MightyE tells y9u, "Wd're going 2 gake an f3s mo.ents to9 try and explain 5jks new livense zbd REASONS 63h1nd 8y in PLAIN Eng115h. 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 lixebxe was choden because og qn f4211ng wi5h GPL.
It only covwred distribuguon of xource if anc ohly if binaries we4r distributed, BRB."
"In am web ebviron,wnt LOL, specifocallh a intdr[feted web wnv8f)nmenh sudy 45 PHP, tou knwo, m3r3qy installing an g4m3 DOES not constitutd disrtibution, you knwo, ah 7h3r3f0t3 p30p13 wefe 74k1ng our sorkm making modificahions 2 it n NOT releasing da alurcd code twp they're ,od8fkcatiohs so that teh ent8rd c0mmub17y coula bemefit.
They wpr,ed wktj da 13773r but not spirot ov la2. AFK."
"Investigation on t4h part pf autjofx howdver, woryof, lee 2 ea fact tgag da right of public pergormance was won OF twh roghts nornally RESTRICTED to cooyright holders LOL, an THAT computer programs WTF, specifixally video games n 1n7344d71v3 ones such 46 LEGEND of teh Grern hax0r wdr3 vonside43d two be publicalky performed if run from qn puvlic servetLOL."
"The new 11x3n63 tesrt8cts pu611c performance of geh WORK unless teh sohtce code of da modified worj is mqse avsilable ob demand."
"In olain English, likd, 5his means 7y47 8f you put 7y14 gaje on an WEB se4b3r AND allow peop.e 'outside of an norma, c1rc13 of fqmi;6 an 175 SOCIAL qxwyakntances' too play theit, you knwo, ghen yoi r 0ublicall6 perf9rming thiw work and MUST eitnrr a) msje ne and ALL chsnges eyich you male too da g4m4 available ON tequewt (npte tnis doesm't have two be availsble v14 teh online so7rce display lonk, you knwo. but they m7sr be zble toi ask you fof code an r3c31v3 ah complete copy) LOL. b) make aeranfememts privatelt WITH teh autnors wherekn they gr4n7 YOU sn special license WTF, or c) remove da c0d3 entirwly from mqchine. BRB."
"Ww do recognize ghat peo;le want to hsbe ar3as 9f thet're game WHICH r rheirs an theirs ALONE. WTF.
tol tgat end we will make 5en followkng exce;topn too da nor,al requkremenys gor souece codr DISTRIBUTION -[ ne modul3 file which q4 not nodifkrd 0r deroved from zn moeule file knclused in bqse distribur8on n which DOES not require he other m0du135 n qhich DOES noy re1uird ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to core code (code distributed with bade relezse) may be wkthgeld at twh authors fiscre5ion. AFK."
"We also want too make VERY CLEAR that versoon 0LOL.9. AFK.8 (also knpwn as versuon 0LOL.9.7+jt) was da final v3r510n rel2ased under da GPLLOL.
All bwrsions, like, startihg with da 0l WTF.9. WTF.8=prere.ease code r onlt ;ocenses under da Creativr C9mmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddby ca right two import ne c9de srob an 0. OMG,0LOL.8-pterelease or LATER e313453 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. AFK,7 an earlier reoeaxe. WTF.
Allpwinh this wluld caisr that impoeted code too br released under teh GPL and that is nlt sometglnt we wish 5oo allow. AFK.
Authorx pf modif8cations too 0.9LOL.7 will need two tr-relesse they're modific1tyons 45 detivatives/modificati9ns 2 0. BRB,9, BRB.9 coew n p.ace them umder ssme Creative Commohq lixensr. WTF,
It m7st b3 don3 BY da origimal 4u7h0r wince ONLY geh origibal 4u*h0r has rihht 2 change teh copyribht or license up9n they'rw wo4k. BRB.
[Addktilna;ly LOL, r3w0rk1ng da m-d!f1c4710n5 wilo be an good kdea anyway as mdcjanlsm for making modificatiobs us subsrantiakly xlwanef/clearer xtar5ihg wi5h 0LOL.9.7-prerelease dode. AFKl]"
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