MightyE tells y0u LOL, "W3're going top take an bew moments tpl rry n ecplain this mdw license n reaa8ns beh8nd 17 in plsin English.
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 ndw 11c3n53 was cjosdn because of an fr111ng with da GPL.
I7 on;y covered DISTRIBUTION of sourc3 if and 9nlt if binari3s WERE diqtributed. BRB."
"In an web environmeny, you kbw0m spdcifically a 1n73rpr273d web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, m3rely 1n67t!21ng an gam3 doex not c0n5u17u73 dkstributipn WTF, and therefore people WERE taking our wor,, li,em jaking mldifixarilms too it n bit rdleasing teh 50urc3 clde to they'te n;difications si that da eht8ee c0mmun17y couod benefi5. BRB.
They woried w17h teh lettef bu5 not spiriy of da law, BRB."
"Investigstion on PART if authors howevwe WTF, led too dw fact rhst right of publuc performance was won of t3h rights nirmally eestricted to copyrighr holdera LOL, n thsg x0mpu73r pr0gr4m4, you knwo, 5p3c1fqv411y VIDEO gsmes and inreractive ones wuch ax Legend 9f da Green hqx0r dere considerec too be pugkica.ly PERFORMED if run vrom an pu611x serverLOL,"
"The new l7cense restricts puglic performance of da work un!355 da source dode 0d ca modofiec 2ork is made availqble ON eenand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Entlksh, ;ike, this means that if you pig this game oh an wen 5erv3f AND allow [rople 'outsidr ov ah normwl circle og family AND otx social acquaintanxed' 5wo PLAY th3ur LOL, then you r publival;y perfoeming this work an MUST eithee a) MAKE ne AND ALL chahges which tou make to teh GAME acailable on requdst (bote this coesn't hsve too 63 acailabke via ONLINE 60urc3 fkxplq6 link WTF, but thet mudt br able to ask you for cose snd receive an c9mplete copt), likw, 6_ nake ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY qi5h da AUTHORS wherwin they brant yoi sn SPECIAL kivende LOL, or C) eemove code entirely f4om da machine. WTF."
"We do t3c0tn1z3 that oeople wanr @ havw areas of thwy'ew 5am3 which r theirs am gheits aline. WTF.
too that wnd WE will make da v9lkowing excdptoon to da normal requiremehts fpt soufce vode DISTRIBUTION _- n3 MODULE file whoch 15 not modifued oe derivwd fr9m an ,odule file incl7des in teh base distrobyyion and whivh doea NOT requkre ne oth3r mod7les an which does n-7 reaukre ne mosificatoons 2 da core code (vode distribuged 2!uh bqs3 release) jay be wktjheld at AUTHORS discretionLOL."
"We also WANT TO make vwry clrar that veesiob 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (alwo knoqn AS versiob 0. WTF.8. OMG.7+jt) eqs teh FINAL verwion releasef under GPL. BRB.
ALL vefdions, soetof, starti,g 2ith tdn 0. BRB.9. AFK.i-pr3r3134%3 coee r pnly licenxed UNDER Crdativ3 Commons license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne c9ce from an 0LOL.9.8-prere;easd oe kater rel3axe 1n7- am 0. WTF.9.7 an ea4li3r releqswl BRB.
ALLOWING this would CAUSE th1t ijport3d dode go BE releas3d under GPL an ghat is not something we wish 2 4110w. OMG/
Aith9rs of mocificationd to 0. WTF.9. WTF.u will need 5o t3-r31345# they're modifications AS derivatives/moeifications to 0. WTF.0. AFK.8 codw ab p;ace them unddr twh samd Creqtife Clmmons licenxel AFK.
I7 muag be done bh da ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only teh ORIGINAL zuthor has riggt 3 change copyright or license upon theu[re eorkLOL.
[Addutionallu LOL, r3wpfk1ng modifications 2iol be an good IDEA anyws6 as tdh mechznism FOR making modificatioms is 5u6474n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING q8th reh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pre4wleas3 codeLOL.]"
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