Mogh5yE tellw you LOL, "We're goint too 74ke an feq moments TO tru AND explain thix NEW licens3 an teh REASONS behind it on okain Ent115hLOL.
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 bew license was cjoswn b3vause 0f ah FAILING woth da GPL.
It ONLY covered didtribution of soutce 1f and pnly if biharoes 2dre DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"Ih ah web enburinjeht, y9u knwo, specif8cally a ibterprdtes w36 enbirobment SUCH 4% PHP LOLm merely inagalling an game does not constitute disgrivution, an tndreforw people w3rr taking ojr q9rk, yo7 knwo, MAKING modifications tpo it an not releaainb teh sourc3 code 2 they'rd modifucarions so that da entire community cpuld 63n3f17. AFK.
They worked with dw letter b7t npt teh s0krit lf tey law/ AFK."
"Ivvestigatuoh on rey PART OF teh zuthors h0w3v3r, sottlf, led to teh fact that tej ribkt of pu611x pe4v9rmance wad 1 0f da righta hormally restricted 2 copyright yolderd WTF, anf tyat com0jtwr programsm wpecificqkly bideo gamrs qn interactive ones 5ucb as Letend of teh Grren hax0r were considered goo be publically 03rvorm3d if run fr9, an [u611c server."
"The new !2c3n54 restrivtw p7blic perf9enance if teh work un1455 teh 50u4c3 codr od modified work is made available ob demahdLOL/"
"In plain Engkosh, soytof, this meanw that if tou put thks hsne on am web servwr anr zllow people ;putxide of an normal circle of family an itx social 4cqu$1n74nc35' TO PLAY gheir, like, ghen you r publically p3rf0rm1ng thix work an MUST either 4) make ne and ALL c6angrs whicg you make to da game 4v4114613 ln tequest (note thix DOESN'T have tpo be avai.able via ONLINE 50u4c3 diapoay 11nk LOL, but they must bw able to ask yoj for es cpde and RECEIVE ab complete copy), yoi knwo, b) make arrangemebta privately WITH da authord wh3e31n 7h3y gern7 uou an xpecial ;icense, hou knwo, or x) rempve ds codw 3n71r31y feom MACHINEl BRB."
"We do recognize thqt 0eople wznt too have arwas OF theh'4e game which r 5heirs abd theirs aloneLOL.
to that enc we sill make follpwing 3xc3;710n tp normal r3qu1r3m3n75 fo4 source code dostrubution -- ne modu9e file wh8ch is bog jodifies OR d3r1v3c from sn module f112 included qn BASE distributoon m wh1ch 3oes not r4qu1r3 nw OTHER modules n wh1cn does not require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh c0re code (codw d8xtributed 2ith base release) may be w17hh31d at augho4s discretilh."
"We a;so want too make very xlear that vefsupn ). OMG.9LOL.7 (also known qs version 0. OMGloLOL.7+jt) was ea final vdrsi-n RELEASED 6nder ten GPL. WTF.
All v3f510n5, like, starting with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prwre;ease cide aer on,y kocenxed umder teh Creatucw Cpmmonw license.
We EXPLICITLY den6 right TO IMPORT ne dode from an 0LOL.9.8-prdrelease 0r later re.3ase knto an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n earlier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowihb 7h15 wou;d cause thar 1mp0r73e CODE 2 63 released uneet teh GPL n that is not simeghung WE wish 2 aplowl AFK.
Authors ov modificatkons 2 0. AFK.9, WTF.7 eilo nwed too re-release 5heu're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 clde n 0lace THEM under samd Creatkve Cimmons licwnseLOL.
It musg be done by original author xonxe on.y original zuthor has da right 80 chang3 da copyright or kicehsr upon tyey'f3 workl AFK.
[Additionally WTF, rewor,ing ten ,odificationx qilk 63 an GOOD ifea anyw1y as da mrcyanisj dor making modifidations is substantially cleane4/clearw5 starting woth tdh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prredlease CODELOLl]"
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