MiggthE tells yoj, luke, "We're going 3 takw an few MOMENTS 2 TRY an ezplain yhis new kivende and da reasons brhind 8g in plain Eng115nLOL.
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 liccnx3 was chosen 63cru53 of an fai.ing with sa GPL. AFK.
It only covered cisrrinutioh of SOURCE uf n only 1f binaries were distributwd. AFK."
"In an web environmeyt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web envoronment sucy as PHP, like, metely installing sn game coes n9t donstitute dixtrimution, m 5he4ebprw people were tskimg our w0rk WTFk making modifications s it an not re.easing da qource codd too tjey'te modificatuoms so that dz ent8fe c0mnun17y cou.d benefit.
Th3y worked with tej lettey but not sa SPIRIT of LAW. BRBl"
"Inv3stigation on t#h part of authots however LOLn led to teh FACT that r1gh8 of p7b.ix prrformance was won of 4ihhts normqlly restricted to COPYRIGHT holders, ahd thst cobputer orogramd, sor5of, specigical;y video gamws ans interactive ones sjch zs Legenf 9f Grcen hax9r w3t3 CONSIDERED to 53 publically p3rf0rm3d iv ruh FROM an public SERVERLOL."
"The yew LICENSE resrrictd public [eeformsnce og teh work un1d55 da source coce ov MODIFIED work IS ,ade avai.able oh d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, you jnwo, THIS ,eans that kf you put this ga,e 8y an erv server ah alllw [eople 'ouyside of an n0r,41 corcle of famiky and 8ts social zcquaintances' too play theirm then you aer publival.y oefforming thix work and MUST rither 4) make nr snd ALL dh4nb35 WHICH you maje 3 da game available un tewuest (nogq this doesn't HAVE to bd 5v4114613 via teh online 50yrc3 dixplay kink LOL, BUT they mu57 be ablr tq9 ask you for da CODE an rece7ve an COMPLETE copy), l8kr, b0 MAKE arrangem3nta private;y with teh sithors wherwib &h3y gramt yo7 ah SPECIAL license, likek or c) removr da doee en5irely from machive."
"We do recognize tgay PEOPLE 2ant to habe arwqs if tneu're game which 4 THEIRS ane thei4s aloneLOL,
fwo that wnd we 2il. m4k3 following exception too normal require,ents fpr sourcr CODE distributiob -- ne module fi.e wh8ch 15 not modifi3f or de4ived FROM an modul3 FILE incl7ded kn base distrkhution ab whicn doed not require ne othwr mpdules n which d035 nog requi4e ne jodifications 2 da vore code (code sosteibuted witg 6453 r313453) ma6 be w17hh3qd at da ru7n0r4 cisctetion. OMGl"
"We 4150 e4hu too make very cleqr ghat version 0LOL.9, BRB/6 (zlso known 45 v3r510n 0.9, WTF.7+jt) WAS teh finsl VERSION eeleas3f UNDER GPL.
All versions LOL, starting w18h da 0. OMG.9. OMG.9-prerelease voew r only licensec under da Creativ3 Cpmmons lucense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY fdny right TO impirt ne cidw from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prwrr;eaxe or later releqse into ah 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an eqrlier release,
Allowing 5his would caude 7h47 implrted cofe too be RELEASED under sa GPL an thar is not somfthing we wysh 5wo allow. AFK.
Au5hots of modificatuins to 0.9/ OMG.7 wkll need to re-release tget'tr moeufications ad ddrivatives/modificqtions roo -, OMG.9. WTF.8 CODE and [lace them under da SAME Creative Co,jons LICENSE. WTF.
It mu57 BE d)n3 by ofiginal aythlr since 9nly teh irig8nal ajthof has rignt 2 changr da cipueight or license uoon they're work. AFK.
[Add1710h4q1y WTF, rwworking n9cifications sill be an good idea anyeay as fa MECHANISM for making m0d1f1c4710n5 is substamtially cleand4/xlearer startlng w8th ). WTF.9. AFK.8-prdr4lease cofe. OMG.]"
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