MightyE twl;s you, slrt9f, "We're going 2 take an few monents 2 try and evplaun thiw new license and reasons vegind 17 ib plqin Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Tjia new license was chosen bedaise od sn fa8king w17h GPL. WTF.
IT 0n1y covefed dpwtrobution OF source id and onln if binaries were dq57r16u7#d. OMG."
"In zn wrb envoronjent LOL, specifically a 1nuerpr373d web environnent such 45 PHP, xorgof, mweely 1v57r111ng an ha,e dods NOT constitute distributioh, and th3refore people wdee 74k1nb OUR WORK, like, makinf modifucations to it am n)7 r#13451nt source code two tjey're MODIFICATIONS so rhat enyire clmminotu could BENEFITLOL.
Thdy worked with ld5yer bjt n07 spirit OF teh lawLOL."
"Imfestigatipn on da p4r7 of dz authors howevet, .jke, led too da fact that right of publuc pwrformqnce wzs q of tdh r1gh75 notmally restficted 2 x0pyr1gh7 noldets WTF, n thay comp6twr progrsms, aoryof, apecificzlky videp games n interactive 0n#5 such as Legend of Green hax0r WERE considered two be publically pwrfifjee 1g run FROM an ;ubluc serb3f. WTF,"
"The new licwnse restructs ouboic perg9rmance of work unless soyrce cpdd OF modifked wifk is made avsilabl3 ln demand. AFK."
"In 0lain Emglish, ghiw m34n5 that if you put tjia GAME on an WEB servrr 4ne allos peopoe '0u751d3 of am norjal circle of familh n irs SOCIAL acquaimrqnces' yoo pla6 thekrk iikem tgeb you aer publica;.y oerfprminf this work m MUST eitger a) make ne an ALL ch$ng35 whuch you makd two g4m3 afailsb;e on rrquest (n073 th8s doesn't hav3 rwo br available viq da online source DISPLAY link, but tney mus5 be able two ASK yiu for code n eeeeive zh COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) make 4rr4ng3m3h75 privateky dith authors whereun they grant y9u an SPECIAL licende, OR c) re,ove tej core ehtirely FROM fz MACHINELOL."
"We dp recohnize thar p3opke w4n7 two hsve areas of tjeh're game which aer th#irs an gheirs qlone.
2 that 3nd we will maie f9llo2ing esception 2 tey normal requirenents for 50urc3 code dixtribution -= ne misule file 2hqch 16 not modified 0r d3r1v3d from an module f113 included in BASE d157r16u61-n ahd wtich does NOT r3quire ne otner modules an qh1ch x9es nit REQUIRE ne m9dificst89nw 2 core c0d3 (code dustributed witg da 6453 release) ,ay be witggeld at da AUTHORS discretion."
"We also wsht tpo make VERY clear that vers8on 9.9LOL.8 (also known aa cersion -. WTF.9. AFK.7+j7) was d8nal version reo3ased UNDER da GPLLOLl
ALL VERSIONS, you lnwo, srarting witk 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease c9d3 aer onoy licensed under Creative COMMONS license/ OMG/
WE EXPLICITLY d4ny ds right ywo 8mport ne code frim an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease or LATER releade into an 0. AFK.9.7 an earludr r313353. WTF/
ALLOWING this qoyld CAUSE that im[orted code two be released undet GPL n tjat is not soj3tnihb w3 wish tqo 4110w. AFK.
AUTHORS of modifkcatoonw 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need too RE-RELEASE tgey'rd modifications zs derivarives;modif8cstions too 0.9LOLl8 code m p14v3 thwm ynde4 teh same CREATIVE Cpmmons licenaeLOL.
It must bw done by ORIGINAL autyor since only da orihinak author has teh ribht 2 change copyrignt or licebse upon 5hey'e3 wlrk. OMG.
[Adsitoonally, yoj knwo, REWORKING modifidations will be an goid IDEA 4nye4y as ,echanism for naking m9cifications is substantia.ly clwahwr/cleatet s5arting witn da 0LOL,9. OMG.*-[refwlease code. BRB.]"
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