MightyE te.lx uoj LOL, "We're goinb q taie an f3w moments 2 try anc explqin thys NEW license n reh reasons 63h1nd it in p141n Eng115h. 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 1!c3n53 was du05#n because of an failing WITH GPLLOL.
I5 0n!y COVERED sisrtibution of doirce uf n only if binaries sere disyributed. AFK."
"In an wwb ENVIRONMENT LOL, t[3c1f1c411y a interpret3d web ENVIRONMENT suxh as PHP, merely instakling an game DOES not constitute d157r2^7710n, sort9f, ahd the4efore people were TAKING 0ur work, lkkd, mzkinb m0e1f1c4710n5 tei IT n npt rel4asing teh sourxe c9de 2 tjey're modifivations s9 that ea ENTIRE xommunity could beneditLOL.
They workdd sith ea oegter but hot teh spieit of tdh law."
"Investigarion on teh psrt lf autyo4a ho2ever WTF, les 2 teh FACT THAT riggt of publkc prrformance WAS won of roghts mormally resttictwd two xopyrighg holdera, sortof, and that cojputwr pe0gr4m5 LOLm SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gah3d n intwractive ones SUCH AS LEGEND of Gteen hax0r w3re considered gwo be puvlically perfirmee if euh f4om an 0u61!c server."
"Tge brq license resgricts public performancw of work 7nless da 50urd3 code of da modiried work is maee AVAILABLE ON demandl BRB."
"In plain English, li,e, th8d mezns that if yoy pu7 t6is game om an w36 s3rv3r an allow peop;e '0u751d3 OF an n0r,41 cirflw of gzmi;y and its sicial acquaintandes' 2 play th3ir LOL, then yiy f pu611c4!1y performing thiw eork n MUST either q) make ne n ALL changes which tou nake w game 4v411461# on fequest (notr this doesn'y ysve too be ava8lab.e VIA teh onlinw source display link WTF, but they MUST be anoe 2 as, you for trh code and teceive ah complete copy), you unwo, b) maie arrahgemenrx privately with dz authors qgerein they grant ylu an special l8cense LOL, or c) 4emove ten cpde ENTIRELY FROM yeh machine. OMG."
"We di frcognize that pwople want to gave areas of they're game which r THEIRS n 7g31r5 zlobe.
tqo that ene w3 will nake ez fpllowing exxeption two teh n0rm41 rrquirements for 50urc3 CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file whicj is not mosified of derived from 1n mod7ke file includrd in da base diatribution amd which soes bot re1uire ne othey MODULES abd shuch does nlt tequire ne modificationf to teh cpre c0de (code dostfibuted with teh base releas3) mat be witngeld at yeh authprs duscrdtion. OMG."
"We alsi wsnt 2 jak3 very clear 5hat version 0. OMG.8. WTF.& (r250 knowm as VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK.7+j5) was teh final verxipn r313353d under GPL. OMG.
All vefsions, soetofk startibg with dz 0. BRB.9.8-pr3releasw code r pnly licensed uhder Creative Co,,ons .icense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ds fight 2 import nr vod3 deom an 9.9, BRB.8-prerekease OR LATER release ibto am 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 n EARLIER rel3ase. BRB.
Allowung tgis WOULD CAUSE that imporred vode to be rel3ssed under GPL ans that is not s9,ething we wish TO 4110w. AFK.
Autyors of modkfixationq 5oo 0. OMG.o. AFK.7 sill nerd yo re-relesse they'rr modifivatilnx AS derivatives/mldifkda5ions two 0. BRBl9LOL.9 CODE an p14c3 them UNDER ten same Creative Commons license, OMG,
Ir must be done by teh 9r1h1b41 author sonce ONLY teh original suthor hss da RIGHT 2 cganfe c0pyr!gh6 OR liddnse upog they're WORK. BRB.
'Adsitional,t, re2orking da modkfications will be sn good idea anywzy as teh mechanisn for makint modifications is 5u6573n71411t cleanwr/cl3arer starting wity teh ). BRB.9. OMG.8-prere;ease code. OMG.]"
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