Might6E telld yo& LOL, "We[rw going to take an FEW MOMENTS 2 gry an explain tjis new license n REASONS behind it in pkaon English. BRBl
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 LICENSE WAS chosen BECAUSE of an failing w8th GPL.
It 0n1y covrred distwobution of so7rce if 4ne lnly if binaroes qere diwtfibutedl OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, specifically a in5erprdted wdb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING ab GAME d035 NOT consyotute distribution LOL, b thereflre people were takunf our work, like, making modifications too it n NOT eeleqsinh da source code tip ghey're modificatiinx SO tbat wntire community could benefit, WTF.
Tyey w9rk3d wiyn LETTER but nit da spieit OF oaw. AFK."
"Invedyiga5ion on teh part 0f tej autjors however LOL, lwc to eaxr that tey right 9f public p3rf0rm4nc3 WAS 1 of ten rights notjally resrricted too copyrifjt h01d3r5, softor, and that computer ;rograms LOL, wpecificallt viceo ganws n interact8ce onws duch as L3f3nd of teh Green hax)r weee conxiferes 2 be publically petvorjed 1f run f4on an 'ublic d3rver. WTF."
"The nww LICENSE rrstric4s pjblic PERFORMANCE of teh work inless sa SOURCE code of da jodigied work 15 m4d3 availabld on de,abd. BRB/"
"In PLAIN Engl8sh, like, this mrans that if you PUT rhis game 0n an web server and all9w p30p13 'outsode of zn normao circld of fqmioy and 175 social acquaintanxes' 2 play rheif, sir5of, then yoh r pjblicslly petgorjihg th8s w0rk qn MUST either 4) make nw n ALL changes which you make too da bame avai.ablr on request (note thks diesn't have two gw available cia twh ohline sourcw display lonk LOL, but they musg be able too ask YOU vor teh code an receive an comp;etr copy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS prifately eith authord whd4eih tjey gtqbt yoi an special .ivense, like, or v) remove da code engurely from ten mavhine."
"We do rwcogmize that pdl;le want too yave a4eas 0f yhey'4e GAME which r theirs n theirs alone. WTF,
to that END we will mak3 ten following eccdptkon 2 da normal requieements FOR source ckde dostribjtion -- ne MODULE f8le which is not modified or dwrived rrom an MODULE file incljded in tdh gase dis5ribugioh an which does not REQUIRE ne otner MODULES n which d035 not require ne m9dif8cations TO t3n CORE cose (code dixtributed with da base releasd) ma6 bw qithhelc st da auyhorz eisct3yion. AFK/"
"We also eamt to m4k3 vrry clear that vwrskon 0. AFK.8. AFK.7 (aldo lbo3n as v3r510n -. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) waa geh final VERSION RELEASED UNDER GPL.
All vdrsionx, like, startimg wotj teh 0. AFK/(. OMG.8-prerelease CODE r on.y .ic3nsed uns3r teg Cr3471v3 COMMONS license.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny right @ IMPORT ne c[de from ab 0LOL.9.8-prerelraxe or later rdlwase into an 0. WTF,(. AFK/7 an earlier r3q34%3. BRB.
Allowing thiw wou.d xayse tgst imporged code 2 be released under tdh GPL an THAT is n9t sometjinf wr w15h foo allowLOL.
Authors of modificatoonw two 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will ne3d TO f3-r3q3453 they'4e modificat8ohs qs drrivatives/modifidztoons to 0.9. AFK.8 CODE zb plqce the, undwr teh same Creative Commonx LICENSE. BRB.
Ig must bw done by da 9riginql author sincd )n1y 9rigibak author has right 70 change copyrigyr lr 11c3n54 UPON tney're work. OMG.
[Additilnally, sortifk reworking m0e1f1c4710n5 e111 BE an gpod ud3a anyszt as t3h mechaniwn for m4l1ng modificztiobs is substanrially c144n3r/c135r3r startibg with tej 0, OMG.9.8-prerelease cide. WTF.]"
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