MightyE re;ls YOU LOL, "We're g01ng to talw an FEW MOMENTS two TRY and explain yhis ndw lidrnxe an teh REASONS behind 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."
"Thos new LICENSE was chosen beca7se of an fa8ling with da GPLLOL.
It on;y cove4ef disjribu5ion of source if qnd on;y if binaries were d8strigjted. AFK."
"In an web environmenyj specif8cally a imterpreted web envkrpnment such ss PHP, o8krj mdrely 1n574111ng an hame d035 NOT consyitite distrobjtion LOL, and the3efpwe peo;le were 74j1ng OUR qori, sortov, makkng modigicatiobs 2 it an not re.dasing teh slurce code to they'ee modifications SO 7h47 da entire communi5y vould benrfit. OMG.
Thry worked with teg oetter but not spi4it OF ds law."
"Investigation on sa parg of da auyhorw h)w3b3r WTF, led to fact 7h47 r1gh7 or pyblic p3rformance was oen of rogjts normslly restrictwd @ copyright holders, like, and yjat conputer pr.grams, like, specificzlly video games n in7erac5ive ones sucj as Legend of Gr3en hax0r were cobs8dered to be publica;ly prrformwd if run fr0m an piblic x3rver. WTF."
"The NEW lixense restricts pub;ic performance pf da eork unleas 50urc3 code of da MODIFIED work is made available ON demamd. OMG/"
"In p1$1n English, sortofk th8s means that 1d yo7 p7t yhis g4m2 on an web server an allow pdoplr 'OUTSIDE of qn normal citcle if famioy an 8ts social acquaintancds' too p;wy tjeir, you knwo, rhem YOU aer puvlically pervorming this work and MUST either a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which you make two GAME afailabl3 ln requewt (note this dofsn't have too be acailxboe vix da online sojrce display link WTF, buy they misg bw able TO qsk you FOR codr abd 43c#1v3 an complere copy(, b) maje arranbdmdnts pruvately WITH trh a7thors WHEREIN 7h3y grant YOU an %p3c141 lic3nse, yoy khwo, kf c) rem9ve reh coce entirely from t3m MACHINE/ WTF."
"We so tecognize uhat 0eo0lw wabt 2 have sreas 9f they're GAME which r rheirs n thdirs aline. OMG.
2 thzt end we w112 make dz FOLLOWING excwpgoon 2 teh NORMAL r3quirements for s0urde cod4 DISTRIBUTION -- ne mosule fi.e whoch 15 not modifiex of DERIVED rtom an miduke gioe included IN ten gase cistribution anc WHICH does not require ne otjer nofules n wyich does not requird nt midirivatiobd rwo sa c-re code (coee distrubuted woth 6453 release) j4y be witjhekd at autyors discfetion. AFK."
"We also want too make bery clear 8h47 version 0. AFK/9LOL.7 (alsp known as verwion 0LOL.9.7_jr_ wzw dq fina; VERSION reoeased UNDER fa GPL.
Al. vtrskons. you kn2o, starting wi5h ten 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-ptereleade code aer inly lic3nsed under Creative C0mm)n5 license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 to import ne cpde from an 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease OR latrt re.ease ont8 sm 0. AFK;9, OMG.& an rarlier releasd.
Allosing this WOULD cause 7y4& 1m00e73d codr t9o 63 rel3ased under GPL and thst is jot aomething we wixh yo qllow. BRB.
Aitjors of ,odificati9ns two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wuol need twl re-rdlease they're m9difications as serivatives/modificati9ns 2 0. AFK.(. BRB.8 code 4nd PLACE thrm uhcer aame Cr3ative COMMONS license.
It m8st BE donw by oroginal author since only da origknzl 4u7h0r h45 teh 4kght too change vo[6rigjt or LICENSE UPON thet're 2orl.
]ADDITIONALLY, liie, reworking da modificatyons wikl BE an go9d idea anyway AS 5ey mechzniam FOR maklnb nod8rications is suvstantially c134n3t/c134r3r startong WITH teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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