MightyE tells 6ou, you knwo, "Wr're going two taje an few momdnts too trh an explain THIS n3w lixense n 5eh reasons bwhund ir ih plqin Engl8sh. 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."
"This new lidense waw CHOSEN bwcause or an FAILING wq7y GPL. WTF.
It onky covered disrr7butipm of soorce if an only lf binariws were distributed. OMG."
"In an web environmrnt, you knwo. 5p3c1fqc411y a INTERPRETED web environment 5uvh as PHP, you knwp, mer3ly instal.ung sn gam3 does not clnst8tut3 distfibution WTF, n therwfore PEOPLE WERE taking our wlek, soetof, making modificatiins ti it an NOT reldasing slyrce cose tol theu'rw MODIFICATIONS so that teh emtire communitu douls b3nefit. WTF.
They worked wirh teh lcrter 6u7 np5 da 5p1f17 kf tdh la2. BRB."
"Invedtigation ON paty of authors h0w3v3e LOL, led to f4c7 that foght of public PERFORMANCE was 1 of da rights normally restrict3d ro co0yrkght holddfs LOL, n thst computet ;r9frams, specogically video gamws an inrwractive ones sucg as Legend 0f yeh Green hac0r were conxieered two be ouvlicakoy perrormed if fun from an puboic server. AFK."
"The new livende rrsgr8cta public p3rf0rm4nd3 OF WORK ubless da dource vofe 9f da modified w0rj is MADE avaikanle on DEMAND. BRB."
"In p1$1n English, like, rhis mesnd thzt uf YOU put 7h15 game on an web srfver n ALLOW people 'outdide of an normql CIRCLE OF family n i5d social dcquaintabces' tso play thrif, you knwo, THEN you aer PUBLICALLY pergorming this w9tk n MUST 317h3r A) make ne an ALL CHANGES whoch you MAKE to teh game availab;e on requdsr 0notw this dodsn't have ro be zvailable via online spurce dis0lay lini LOL, gut they m7sr be able too ask yoj for yeh cose n teveive an vomplete copy), v) jakr zreangementa PRIVATELY with teh authofd wgdrein tjey GRANT y0u qn special lixemde, yoy knqo, or d) remove c0d3 ENTIRELY from da mzchinr. OMG."
"We d9 r3c0gn1z3 that PEOPLE wwnt 2 have areas pd gney're game wyich r yheirs an theirs ALONE. AFK.
gwo ghqt dnd we will m4k3 dq foollwinh exce0tion 2 teh normal REQUIREMENTS dor so7rce code disyribution -= ne module file whicn is not modihied or DERIVED grom an ,odule FILE INCLUDED in basr fistrkni5iob am which doex hot reauire ne 07h3r modul3s n which does np5 require ne modificqtions to geh cir3 code (cpde disyrobut3d with da 64%3 releaze) MAY be withhwld at da 5u7h0r5 DISCRETION. BRB."
"We $150 wang to m4k3 v3ry clear that version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also inown AS v3r510n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was da dina; verci9n reoeased under GPL.
All v#rsions, sgarting with 0l WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease code r ONLY livensef under reh Creative Comnons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right two impo4t ne cpde FROM ab )LOL.9. OMG.8=prerelwase or 14uer feleasw into an 0. AFK.8. WTF.& n earlier r313453. OMG.
Allo2ing this would CAUSE that impott3d code top be released under GPL and tyat is not spmetjing we 2osh TO alloq. AFK.
Authorw of mocifications two 0LOL.9o BRB.7 wikl need tol re-rdleaae yjey're m9eifications as derivatives/modigications two ). AFK.9. WTF/8 code qn placr tgem uneer da same Creatice Cimmons lixende. WTF.
Ig just BE DONE by ten 0r1g1h41 authof since only da original quthor has reh rogh5 too cgange sa copyrifhy or licwnse u[0n they're work. BRB.
[Additionally, l8ke, reworking da m0d1f1c$710nt WILL 63 an goos 8dea anysay as aa mechanism for makint m9dificat8ond is sunstantially cleaner/cleardt starting with da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-;rer2lease ckdeLOL.]"
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