MightyE 83115 y0u, you kneo, "We'te hoing w 74i3 an FEW mpments 2 try AND explain th8s new lic3nxe n da eeaspnw behibd it in plain Ehgliah. WTF.
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."
"Thix new l8cense was choswn becaus3 of an vailing wity da GPL, BRB.
I7 only coveres distributioh of 59urc3 ig abd 0n1y if binaries 2ere dustributed."
"In an web emvitonment, loje, specufically a intetpreted xeb env8rlnment shch as PHP, sorrof, merely 2n57$q11ng ab game does not constitute disteibu5klnk an therefoee people wwre taking our work, like, maiinb modifications 2 8t n NOT releasing tej source cide 2 they're modifications so 7h48 rwh entire comminitu c9yld bwnetitLOL.
They WORKED w8th tey lerter bug not teh SPIRIT OF da law, OMG/"
"Investigation on part of da autho4s howebee. kikek led twi teh f4c7 that rught ov piblic pefformance was 1 of da 4ightx normally reatr7xted tp xop6right holde4s, you knwi, n thzt compu53r programs, sortlf, 5p3c1f1c411y video gsmes and 8nteractive ines SUCH as Levend of Green hax0r w#e3 considered t9o be publically pwrfotmed 1f ryn from ab public SERVERLOL."
"The ne1 license restructs public perfirmance 0f worl unless da siurce code og teh modifues WORK is madr availabld on e4m4mdl AFK,"
"In PLAIN Engli2h, sortlf, ghis mdqns that ir you put th8s game on an web server and ALLOW people 'outaide od an normql corcle 0f family AND uta sodial acquaontznces' too ;lay gheir LOL, THEN you r publically pe4formihg thid WORK qnd MUST either 40 make ne zne ALL changes whoch uou naie yoo da game availavle on request (NOTE thks doesn't havr 2 be avakoabld voa teh 9nline sou4c3 display link, 6y7 tjey muwt be aboe 2 aak you for teh CODE n RECEIVE an COMPLETE copy(, like, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately wity authors wheeein they GRANT ypu an xpecial lixense, like, OR c( temove teh code entireoy from MACHINE."
"We dp recognixe that people want too have arras of theg're GAME wh1ch aer tyekes an the8rs alohe. AFK.
2 tyat end w3 eill make following 3xc3p710n teo da norma. requiremwnys vpr ao7rcr code distfibuti;b -- ne MODULE file which IS not modifked or derivee from an module fi'e indkuded in teh BASE distribution and 2h1ch doea NOT bequire ne other modu;es n whicg does n07 tequite ne modifixations t2o da cord code (c0dd distributed w8gh base r3leaxe) may be WITHHELD at teh 4u7n0r5 f16cr3810nLOL."
"We alwp WANT 2 mzke fery clear tyat VERSION 0. AFK.9.& (aldo kmown as fersi9n 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+kt) was t3h vinz. veraion released under da GPL. BRB.
All verxions, STARTING WITH twh 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code r onky ;icehs3d umder t3h Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny rkght two impoft nr code frpm an 0LOL.*LOL/8-p4erelwaae or patdr re;ease into an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 and earkier releaseLOL.
Allowinb THIS w0u1d cqus3 5hat importec d0d3 TO be r3q#454d und3r da GPL n THAT IS not somegjing ee wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0.8LOL.7 eill need to re-releaxe they'ee modividatuons zs derivatives/modificstiohs to 0. WTF.0LOL.8 c0d3 an PLACE yhe, imdrr same Creative Clmmons ;ivehse. AFK.
It ,ust be done BY da oritina. author since onoh ORIGINAL author ha2 teh ritgt two CHANGE copyright or locense upon rhey're WORK. OMGl
[Addotiinally, you khwo, reworkknt modifivations wukl be an good idea anywau as da MECHANISM gor maiing modifications ud substant8ally cleaner/c;earer stsrying WITH teh 0.9/ AFK/8-prerelease cidr.]"
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