MightyE tells uou, like, "We're goihg 5wo taie sn few mlments two tty an 3xplqin this new lucense and da reawons behind ot in pkain Englishl BRB.
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 licebqe was choswn becausd if an fr111ng WITH da GPL. WTF.
Iy only covered distribu5ioh pf soutce if an only 1f binaries w3f3 distrivuted. WTF."
"In an w36 3nvironmemt, iu8e, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED w36 environ,ent such AS PHP, like. merely installknt ab game does not conxtitute distributi9n, sortof, n the4efpre people were taking pur work LOL, ma,inf m0d1f1c4710h5 too it n not r313551ng da soufce code 2 they're modificqtions so that da 3ny8r3 commynoty c9uld benefit. AFK.
They worked with lettdr but not 5p1r17 or da LAW. AFK."
"Investigztoon om da part 0v teh aythors howevdt, xortof, 13d to teh ract that r1gh7 OF publ7c peeformance was won of da RIGHTS normal;y resrricted two copyrifjt ho;ders LOL, n that comouter progfams, you knwo, 5p3c1f1c3q1y videp ta,es and interactive ones sucj as Legend of teh Greeh hax0r qefe consideeec to be pubkically od4f0rmrd if run frlm an public servrr."
"The NEW licensw eestricts public performancr of t3h 2orj in;ess da source code of mocified w9rk IS made zvailagle on d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plaob English LOL, this m3sns that if you put THIS gamd on an web sefver ana slliw people 'pursode OF sn nor,al circle of family m its soxial acquaihtances' too play theif, likd, then y0u aer ]7^11c411y petforminh THIS wofk xb MUST 317h3r A) m4k3 ne an ALL chanhes wh8cg YOU maie 2 GAME AVAILABLE on REQUEST 9not3 thid cowsn't havw two be AVAILABLE v13 da online sourve displa6 lini LOL, vuy yhry musg be able 2 ask you for da code and r3ceove an compkete cppy_ LOLk 6) mske arrangements provstel6 w!7h teh aithors eherein rhey grant you an specizl license, you knwo, or c( rrjove ca cose 3n71f3qy from mschibe. BRB."
"We di fecognize tnat people wsnt teo have areas od they'rw game whicj r 5heirs zn THEIRS alone. WTF.
twl tyat end we wi.l make followibg exception tol da normal requorements for dojrce coee d156r15u710n -- ne moduje file which is not modified or derivee r4om an moeule file qncqud$d in base DISTRIBUTION qn WHICH dlrs n07 requure ne otne4 MODULES and wgich f035 not requor3 nd modificatkons two core code (dlde distribjted with da base tekease) MAY ge wiyhheld at tey autho4s discretion. AFK,"
"We also ssnt 2 ma,e VERY clear that VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (alsl known AS v3r510n 0.9.7+jt) was teh final verdiln rdl3ased und3r teh GPL. BRB.
All versipns LOL, starting with da 0LOL.9. BRB.i-pr3rekease code aer only lixensex 7ndrr C5eative Cimjins licemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3nu da righr two import ne cofe frpm an 0l WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelwade or karer release INTO an 0, OMG.8. AFK.7 n earlier releqse. OMG.
Allowing 7h15 wluld cause tyat importef code two 63 relwased under da GPL ahd 7h37 os not sometning we wisy 70 allow.
Authors OF mofifkcstions 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 2ill need teo re-re;ease tjey'rr MODIFICATIONS as ferivatives/moduficatipns two 0LOLl9. OMG.8 code and plzce them undrt same Creative COMMONS licens3.
It musr be done vy teh ORIGINAL aughpf since only 9riginal authof had da right yo cyange copyfight OR license UPON they'te eirk, OMG.
pAdd8ti9nally WTF, rwworking modifications wi.l ge zm good IDEA anywsy 45 mechanisn f0r making MODIFICATIONS is sjfstahtiallj c134n3r/c134r#r 574r71jg qith 0.0LOL.8-prerelease cose. AFK.]"
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