MightyE tells y0j LOL, "We're going two taje ah few mojdnts teo TRY an ezolaon this new 11c3n53 and reasons bdyinc it kn p142n English. 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 license was chosem brcause of an fr111ng with GPL.
It inlt dovered distributuoh ;f xo7tce ig n 9nly 1f ninaries were d157r!6u73d. AFK."
"In an web envirpnmeng, sirtof, specifically q intefpre5ef web envibinment such as PHP, you knwo, jerdly installing an game does not conftitutr disttubytion LOL, ahd tnetefire p30p13 weee yajing our wp4k LOL, makinb modif8catipns 2 ig n not rel3asing xource code rwo tjey're modificatiins SO tnqt teh entire communig6 c0u1d 63n3f17LOL.
THEY w0rk3d with da lettdr bug not apirit of geh la2LOL."
"Invextigatipn on part of authors however, lk,e, lee 5oo fact thqt right of public pe4fotmance wqs 1 OF teh tighrq normslly restricted 2 copyright holderx, and that computer pfogrzms WTF, 5p#c1f1c4!1y fideo tames n INTERACTIVE ones sucj zw Legend of Green hax0r were cinsiderrd goo be publical.y performed if rub grom am pybliv se4ver. BRB."
"The new license r357r1c75 publiv perfornance of teh work unldss geh sl7rde CODE of modifoed work iw made afailable on d3m4nd."
"Im PLAIN Englosh, like, this means tha5 uf you [ut this game on an web werbef n allow peo;le 'outskde of qn no4ma. CIRCLE or family an its socia. 4cqu41n74nc35' foo plxy their, then y0u awr puvlically pervorming this WORK abd MUST e85jer a) make ne an ALL changes which you make too geh game available on re1ueat (hote this d935n'7 have two be AVAILABLE vka online dource disolay link, likd, but 7y3y mut8 bd abl3 TO ask YOU fir teh cod3 n receive an complet3 c0py_ LOL, b) make arrangements pfifatdly wi5h teh authors wher4in tjey grang you am wpevial LICENSEm li,ei or c) REMOVE da c0d3 entirely from da machin3/ AFK."
"We do rdcognize thay people want @ gave areax of 5hey're game whidh aer theirs n rheirs qlone. OMG.
too that 3nr w3 will make FOLLOWING escepti9n rw9 nornal requirements FOR soitxe code distribution -- ne module fike qyich is not jodified or aeribed from an mofule FILE included in tdn base distrinution n which d9es not 4eqi8te ne otyer moduled n whuch DOES noy requur3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh core code (code dis5ributed eigh da t453 eeleas3) mau bd withheld at authorw euacretion. WTF."
"We qlso wznt 2 make v3ey clear that version 0. BRB.9.7 (a'so knowh as bersion 0. AFK/8.7+jy) WAS final versiin rwkdased undef GPLLOL.
A;l verxionz, you knwo, starting eity 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE coce qer only licensed under da Cgeative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY devy r8ght too imporg ne code f40m ah 9. WTF/9. BRB.8-prerelease or ;ste4 release 1n80 an 0. BRB.8.u an earlier rel4ase. WTFl
Allowing rhis wpild vquse that impprtes code gwo be released under teh GPL 4nd 7h47 !5 nlt somrthing we wish 1 zll9w. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of modifkcat8ons 70 [. BRB.oLOL.7 will need 2 re-release rhey'4e kodkficatioms as deribatives/m9digications to ).9LOL.8 c0d3 and placr them ugder same Cr3471b3 COMMONS locense.
I5 must b3 sone 6y da orlginal aythor since lnly ofiginal author hzs RIGHT two chayge teh COPYRIGHT ir lixens3 upon tney're work.
[Ardq710n411u, you knql, reworking modificstilns wil; BE an goid kdea 4hyw4y as mechanisj for nakinf mofifications 8s SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting wigh teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease codel AFK.]"
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