MkgytyE 5elos you, "We're g01ng tp take an fee momrnys two TRY n rxplain this new licehse n rrh rrawons BEHIND it 1n plain Ehg116yLOL.
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 n3w license was chosen becaiwe or sh failing with da GPL. AFK.
I7 ONLY civered DISTRIBUTION of 40urc3 if an ONLY if binafies were disy4igut3f."
"In qn qeb environment, lik3, spwcifica.ly a !n63rpe37ed WEB environmtnt s7cj as PHP WTF, merely installing an game does not CONSTITUTE disttibution, sortoc, n therefpre people werw taking ojr work, making MODIFICATIONS too it and n9t rel#ading sourxr code too the6're jodifkvatkond wo that tdh entire community could BENEFITLOL.
Theu wofked woth teh oetter 6u7 not fa sp9rit OF da law/ BRBl"
"Investigdtion on part OF da authors h0w3v3r WTF, led two da fact that da rigut or PUBLIC perfor,ance waa 1 of da ritjgs normskly RESTRICTED 2 c0p7r1gh7 HOLDERS LOL, an THAT computer programs LOLk apecifically vixeo gzmes an interacrive ones 5uch as Lrgend 0f da Gr33b hax0r qere consideged teo be publixally PERFORMED of 4un from an publ8c SERVER."
"The new license restricys publ8c PERFORMANCE OF teh work inless teh SOURCE code pf modified 2ork is ,sde availabke on demand/ BRB."
"In PLAIN Ehgiisj, sortof, THIS MEANS thag if tou put this game on am web server an allow people 'ouyside ov an normal CIRCLE of family AND ITS social adquaintances' to [lay their, y9i knwo, THEN you r pu611c411y performong ghia work n MUST ekther 4) make ne anc ALL changes WHICH you maid too teh gane avaiosble lh requesr (note thif foesn't have too be AVAILABLE ria da online source display limk, oikem but THEY must be sble two asl you for da code n receiv3 an complete copj) LOL, b) make arrangements [rivately with teh quthors whwrein 7hey frany 6ou an apeckal license, or c) rempvw dodw 3n71re1y frlm ca machine. OMG."
"Wd do r3cogniae that p30p12 w4n7 to hqve areas of they're ham3 which aer thworw am theirs alone. BRB.
two that end we q111 maie flllowing exvrption two noemal fequiremenys f0e SOURCE CODE distribution -- ne moduoe fi.e wyich is not m9difidd lr eerived from an modilw dile uncluded ih geh base DISTRIBUTION n whoch does not tequire ne 9rher MODULES m wyich DOES NOT require be jodifocations 5o0 5dj c9re codw (code disttinutec with base r313453) may be withheld AT teh auth9ra discrdtioh. AFK."
"We also want 2 male very coear thar vdrsiob 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wn as versiob 0.9. OMG.7+JT) was trh final versi9b re.eased uneer teh GPL. OMG.
Aol verwions, you knwo, startung with da 0. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE cose r only licensed under teh Cr3471v3 Commons lkcwnxe. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY demy da rigyt to 1mp0f7 ne code from qn 0. AFK.9l WTF.8-prerdlease pr la5er releasr in5o an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n ea5lier release. BRB.
Allowihg tyis WOULD c$u%4 tgat imporhrd c0d3 2 be released und3r GPL an thag is not someth8nb we 2osh two 4210w.
Ay5hors of mosivucationw to 0.9LOL.7 2111 need two re-release they'fe m0d1f!c$610n5 as derovqtkvws/modoficatuins two 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code anf place them ynder same Cteative Commons licwnse. OMG.
It m6st b2 DONE 6y ez original auyhor since only da oe7ginal author has dq RIGHT 2 chqnge twh copyrigh5 OR kic3nsr UPON th3y;re work. OMG.
[Additi9nal.y LOL, 42working mofif8cations will be an GOOD idea anyway as teh mechahism for majing moeifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clea4er startinb with da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-[rereleaxe codw. AFK.\"
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