MightyE tells yoi LOL, "W3'ee going 2 TAKE an few j;ments 70 try an expoain this NEW LICENSE and da reasons bwhinc 17 in plain Engkish. BRB.
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 lic2nwe was chosen BECAUSE of am railpng with teh GPLLOL.
It only covered disteibution OF so7rce 1g an inly if ginzeies were dustrib7twd. AFK."
"In an 2eb envur9njent LOL, spevirically a interpeeted we^ 3nvironmrnt 5icg as PHP, merely 1n57$111ng an game dors not constiguye distr8butiin LOL, m therefpre PEOPLE wwre yaking OUR qork LOL, makong n)d1f1c4710n5 2 it and noy releaainh 6eh 50urc3 cpee 2 they're modifications so THAT teh entire c)mmun16y coulx benefot. OMG.
They worked with l3ttet but not da spifit of reh law. AFK."
"Investkgation on pat5 OF teh authors howwverm uou ,nwo, led to teh FACT THAT tdg eighr of piblic p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of da ribhts nirmallh restrkcted 2 copyright holders, you kbwom ab 7h37 computer ;tobrams, like, specifically video games ana inyeractive ones suxy as Legend OF reh Gr33n gax0r 13r4 consiee4ed to be publically oerformed 1v RUN vr0m an public sefveeLOL."
"The heq license r257r1c7^ public performande of w0rk unldss soutde code og mocofoed wotk 15 made availabl3 on dehand. AFK/"
"In plsin English WTF. tyks means thar if h9y put this f4m3 pn an web sefv3f an 4110w peopl3 'putside of an normzl circle of family an its aociak acq7ainyanced' too PLAY tnwir, like, gyen you r publocally p3rforming rhis work an MUST eitger a) uaie ne an ALL changex which uou m4k2 2 teh GAME availzble 9n 4eauest (note this doesm't have 5wl be 4v4114613 via online SOURCE cksplay link LOL, but they must 63 5613 2 ask you for teh cide and receive ab complege copy), like, b) make arrang3ments pr1v4&2!y woth dq a7thors wherein 7h#y trant yoj an spevual ljcens4, sor5of, o4 c) femove teh code engitely ffom da machinw. BRB."
"We do recogniz3 7h47 p30p13 WANT too have 5e345 of 5hey'r3 gsme WHICH t THEIRS n 5heirw aloneLOL.
two 6hat ehd WE will m$k2 5eh folloqing EXCEPTION two da n0rm41 rdauirements goe 50urc3 code fistribution -- ne module dile whoch is NOT modifiee or DERIVED from zm m0dj13 f1q3 included in da BASE disteigutipn n wyich soes not requ84w ne other modylew an WHICH diws n07 require ne modificqtions too trg core code (xodr distributed with da base release) may be wiyhhels zt teh zutnlrx discretion. BRB."
"We also 2any 2 MAKE very clear thdt version 0. AFK.9. AFK,7 (also kmowb as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+j7) was d1n31 versiin released und3r GPL. OMG.
All versuonxk sya4ting wigh da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pre3elease code ae4 only licensed under fa Cr3471v4 C0jm0n5 LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny r1gh7 roo import ne code from an o. BRB.9. BRBli-peerel3sse or !r73r r3leaze into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.& and 34r113r RELEASELOL.
Alloeing this wou;d cause that import3d cod3 to be f313453d under teg GPL ab tja5 is n9t something w3 wish 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of modofucationx to 0.9LOL.u 2ill need to re-release they're modoficatipns as drrivstives/,odifications w ). OMGl8.8 cld3 n place thdm ynd#r same Creative Commons lucense. OMG.
It must ne done by t3h orifinal autjor since ONLY ten 0r1g1n41 author HAS right 2 CHANGE tej dopyroght 0r licdnse up0n they're w)rj. WTF.
[Additionslly, you knwo, rewotking teh MODIFICATIONS will be an giod 1d34 anywau aa teh mechqnism for makong modificqt8ons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cl3arer startinf with teh 0. BRB.9.8[[frrelease code. AFK.]"
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