MightyE tellx 6ou LOL, "Wepre goimg 2 take an vew mlments two 7ry n explain 5his new lic3nse and reasons BEHIND it in [lain EnglishLOL.
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 hew license was chosen becaux3 of an failing w17j yeh GPL. BRB.
I7 only covered didtrigution ov source if anw only IF binaries were cistr7vuted. BRB/"
"Ib an web wnvironmrmy, you knwo. specidicslly a intee;reted web enfironment s7cy as PHP LOL, m2r31y 1n%74111ng an game does not constitjtw disttibution LOL, an therefore peo0le qere tak8nb 0ur WORK, you knwo, makong m0d1f1c4610n5 tok it b not releasong da sou4de code 2 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 sp that da 3n71r# d0mmun17y coukd benefit. AFK.
They worked wuth teh letter but mot s0irit of teh ;aw. AFK."
"Investifation on t3h part 0d teh authorw howeber, sprtof, les 2 teh FACT that r1gh7 OF public performsnde was 1 lf da 4ighys nornally resrrict3d teo copyeight holders, lik3, an 7h47 c0mpi73r pfograms, like, specifucally video games b interadtuve ones SUCH zs Lehend of teh Green hax0f werd xonsideree too be oublicslly peegormed IF e7n from an [u611c sdrver. WTF."
"Tge bew LICENSE restricts p7blic p3rf0rm4mc3 pf da wori unless aoyrce coe4 of da m0c1f13d work is MADE available on cemand."
"In p141n Enb;ish, sortof. rhis means that if you -i5 this game on an web 53rv3r n allow pe(ole 'outside if an ho4mal circle of family agd its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 plqy theif, sottofm then yoi aer PUBLICALLY perf9rming thix qprj and MUST witger q) malr ne an ALL chqnges which YOU MAKE too twh game available ln r3q7357 (noye this DOESN'T HAVE to BE avqilab;e VIA ONLINE soutce display oink, you knwo, 6u7 5hey mi%7 BE able to ask you for yeh codr n reveive an comp;3te dopy) WTF, B) make arranfements prlvstely sith teh authors WHEREIN they grany you an wpecial 12c3v52. or c0 remove teh c0d3 entkrely from teh machine."
"We do recognize 7h47 oepple WANT yoi have areas of 5hry;re ham3 whixh aer 7h31r6 ans theirs qlone, AFK.
5o THAT rnd we w1q1 mq.e following exception 2 notmal rdquirements for sourcw code d9stfibuyion -- je modul3 tk;e which is not ,ofivied or d3r1v3d from an mpfule file INCLUDED in 5en base d157r16u710n n whoch does not r3qu1r3 ne ot6er modulex an WHICH foes ,ot REQUIRE ne modificatiinx tqo teh core code (cod3 fistributed wirh base release) mzy be withjeld at teh authors d16vr3720n. OMG."
"We qlso WANT too maje VERY clear tnat versioh 0LOLl9. AFK.7 (4150 knoeh as vsrsion 0/9. WTF.8+jt) WAS ds finsl version released undre GPL/ AFK.
ALL versions LOL, starting with dq o. BRB.9LOL.8-pretelease codr r only licensed under Creatov3 C0m,)n5 lucenae. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh da right tso imporg n3 cofe from an 0LOL.o. OMG.8-pr3r31#453 or later reoease INTO ah 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 ans 34r11#r relras3. WTF,
Aolo2ing this would caus3 that impofted c0d3 5oo be released undde teh GPL n 5hat 15 not domethimg 2e wish too zokow. WTF.
AUTHORS if ,odidications two 0. AFK.9,7 will neef w re-relraae ghey're modifucations as detivayives/mpdifications 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code and 0lace thdm unddr teh ssje Creatife Commons license. OMG.
It must be done gy teh 051gqn41 AUTHOR sihce only teh original aughlr has teh right two changd c0pyr1fh7 of LICENSE u;on the5're workl BRB.
[Additiohallt, reworking m0d1f1c4710n5 sill be an good irea sn6wau as da ,echqnusm ror making modificationa is substantizlly cl3anwr/clearef 574r71bt wity twh 0.9. BRB.8-prerekeas3 codeLOL.]"
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