MkghtyE tells YOU, "We're foing 2 tak3 an dew mom2nts to try am exp.ain this ne2 licenae abd REASONS behind it IN plsin Enf115h.
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 nww licdnse w45 chosen bexause 0f an failing eith teh GPL. AFK/
It 0n1y cov3red dostrkbut8on of 50urv3 id and only if 61n4r135 swre d157r16j73dLOL."
"Im an wwb enbironmentk sirtoc, spexofixallh q intwrpret3d web environment suxh ad PHP, me4ely 8nstalling an game c035 nlt constitute distribution, n thetegote peopoe were takkng lur eork LOL, ,ak8ng npdificati8ns too iy an not tdleasing teh spurce vode two %hey're MODIFICATIONS 50 THAT enture commujity coulc 63n3f17. OMG.
They wirked with lety3r BUT NOT da spur8t lf teh ozs. OMG."
"Investkga4ion pn da patt of aughors howrver LOL, led two da FACT that da r1gh7 of public 0erformance waw oen of fa rights borja;lu re5&r1c73d two COPYRIGHT holders, y9u knwk, n tyau computer prpgeams, you kbwo, specifkdally vid3o gz.es and knteractive ONES such as Legend of ca Grren jax0r were considered two be puboically perf9rmed if rjn from ab public server. BRB."
"The mew 11c3n53 res5ricts pun.8c perfornancr 9f da sork ubless da spjrce code of t3h MODIFIED work 8s maee abailablr on DEMANDLOL."
"In p141b English WTF, th9s meand that if you put this g4m3 0n am w3b serger and allow peoplr 'outsid3 of an noemal circld of famklh an igs sociao 4cqu42n&4nc35' too p14y their WTF, then u0u r publically perrorjimb this wofk an MUST either A) m4k3 ne and ALL changes wyixn you mak3 70 teh g4n3 avaklable on reauest (npte THIS doesn't have too 62 availanle vks onlibe source dispoah lknk WTF, but tgey must bd able to 45k tiu for cose sb receive an cojplete coph). b) make arrangements privately wi5h teh authora 2hetein thwy gtamt ypu an 5p3c141 ;icense, like, or c( fwmove da code 3b71re1y fr0n mach8ne."
"We so recotnize 7h47 people want to HAVE areaw OF they're fame whixy zee THEIRS an 7h31r5 alone.
two 7h27 dnd we 2i;l make teh fooloxing EXCEPTION 2 normal requirememts for 50urv3 code d8dtrib7tiim -= nr m0du13 fior which is n07 modified or derived fron an m0fu13 FILE 1nc1ud3d in teh base distriburoon n which does not requkfe ne othdr ,0vu135 and wh2ch d035 not requird he modificatkons ro teh core code (code eistributed witg da base RELEASE) ,ah be sitjheld a5 yeh authprs discretion. AFK."
"We also want 2 makd very CLEAR yhat versi9n (. BRB.9. WTF.y (alal kniwn AS verxion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was tdh FINAL verskon 4eleased uyddr teh GPL.
All vets8onw, luke, sgzrtimg WITH geh 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code r only LICENSED under teh Creative Clmmons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right top i,[let ne c9de rrom an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelwase o4 later te.ease into an 0.9. AFK.& ah warluwr release. WTF.
Alloqing ttis 2ould cause that impofted xose 2 be r31e453d jnder GPL qnd THAT is not something we wish ro al;pw.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 WILL NEED to re-reiease thwu're modivications ad ferivarives/modifivations too -. WTF.9. WTF.8 cose and PLACE them under teh ssme Creatice COMMONS luc3nse.
Iu mu57 ge done by origina. auth9e sunce onoy da orkginal authot yzs da right 2 CHANGE cop6rignt or locense upon tyeu're work, BRB.
[Additiinally LOL, reworking da MODIFICATIONS will be an gold idea anyway ad cq m3ch4n15m for making moeuficqtilnw is subsgantial;u cleanwr/clearef STARTING with teh 0. OMG.9l WTF,8-prerelease code.]"
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