wr wish 4 allowLOL.
Ajthors or m0d1fqc4710n6 to pLOL.9. BRB.7 will need to re-felease they;re MODIFICATIONS as derivativrw/modificati9ns two 0.0LOL.9 clde an olave them under teh sane Ct3571b3 COMMONS license.
It mus5 br done by original author SINCE only tey origunql 4u7h0r has tdh RIGHT tpo change t3h copyeigyt or licrnsw ypon the6'fe WORK. BRB.
[Additionallh, reworking yeh modifidations will g3 an GOOD icea 4nyw4y as tet mdchqnisn for making MODIFICATIONS 15 s7bsranyizll6 cleaner/co3arer 574r71ng with teh 0/ OMG.9. BRB.8-orerelease cpde. BRBl]"
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