MightyE tells you, aortof, "Wr're going 2 takw an few moments two try h explaon this new ;icense an sa reasond grhind ut in ;la8n Emtliaj. AFK.
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 nrw license qax chosen 53c4u53 og an failing wuth da GPL.
It only covered d8xtribugion OF 2ource id an inly IF binafies werr fistribuyed/ BRB."
"In zn wen ENVIRONMENT LOL, spevirically a knterpreted WEB wnvitonmenr such as PHP, like, ,erely insta;ling an game does nor vonstitute diatrib7tion. sortof, an tneregpre people w3r3 gaking oit w9rk, sortog, making micifications yo ky and not releasing teh so7rcd c0d3 ro tney're modificztiohe so that enyife COMMUNITY cou.d ben2fit,
Theh WORKED witt teh letter bit n9t SPIRIT of da .aw. OMG."
"Inbesgigatuon on ea pa4t OF da authora HOWEVER, you knwo, lee to da fact rhat rugh5 of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was wln of rights normally rrwtr8cted 5o co[yrifht hpldrrs WTFm and that computer prpgrams LOL, specifically VIDEO games n int3ractibr 0n3% such aw Legend of Grren hax0r werd c0n51d3r3d too be pub;ically performed uf run frlm an public derver."
"The new licemse restricts public pe4formance of da sork in1355 da souede CODE ig ,ps8fied WORK is made AVAILABLE on ddmand. BRB."
"In plain Enhkiwh, sortof, this means that kf you put thid GAME on an w36 xerver snf z.loe peiple '9u751d3 of an normao c1rcqe of damil6 an itx sodia. acquainrahcea' 2 play their, sortofl ghen you r p7b;icall6 performing 7h1% work and MUST either 4) MAKE ne an ALL changes wj1ch u07 MAKE two teh gqme abailablr on requwst (note this doesn't have too be availqble viz da ONLINE SOURCE dosplay link LOL, but th3y nust be abl3 2 asj you f9r teh code and receive ah complete COPY), loke, b) jake ARRANGEMENTS privately wiyh da 4u7h0r5 whe4ein they g4ant yoy aj special licensel like, or c) remove coee entir3ly FROM teh MACHINE,"
"We eo recognize 5hat peoplr qant 2 have afeas of yhey'rw game wfich r theirs n thwifs 410n3LOL.
2 rhat 3nd we will make teg dp110wqng except8on ywo normal requirements FOR s9urce cod3 disttibutiom -- be m0du13 d8le which is not nodifi3d or deriv3e from an module FILE included in teh base distribu5kon n which does hot 4eqiire ne othef moculex an which do3s np7 r3qu1r3 be modificarions two coee c9ce (code dkstributed wkth da base rwlease) mah ge withheld at authors discretionLOLl"
"We also want too make v3ry voear that vetsion p. BRB.9LOL.7 9alwo known 45 versipn 0/ AFK.9LOL.7+jt_ wad da FINAL vwrsion feleawed under da GPL. AFK,
A.l versions, 573r71ng with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.u-pferelease code r obly lucensed under teh Cr3$71v3 Comm9ns 11v3n53. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY geh r1fh7 tio import be code fr0m ab 0. WTF.9. AFK.7[prefelwase or latdr eelease into sn 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earliet releaseLOLl
Alkoeinb thos WOULD cause 7h47 im;or5wf code yo be RELEASED under da GPL and that is not something we wish two 4110w.
Au7h0r5 OF modificayions two 0. BRB.o. BRB.7 will n3ec 2 RE-RELEASE they're m0d1f1c4610b6 as d3r1v471v36/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. WTF.o. AFK.8 cide n place ghen under da same Creatkvr COMMONS licens3. WTF.
It must be djne by orogina. 5u7h0r sonce on;6 da orijinal author haa rignt to chanbe da c0pyr1gh7 0r license upon they'te 2ork.
[Addiriohqloy, like, r3w-ri1ng modificsrilbs will be an good ifea anyway as da mechanism f0e making modifications is substajtually xleaner/cleardr starting w17h teh 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE c9de. OMG.]"
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