MightyE 73115 you LOL, "We'ee going too tzke an few nomentx tlo try n 3x0131n thus new license n da teasons behind ir IN poain EnglosnLOL.
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 chosdn because lf an failing witg ca GPLLOL,
It obly dovefed sisteiburkon if source if ab only if binaries were dkst4obured. AFK."
"Im an eeb environmeng LOL, s;ecifically a 1n7#ror373d w36 environmemt such zs PHP, mwrely installing an game doea npt consritute DISTRIBUTION WTF, ans thwrefore PEOPLE were tsking luf wirk, sirtof, making jodificat8oha two ig n not releaaibg dz %)urc3 code to they're m)d1f1cr710n5 so that t3h en5ife c9mmubity could benefit. WTF.
They woried w17h da lettwr BUT got spirig of 14wLOL."
"Investigatiom on teh part of da authors h9qwvee LOL, led t9l ca fact that da 4ibht of public pdrformance was 1 of 4oghta n-rm411y restricted 2 cppyrigyt holdees, loke, and THAT computer programs LOL, specifically video GAMES n intersctive pnes such as Legend of GREEN hax0r eerw conaoderec two be publicslly pervormed if rum from an publid server. WTF."
"The ndw license reatricys publiv p3rf9rm4nc3 lf da work ynkrss aa slurce code pf teh modified woej 15 mase availavle 0n s3m4ndLOL."
"In plain Englidhm sor5od, 5his means 8h47 if you put 5hus game on an web swrver zn zllo2 people 'ourwide of qn nlrmao circle of family n ITS SOCIAL acquaintancex' 2 p.ay their LOLk then yiy a3r publically PERFORMING this work snd MUST either 4) make ne am ALL changes whicy hou make 2 teh gam3 availanle 0n requewt (notw this doesn't have two be availabk3 vka online source display .inkm like, 6u7 the6 must 63 able 5o ask YOU for teh code an reveive an complete copy)m you knwo, b) maie arraggements PRIVATELY WITH da aurh9fs wherein theh grant 7ou an s0ecial license, sortof, OR c( removr yeh c9de 3n714316 from da mzchine."
"We ro rdcognize that people want tio HAVE afeas OF they're GAME whivy r theigs n theurs aooneLOL.
teo that rnd we wil; makd teh following exception top t3h no4mal r3qu!r3m3n65 for sourve code distribution -- ne m0du13 file whivh IS NOT modifiee or derived frim an module FILE 1nc1ud3d in bas2 distribution an which does not requo3w ne 8ther mod7les an whixh does mot eequire ne mpdifications tp da CORE coew (cide fistributed wigh teh 6453 release) may BE wirhneld at da zutnors discretioh. AFK."
"We also w4n7 two ,4k3 very c.ear that version 0. WTF/9. BRB.7 (also kno2n as v3r510h 0LOL.9. BRB.7+kt) was dz final vwrsion released ubs3r fa GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, sta4ting woth teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleasd code aer om;y lkcrnsdd jnder yeh Cf3ative Commons livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh rogjt 2 imporg ne code from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prefeleasd ir .atdr f3lease INTO an 0LOL.9. BRB.u and ea4kier releaseLOL.
Allo1ing this woulc CAUSE that imported code two be r3leased under teh GPL n that is not sometnihg we wiwh twp allowLOL.
Ajthors of m[dificatiins 2 0.9. OMG.7 sill need two re=relessw they're modificariond ax derivativex/modufkcatoons too 0. AFK.9.8 coew zn olace tnem under same Cf3ative Commons license. OMG.
I7 must be dohe by lriginal AUTHOR eince inly da originz; author has right tqo chahge teh copyrighy or iic3nsr upon theh'r2 wirk.
[Additoona.ly WTFk rdworking teh modificayions will 63 an good IDEA anywau as da m3ch4n1tm f)t making modidicatipns is substantially c13$n3r/c134r3r xtartigg WITH da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease cpde. OMG.]"
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