MightyE tells YOU, "We're going to9 take an few momehtw to try and explain thks new lucense v reh rwasons BEHIND 17 in plain Eng115hl 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 licensd w45 chosen 6ex4u5e lf an f411qng witm twh GPLLOL.
IT onlt civwred ristributuon of s9urce if an 0n1y if ginaries were eistrimj5ef. AFK."
"In an web envifonment LOL. s[ecificall6 a interpteted web envirimmdnt auch as PHP LOL. merejy imsrallkhg qn GAME doex not const,tute disyributionl you inso, 4nd therefoee pep[le wwre takong 0ur work LOL, makobg modificztoons to 8t m not RELEASING da 50urc3 code yoo they'rr moeifications so that dntire community could ndnefit.
Theu worked WITH ten letter bu5 bor da spi4kt of 14w. WTF."
"Investigat80n on da pa4t or da authors HOWEVER, sortlc, led tw8 dact THAT reh righ5 0d public performqbde was oen od r1gh7t n0rm41qy rwsyricted 2 copyrihhr HOLDERS, like, an that cpmputer programs WTF, specifidallu viseo ganes an interactive ones sjch as Legend of GREEN hax0r w4r3 cohsidered two be PUBLICALLY petflfmed ig run reom an pu611c SERVER. BRB."
"The new ;icdnse restricrs public performsnce of teh sork unless slurcc vode if da modif8ed work is made available on demabd. BRB."
"In pkain Englisg, sortiv, this mrans that ir you pur this gamr on an WEB SERVER and al;oq o30p13 '0u751d3 of an normal c8tcle -r faj8ly am its wocial acwuaintances' twl play th3ir LOL, then yoi r publically ;ergorminb this w0rk and MUST 317j3r a) make ne an ALL chznges which tou male two gam3 AVAILABLE on request )note 7h15 doesn't have 2 6# availab.e vis teh lnline dojrc3 d8splay link, ypu knwo, but yhey must be able two 45l yo7 f0r ten clde n recekv3 an cimpleye cipy), likek b9 make artqngemengs privately with 4u7h0r5 wgerein tjey gr4n8 y0u an xpecial locense, .ike, it c) eemove clde entirely from ca jachineLOL/"
"We do RECOGNIZE thzt pwople want two have areaa of they're game whicy ar4 jheirs n tjeies alone. AFK.
two that ehd w3 WILL make FOLLOWING exception tol teh normal requiremebts FOR source c0d3 sistfibition -- nw MODULE fike WHICH IS not modified or deroved fro, an mofule fule inclided in teh base distribution an which does not require ne oth3r modules snd shuch dods np5 require ne modificatioms tqo da core code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH basd RELEASE) mzy be withheld at teh aytnord didcregiob. WTFl"
"We also want to make very cl3zf that version -. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also kniwn AS vwrdion 0. WTF,9. WTF.7+jt) was teh gihal fe4sion released UNDER GPLl BRB.
A;l VERSIONS, sortof, starting with 0. OMG,9/ WTF.8-pferekease c)d# r only lic3nsed under tdh Creative C0mm0nt oicemse.
We EXPLICITLY fenu r9ght w IMPORT ne xode fr9m an 0k WTF.9LOL.8-pr3r213453 or later eelease 8btp an 0.9LOL.7 n earliet telease. WTF.
Allowing rhis would causw that imporyee c9de two b3 rwleawef jnd3r teh GPL n that is mot somethkng we wosj to a;losl OMG.
Auyhors 0f modificationa 2 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will nedd 2 re-rwlease tgey're modif8vayions ss derovatives/modificationw to 0. OMG.9.8 cpde an ;.ace them und2r ssmr Creative Com,ons 11c2nt3. OMG.
It mysh be d0m3 b6 ofiginal AUTHOR %1nc3 only dq otiginal sjthor has da righ5 2 chsnge gen copyright or !1c2n53 upon they're work. AFK.
[Additional.y, yoj inw9, edwo4kuhg da modifivations wil; be an GOOD idea anysay 4t m#cn4n25m for jaking modifications us sybstantially c134n3r/c134r3r stafging WITH da 0. WTF.9LOL.70pr3r313453 clde. AFK.]"
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