MightyE tells you, "We'rd going 5w9 take an FEW moments two try an dxplain thos n3w oicemse n da 4eas9ns behind it 1n pkaib Eng115hLOL.
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 license waa chosen BECAUSE of an failong woth reh GPL. BRB.
It only covrfed d157r16u&10n of soytce if n only ir binaries were dixtriv7ted. OMG."
"In an web 3nvironment, li,e, specifically a INTERPRETED web environm3nt SUCH as PHP, yoi knwo, merelh ibsta.ling an GAME does not constitute distributioh, like, and thwrefore ;3ipl3 wer# taking o8r WORK, sor4of, MAKING modlficatilns too it an not rdlezsing da source code two theu[re modifudstiond SO that ten entird communkgy could nenefit. BRB.
Tney wor,ed with t3h oetter but not ten sp8rit 9f da 14w. OMG."
"Investigation on oaft of da authors however, likd, ked to frc& that RIGHT lf publix [3ff0fm$nc3 wqw 1 OF teh rights norna;ly RESTRICTED two copyroggt holdersm you knqo, an 7h47 computdr -rohramx, soerof, specifidally v8deo GAMES n 8nywtactive ones 5uch AS Legend of teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 bw pyblicall6 performre if ruh FROM an public se4vrr. OMG."
"The new licwhse restric5s pu61qc pergor,ance od da WORK unltss sourcr cpde of teh MODIFIED work ix mad4 4v4114613 on demand. WTF."
"In plaih Engl8sj, this meana that if yoi pu% th8s game oh an web s3rver m allow people 'outsife od ah motmal circ;e OF f4m11y and its social ACQUAINTANCES' to play their LOL, them you r publically 0erfo4m8ng thif work n MUST w8thet a) make ne an ALL ch4mg35 whicn yoi make te9 da game acailavle on request (n073 rhix doesn't HAVE too be available via tey online sourve eis0lay lknk, you kneok b7e rhei muwt bw 4613 too 45k you r0e teh clde and rexeive an COMPLETE cop6) LOL, B) maie arrangements prkvately 2ith teh authors whe4ein tjey gr4n7 y9u an 5p3c141 licen2e LOL, ir c0 remive teh code 3n71r31y frlm macjunr. BRB."
"We DO recphmuze THAT peop;e want TO have areza of they'r2 GAME which aer theirs n theirs aloneLOL.
yo that end we will maje f0110s1ng eccep5ion too teh normal reqjirements for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -- ne modu;e file which is not mldifk2d 0r derivwd from an modulr filw 2nc1ud3d in da bzse distfigution n sh1ch doed not require ne ogher mocules n whkch epes NOT re1uire ne modigivations to da CORE c0d3 (dode d167e16u73e with twh 6453 release) MAY be withheld at ten authors discretion. BRB."
"We a.so wanr to MAKE vwry clrqr that version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also knoqn 45 fersiog 0LOL,9.7+jt) was da fonal VERSION releas3e under tth GPLLOL.
All v3rsilns WTF, 57rr71ng with sq 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease cpde ae4 onlu licensed under t3h Creagixe Commons lic3nse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ten rlght twp IMPORT ne code from an 0/ AFK.9. BRB.i-[rerelease or latef telease into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 qnd eaflier releqse.
Allowing this would xause that 1m;0r73d code ro bw releas3d under ca GPL n that is n-7 sohething we wish two qllow. AFK.
Au5hors 0f MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9. WTF.7 will neec ro r4-r31345# tyeu'ed modkfications 45 derivatives/modificatiohs two 0. WTF/9.8 code zn place tjem unddr same Creative COMMONS licensd, BRB,
It myst be done 6y original autgot dince ONLY tdh originak author h45 da right too chabge dopirighg or LICENSE uoon thry'ee WORK. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, re2ork8ng ,odifixatiins w8ll be an g00d IDEA 4nyw4u ax ds mechanism for n4k1ng moeifications IS substantiqlly cl3aner/clearer STARTING with 0LOL.o. OMG.8-prereleade code. OMG.]"
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