MughtuE tells you LOL, "We're GOING 5oo 74k3 am fww MOMENTS 2 try and EXPLAIN tnis n3w .idense sm da reasons behind i5 IN plain Entlish. OMG.
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."
"Thos new license wad CHOSEN beczuse ov an faio8ng wq7h da GPL. OMG.
Iy pnly cofered dos5robution of soutce if AND onlt if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In ah w3b environm3nt, specufically a interpretwd web dnvironment such as PHPk you kn2o, merely imsralling an game does not consti5yte DISTRIBUTION, sortot, znd therefore pe9[le 2eee talinb ohr work, like, ,akong ,odificag8onx two IT an not re;3awing da source cpde 2 tgey're modificatkons wo that enture COMMUNITY xouod benefit, AFK.
They woeked qith letter but n07 da spirit 9f LAWl OMG."
"Incestigation 9n part of au5hors h9wever, like, led to FACT that teh righy 9v pumlic performanve was oen 0g r8ghts n9rm511y 5estricted tqo copyrught h91c3r5, an that d0mpu73f programs, yoj kneo, specificaloy x1d4- gamew n imt3rsctivr ones 5uch as LEGEND of t3h Greeh hax0r wete cobwide4ee two be publically p3rfo4med ir run rr9m an PUBLIC serber. AFK."
"The ne2 license r3%7r1c75 publkc petf9rmance OF da work unless sourcd code of teh MODIFIED woek 8s mae3 available 9n demsnd."
"In plain English, ypu khwo. this meand &y47 iv you put this gqmr ON an web serfer and alllw 9eoplw 'outsid3 pf am normal circle lf family n 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' two play tgeir LOL, then i0u r PUBLICALLY performing ghos wotk and MUST either a) mske ne n ALL xh3ng35 whivh you ma,r to grj3 abzolablr ON feq7edt (h074 THIS coesn't hace 2 BE available via in.ine source display link LOL, but ghey mjst be ab.e tso ask you fo4 coce ah $eceivr an c0m[1273 copy), sortof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pfivately with 5eh authors whereon they hrant YOU an special licenae, or c_ remlve teh codw entieely rrom m4ch1n3. WTFl"
"We do rwcignjze that people want twp have areaa 0f they're game wh1ch qet uh31r5 n theies alonw. BRB.
too that end WE will mak3 da followimh 3xc3p610n 2 da normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for siurce c9de DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file wh1ch is n-7 modified 9r dwrived vron zm modul3 f112 includwf am da bqae dus5ribugion an wh7ch does not require ne otjer modules an which does nlg r3qu1r3 ne mldifications too teh core code (clde DISTRIBUTED wirh vase release) mzy 64 wiygheld AT ay5hors duscretion. OMG."
"We also want too MAKE very clear that VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK.8 (als9 KNOWN ad VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.7_jt) waa da final v2e510n feleaaed under GPL. AFK.
All versklns, you inwo, starting with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.9-preee;ease cpde aer only l8censed undwf Creat8ve C(jmons locense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny teh r8ght two inplrt ne code grom an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-peerdleaar or later release INTO an 0LOL.0. OMG.7 and EARLIER 4eldaseLOL.
A110d1ng this would causd that imported cofd 2 ve relessed undwr da GPL n that is nog SOMETHING ee wish to ALLOW. BRB.
Authora of modifications two 0LOL.9LOL.7 wil; need 2 re-rrlease they'rw modufudarions as derivzt8ves.m9dificarions two 0LOL.9LOL.8 clde an place them under da same Cr4471v3 C0mm0n5 LICENSE. OMGl
It muwt be dine by da originao q7thor since lnlh 0r1b1n42 AUTHOR has ds righy to CHANGE teh cop6right or lidenwe 7pon they're w9rkLOL.
'Adc1710n411y LOL, reworking modoficatoona will be an gpof 1d#4 anyway as da mechanowm fit makimg m0d1f1c$710n4 is substsntua;ly cleaner/clearer atarting with da 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8-pretelease codeLOL.]"
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