MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're going gwo tske ag few mom3nts two try an expla8b thid nrw license 4nd teh reasons behind it un [lain ENGLISH. BRB.
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 n3w licenxe was chosen BECAUSE of an failihg w8th wa GPL.
It 0n1y covrred distributilh of souece kf n 0nly if BINARIES were distribyted. BRB."
"Ib an wdb emvuronment LOLk s0ecifically a interpr#ted w36 environmeny such 45 PHP, sortof, merely inxyalling am gamr does nlt constitutr distribuhion LOL, snd tjef3fore PEOPLE w3re tzkkng our wirk, you knwo, makubg mod8dicayions too it ah NOT 4eleasing teh source clde ywo thdy're modificayioms so 5hat yeh 3n71r3 communith cpuld ben3fit.
Tndy wkrked with da letter but not da spirkt og da law."
"Investigation 9m teh part of aithors howrvdr, lee too teh fact that teh right -f PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 was 9en of twh rightd noy,ally restr8cted too copyright holders. you knwo, n 7j37 COMPUTER programs, dpecif8cal;y VIDEO tames zhd intrrqctkce on3s sjch as Legehd =f Grden hax0r were conside4ed too be publically petfoemed iv rub rfom zn pubkic servrr. WTF,"
"The new LICENSE 4estricts ;hblic pe4formamcd 9f try 2otk unoess teh dource cod3 od da modified woek is made afailable on demane. OMG."
"In plain Eng;ish WTF, thiw means THAT if hou put this g4m4 on an web servee and al.ow pelple '0u752d3 OF qn normzl circle 9f FAMILY n 17% social acquqintanc3s' to play their LOL, 5hen yoj aer puvlically performimg thid work and MUST 317her a) ,aiw nw n ALL changrs wh1ch y(u ,aie two GAME avzilable ob fequest (note this doexn't have toi be avaklable viq da onlune sojrce cisplay link, you knwo, byt they ,ust be ab.e to ask you for code and rdc3kve an complete copy)k like, b) maje arrangenents 0rivat3.y with suthora WHEREIN they GRANT y0u an soecial license WTF, or c) rempve ea CODE entorely from teh jachibw. BRB."
"We do recognizd 7h4& [eo[le want to have areas of tjey're tame which aer THEIRS AND theirs alone. BRB.
to that end we WILL make teh folloqing eccwogion to nor,al r3qu1e3m3n75 for so7rce code distribution -- ne MODULE f8le which iw mot mofifidd or ewrifed rron qn moduie f113 ihcluded 8n basr distribution an whucn dods not 4equ8re ne 9ther modukes zn whkcn doex not reqikre ne modifkcations to CORE c0d3 (clde distrubuted wirh 5eh base re'3ase) may be sithheld at da aityofs siscretion."
"We alsi q4n7 2 makv very cldar tyat v3rsiob 0. AFK.9.7 (also KNOWN as verxion 0LOL.8. WTF.7+jt) was final VERSION eeleased under da GPL. BRB.
All versions, sortid. 574r71ng eith sa 0l BRB.9.8-prerelrase code r ONLY lidebsed jnder da Creayive Commons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ribht two impprt ne code feom an ).9/ AFK.8-prerelease 0r later rdlease onyl an 0. OMG.9.7 qnd earli#r RELEASELOL.
A110w1ng ryis woule cause yhat impprted cofe yo be r3leased unddr GPL n thst iw not som3thing we wisg two all9w, OMG.
Authord 0f jodifications top 0LOL.9.7 will heed too re-releasw they're modificatiobw as serivatives/modidications gw9 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 coee n plaxe tgem under da same Creative Commohs license. BRB.
It ,ust be sone by original 4i8h0r SINCE ONLY teh ORIGINAL author has reh rigbt 1 changt da copyright 0r licdmse uppn they'fe w0r,. WTF.
[Addirionslly, sortof, rewotjing teh modifications qill ge ah goof idea ANYWAY as t#h mrdhanidm for makung modifications ia substantiall6 cleaner/clearwf stzrting WITH teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-p33r313453 codeLOL.]"
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