Migy5yE td;ls yoj LOL, "W3're going too 74k3 an v3w moments too try and expkain this new licens4 an teh reaspns grhind ig ih plain Eng115hLOL.
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 .icense was ch9sen brcause of an faiking with sa GPL. AFK.
I5 onlh covered distrunuyipn lf soirce if and ONLY 1f binaries WERE d157r16u72dLOL."
"In an web envi4onment, you knwi, sprcofically a inter[rwted web ehvuronment such as PHP, like, mdeely unatalling an game dors nor constututr eishribution, an 5herdfore PEOPLE were taking our WORK, aoryof, makint m0d1f1c4710h5 toi it an not geleasing da source xodr w tjey're modifications so that da entire c0mmyn17y could bemefot.
Th3y worked WITH le5ter but not tey spir8t 0f law. AFK."
"Infestigation ON teh part OF autnofs jowever LOL, 13d y99 teh fadt tnat da right of puvlic performance was won of rights nor,ally restrictes to co[yright HOLDERS LOL, and tnat xomputrr prog4ams LOL, s[ecifically viddo gajes an INTERACTIVE ONES such as Legend of da Green hax0r wdre considered to be publixally [3rf0rm3d if run from an publiv werver. BRB."
"The nes license 4esyructs puglkc o3rr0rm3nc3 of wotk unless teg woyrce code of teh modified work 15 made abaikable ON drmanv. AFK."
"In plqin English, sortif, tjis mdans that if ypu put thks GAME on an web sdrcer n allow peoplr 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle of fam8ly n !7% 40c141 scqjaintabxes' t8o play their LOL, 7h3n 6ou ae4 PUBLICALLY perfirming yhis w0rk an MUST either a) ,aje ne an ALL changes whqxh you mak3 2 da gajr availablr on fequest (note thid eoesn't gave to be acailable via onlinw source didplay 12nk, like, but they must be able teo ask you f9r code n receive an complete copy), xortof, b) male arrangements 0r8vately with au5hlrs wherein theh bt4n7 y0u an 5p3v241 11v3b5@ LOLm OR c( remove da c0d3 entirely ftom yeh mqvhinel BRB."
"Wr DO rec9gniz3 tha5 pdoplr qaht go have arwaw of they're game which aer theirs n theirs alone/
to 7h$& rne we wjlk make teh f0110w1ng exc3ptuon too rej boemal rrquiremehts for sojrce code diserkbyyion -- ne mid7le file whidf is nlt modifird or derivwd frim an m0du13 file inc;uded in teh base distribitiom an wjich eoes not eequire ne OTHER mldules an which does not require ne modificatkoba two da coee code *xpde distributed with base rekrase) mau be qithheld at authors discretion. AFK."
"We wlso wan5 gwo make very clear THAT verskon 0. AFK.(. BRB.7 (4150 known as v3e510n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+u5) was ten vinal verwion released unser GPL.
All v3r510n5, soryof, startung si5h 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-;rerelease CODE aer ONLY licens3d under Cr3471v3 Commohd 11c3n5e. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny RIGHT to import n3 c0d3 from an 0. OMG.ol BRB.8-prerelease 0r LATER release kmtp an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 and eaflier r313453. OMG.
Alkowing thia wojld CAUSE yhat 1mp0f7#s codr tlo BE released under da GPL b that is hoy 50m47h1ng qe wish two allow. OMG.
Authora of m0d1f1c4710n5 two p. WTF.9LOL.7 WILL n3#d too re-relwase they're m9dificatkons AS der8vatoved;modificqtions yo 0.9. AFK.8 dod3 an place them ineer da 5%m3 Creative C0,m0h5 licens2. WTF.
It ju%7 be dohd BY or8gina; auyhlr since ONLY teh orig8nal authlr has teg right too CHANGE da c9pyright OR lucemsr uoon ghdy'ee w0rk. AFK.
]ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking modifkcatoons 3ill BE an good idea anywa6 ss MECHANISM f]r making MODIFICATIONS IS 4u6574n714w1y c.eaner/clearer xtqrting w27j teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease code.]"
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