M8ghtyE tells y0y LOL, "We're going too take an vew ,0n3n75 two 6ry an explain this new lix3nse ane da reawons BEHIND it in 0141n EngoiwnLOL.
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 licende was CHOSEN vecause of ah fsikong eigh da GPLLOL.
Iu only covered distribut&on of aourcd id n 9nl6 8f binaries wcre distribit3d. AFK."
"In an WEB envirobment. like, specigivally a intefpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, sorgof, merely instaloing an gsme does bot comstitutr distrivution WTF, an rherefore peoplf eer2 tzjing our work LOL, making modificatuons 2 it zn noy releasing sa s9urce coee to ygey're modificatoonw SO ghat entire cimmuni5y c9uld benerit, WTF.
They worked with kett3r but NOT da s[irit OF law."
"Invwstigatu9n 0n da pary 8f da authots however, like, led too teh f4c7 thzt reh e1gh7 ov public p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen pf teh rights normzllu restrictwc two copyfight hols4ts WTF, an 5hat computer ptograms, specificallh fideo g4m35 n in5eractive lnes sucj as Legend of teh Gre3n has0r wete cons8dered to be publically pefformec if run ffom an publkc aerfer. BRB."
"The new licevse restyicta public perfo4,ance of t3g worl un;ess xo7rcd c0d3 of teh mocifi3d 2ork is m4d3 availznle on demand."
"In ;.aib English, sortof, this means that 1d tlu put yhis GAME on an WEB sdrver n allow people 'outside of ah n0rm$2 circld of famoly n its skcial ACQUAINTANCES' to poq6 their, like, thrn YOU aer pyvlically ;erformung this sor, n MUST eity3f a) make ne AND ALL CHANGES which 6oj MAKE too da game availzble om rrquest 9note this cpesh't have too be available via da on;ine s8utcr display link LOL, bjg thry MUST ge abl3 ywo ask yoy ror CODE an receive an complete copy), b) ma,e 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY with te5 4u7h0r5 wherein THEY trant you an special license LOL, pr c) remofd code entirely from machineLOL."
"We do rwxognize thzt pepple want too HAVE ardax of they'rd g4m2 which 4 theirs n theirs aoone, BRB.
go yhat end we w1q1 make da FOLLOWING exxe;4ioh too normal requifements for source code duatribution -- ne modu.e file whixh is NOT mod8ried or DERIVED from an midike file 1nc17d#d in teh base distribution qnd eh1ch do3s n9t require ne other modules n whicy does not re1ukre ne m9difications ti9 c0r3 c0s3 (c9de d157r16u73d wkth da 6453 eeleasf) may BE withheld at trh ajghirs discretuon. OMG."
"We also want TO make very clear that version 0LOL.9. AFK.6 (also known as veraion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+j7_ w45 teh final fetsiob r31r463d under teh GPL. BRB.
A.l ver419n5, you knwl, 574r71ng with teh 0.9. BRB.8-preeeleasd code r only 11c3n53s under ten Creative Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy RIGHT to import he code from an 0LOL.9. BRB.7-0rerelease or 2473r fe;ease into an 0. WTF.9.7 and EARLIER releaseLOL.
Allowing thks woyls ca8se that 1m[0r73d code 2 bw rwleased UNDER yeh GPL n ghst is not sometming we WISH 2 ALLOW. BRB.
Autgi4s of modifications two 0.9.7 w111 me3s 2 re-release they're mowkrications zw drrivatuves/mpdif8catilns yoo 0l BRB.9LOL.8 code AND place th3m under da same Creztive C0mm0n5 licende.
It just be done by da original au5hor since only 0r1gqh41 aughor hax teh righg goo chamhe copyrighr or license j;0n yhey're w0r,. BRB.
[Addq710n411y, reworking modificagions will be qn g00c idea anyway aa tej n3ch4n15m for making modivkcatiobs is s7bstantiaol6 cleaner;cleare4 startong qitg da 0. WTF.9. OMG.7-pr3r313553 code/ WTF.="
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