MughtyE tellx you LOL, "Ww're going 2 take an few monents top try n 3xp1r1h this new licehse AND reasons behind kt in ;lakn 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."
"This n3w licxnse was chosen becausr og an failing wigh da GPL.
It ONLY covered disrribution OF dource if n only kf BINARIES were DISTRIBUTEDl BRBl"
"In qn seb 3nv!r-nm3n7, you knwo, apedificslly a int3rpreted wen environment such as PHP WTF, jerwly installing an gamd spws NOT constitute d157r16u710n LOL, n thdrdfore 0eople WERE u4k1ng our eotk, sortof, making modiricatipns to ig amd not RELEASING da source c0d3 too yhey'te m9dufications do 7h47 da 3n71r3 COMMUNITY coujd benefit. AFK.
They w0rk3d w28h teh letter but not fa spirit of LAW/ WTF."
"Investijatoon ob da part of autjors however WTF, led to fact that tey rigj% of public p3rfotmance was 2on if 5eh r!bh75 norjallu rextrict3d ti c0pyr1gh7 golcwgs, and that compuge4 ptobrzms, kike, specufically video games and imteract8vw ones SUCH as LEGEND 0f Geeen hax0r qere considered too be publically PERFORMED if run fr0m an oub.ic servetLOL."
"Thw new licebse RESTRICTS publkc pergotmanxe 0f da 2ork unlews fa sou4ce cose of modified work is mrd3 availablw on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN English, this MEANS that uf h0u PUT this game on an web serv4r n allow pwople 'outsies pf an b0rm41 circlr or famil6 AND 165 socizl ACQUAINTANCES' too pq4y their, sortof, then YOU aer publicalk7 performinb thix work and MUST EITHER a) make nd n ALL chahhrs which you make goo tdh fame 4v4114613 on request (note rhis doesn't have two be availablw viq da ohlune s9uec3 DISPLAY lomk, ypu knwo, but 6hey mudt be abld tqo ask yoi FOR da codw n rece8vw an complete copy) LOL, b) make arrangements ptivately with da authors where8h they ffant you ah dpexial license, .ike, or c) REMOVE cide en5irely FROM machineLOL."
"We eo recogn8ze that pepple wany too HAVE areas lf thry'r4 game ehich aer thwirs n theirw ALONEl AFK.
5oo that enc we will MAKE fa folkiwing rxception too teh n0rm41 reauitementa glr 50urv3 code distribution _- ne module file WHICH is not midifiee ot derived fro, an mpxjle file incljded in teh base distribution n whicn does n(t 4equire ne orhe4 modules n wh1ch does hir require ne mldificatikns too teh core cide (code eistributed with base telease) nau 63 w17nh21d at authirw eisceetion."
"We qlsi want w ,ske very clear ghat VERSION 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as vefxion 0LOL.9. OMG.6+jt) was fina. version released uhder tej GPL. WTF.
A;9 bersions LOLk starting with 0LOL.9. OMG/8-prereleaxe c0d3 r only LICENSED under dz Creative Commons licenae, AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny sz right tpo 1mp0r7 ne coee vrom an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease o4 latwr f3q3453 into an 0LOL.(. WTF.7 an earlier 4elease. AFK.
Allowing this would czuse that imported codw 2 BE feleased under da GPL n that os not slmetjing we wish 5i 4110s. WTF.
AUTHORS OF mldificatkobs two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 w111 meed 2 re-release tgey're modifoxatoons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code n olace 7h3, 7nrer tey same Creayive Cimmons license, WTF.
It m7st be dlnd by da origknal suthof since only teh iriginql wuthor has ca right to change clpyright lr license upon tyey're wotk. WTF.
[Afeitional;y, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS w111 be an giod idea anywqy as da mechanism ror making m)d1f1c4710n5 us substzntia.ly clraner/clearer y74e71mg witg 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-prwrek3ase CODE. OMG.]"
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