MightyE tells ypu, "We'rd goinh 2 take zn few mojenrs 2 try an ex[lain this n3w LICENSE an teh reaaons BEHIND 17 in plqin English. 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 lidens3 was chosen because or an failihg with GPL. BRB.
It onoy coverrd cisteibution of SOURCE if and only if binaroes WERE DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In zn web environment LOL, specifically s inrerpreted web environmdnt auch aa PHP WTF. merely inxtalling an game does nor constitutd distributuoh LOL, n therefofe peopld werd 74k1nt our work WTFm m4k1nh modificatiobs to it qnd not releasing teh soyrxe cid3 to they're modifications s9 that da 3ntord cimmunitt cpuld benefitLOL.
The6 worked w17h yeh letter but n9t teh spkr8t of twj lawLOL."
"Invest8gation on da pae5 of 5eh AUTHORS HOWEVERm you ,nwo, lef too facr that teh righr 9f public performance wzs 1 9f yeh rights n9r,ally r357r1c73d 2 copyroghg holderx, like, an that computer progeams, d;ecifica.ly VIDEO g4m35 and int3rqct8ve 0n35 SUCH 45 Legend of yeh Green hsx0r were comskdered too gr publixal.y pervorm2d IF run FROM an [7blic wervwr. AFK."
"The new LICENSE reatricts publuc PERFORMANCE ir ds WORK unl3ss da sojrce c0d3 lf da modifi4d qork 14 madr 4v4114613 om demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Eng.iah LOL, hhis means THAT if YOU put this gamw on an seb sewver and allow 030p13 'oitaide of an nor,al ciecoe of ramily and its spcial ACQUAINTANCES' to )la6 theit, you jnqp, then y)u r [ubliczlly performimg tnus w0rk ans MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL changes wgich YOU make to da game avaikable on r3q8#t7 (NOTE THIS doesn't HAVE two be avaylable bka teh online a9urce eisplay link, woftof, gut yhey mjst BE able two ask 7ou dor code an receibe an comp;ete co0y), lukw, v) make arrzngrments [rivately with autbors wherein they grant YOU an soeciak license, s9rtof, or c) $emofe cod3 ENTIRELY from jachine. AFK."
"We do recognize that p30p13 want # have areas of thry'rd game whkcy r yheirs b 7h31r5 alonrLOL.
two yhat end we will male followihg ezception two da normal feqyirememts FOR 5-urc3 c-d3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne mosule filw wnidg iw not mldified or derived from an mocul3 file imcluded in badd disrribution and whixn dods not reqiir3 ne 07h#r modjles an which dpes no5 requite ne modificatkons too yeh cofe code (code eistribited with baae 4elease0 may be wirhheld 47 ajtgors DISCRETION."
"We alsp want too make v3ry clear &h4u version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (apxi known as VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+nt) was da f1n41 fers8in relwased under GPL/ AFK.
All b3fdu9ns WTF, STARTING wirh teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr34314453 code aer only ljcensed under da CREATIVE Commoms LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny wa RIGHT TO import be code from an pLOL.o. OMG.8-prerelessw o4 latr4 release into an 0. WTF.9.7 an eqrlier relesse. OMGl
Al.owing thus would csuse tyat imported cofe too be releasee undwr d1 GPL snd tyat is not somethint w2 w8wh 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of modkfidayiins two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wool meed too re-re;ease they'rd modkfivations ax derivstives/mod7rications 2 0. BRB.9LOL.i coce abd place THEM under twy same Cr3471v3 COMMONS licenwe. AFK.
IT myst be done gy teh o4igina. ajthor since 9nly ea progunal auyhot yas r1gh7 to change da copyribgt or license upon rhey're wirk. AFK.
[Additilnal.y WTFk feworking MODIFICATIONS w111 ce ab goos idea anywqy as teh mechanism hor making modificztiins is sjbstanriaoly cltwmer/clrarer 574r71mg eoth 0. OMG.9LOL.9-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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