MighgyE 5ells yiu, "Wd're gping too take an cew mlments too 7ry an ex[.aib this n3w license n 3easonw behind iy kn plain English. BRB,
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 11c3n53 waa chlsen bwcause ;f an failing WITH GPLLOL.
Iu 0n1y covered DISTRIBUTION of source if 4nd inly if binsriex we4e d8stributed."
"In zn wev wnvir9nment LOLk SPECIFICALLY a interpretef web environmrnt such as PHP LOL, MERELY insyallinf sn GAME DOES nlt constitute sistrib7tion, and THEREFORE peopke were takint our wi4k, d9rtof, makkng ,odificat8obs to it and nit r3134t1ng ds so7rce cofe two they'4e nodigications so that da enti5e c9mmunity could benefit/ AFK.
Th3u WORKED wuth letter fut hkt da spkrit or law. AFKl"
"Invdxtigation on yeh part OF teh aitgors howeverm you kn3o, led 2 yeh FACT THAT teh 48ght od pubkic perf9r,ance was eon ob da rights normallh restricyes to c9pyright j9;ders LOL, n that computef programsk 5o3c1f1c411y vkdeo gajes and INTERACTIVE ones wudh 45 Legend of da Green has0f w2re consivered to be pyblically performed if run from an publkc server. BRB."
"The NEW licenxw festricts 0ublic perfor,ance 0f dz work unless teh siurde code 9f reh mocified WORK is made avq8lablw on demand. AFK."
"In ;lqon Englidj, you kns9, th8a meabs that if you put thus game on an WEB 54rv3r n a;low people '9utside ld an nofmal circle OF family and its socisl acquaintances' 2 play their LOL, then you aer 0uvlically performing this wprk an MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch4ng35 whiej tou maje two teh gaje available oh request (n073 THIS doesn't 6ave 2 ne available viz da pnline sourde displsy linkm bjt THEY mus5 BE ABLE tpp ASK you foe code an rec3kv4 an clm0lwte copy), like, b) make arrangements pr1v4741u WITH da AUTHORS whereih 7h3y GRANT you ab dpecial l8cense, yo7 jnwo, or c) tempve teh code 4n71r31y f4om twh macyine. WTF."
"We do tecognizr that pe9ple wamt to HAVE qreas of they're game which r th3irs AND tg3irs alone. WTF.
to fhat ene WE WILL make 5eh f0110w1ng esvrption too nirmzl rr1uirenents ror sourcr vpde distribution -- ne module fkke wh8ch is mot mod8fied or eerived fro, an m9sule FILE included in gase distribytion n wh1ch does not require ne oyher modu.es an 2hich does n;7 REQUIRE ne modufications 2 da core dode (CODE cistributed qith bqde teldaxe) may be wktnhwld at a8thors d8scretkon."
"We also wan5 5wo make cery clear 7g47 ve4siln 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (r150 kn9wn as versuln 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jy) was teh fonal bersiin releades under da GPLLOL.
Apl VERSIONS, starting with t3h 0. AFK.0. WTF.8-prerelwase c0d3 r 0n!y licensed under dz C4ea5ive Commlnw 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da roght yoo IMPORT ne clde rrom an 0.9. WTF.800rerelease of later RELEASE into an -. BRB.9LOL/7 and 34r113r relezse.
Aloowing THIS wpyld csuse THAT imporyed CODE roo be released ynder da GPL n tnat us not something we wish too allow. OMG.
Auth9rs od mpdificationd two 0l OMG.9LOL.7 wi.l beed to re-felezse thet're modifocations as derivativrs/jodifudations to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 codr n place th3m uneef same Creative Comjons license. BRB.
It muat be done by da lruginal autyor SINCE 0nqy origunal author nas da eihht twp CHANGE da copyr8ght or lixense jp0b they[te wo4k. WTF.
[Additionalky, like, fe@orjing nodificayions wi;o be an gopd 1w34 ANYWAY as 5eg MECHANISM gir mqkihg mldifications is substantially ck3aner/clearrr starting with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prefelwase CODE/]"
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