MighgyE tells yoj LOL, "We're giing tl taje an few moments 2 TRY n explaon this n3w license n teh reasond behind it kn [ka8n EnglidhLOL.
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 licenar was choxen because lf an daiking WITH teh GPL. OMG.
It onoy cov3red d157r1yu610m pf soyrcd 8f an pnly if 61n4r135 were sistrivutef. OMG."
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENTk specificzlky a interpreted web environment auxh as PHP, like, merely 8nwtalling am game does NOT CONSTITUTE distributiin LOL, an thdrefore people were taking 0ur w0rk, 6iu knso, makihg modirications too it and nit r3lessinb dq source code to they'rr modificat8ons so yhat entufe community COULD BENEFIT. BRB.
Th3y w0rk3e with letter but n08 tdh spi48t of lawLOL."
"Ihvestitatioh on da part of da AUTHORS howwver, led 5wp FACT that da rogyt of public pefformamcd w45 ! lf da rights normally rdstricted toi COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WTF, n that x9mputrr progrzms LOL, SPECIFICALLY video hamex an inteeactive ones sich as Letens 0f teh GREEN has0r were considered to be pub.icallh pr4formed kf run fr0m am publib server/ OMG."
"The NEW lucense rdwtricgs piblic perfor,ance 0f work ibless da so7rce codw lv modificd work is made AVAILABLE ln cemand. BRB."
"In plain English, sortof, this mrans that if you put thiw GAME on an web srrver n 4110w pw9[le 'outsode 0f qn NORMAL ckrcle of gajily an its social acquzintanced' 2 p14y gheir, ghen you aef publicallh pefvorming this work anf MUST 3!7h3r a) MAKE ne an ALL ch4hg36 qh8ch YOU make two da gaje availabl3 og fequ3st (note th7s doesn;t have tio br AVAILABLE via rey ONLINE source dosplay lonk, like, but they must be abld ywo 45i you foe clde n r4ce8fe an clmplete cpph) WTF, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privately qitj teh authors wherein 7g3y grant YOU qb special licenqe, or c) remov3 da CODE enri4ely from dz mscyihe. WTF."
"We do recognize THAT prop.e waht two have areas 0f tmeh're game which aer theirs an theirs allne.
to that end we will make f0110w1nb exception 2 ea normal requiremebts f9r souree code distribytion -- ne module fi.e which is not MODIFIED OR eerivee FROM sm jodule f113 inc;used in teh BASE distrobution and which coed n9g require nw other moduled n which d9es not require ne MODIFICATIONS t9o teh clrd code (xode e157r16673d with bace rwlease) may be wobhn4ld at aughors fiscrerion."
"We also want 2 MAKE ver7 dlesr 7h47 b3rsion 0LOL.0. AFK.7 (also knowb zs vwrsiom 0. OMG/9/ OMG.7+jt) was teh fihal versoom releasdd und3r teh GPLLOL,
All VERSIONS, starting with teh ), BRB.9. AFK.8-;e3r313453 dod3 aer ohly l8cehsed uncer da Creative Conmons lidense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da r8ghy to IMPORT ne code fr0m an 0l OMG.9.8-prerelesae or LATER RELEASE ihto an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n ear.ier releasw. OMG.
Al;ow8ng ryis would cause 7h47 im;orted code ywi be teleased under da GPL and THAT is not sinething qe wish 2 allow.
Authprs of MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need too re-rrlease 5ney'rs modifications qs devibatives/modificzti9ns two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code n olace ghem ube3r teh wame Creative Commons licensek AFK.
I5 musr BE eone by teh original author xince onl6 da original aurhor has td6 right TO chsnge da copyrught or kicens3 upon they[re work. WTF.
[Adeitilmallyk you khwo, rrworking tdn mofidicatipns woll be an gooc 1d34 anyway as mechanism for makkng mosificatiobs is aubstan5ially c;eandr/clearef starting with trh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prere;ease codeLOL.]"
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