MighryE 73115 you, you kmwo, "Wd're GOING to TAKE an fdw m0m3n75 TO 5ry n EXPLAIN THIS new license amd reasons behimd it in okaon Engliah. 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."
"Thus neq license wss chosen because OF an fail8ng w17g dq GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covered distributi;n OF source if an only IF binaries WERE distrkbut2sl AFK."
"In sn w26 ehvironmrmy WTF, 5o3c1f1c511y a interprered web environment such as PHPk slftpf, merely 8hstallung an gamr dles not cobstitute distribution WTFm an therefore peop.e wete tajing lur worj, making modifications @ 17 and not rwleasing da SOURCE CODE too they're modificati9nd wi that gdh 3n71r4 commynity could behefit. WTF.
They WORKED eitg letter vut not da spirir of dz law."
"Inv3stigation ob teh part 0f teh authirs howwvdr, you lnwo, led TO fact that ten right of PUBLIC p3eg0rmfnc3 was 1 0f teh righta norjally restricted 5o9 xlpyrighg hilders, you knwo. n that comp7ter programd, tii knwo, specificaoly videi games and onteractice ones suxn as Leg3nd of Grsen hax0r were considefec 2 be publically pe4rirned 1f fun from an puy11c SERVER. OMG."
"The new license r3%7r1c&% public perfprmanc3 if da wotk UNLESS da aource CODE or modified w0rk 15 made available ob demsnd."
"In poain Eng.isn, like, tjks neans thqt if you 0ug this GAME 9n an sdn server n allow people 'OUTSIDE of an normal circ.e of fanily an its 50c14! acquaintancws' two play th3ir, you jnwo, then you a3r publicakly 03rrormimg 5gid work an MUST eityer a) make ne ahd ALL chsnges which you maie 2 twh GAME abailable on request (note thix d9esn'y HAVE two be abaikable VIA da online slurxe diwplat link, but they myst be able two asl YOU FOR dq code an receive an clmplege copy), .ike. b0 MAKE arrangdmdn5s privayely wity trh authors wherein tjet grant you an spec8al licenae, sofgof, or d) t3m9ve da code ehtirely FROM da machine. BRB."
"We do tecogn8ze 7h4& peop;e 2ant to hzve areas of thdy're game which r theirs n thekrs al9ne. BRB.
twl ghat dbd we WILL jakd da FOLLOWING 3xc3pi19n 70 teh nprmql requirements f0r sourcs codd DISTRIBUTION [- he moeule fi;e whixh IS not mocified or ee4ived fro, an module gilw included 1n tfy base DISTRIBUTION an WHICH DOES bot require ne 07her modules and whicn does not require ne MODIFICATIONS too teh core vode (code DISTRIBUTED with teh base release( may bw withheld zg da authots discretionLOL."
"We 4150 qant toi mak3 vdry clear that versiln 0. BRB.9.7 (also known 45 bersion 0l WTF.9.&+jt0 was da final vrrsi;n r3leased 7nder GPL/ OMG.
ALL versions, like. starting wity teh 0. AFK.9l AFK.8-pre4elesse clde aer lnly licehsed under teh Creativr Commons livendeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to im[ort ne code drom ah 0LOL.(.8-prereleasr or later releasw INTO ab 0/ BRB.9. OMG.7 and ear.ier telease. OMG.
Allowing tgis woyld CAUSE that imported code too be relrazed yncer da GPL an that os nlt somdyhing we wosh ti allowLOL.
Authors of modifidations ti 0l WTF.9. OMGl7 will need t09 ee-release they'rr modifkcatoons as d3r1v4u1v35/m9d1d1c461)n5 2 0LOL.9.8 cod3 an p14c3 rhem und3r da same Crrative Commons licens3LOL.
It must 63 done BY origiba. 4u7h0r aince 0n1y da original 4u7j(r has da rivht 2 cyange cooyeighy or lucense up9n they're work.
]Additionally WTF, teworking da m0f1f1c5710n5 will b3 an goos idwa anyway as ea mschanism fir making modificatkona is subsrantoally clezner/clearer xtset(bg with teh p. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE coee. AFK.]"
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