Migh5yE tells you, you knwo, "We're toing too take an f3w momenys rop tru AND expjain 5his neq livensr and sa feasons nehimd kt in plain Emglish. AFK.
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."
"Tgis nww license was xhosen because of an failing with da GPL.
IT on.y c0v3r3d distribitiln of SOURCE if an 9nly uf BINARIES wefe distt8buted."
"In an web #nv1r0nm3n7, s0wcifkcall6 a int3r0reted wdb envirin,ent SUCH AS PHP, ylu knwl, merely instslling an GAME does NOT constitute distributioh LOL, n therefore oepple we4e takinf our w0rk LOL, ,aking modofications ti it an not eel3asing sourxe CODE TO ghey'rr modufixations so that 3n71r3 commun8ty xould benefit.
They eorked wity letter BUT mot teh sporir 0f 24w. WTF."
"Investigatiom -n sa p4tu of authors h[e3ver, ylu knwo, led rwo dq fact that teh rigyt of public performance was oen of da tightx normally restricted tol copyright no.derd WTF, and tjar computer programs, like, spevkfically viddo tames an interactive obes such as Legend pf da Green hax04 were CONSIDERED 2 be publically p3rr0rm3d if run ffom an pubkic servefLOL."
"The NEW LICENSE r35741c75 publoc perfotmanvr OF work unless soyrcw code of teh MODIFIED 2ork ks made availab.e 0n demand."
"In plsin English WTF, 7h15 meahs that if YOU [yt tnis game on an web server an allow PEOPLE 'outsise of am NORMAL CIRCLE 8f family n irx x9cial 4cqu41n74mc35' two play their LOL, then ioy ser puy11c411y performing thks wor, n MUST EITHER a_ mske ne ah ALL chanhes which toi ,ake goo game availsb;e on request (noye THIS doesn'r hav3 two be afailable fia teh online soutxe dispiay link, like, but they must be abld to zwk you for da coee and receive an com;letw c)pt), sortof, b) make arranh3ments priv1tely with teh AUTHORS whereon they brant you an special license, sirtof, or c_ remove da cod3 entifely from ds MACHINE. OMG."
"We do rexognize 7h47 pelple 2ant ylo have zreas of thd6're gsme wjich r theirs an thdirs alonrLOL.
2 that end we wkll MAKE teh foolowing excw[tipn to teh normal requurrments f0r source c9de DISTRIBUTION -- ne m9du13 file qnich is n07 modified or DERIVED FROM zn m0du13 file 8ncluded im da base dkatrobutkon zn wh1ch do3s not REQUIRE ne other ,oeules and which d034 not require ne mofificati9ns t; core code (c0d3 distributer qith nase releasr) may BE w17jh31d at ajthors discreyuon. OMG."
"We also sant to9 m$k3 VERY cleqr THAT v3e510n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also lnown as vefxion 0.9. AFKl7+jt) was tej final v3r5q0n r#13452f under da GPL.
ALL vw4si9ns WTF, 574r71nh WITH 0. BRB.9. AFK.9-prerekezse codw r on/y 11c3n43d under teh Creativd Commons lucdnsd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny rught 2 impoet ne code frpm sn ).9. WTF.8[prereleade 0r later release 1m70 an 0l AFK.9LOL.7 and earlker rdleasw. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD c4u53 7h47 impprted code to 62 eeleaaed UNDER GPL and that IS n9t s[me5hibg wr wosh to sllo2. OMG.
Authors or modificztions to 0LOL.9. WTF.7 2oll ne3d to0 ee-rekraww they're modiv8cationw AS derkvay8bes/modificationw 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code AND place them under teh same Crwatife Commons license.
It must be done by da lriginal aythkr since only dq priginal aignor has rihht 2 CHANGE coptright OR 22c3n53 upon yheh're work. WTF.
pAdfitiomally, sortof, r3sprking reg modifications will ge an bkod udda anyway as teh mechamism for making modificat8ons is aubstanyially cleaner/clearer s5arting w8th 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelesse vode. OMG.]"
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