MightyE tells yiu LOL, "We're going tio take an few mlments to try abd explain this new 11cen5e an r#350n5 vehund it kn p14qn Ehg115h. 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 new licwnse was chosen becaise lf an dailing w8th GPL. AFK.
IT only covered d157r16u710n ov source if an obly if binaries sere DISTRIBUTED;"
"In an wdb 3nv1r0nm3n7, specigicalky q imterpr3ted w36 wnvironment such as PHP LOL, merdl6 ihsgallinh an game does not domstotute dostribution LOL, and thdrefpre people w34e taiing our wofk LOL, making modkfications roo it n not rdleasing twh 40urc3 CODE 2 tney'4e m0d1f1c481pn6 so that entire commjni5y could benedkt.
Thx6 worled with sa lett3r but not wpirit of da 1rw; OMG."
"Investigation on ea paf5 of teg 4i7h0r% h0w3v3r LOL, led two fact that da 4ight of PUBLIC ;erformanc3 was q of geh ribhts normally restricted tpo copyrohgt h01d3r5, aprt9f, an thst computer pfogfs,sk specifica;ly vid3o games 4hd igteractive ones sucn as Legend of da Green hax0r were considered reo be publ,cally performed if fun frpm an 0ublic servdr. OMG."
"The new k8cense rewtricts pu6q1c pergormabce of WORK unldsa da soufxe cide of teh m0e1r14e eofk is msdd available pn demqnd. OMG."
"In 0laun English, xortof, this means tjat if you put this game on an deb server n allow pdople 'outside of an normal circke lf family an ITS socia; acquaintamcew' go9 play thdit, you khao, 7j3n YOU r publica;ly oerforming this WORK n MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne znd ALL chznges wh1ch you make too da game 4v$114y14 ln rrquest (nite yhis doesn't hav3 too be qvailable viz teh oj.ine sourxe displqy libk WTF, but they mua5 be able too ask uou fpr code am recqive an complete copy) LOL, b( mqke 4rr4nyem3n75 pr8vately with teh authors wherein tney granr ho7 an specizl licens3, 0r c) remove da code entirely from da ,axhineLOL."
"We do tec[gnize that people want two have areas of they're GAME which aet tyeirs n THEIRS 410n3. BRB.
2 that end WE wilk make teh rollowing ezception too n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS for so7rc3 dode diattibu5ion -- me nodule fikd ehich is n07 modified ir derived vrim ab modyle FILE ibcluded in baww eistrubut8on n wh1ch does not requirr me other m0du135 and which does not tequ8re ne mpdifudations y3o teh cord code (c0d3 distributed witn da bas3 eelease) mqy be withhele xt authirs discretiob."
"We ALSO want 5w9 makd cery d134r 5hqt bersion )LOL.9. WTF.7 (also known 45 version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+j7) was ginal version teleasec under GPL.
All versoons, s9rtof, dtafting with ten 9l BRB.9LOL.8-prrrelease vose r only licensed jnder teh Cr347@f3 Conmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da riggt to import ne c9d3 ftom an 0.9. OMG.8-prereleas3 or latet 4elease into an 0. OMG,9. BRB.7 an earlief r313453. OMG.
Aqq0w1ng ghks wpuld CAUSE thzt im0prtee coee t9 be releawed UNDER da GPL an thst is not something ee wisn 5wo ALLOW. WTF.
A7thors of mofifications two 0. BRB.9.7 wilo neec 70 4e-rekrade they're midifjcations ss deribztives/nodificarionw to 0. BRB.9. BRB.* code n p14c3 tyem inder teh 54,3 Creat8ve Comm9ns LICENSE. BRB.
It myst be dome by ds oroginql author since on.y origonal author has da riggt too change ds coptright or .icense &0on they're w0r,. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, you kn2o, fe2orkibg da modifications wikl ne an goos udea antsau as da jexhanism for mrk1ng m0d1v1c4710n5 js substantiakly c;eaner/clearer staeting w17h da 0, BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE CODELOL.\"
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