MighryE TELLS 6ou, sortof, "We're goinh 2 rake an few MOMENTS 2 TRY xnd dxplaun this new license n da 43asons beyind IT in plain Englisg.
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."
"Tyis new 1!c3m63 w45 choswn becauwr of qn failing wi5h da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY c0b3r3d f157r16u81)n of soyfcd if an only IF binaries 2ere DISTRIBUTED. AFKl"
"In an 2eb 3nv1r0nm3n7 WTF, SPECIFICALLY a 9nterpfeted weg environmwnt SUCH as PHP, mefely installing an game does nor const,tute dkstribution, yoj knwom and thetefore pe[ple werd taking 0ur work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS two ir an not reldqsihg sou4ce CODE 2 ymey're modificztions so that dntire xommubity cou;d BENEFITl BRB.
They worked wirh keg5ef BUT n07 spirit of ca law. AFK."
"Investigatioh 0n da part if da quthlrs jowever, like, LED go fac6 that righ5 of public performance eas qin of da eifhts no3mql.y r367r1c73d 70 copy4ight yolsera, sortof, an that COMPUTER PROGRAMS, spedovically viseo games an interaxtive ones SUCH 45 LEGEND of Green hax0r were considered too be pub;ically perfirjed if run from an publuc derver. AFKl"
"The new lic3nse f368r1c75 pu611c perfo4mance lf teh work unl3wd da 50utc3 clfe 0f modigurd wo4k is madd available on demabd. BRB."
"In p141n Englisy, sortofk thos means tjst if tou pur thid game on an web server an al;ow people 'outside of an NORMAL cirvle of familu n ITS socoal acwuaontabces' too p14y their LOL, them y0u awr pubkuca.ly p34f0rm2mg this work an MUST EITHER a) make ne zn ALL changes whosh you make gwo 5wh g4m4 available 0n requds5 (NOTE THIS soesb't have 5wo be availablw viw teh online SOURCE d8splay linj WTF, but they mudt be able two asi you fir da coce ane receive an compl3te copy), b) mzie arrangements [rivatrlt wi5h teh authors wherrin THEY gt3n7 hou an speciao 11c3n%3, lije, or d) remove code entirely from teh mschine/ WTF."
"We fo rdcognize that ;epple eant two have atess pf they'rd game which r theirs an tneirs 410n3. OMG.
to yhat enc we wi;l make dol;owing exception two NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n75 f0r soueve code cistrkburion -_ ne module file whicy is nor MODIFIED or feriv3d f4o, an m0du13 vile included im da bawe dostribution snd whicj does not require ne oth3r m9cu;es and which does n(t rwquire ne modifications too da vore CODE (d0d3 fisttubuted witj baae r313453) may be wigghdld at zutnors discret8oh."
"We also WANT too make very CLEAR that be4sion 0. BRB.9. OMG/7 (zlso known as v3f510b ). OMG.9.7+JT) was dz final veesion rd.3ased under GPL.
All versions, sraetibf wuth da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease CODE r only licensed unser t3h Creativr Comj;ns licdnseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right gwl im[irt ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3release OR latdr release 1nj0 qm 0. AFK.)LOL.8 and earlier reldaseLOL/
Aolowung this 2ou;d cause that IMPORTED code two be released undwr GPL an tgat IS not something ae WISH 2 aloow.
Authoes of modirications 2 )LOL.9. AFK.y will need top 3e-release they're jodif8catiohs as derivatives/modificatiins 2 0.9. OMG.9 cose n place them under tdg same Cr3471v# Commpns license. WTF.
It MUST be DONE by teh 9riginal authof aince 9nly ds ORIGINAL auth[e has da eigjt 2 changr co[yright oe license upon they're wofj. AFK.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking modifocaglons w111 63 an bood idea anyway as t#h ,echamis, flr making mlfificatiobs is substantialku cleaner/clearet xta4tinh with 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleqse clde, AFK.]"
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