MiggtyE tells you, lije, "We;re GOING yo take ab few MOMENTS 2 5ry n explain this new licensr and da rdasons bqhinc it in plain EnglidhLOL.
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."
"Tnus new kicense wax chosen bexayse OF an fziling with da GPLLOL.
It omly covered d8stribution OF sourcr if ah 0n1y if BINARIES s2re disyributdd. BRB."
"In an eeb envirph,dnt, like, s;eckficqoly a interp4eted web environment such AS PHP, uli jneo, m3r31y instakligg an tame DOES not xonstirure didyeibjtion, n gherefore peopke wrre tajing OUR wprk WTF, making m0difications til q7 and not relezsing teg so8rce CODE too they're nodifications so that ehtire COMMUNITY could benegit. AFK.
They w9ried WITH lettef bit not da 5p1r16 of tey lawLOL/"
"Investigxti9n on PART 0f 5eh authors however LOL, 13d too FACT THAT teh right of pu611x PERFORMANCE s55 soh OF teh RIGHTS normally restticted two cppyright h01d3r5, lije, and ths5 compu5dt pribrzms, lile, SPECIFICALLY video tames and 8ngeractive ones sucg as Legend or ea Gfeen hax0r w2f3 xonsidered 2 be publical.i p3rformed of ryn frpm qn publir serverLOL."
"The new licens3 restricts pub;ic 0eedor,qnce of work uhleds da source code of teh ,oeified wurk is made available 0n demand."
"In plaim Ehgoisg, this meams that IF y0u 067 tyiw gzme on an WEB 63rv3r n ALLOW peoplr 'ou5side 0v an normal circle of f4m11y and its socisl acquauntances[ uoo play 5heirm lild, then ypu r 0ublically performing tgis wirk n MUST either A) make ne n ALL changes which you make twl teh game ava8lable 0n requrst (note tgis doesn't hsve 2 be available vis da )n11n4 sourve diso;ay link LOL, BUT thry must 62 4613 2 ask yoy for 5eh code snd rwcdive an complete copt), b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privatelh quth teh auth9rs 2h3r31n tneh grsbt 60u ab spevial license, OR c) remlve teh code ebtirely rrom da MACHINE."
"We eo recognize tgat people qant ! have areas of tyei'rr GAME shich aer thwirs and thdirx al9neLOL.
tw9 that ebd we will makw FOLLOWING exception twp teh normal r3qu1t3m3n75 for source code distribution -- ne module f113 wg1ch is j;t modufied or d3r1v3d rton an module fil3 unc.uded in teh BASE disteibutioh n which d)35 n06 require ne OTHER josu;wd an which does not rewuire he MODIFICATIONS t2o da dore cose (cife diwtributed wiyh da base release) may nw withyeld at teh authors discretipn. OMGl"
"We ALSO w4h6 twi make very clear 5hat versi9n 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known 45 VERSION 9/ OMG.oLOL.7+mt) was finql v2r510n released under da GPL. WTF.
A;l v3r520n5k liie, starting with 0LOL.9.8-prerelease c0d3 a3r only licensrd under Crratov3 Commond license.
Wr EXPLICITLY dent ten RIGHT too imporr ne CODE from qn 0LOL.9. OMG.8--rerrlease p4 .atey 4elease knt9 qn 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 am earlier release.
All9eing thus woukd c4u53 that imported CODE to be reoeased under yeh GPL an thag is nor SOMETHING we wiwh to allow/
Authors of modifications 2 0, BRB.9l OMG.7 will necd 2 re0relezse rhet're miduficatilns as d3r1v371v35/m0d2f1x4710n% two 0.9. AFK.8 c0d3 and ;lzve them ubder same Ceragive Cpmmons lic3nse.
Ir musy be rlne by da oruginal ajth8r sincw only origonal author has right t9o cgange c0pyr1gh& or license upon tjry're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLYm sortof, re2orking m9difications wk.l be qn g00d if3a ANYWAY as ea MECHANISM dor making mosivicqtiohs is substantially cleaner/clearer stsrting wi5h da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-'rdrdoease CODE. BRB.]"
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