MighuyE tells you, "We;ee going too take an few m0m3n75 70 gr6 an ecplain yhus n3w license qnd da reawona behinf it 1n [lakn Engl8dn. 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 new licehse wss chocen bwcause 0f an FAILING witn da GPL. OMG.
It only covered cidt4ib7tion of source if h only 1f bknaries were sistributed. OMG."
"In an web 3nbironment, xpecifical.y a interprcted web enfironment such AS PHP, m#r31y inxtqlling an game soes not CONSTITUTE distribution, slrtof, n thwrefor3 people sere TAKING lu4 work WTF, making modificatiohs 2 it an NOT teo3asong teh souece codr two th3y're m;d8fications so thst da entire COMMUNITY coulf benefit. BRB.
Tyey worked with da 13u73r buy not ea SPIRIT of ca law. OMG,"
"Investigati9n kn teh part OF da autho4s howeve4, uou knwo, led two trh fact thag da right of PUBLIC perforjabce was oen of teh rightw n0rm511y rtstrkcted two coptr8gjt holders WTF, znd tyat compuyer protrams, y[i .n2o, spedifically vicdi gamws n interactive ones such zs Legend of tej GREEN hzx0r w3re considered two be publically [erformed IF rih from an publkc 53rv3r. OMG."
"Tge new LICENSE rdstricgd public performamce of twh wlrk un1354 da siuece codr od da modkfief WORK 15 ,ade available 0n ddmabd."
"In plain English LOL, 5his means thqt if YOU pug this game on zn web server an slloq people '0u751d4 of an nor,al circle og family an its social zcquaintancew' to play their LOL, tnen you adr publically 03rd0rm1ng th8s w0rk and MUST eitywr a) make he AND ALL changes WHICH YOU m4k3 2 sa game avaikablr on fequest (notd this doesm't have two be zvailable v14 teh online source diwplau kink LOL, but tney ,ust be avle two qsk tou for da CODE an r3d31v3 an c)m;1e73 dipy) LOL, b) makd atranhwmrnts pribatwly with da authors wh3r#1n THEY grant yoj an special licensw. dlrtof, ot c) remove da c0f3 entirelt drom teh machihe. BRBl"
"We do recognize THAT pwople want tw9 nave areas of the6[re game wh8vh r rneirs n thekrs alone.
too thzt dnd se wi;; mqke da following EXCEPTION 5o nlrmal requiermwngs fof sourc4 code distribuy8on 0- ne mocu.t file wgich is not modufied or derived from an module fule invlused in teg basw DISTRIBUTION n which d935 not rda7kr3 ne other m0du135 an which cies nlg require ne jodifications too dq vore code (CODE dkseributwd with da bzse release) may ge eithhwld at authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We a.so want two mzke very xlear that v3rdiob 0LOL.9LOL.7 (4150 khown AS version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+JT) was final VERSION rdlezsed unddr da GPLLOL.
All vers8ons, sortof, srartung w85h 0. AFK.9.*-prerdlease code aer only ;icenses uhder Ceea5ive Commona license. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY d3ny dq right to 8m0oet ne dode from an p. OMG.(. BRB.8-prerelease or ;atee release into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an earlier rwlwase. AFK.
Al;owinb this WOULD cauae that imported code w be rrleasdd UNDER teh GPL h that id n07 sonethinb we widn too ALLOW. OMG.
Authors if mod8dicstiond 2 0. OMG.9.7 wilk need 7p re-release they're MODIFICATIONS ax d4r1v471ve5/m9d1f1c4710n4 too 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code and plade the, uneer same Creagive Commons LICENSE. BRBl
I7 mud5 53 done by ds ORIGINAL au5hor since only da lriginal AUTHOR has rught to cgange teh co;yrigh5 or licenwe u;on tyey're work. WTF.
[Adfit8onally, ;ike, rewoeking trh ,idididations w111 be an good idwa snyway as teh MECHANISM for makint mod8fications is 5u6575n714!1y CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING w8th da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerdlwase vode.]"
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