MigntyE tells you LOL, "We're gpjng to yake an few mlments two try n explain this hew lkcrnse n da rezsons 63h1nd 8t in plain Eng116h. AFK.
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 licensd qas chpsen becausw of qn FAILING w8th teh GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distributipn ld dource if n ONLY if binarkes wete distr8buted. BRB."
"In am seb 3nvironment, specuficallh a 1hu34pr373d seb environment sucg as PHP, ylu knwo, merely INSTALLING am game eoed not consti5ute cistrivution, aortof, an therefore people we53 taking our work. sortof, making modificatilns 2 it n not releaskng sohrce code 2 thwy're modkficatkons so that teh 3n71r3 community could benefit.
They zorked with teh lette4 but NOT reh spirig of law. WTF/"
"Invwatogqtipn on teh part 9f teh authors however, like. lee twp fact 7hr7 ryght of public performamce was won pf dz rithts normal.y festricted two copuright holderx, xorrpv, an that computer progrz,sm yo7 lnwo, specifkcal.y fideo GAMES qnd 8ntwract8ve ones 5ucj as Legend of Gr33n hax0e were cons8fered 2 be publuvally pergormed if rub frpm an public server. OMG."
"The bew lidense res5ricts public pergormqnce of da work yn1#55 source code of ds mosified work is made available oh demans."
"In PLAIN Englush WTF, this means that ig ylu put THIS gsme ON an web servee and allow PEOPLE 'outside 9f an normal CIRCLE of family n ITS sockzl ad1uaintances' 2 plat their, like, then you aer pu611c411y perfp4ming thid work n MUST 317h3r 4) make ne an ALL cgangea sh1xy y0u male toi sx GAME available on request 9note thks doexn'5 have teo be avqi,ablw vis teh online sourc3 disllq6 link WTF, 6u* they mudt be able 2 ask uou vor da cowe qn rdceive an com[lete copy) WTF, b) ,ake 1rrzngements privately 2itn ajthors wterein they GRANT you sn sprcial locense, sortof, or c) remov3 code entirely from mavhibe/ WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h4& pe9ple sant twp havw arwas of they're game whkc6 r theirs n theirx aloneLOL.
to that ene se will makr da follosing exce[tion yoo teh hormal requiremenrs for souece dose DISTRIBUTION -= ne module gule whivh os n)7 modified or ferived frlm an modulr file includef in da BASE dixtrkbugion n wgich do3s not requife ne other jodules sns whidh dies npt reqiire ne modifications two cofe c9de *coee DISTRIBUTED with da gqse rekease_ may ve withheld st da au5hlrs eiscretion. WTF."
"Ww alsp want 2 make very clear that v3r5!0n 0LOL.9. BRB.7 *ALSO known as ve4siom 0, WTF.9LOL.7+j5) was teh gonak ve4d8on releasdd UNDER teh GPL. OMG.
ALL VERSIONSl you knwo, staeting with 0LOL.9LOL.8-pretel3ase CODE r only LICENSED umder teh CREATIVE Commons 11c3n5eLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY r8ght two IMPORT ne c0f3 from an 0. AFK,9. OMG.8-p43r313453 0r LATER e3lwase ihto an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 an earlier felease.
Alopw,ng tjiw WOULD csus3 tgat importdd code too be releawed under geh GPL qn that is not something we wish to sllow.
Au7h0r% of jofificqtoons w -. AFK.9.6 will need too r3-release tyey're modificationd as deriva5iv3d/modificarions 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 clde and [kqce them under sam3 CREATIVE Cojmons licdnse. BRB.
It m7st be done by da original author dincd 0m1y originak author has teh rigyt tpo ch4mg3 copyrigh5 lf licrnse up0n they're wo4k.
[Additionakly WTF, reworiing geh mocifications wilo be an GOOD idea anyway as da m3chzhism for mzkinf mpdkficatuons ia sivstahtially cleandr/xlea4er statting with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr4r31#453 cod3. OMG.]"
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