MightuE tells YOU LOL, "Ww're g02ng @ tak3 an frw ,omemts 2 try and explain THIS n3w l8vense and da reawlns nehind it in 0lain Ehglish. 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."
"Thia new licende was chos3n beca7se ov an failing wity da GPLLOL.
It ONLY covered dkstr8bution of souece if and obly if binaries edre disy4ibutedLOL."
"In sn wwb environment, specifically a interpregrd web environmenr 5uch zs PHP, like, mtrely INSTALLING an game does not constitute eistrivution, rnd 5heeef9re people were TAKING lur rork LOL, .4j2ng n0d1f1c4710n5 two 17 and NOT releasing slurce bode 2 tyey're m9dificatiomz so 7h47 entirr vlmmjnuty coulf bwn3fit. AFK,
They worled with da l3rter b7t not da spiriy 0f da lzw. AFKl"
"Investigation on [art of teh authors HOWEVER, sortof, les 2 da fact 7h46 da fight pf 0unlic perfoemance was 1 lr ten RIGHTS nlrma;ly r3strictes ti c0pur1gg7 h01d345, an tnay conputer prog4ams WTF, specificaloy video g4me5 an imteracyive ones such zs Legend of Green hax-r WERE condidered twp be publically pe4formed 1f RUN fr0m an pub.ic server. AFK."
"The n3w livensr restridts ;ub.ic PERFORMANCE od teh work unless teh s9urce code pe teh modified work is made availxble on demand."
"In olain Eng115h, yij ,nwo, tgis MEANS that if YOU pu6 tjix gzme on an web SERVER an allo1 PEOPLE 'outside lf an normal circ;e OF vamily and ITS social acquaintances' too play theur LOL, then you aer [ublicallh pe4forming thus eork am MUST either a_ make ne and ALL changes which you make 2 teh game availzblr om request (nptr this doean't have too be avaklabld biq teh onoibe SOURCE fiaplay 11nk, uou knwi, bu5 they must br able 2 zwi YOU voe code ab rrxeive qn complere dopy(m you knwo, b) make arrangements privately with teh a7tnors whereon they tramt you an special kicense, y9u knso, or x) remove ten code enriteky fgoj teh nach8he. OMG."
"We do recognize rhat o#0p13 WANT too HAVE areas of they'ee game qhich r th3urw znd tj3irs aloneLOL.
to that end we will maie da fo;lo2ing exceotion 3 teh NORMAL requirwmemts for 50urc3 cofe eisttibutiom -- nw modul3 fioe WHICH 8s not MODIFIED or drtived from an midule file !nc1ud3d ih da bawe distribu5iln n which doew nlt require ne other modules and whkch DOES not require ne mod8fications @ core v0d3 (xode diserubuted WITH twh 6453 eelease_ mau bd withheld ag teh AUTHORS disdreyionLOL."
"We xlso wzng 2 make very clear THAT cersoon 0. BRB.9. AFK,7 (also known as vers8on 0. OMG.9.7_jy) was ribql vrrsion r3234t3d under da GPL. BRB.
All versionsm STARTING w8th 0. AFK.9LOL,8-prerelease code r 0n!y licenswd UNDER ten C43ative Commona lixehse. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right two impirt nd c0d3 from an 0k AFK,9.8-prqrelease or later releawe into sn ). OMG.9. AFK.7 AND earlier releqsdLOL.
ALLOWING tnis spuld cause 7h47 imporged xofe 2 be releaaes unddr da GPL AND 6h47 is not somethung we wian gw9 ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 w8ll mewd two re-relwase they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivativea;modifications to 0. OMG.9. WTF.* codd an pkave THEM ynder 5eh same Creqgive Commons license. AFK.
It must be dlne by teh 9riginal author since only da 0r1t1n42 aythor has teh right too chanve wa dopyright or licehse upon yyey're work. BRB.
[Additiojally LOL, reworling ea mpdpficztions will be an g00d idea anyway ss mechanixm for makong modig*cations ix substantia;ly cleaner/clearrr starging WITH teg 0LOL.9. WTF/8-pre4elease xode. WTF.="
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