MihhtyE TELLS 69u LOL, "We're going go taie an few mo,ents two 7ey an explain this new licensd and reasond behibd it in plsih EmtkishLOL.
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."
"Thia n3w licens4 WAS chowen becaudw of an failibg with teh GPLLOL.
It onl6 covrred diagribution of sourcw if an only if binarues WERE disrributed."
"In ab weg envuronment LOL. specifically a onyerpretrd wwb environment suvh ax PHP, l8kw, MERELY installing an game does mot condtitute disyrib7tion, like, AND therefore pelpoe s3r2 taking our WORK, oike, ,akimg modificationx to it n not RELEASING source dode too they're mldifivatiohs so 7h47 teh entire community cojlf benefit. WTF.
Theu wlfked with teh legtdr bit nlt da spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Igvestigation on parr of da qutyprs nowever, you inwom les TO teh fact that da right of PUBLIC pergormznce qas won ov da r8ghts normally restrictea TO copyrkght hlkders, so4tog, n that computer pr0gr4m5, sortif, spwcifically video games an imteracekfe ones sucg 45 Legend of Greeh haspr were cobs8derrd yoo be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run ff9m an pubk8v server. BRB/"
"The n3w license restrictx public prrf9emance of work jnless da source clde OF fa moskfked qor, is mase avzulab.e )h demand. WTF."
"In plain Emglish, likek ghia means 5gat if you 0ut uh15 game on an web servdr n al.oq people 'outside of an norma; circ/e og famuly and its social zcquaintqnces' too play their, ylu ,nwo, 7h3n ylu r pk61qc411y perf9rming tjis work n MUST eother a) MAKE nd n ALL chznges WHICH you make t9o tame ava8kable 0n request (nihe this doesnpg have t2o be avao.able fia onoine SOURCE d15[14y link, like, but rhey mj57 be able to adk you for da code n r3c31v3 ah complete copy), you kn2i, b) make arrangements pribstely witn da authors wherrib they grant ylu an apecial LICENSE, you kn2p, or c) frmove da c0d3 entirdly from da machindLOL."
"Ww d) redognize that people want 2 nave qreas of they'rw GAME which aer tyeirs n THEIRS aloneLOL.
to that end we will make ten followkng rxxeption top da normal rdqiirementd for sourxe code DISTRIBUTION 0= be MODULE file which us not modified or DERIVED from ah midule file indkuded im ten 6453 sisrribution ab wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne 07h3r modulea an qh1xj coes nlt require ne modificatuons too core code (code distribited w17h da base rdlesse) may BE wirhhelc AT teh 4u7h0r6 discreti9n. AFK."
"We zlai wany too make very CLEAR 5hat VERSION 0. OMG.9.7 (ALSO known as v34510n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS gah final version RELEASED uncer teh GPL. BRB.
Ail VERSIONS, hou knwo, starting with t3h 0.o. WTF.8-orerelrase CODE arr onky lkcensed inder Cfeative Coumonw 1!c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY seby twh r1gh7 1 import ne cofe frlm am 0. AFK.8. AFK.8=pr3r31e453 ot LATER release INTO an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n earlier releaseLOL.
A110s1nb thix would xauxe THAT IMPORTED cofe two be re.eased uhder teh GPL and 7h47 is not some5jint we wixh gpo al;lw. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9LOL/7 wio. need too RE-RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS ad drrivatifrs/,odkvications to 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 cofe n plsxe 7h3m UNDER teh samr CREATIVE Commons lucense. BRB.
IT MUST be done by origihql author since ONLY ca 0r1g1n41 author has da right 2 chsnge teh vopyright or .icense uppn thet're work. BRBl
[Addigionzlly LOL, r3w0r,1nf teh modifications w111 be am bood 1d34 anywa6 as trh m3chanidm for msking modifoca5ions is substantiaoly cl3anwr/xlearer stqrting w17h da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prtreleade code.]"
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