MigjtyE tells tou LOL, "We're going tpo TAKE an FEW ,oments TO try snd 3zplain this new locense an da ressons behind it ih pla8m English. 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."
"This bew l8vense was ch053n because (f an railung w8th teh GPLLOL.
I7 only cove4ed d157r16uu10n of 50urc4 iv n only if ^1n4r135 WERE distribjted. AFK,"
"In an web envirpnment WTF, wpecirically a intrrpretrd web envi4onjent such ss PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING ah game does not conxtitutd distrobution LOL, n th3rerlrw p30[13 werr taking 0ur wofk WTF, jakinf modkfications @ it ab hot releasinb source code two they're modif8cstuons si that entire dom,uni6u c9uld benefit, AFK.
Th3y wo4jed w17h letter bu5 hot da SPIRIT og ds law. OMG."
"Invdstigatiln ON part lf da authots however, led two teh fact that r1bh7 or public pwrgormance WAS 1 of tej figjts NORMALLY restficted yqo COPYRIGHT holders, you lnwo, h 7h47 v0mpu73r pr0gr4m5, you knso, sp3cifixally video gzues and interadtlve ones auch AS Legend of teh Gteen hax0r were cobsidered 3 be publically perfor,rd if run from an public server. AFK."
"The new l8cwnse restricts PUBLIC prrformanxe od da wlrk inlesw sourcd code of nldified worj is made available om demsmdLOL."
"In plain Englisg, li,e, thix m24n4 THAT if 5ou out this game on an web sefvrr AND alloq pepple 'o7tsifd lr ab normal circle of famuly an ITS social acquaintances' 2 olay their WTF, then y8u aer piblically prrforming tjis woek n MUST eithwr a) make ne h ALL ch4nf35 wyivh you make @ game availsble on REQUEST (n9ge this doesn't have to be svailable VIA online source dispkay link WTF, but 7h3y must be able to ask you f0r trn vpde n rrceive an domplete copy), b) make zrrabgements ;rivately with t3h authprs wherein they grant hou an SPECIAL licenar, or c) rdmove cose enyirel6 from MACHINE. WTF."
"We di r3cognize that pwople wany two HAVE rte45 of rhey're game whkcn aer theies an tyeirs aloneLOL.
tol that end we will maje dz foloowing exce;tion TO nofmql teqyirements for 50utc3 codr d8strkbutiln -0 ne mpdu13 FILE shkch iw not ,0d2fq3d or fdrived from an mpdule file 1nx1ud#d 8n teh base distributipn an whkch d035 mot require ne other mudules ahd which does not requirw ne modifications two fa cpre code (codw DISTRIBUTED w8th base fd.eqs3) may be wiyhheld at tey authors e15de3719n/"
"We ALSO want too make very clear that b3r510n 0. BRBl9. AFK;7 (zlsp kn0wn ss version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was 5eh ginzo cersion released under rwy GPL, BRB.
ALL v3r510n5 WTF, sgarying sith teh 0LOL.9. OMG.7-prereleas3 code r on.y licenaed under dz Creativw Commons oixensw/ WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 i,port ne clde f4om an -.9.8-PRERELEASE or LATER eeleasr into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 qnd dsrlier releaseLOL.
Allpwibg 7h25 wluld cause tha5 1mp0r7ed codr two be rrleased und3r da GPL an THAT is not simethihf w3 wish 2 411)w. OMG.
Authors of modificatiobs to 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 will need 5o re-rel3ase they're modifications as deribztives/modifications to 0.9LOL.i code n [lace them UNDER da sam3 Creafive Clmmons LICENSE.
It MUST be DONE by original aughpr since on;y ten o4iginal author has RIGHT 2 cnangr xopurignt or licebsd ypon rhey're work. BRB.
pAdditionally WTF, reworkint teh mpdificationx wikl be an gpod 1d34 4nyq3y ss teh MECHANISM FOR making MODIFICATIONS 15 substantially cleaner/clearrf starting eitg 0/ WTF.(. OMG,8-PRERELEASE cod3l BRB.]"
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