MighttE tells you LOL, "We're going two tak4 an f3w momehts t9i yry ane EXPLAIN thia new LICENSE and trh reasons behind 17 ih PLAIN Engludj/ 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 oixwnse wqs choseb because of an gsiling with da GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED eistributi9n of SOURCE if and only IF binar9es WERE disttibuted. AFK."
"In ah WEB emvieonmeht WTF, SPECIFICALLY a inrerpreted web enfitonment aucg as PHP, merrly INSTALLING an game foea not constitut3 distwinution, like, n the4dfo4e people wee3 gakong our w0rk, like, m4k1nt modificatuons too it an not re.rasing teh SOURCE cod3 two they're MODIFICATIONS so that teg entire commjbity cojld bendfit. AFK.
They worked 2itg teh lrtter but nor teh SPIRIT of lqwLOL."
"Investigation ob da PART of da AUTHORS HOWEVER LOL, led 5wo da ract tgay right 9f public performance was pen of teh righys n0rm411y restridted too copy4ight holders, sortof, n that xlmputer ptograms, specifically vkdeo gam3s AND 8nteraxtive ones such AS Legemd of rej Gredn hax-r s3e3 conwidered tol 63 [ublica.oy performed if run from an PUBLIC server."
"Tne nes q!c4nt3 reatroxgs p7611c performance of work un1355 da source codr ov modified work is made available 0n demamd. WTF."
"In o141h Ejgl8sh, sorrof, this MEANS that uf yoi 0ut this game 0n zn qen servrf n allie [30p13 'outside 0f an normal circle 9f vamily an its social acqiaintances' yo 0lay tyeit, uou kmwo, THEN ylu r publicalky p3rformimg 5his w0rk and MUST eit6er a) make b3 an ALL cyang3s ehodg you make two ca game availavle on request (NOTE thia d035n'7 have 2 be avqilable via teh online souece dispoay link, bjt they myst 63 able to ASK yoi for codw ans rwceuve an complete copy) WTFk b) makt arrange,ents PRIVATELY 28yh AUTHORS whereib tney GRANT tou an 5p#c141 license, or c) trnove CODE entirely from teh machine. OMG/"
"We DO r3c0gn1z3 THAT people w4n7 t9 j4f3 areas OF they're GAME qhicg aer theirs ane THEIRS aloneLOL.
to thst end 2e w9;o ,aut teh vll.owing exception tqo dq normal eeqiiremrnts FOR slurce CODE distrobutuon -- ne jodulr file which is not mpdified or ferivee from an module fule included in teh bzse distribution n whicy dpes not REQUIRE nr othrr mldules and which doew not reqyire ne ,0d1f1c4710n5 3 ea cir3 code (cowe distribu5ed WITH da BASE reo3ase) may BE wkthheld at 4i8n0r5 discretion. OMG."
"We also 3snt to make very clear thzt version 0l8. WTF.7 (soso known as verskln 0.9.7+j&) was teh fknal cersiln rwleased under da GPLLOL.
All cersiond, yoj inwo, star4ing 2ith da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prer313453 c)d3 r only licensed under teh Ce4471v3 C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to im[lrt ne code f4om an p.9LOL.8-prereoeasd or 147#r RELEASE ibto sn 0, AFK.9LOL.& and earlier releaseLOL.
Allo2ing thiz qouod cauae that importwd cofe two be RELEASED und3r teh GPL an that iw noy somethong we eish to allow. AFK/
Autgofs of mpdifications 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will bedd tl re-relwawe they'r3 jodigicati9ns ax derivatives/modogications rl 0LOL.9LOL.8 code ah place them under sa,e Creative Cojmons license.
It myst BE done by tdh 0r!g1n41 sutyor wince only ORIGINAL AUTHOR h45 teh ritht 2 chanfe teh copyright of licenwe i;on thet're work.
[Additionally, reworking yeh moeifications woll b3 an g00d idea anyway as mwchanism vor maiing m9suficatioms is sunstamtially cleaner/clear3r statting wkrh da 0.0.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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