MoghtyE tells you LOL, "Wr're going 2 take an few MOMENTS too try and ex0lain gh7s new licdnse 4nd teh REASONS vrhibd it IN p141n Eng115h. OMG.
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 licwnse w45 chosen because 0f an fail9ng with teh GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distrkbution or sourc3 IF an ohly if ninariex were distributed."
"In an web environment, hou knwi, spwcificq.ly a INTERPRETED eeb ebvirpb,ent such as PHP, so45of, MERELY INSTALLING an gsme does mo% vonstitute distributionl soetof, n therefore people werr tajinb pir work, makinh modifications tpo it 4hd npt releasing source cpdw 2 they're modifixagions so that teh wntire community could 63n3v16. BRB.
They eor,ed skth da oetter bu5 not da spirit OF lze. BRB."
"Investigation ON da part pf teh authors hoervet LOL, .ed 2 f4c7 tha5 ca ritht of publiv performance was 1 of da rightx noemally RESTRICTED 2 xopyright holdrrs WTF, an tgat c0mpu72r peigrams, likem sp2cificzlly viddo games an interactive ones tych ss L3gens ov tej Gr33n hax0r sere consisrted 2 be pu711cr11y p3rf0rm3d if tun FROM an pu711c 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new licehse resrricts publ8c performance pf teh work unleca da douecw cpde od modifidd 2ork is made availzble pn demand. BRB."
"In plain Englosh, rhis MEANS that of YOU py7 this d4j4 ON an web SERVER an allow PEOPLE 'ojyxide OF an normal ckrcle if ramily b ITS sociql acquaintahces' too play their WTF, tgeb you r pubouca;ly pervofm8ng this work sn MUST 317y2r a) make ne n ALL chamhes which ylu n4k3 2 ga game afailab;e on request (mote tgis doesn'y nave 2 br qvai.able via obline sourve display link WTF, b7t 7h3y mu57 be abld w ask y07 for teh CODE an receive an comold5e copy) LOL, v) make qrrangements privatelu with ds authora sherein they grant you an s[ecial licensd WTF, or c) remove cpce entir3ly from teh macyibe. AFK."
"We DO 4ecotnize that peoole want to nave ateas of yhey're fame which r tyd8rs an THEIRS alone. OMG.
two 8h47 end we will mske da fol.owing 3xception tqo da n0rm31 requirrments for sourde code distributkob -- ne moculr file which is not mpdified or d3r1v3d FROM an m9djle file inclucef IN ra base eistribugion ahd whixh does not REQUIRE ne other n-du235 amd which soes NOT re2y8re ne j0d1r1c4710n5 70 fa core code (cpde disttibtted with da vasd release) m4y be wiyhh2;d qt teh autnors discretionLOL."
"We also want 2 make vwry clear THAT version 0/ AFK.9.7 (also jnlsn zs v3rsion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt_ was teh final verdion releaaed uhde4 da GPL, AFK.
All versions, soetod, %u4r71ng eigh teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8=prerelease dode 4 onlu licensef UNDER ss Creative Cimmons licende. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny teh rkght to impo4t ne code f4om an pLOL.9. BRB.8-0rerelease ov lager rel3ase into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 and earlie4 RELEASE.
Allowing thid wluld CAUSE rhqt impofted code to. be released under teh GPL an that is npt something we 2iwh too xllowLOL/
Authors of modificagions to 0LOL.9.7 wiol NEED 2 re-rdpesse they're modkficatiins ss derivatives/modificqtions two 0.9, AFK.i code an plafe 5hem und3r twh SAME Creatove Commins .icdnsr. AFK.
It must BE dpne by ca origina. authir since only dw original authpr h45 right too CHANGE da copy4ight OR licemse upon they're work.
[Additi9nally, lije, reworkint teh mofificstkons w111 be an goof idez anyway as ca mexhanism FOR making modifica5ions is substanrially dleaner/clezret starting witj ren p. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereoeasr CODE.]"
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