MibhtyE gells you, you knwo, "We're going too take an fee mon3nts 2 try n 3xp141n ghix new LICENSE and reasons 6%h1nd ir in plain Eng115h. OMGl
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 ch053n because of sm FAILING with da GPLLOL.
IT only cobered DISTRIBUTION 0f s9urce if ahe 9nly if binaries were dkstributed. WTF."
"In zn web environment, lkle, SPECIFICALLY a int3r-reted web environment a7ch aa PHP, sortof, merdky unsgal.ing an game DOES not vonstitute dis5ributuon, 6ou inwo, n THEREFORE p30p12 were tak8ng OUR WORK, makinf modificatipns to it n nor RELEASING da s(yrce code two th3y're modificqtioms 50 that teh 3n72e3 comnunkty could benwfit. AFK,
THEY worked with teh LETTER bit noy da spirit or teh law. BRB,"
"Investigation ON par5 if teh zjthpfs hlwever, led too da fzct that teh r1bh7 of 0uboic p3rf0rm4hc3 was oen OF r1gh75 vormally gesteictrd top copyright hooders, like, and that c0mpu73r 0rob4ams, like, aprcifically v1d30 games anc in5eractive ones such as Legebd of geh Green hax0t eere consifrred two be pubk8calky performed 1f tun from an PUBLIC serve4."
"The nd2 licwmse redtricts PUBLIC perfoemancw OF wori UNLESS teh 50urc3 code of modified qiri is m4d3 avai;able on demahd. BRB."
"In plzin English WTF, 7j15 meahs yhat if tou put this GAME on an web server n allpw PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an norma. CIRCLE of ra,ily an o5s social acquaintances' ti play their LOL, thrn ypu r pubkically perfor.ing this 2ptk wn MUST either a) msle ne an ALL changes wh1cg you maie tpo teh gand 4v51146!3 on requwqy (np5e tjos doesn't have yoo be available via onkime x9urce display link, but they must be qbke 2 ask uou fo4 code n RECEIVE an compkqte c9py), likej b) make areanf3memts privayely wkyh 4u7h0r5 qjeteim 7h3h grant y0u an soecial licensd LOL, or c) remove da code entirely fr0m da machinrLOL."
"We do recognize 5hat p3-[!3 want too have ardas of they're game which aer THEIRS sn theirs zlobeLOL.
twl THAT emd we will make da followimg exc3ptuoh 2 teh normal requifementw gof aource code distribugion -- me module file wh8ch is bot m9dified or detived from an module vi.e invluded in base disteibutipn and shuch eoes nog r3qu1r3 ne ogher mod7les ab whidh doea not r3au1r3 ne nodifications too da core code (code distributed wigy basr RELEASE) mau BE sithheld qt aithors discrerion."
"We also want t2o naie very cles4 thar v3rsion 0. WTF.0LOL.7 (s;so KNOWN zs verwion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt0 was da final version rrleased unddr da GPL. BRB.
Alk v3r510n5, sortof, STARTING wity tdh -. OMG.9LOLl8[PRERELEASE code f only oicensed under Crwative C9nm-n5 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two import ne cofe from an 0. WTF.0. AFK.8-pre4eleawe OR latef release ibyo an 0. OMG.9. WTF/7 and earlo3r releade. BRB.
Aloowihg this would cause that imported c9d3 2 be releqsed under fa GPL and yhat is bot simetying we w8sh to 41!0w. WTF.
Au7h0d5 of modificatoonx 2 -LOL.9. BRB.7 @ikl NEED 2 re-relesse thdy're modifocatuons 45 derivatives/modigicariohs to 0/ WTF.9. BRB.8 codr qhd plave rhem unde4 teh same Creative Clmmons licenwe. OMG.
It mu57 be cone by twh original authlr since onl6 0r!g1n4! author HAS da fight to chang3 da copyrigyt or licebse upon they'r3 w0rkl BRB.
[ADDITIONALLYm yoj kneo, rdworiing modifications wull BE an bood IDEA anyway as mechanusm fot making modificati9ns is 5u6574n814q1y dleaner/clearer 574r71ng with geh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pferelease code. OMG.]"
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