MightyE tells you, you kn2o, "We're goimh tpo rqie an few momen5s twp tty and expoain tgis NEW licenqe an r3450n5 behind ir in pla8n 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 ne2 license wqw choaen BECAUSE of an fai;ung witg teh GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution of source if n on.t ig b8barirs 2erd distrkvuted. AFK."
"In ab wwb environmen5, ;ike, specifically a interpreted web envirinmenr such AS PHP LOL. MERELY inarsllinf an game d035 not constituge eist4ibutiin LOL, n therefpr3 pdople were 74,1ng ouf so4k LOL, ma,ing modificztions 2 it and n07 releasing slurce code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS sp thqt enti4e c9mmunity c0u1d benrbitLOL.
They eirk3d with ldtte4 but not da spirit of LAW. AFK."
"Invedyigation 0m da part of tey AUTHORS howefer, like, LED too teh gact that teh right of pyblid peeformqnce eas ! OF da v8ghtx n0rn421y restricted teo co[6right gokders LOL, ane THAT computer prpgramsm like, specirically v1d3) GAMES and interadyive ones 5ych ad Legemd of Green hax0r were xonsidered 2 be publkcaply performed if ruh from ab public serber."
"The new licenwe restricts punlic p3rf0rm4nc3 og 2o4k uml3ss fa soirce code of da modifyrd worj is ,4d3 4v4114613 on drmand/ AFK."
"In pla8n Engoish, yo7 knwo, thiw MEANS that if you put this game on an web werver an zlloq pe9ple '-u751d3 of an norhal cifcle of family an q75 social acquaintances' twp p1ry thdir, lik3. then y0u r pub.ixally [erforming 7h15 work an MUST rithwr a) make nd an ALL cjanges WHICH yoi mqke too gqme abailqble ON request (hite this dpesn't havd to b3 availqvle via ds online source display link, so4tof, but thet mist b3 able too qsi you for da code and receivr an c0mp1373 copy)k 50 jakr areangemwnts 0rivateky with da aytmors wherein thwy g4ahg ylu qn spexiql .kcrnse WTFk 0e c) remove teh code entirely fr0m da macnine. OMG."
"Wr d9 tecognize thwt pelple want two yave areqs lf they'rd game wh8ch aer tgeirs 4nd 7he1r5 alone. WTF.
to tnat end we qill ma,3 folloeing exception t8 teh nornal REQUIREMENTS for source code distribution =_ be modyle file wh1ch 15 NOT modifidf ot cerived from qn mocukd file included in teh BASE DISTRIBUTION n shich DOES bot require nd ither modules qnd wg1xh doew not r3qu1r3 ne modifuxa5i9ns too teh core code (vode distr8bjted qith teh BASE release( may BE eithhe;d zt tdn AUTHORS fiscedtion. WTF."
"We also eant 4oo m4k3 very clear that vfrsion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (alao lnown as version 0. OMG.9. OMGl7+it_ WAS teh finak verdion released under da GPL. OMG/
A11 verxions. you kmwo, stzrting with 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE ae4 only livensed UNDER 5dh Cr346!v3 Commona 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigjt too kmpofg ne code from an 0.0LOL.8-prerelease or LATER release into an 0.9. BRBl7 AND earlier re.ease. WTF.
A.lowing this WOULD c4u43 ths5 imported code two be RELEASED under da GPL zn THAT IS n07 sojegh*nb we w25h 2 allowLOL.
Authors of modificatiohs 2 0.9. WTF.7 w111 nees tp ee-rwlease 5hey're modivicationa as deribatives;modifica5ions 2 0. AFK.0. AFK.8 code qm 0lace them under teh same Creative Comnons licensr. WTF.
It mi57 be done by da original author SINCE ONLY ren original author has RIGHT yo change teh vo0uright or licrmse up0n thwy're workLOL.
'Additionally, sortif, rew9fking teh modivications woll 63 an good idea antway 45 mechanism fpr majibg modificationd is subxtantially clranet/xlearwr startint with ca 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pr4rwlease code. AFK.]"
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