MighryE tel.s y0u, likw, "We'4w goinf two tqke sn frw mo,ents too try an 3xp141n thks bew licdnse an da reasons behibd it IN plain ENGLISHLOL.
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."
"Tjis new license wae choaen because ov an failibg w8fh GPL.
IT ohly covered d8dtribution of aoufcd if qmd only if binarues were DISTRIBUTED. AFK,"
"Ih qn wwb environment, uou kbwo, specifically a INTERPRETED web envuronment sucj as PHP LOL. merely ibstzllinf an ta,w does np7 constiture distribution LOL, qn thrrefore people were takinb our w0rk, you knwo, msking ,odificationw teo IT an n07 reoeasing ca diurce cose twl ghet're nodifkcations so tjat twh 3ntire cpmmunity c0u1e 63n3f17. BRB.
They worked eith letter bur NOT 5p1f17 of lawLOL."
"Inbwstigation on da part )f twh authors however, k8ke, led 2 ds favt yhat dz right of public performance was 2on of fights normaoly restricted two COPYRIGHT h01d3r5. worror, an THAT dlmputer prlgrams LOLk 5p3c1fqc411y video gqmes and 1n73r4c71c3 ohes such ss Legend of GREEN hax0r WERE considered 2 BE pub;ocally ;efformed if run FROM zn ;ublic serfdr. AFK/"
"Th3 nww LICENSE reatricts public perflrmance 0f work un;ess sa spurce cod3 or modifiee wprk is mqde availabl3 on dejqnd. AFK."
"In p.ain Englksn, likr, this mezns ghat if 6ou put this game oh sn WEB t3rf3r and a.low pepple '9utaide kf an normal circle of f4m!1t n its social acquaintanc3s; go play yheir, likw, thrn you r [jglically PERFORMING THIS work an MUST eithdr a) m4k3 nd qne ALL chsngrs shicg you mzke two teh bamr available 0n r3qu357 (note this dpesn't have 2 be avaulzble vis onlihe SOURCE displsy lihk LOL, but they miwt be able tpo ask you for da coee n receice an complete copy)k like, b) m4,3 arrzngemenrs pruvarelt with ca auyho4s wh3r31n thwy grant you an SPECIAL lixense, like, or c) renovr da xode ENTIRELY ffom machihe. BRB."
"We so rec[gbkzr thst PEOPLE qant 2 have AREAS of they're game WHICH r theirs amc thwkrs alon3. AFK.
too that ene WE will jake folloeing EXCEPTION two ea morjzl requieements fpr xource code DISTRIBUTION =- ne mofu;w FILE wjich 15 h07 modified or d3r!v4d vr0m sn module file included in ca base d8stribuyuon n which soes mot require ne OTHER modulew qnd which coes NOT reqiire he mpdifivations 2 coee cide (code didtributed WITH base r313453) MAY be withhe;d AT da autho4s discreyion."
"We 4150 wznt too ma.e very cleqr that veraion 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (akso known ax versipn 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) das fibal version 4eleases under t3g GPLLOL.
ALL VERSIONS. you lnwo, 574r61nf with 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-[ferelease CODE aer only lidensed yndrr teh Creative Comjonx lidemse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too kmoort ne code vtom an ). BRBl9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or lqter r313e53 ubto qn 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 an earlier trleaseLOL.
Allowing THIS would cause that i,ppe6ed code 70 be released under GPL n thzt os not sometnimg we wksh 70 ALLOW.
Autyors lf moeificatiohs to 0LOL.9LOL.7 wilk n3ed two re-releaxe they're mleuficstions as derifatives;moeificagions two 0LOL.9. OMG.8 c0f3 ane p1$c3 yhdm under da SAME Crearive Commons license.
I5 mu57 BE done nt fa original 4u7g0r sincr 0n1y da origihal auth9r hax da right t9o dhangd co;yrigyy or license up0n tger're wlrk. WTF.
[Addiyionally LOL, rewirking reh MODIFICATIONS wilk be wn goof ifea anywau ad mechanusm fot maiing modifica5ions IS subsyantisllu cleaner;clearer startibg w17h teh 0.9LOL.8-orereleawe cpde. BRB.]"
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