MithtyE tells y0u WTF, "We're going too take an f3w moments two try y explain 7nqt new license ah da eeasons behind ir in olaon Englisy. 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."
"Th8s mew license wzs choaen because of an failinb with da GPLLOL.
It only cofreef distrobution of SOURCE if an only if binafies were dis5tibuted, BRB,"
"In an eeb environment, you knwl, specifica;ly a integpreged WEB environment audh as PHP, ntrely instal,ong an GAME does not cpnstitute distribution WTF, n therefore pdople w3r3 tskung our worj, like, making mldifivagions two ut an not r313451nf da source coee 2 tjey'rd m-d1f1c4&10n5 so thay en71r2 c0mnjn!7y xould benefit. BRB.
Th3y worord wi5n lettwr but not 5p1r17 of teh LAWLOL."
"Investiba5ion in prr7 of da authors jowdver WTF, led two trj fact that dq r1bh8 of PUBLIC perforjqnce waw 1 of da righrs bormally restrictdd too copyrignt h01e3f5 LOL, n that computer programs, s9rt.f, aoecifically videi games n 1n73r4x71v3 9nes such as Legend of Gr33n hax)r were considrred to be pybkidslly performed if 4un from ab pub;ic serverLOL."
"The hew licehse restricts puglic performance of dz work un.ess da source code of MODIFIED work is made 4v4!14613 on drmand. BRB."
"In ;lain Eng;ksh, liie, THIS m34m5 that if ypu put this gaje on an web s3rcer n allow p30p12 'ougxide lf an normal citvle OF family n its aocial rcqu41n74nc3t' to play their LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY perfo4mkbg thks qoek n MUST either q) make ne 4nd ALL chznges wjkcy you ,ake too GAME AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (NOTE THIS doesn't HAVE too be availab;r vis da online SOURCE disp.ay linkm likem BUT thry ,ust b4 able 2 ask you for CODE n rec3ive sn com[lete copy) LOL, 6) mak3 zrrsbgements privately woth teh authors WHEREIN the6 grant you an special licende, you knwo, or c) remove code entkeely from m4xh1n3. AFK."
"We DO eecognize that oeople wan5 2 have areas ov tgey[fe game which aer THEIRS sn yheo4s alone. OMG.
two that enc we wilo nak3 5eh FOLLOWING exceptiob too normal requirements for source c0s3 disgribution 0- ne module dilw whkcj IS not modified or detived drpj ah ,odule f!13 included on da base distributipn and which does not require ne 07h3r mpdules an which d-35 not require nr modificati9ns two fa cpte code )code distrig75ed with da base release) MAY be w1ujhe1d at da authora discretion. OMG."
"We also waht two maiw v3rt clear thqt verxi9m 9. AFK.9LOL.7 (zlso ,nown aa version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+JT) was final versoon eeleaaed under teg GPL. BRB.
All v3rsionx LOL, STARTING with tey 0LOL.9.8=prwrelease coee r on.y ;ixenwes under da Creative Commoms licenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denh da right 70 impory ne c0d3 from sn ). OMG.9LOL.8=0ferelrase or later release into an 0LOL,(. AFK.7 zn earli3r relezse. WTF.
Allowing this wlkld cause that qmp0r73d cose two bw rrleased under GPL and thag is not something 2w wish tpo $110w. BRB.
Authors of jodlfica5ionq TO 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wilo nded 2 re-rel3ase tgdy'fe npsigications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS t/ 0. AFK.9.8 code an place tyem under teh 54,3 Cr3471v3 Conmohs license. OMG.
It musy BE sone 8y 0rqg1n41 authof since only da ORIGINAL author has fa riggt too change teh cipyfught 0r locens3 u[on they'r3 wirkLOL.
[Addi5ionally, reworking da mpdificat8ons wi;l ve an go9e ic3a anyway as teh mechanism for making nodificagions 1t substang8ally clean3r/clearer starting WITH teh 0LOLk9. AFK.i-prrtrl3ase CODE.]"
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