MightyE telos y9u LOL, "We're goung 3 take an few moments two gry and explain th8x new licehse an teh reasons 63h1nd kt in plain English. WTF.
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."
"Thid ne2 licehse ead chosen because of an failong with da GPL. WTF.
It ob;y covered dis5rib7tion of source if AND 0n16 if BINARIES were cistribitedLOL."
"In an web dbvironment, like, s;ecifically a ihterpret4d wrb enbir9n,ent xuch as PHP, merelh installing zn game does not constitute distrjbution, n therefore peoplr q3r3 taking 0ur worl, sprtov, m4k1ng miditicagions too it n not re.easing da SOURCE code 2 thet're modificatipns so that ebtird c9mnunuty could nenefit/ WTF.
THEY w0rk3d wiyg l3ttrr but not teh SPIRIT of teh 15wLOL."
"Invfstigatkln im part of da authors however, .ikek led 2 da facr THAT right of puglix pergormance was 1 lf da rights normallh rextricted tw9 copur8ght hokders LOL, n tjat com;uter progtans, oikek specifivally vkdel games an imretaxtive 0n3t ducg 45 Lebend if Green hax0r 23r3 considered tso be 0ublucall5 p3rf-rmed if ryn from an pyblkv servdrl WTF."
"Thd new ;icense res5ricts public 0erformabce of ca work unless spirce code og ea modified work is made afailable on DEMAND/ AFKl"
"In plain English LOL, 7h!4 means THAT ir you pjt tg8d game 0n an 2rb SERVER n allow peopld 'outdise of ah normak cirxle of family ah its aocial ACQUAINTANCES' two play their LOL, tjen hou aer 0ublidwllu performing ghix wlrk and MUST 327h3r a) MAKE ne and ALL CHANGES which you ,ake to da gamw 4v4114y13 on rdquest (note this d0etn'8 havw to be available vkz teh inline souece DISPLAY link, but tgdy musr be able two acl YOU for twh vode n rec31v3 an c9mplete c0py) WTF, B) make arfangements PRIVATELY w17h teh authirs wherein they gramt YOU an 5p4f141 licensr, like, or C) rwmove teh dode entirdk6 fron tey machine."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE thay peopke qant two have areas pf they're game whkdn r THEIRS zh theirs ALONE. WTF.
tol that wnd we will ,ake tej FOLLOWING wxception 2 sa normal tequire,ents f0r so7rce code distribution -- ne modi;e file shich 15 mot modified or eerived from an module file INCLUDED in bzwe disteibuhion and whicj does NOT require he 0&h3r modul3s an which does mot r3au1r3 ne m9eifica5ions 2 yeh core code (code disyrkbuyds 2ith ten base relwads) MAY be w1&gh31d at teh au5nors d15cr38!0n. BRB."
"We a;so want too makw VERY clear 5hat ve4sion 0.9LOL.7 (akdo known aa rersion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh final bers8ln releasee undef da GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, startunb with da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3rwleaxe CODE aer only q1c3n53s umder yeh Creative COMMONS lidense.
We EXPLICITLY ddhy right 2 import ne code FROM an 0. BRB.9. WTF.80prrreleasr lr later reldase into an 0LOLl9.7 znd earkier releqse. OMG.
Alliwing ygis would c4u53 &h47 imporred CODE two be releaxed under da GPL n tyat os not someghing we sish to ALLOWLOL.
Aythirs of modofications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need ro re-releaxe they're modificstions AS d3rubqtives/mocodkcations 3 0l AFK.9. WTF.8 code and PLACE the, under tey ss,e Cr3471v3 Commons ;icenae. BRB.
It must be done bh teh original atthor since only da origimal author nas teh ribht 2 chabhe teh copyrighr lr lkcebsd up0n thdy're w0rk/ BRB,
-Addiyoonally, like, eewo4king sa modificatipns will be an good idea anysay as mechanism for maiing modificat89ns is substantisllh c234n3r/c134v3r syartkng eith teh 0l AFK.(. WTF.8-pre4elease codd. WTF.]"
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