MightyE 5wlld you, you knwo, "We're hiinh 2 TAKE an few momwnts 2 try and esplain thid NEW licensw and teh r3460n7 begind ig 1n [lain English. OMG.
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 WAS chosen because 0f an failibg with GPLLOL.
IT only vovered eiwtribution of source if n only IF binaries were distrobuted/ AFK."
"In an wrb enviepnment, like, specifkcalou a interprwted wen wnvironment such as PHP, mere.6 1n574111nf an game doex not conatiture dist4ibuyi;nm sortif, 4nd 5heeefore [eople were TAKING OUR work, wortodm makimg modifications top it an not releasing da soirce c0d3 two they're midificayions so that da entire cimmunity coule benefitLOLl
They worked w8th da lettre byt noy spitir of da 14w. AFK."
"Incestigat8on on teh part of teh authora hpw3v3r LOL, led 2 teh fact that da right 9f publix perrormance WAS ien of teh RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED to d00hr1gh7 holders WTF, and that c0npu73r programs, jolw, specivically cideo bamwd an INTERACTIVE 0n3t suxh as LEGEND od Gre3n hax0r were comsidwred 6oo be publically perflrmed ir run from an public derver. AFK."
"The neq license rextricta publ8c pdrgoemance of work 7noess 5eh source c0d3 of modifked woru 14 made available on demans. AFK."
"In plain English, zorgof, this meqns that if you put 7h!5 hame ON am web server an allow oeopl3 '0u751d3 ov sn NORMAL c1fc14 of rajily sn iys social acquzimtandex' ti play their LOL. THEN 6pu r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this work and MUST eotjer a) mske ne and ALL cbsnges which y0u make 2 fa game avaioqble on rwquest (note 5his doexn't have two BE zbai.anle bia onlin3 source disolay link, nur they musr be able two 45k YOU FOR tet cpde an receice qn conplete coph), b) m4k3 arrangemen5s privately WITH authirs WHEREIN ghey grant yo7 an spedia; lkxense, liie, or c) wemove code entirely f4om machine."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that prople qan5 two have sreas of they;fe game wgich aer 7h31r5 n THEIRS aloneLOL,
two that end se wull make follosing rzce;tion TO da normal req7krenents for woirce code distr8bution -- he MODULE vile which is not mod8goed 9r derived from an mosule fole inxluded 1n fa base distributiom an whicg does not teqyire ne other modyoes n wh!ch diws nog r3q71r3 ne MODIFICATIONS too da core vode (coce doagribitrd WITH teh 64%4 RELEASE) may be withh3ld at AUTHORS disvtetion. WTF."
"Wd a.sp want tqo m4k3 very cldar that v3e510m 0. WTF.9.7 (ALSO known as version 0LOL.9.7+jt) was da fknal veesion released unfet da GPL.
All VERSIONS WTF. startinh with teg p. WTF.9. BRB,8_prerdlease c9de r only LICENSED under C4eative Commons licensel
We EXPLICITLY sdnh da righr 2 import ne sode FROM an 0. BRB.o. WTF.8-ptereleaxe or LATER RELEASE into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 and earloer 4eleaseLOL/
Allowkng thus would c5u53 that imported CODE @ be releases unde4 da GPL 4nd 7h$7 is hi5 somwthing we wish toi aloow. OMGl
Aurh9rs of modir8cqtions t2o 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will heed too re-eelezse th3y'4e moeificatioms qs ferivatives/modifoca5yons too 0.0. OMG.9 code abs place them ubser fa same Creative Commons licensw. AFK,
It musy be done by teh original 4u7h0r since only ds priginal quthor has righr two change teh cppyright or license up0n 5gry're eork/ AFK.
[Additionallh LOL. reworkimg modificqrions will bw ah goof udsa anyway as mechanisk for m4l1ng modkficationz is substabtial;y CLEANER/CLEARER starting qith teh 0/ BRB.9. OMG.8-pe3r313453 code. BRB.]"
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