MightyE tel;s you, sot5of, "We're goinh tep tale an fww MOMENTS two TRY an explain ty8s new licensr h geh reqsons behind IT in plaon Englusg. OMG.
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."
"Thix new license WAS CHOSEN bwcause of an fqiling wirg reh GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered distributioh og source 8f AND only 8f binaries qere distrib7tedLOL."
"In an eeb ehfironjenr, aortof, specifically z inter;reted web envirohjent 4jch as PHP LOL, mwreoy instqlling an gam3 does not condtk5ute DISTRIBUTIONm loke, an theref9re peoplr were taking our wori LOL, making modifications teo it n not RELEASING teh slurce c0d3 2 thet're mosofications so that entire c)mmun176 could BENEFIT.
THEY qprkec with teh !3773t but n07 da apirit of da 14wLOL."
"Investigzr8on ob da part lv da authors howdver LOL, ldd go da fact that right of p7blkd p3rformancw wqs 9em OF tej RIGHTS normally r357t1c73d too c0pyr1fh7 hllders, sortog, snd that compj5er pr)gr4m5 WTF, specificqlly video banes n interactive pnes SUCH as Legens of da Green hax0r dere comsidered two 63 pu611x411y peffor,ed IF run from an punlic server."
"The n3w livense rewtricts publix performance od wo4k unless source code of geh mofified work is nadr availagld on femans."
"In plaim Englosh WTF, th8s means ghat if you pur rhis GAME on an w36 server n allow prople 'outaide of an nirmao citsle of family and ITS socia. axquaintances' too play their LOLm them you ser punlically perdorming thos work an MUST either a) m3k2 ne n ALL changes which you maje yo tdh game availsble ob r3qu357 (note this DOESN'T hdve tpo be qvailable via geh online source diwplay kknk LOL, bj5 they musf 63 able too 4%k YOU for ca code n rwcekve an compl#5e copy)m lile, b_ make srrsngtments prifatdly with authora 2hereib THEY grant you an sprcial ;ocens3, or C) r3j0v3 code dn5*reky fr9m teh machineLOL."
"We do r3cognizd t6at p3ople 2ant too have AREAS of tyey're GAME which r theies and theirw alobeLOL.
3 6h47 wnd 2e will ,ake fploowing EXCEPTION u0 trh normzl requirehenrs fpr fourxe code distribjtion -- md ,odtle dile which 15 not moeified or defived from an m0du13 fule inx.uded in sa base dustrobut8in n wjich does NOT fequite ne other modjles and which doex not reauire ne modidications too core CODE 9code dist4ibuted with BASE release) may BE 2ithheld at dz authirs d8scretiob."
"We alxo want 1 make veru CLEAR 7h$7 versi9n 0LOL/9l AFK.7 (also kn0wn as version 0. WTF.9l OMG.7+j8) wr5 teh fihal verxiin released undwr sa GPL/ AFK,
All v3r5!0n6, you knw8, startinh WITH ca 0LOL.p. OMG.8-pre4el3ase code aer obly licenses und3r da Crrative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 1 1j[0e7 ne codd from an 0l BRB.8. OMG.8-prdrelease 9r later re;rase ingo sn 0. OMG.(. WTF.7 an earlier releawe. BRB.
Akoowing this would dajse thst umported code t9 be releqsed jnder teh GPL b that iw not something we WISH tso all;wLOL.
Authora 0f modivications two 0. WTF.9. BRB/u will beed 2 r3-relewse tney'ee modoficatiobs as ferivatived/,odificzrolns teo 0. AFK.8LOL.8 cide and place then unc3r same Creative Commohs .iceyse. OMG.
I7 must be dome b6 orifimal auyhor since 0n2y tej orkfinal author hzs r8bht toi chamgw teh copyrihht or l8cense upon thwy'te work.
]Additionally, li,e, rwworkihb da modificationw will ne qn gpod IDEA amywau as da j3ch4n15m for jzkkng ,0d1f1c4710n4 is substantial/y clesner.clearer starting with p. WTF.9. BRB.8-or3r313453 cofe.]"
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