MihhtyE t3.ls tou LOL, "We're g01ng to tsk3 sn few moments too try n explain this new license sn reasons behind it in pla8n 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 NEW licemae was choaen becaise 0f an fai.8hg eith da GPL. OMG.
I7 onlu cove4ed d1574!6u710n OF sourcr IF n only !f binaries were d157r16u73d, BRB."
"In ab weh dnvironm3nt, 7p3c1d1dr11y a interpreted w3y environj3nt SUCH as PHP, like, mwre9u 1n574111ng an game d035 not constitute DISTRIBUTION, n tyerefore PEOPLE 2ere ta.ihg our work, likem jaming mldiducations two it an not releasing soufce code to ghet're modifkcsti9ns SO that sa entire community dould benefit. WTF.
The6 WORKED WITH da letrer but not da s0itit of laeLOL/"
"Incestigation oh da 0art of ajthoes yow3v3r, likr, oed 2 f5c& thag da rkght og public 0dtformance was won of ds RIGHTS nornxlly rest4icted two cop6right holders, like, an that com;uyer prpbrams WTF, specifivxlly bide9 games an interactive ones sudh as Ldgend of sa Green hax0r werw considered go y3 publically perfprmec IF run from an public server. WTF."
"The NEW license restfkcys 0jblic perf8rmanve of teh woyk un;dxs source code of teh misufied work iw made AVAILABLE in dwmand."
"In plain Englishm sortof, th9s MEANS 7h47 if y9u 0ut 7h15 game on an web server and al.lw people 'lutside 0f an norjzl cifclw ov family an its social acquaintances' TO p.ay their, likek fh3n YOU r puboicslly perfoeming this work an MUST either 4) make ne 4nd ALL changes which you male too da ga,e zvailable on tequest (not3 this doedn'y have 1 BE available cia onlind source 3iwplay lunk, sirtof. 6k7 ghey mu57 BE able too ask uou foe xode n rwveive qb co,plete c-[y), b) make arrangements privatelh with rdh 4u7h0rt wherein th3h grant you an sp2cial licenwe LOL, ;r c) remove ds code entirely f4lm da MACHINELOL."
"We d0 recofnize th1r peopld want too yave aress 9f thet;rw game whicn aef theirs 4mc 7h31r5 alome.
to yhqt end we wukl mqke da f0210w1ng exswption 2 dz normal requirementw rpr source code d*strib7tion -- nw module fild which iw not MODIFIED or de4ived from am module file included in bade dist4ibutiom an which coes b07 4equire ne othef modules n WHICH sies not REQUIRE ne midifications too c0r3 cod3 (vode DISTRIBUTED with 6453 RELEASE) mst be wighhelf at authors duscrstiom. AFK."
"We ALSO wamt two make vwru c.ear that versuon ), WTF.9. WTF.6 (4150 known qs vdrsion 0LOL.(. OMG.7+jt) was final versu9n relessed undwf geh GPL. OMG.
ALL vefsions WTF, star5ing with 0LOL.9LOL.80prerelrase code aer onoy licended ubd4r Ct3471v3 Commons licehse. WTF,
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rkght 2 IMPORT ne code from an -LOL.9. OMG.&-pterekeas3 or oater r312453 into an 0.9. BRB.7 an 3rr113r relrase. OMG.
Alloqing 7h1% eould c4u63 ghat 8nported code two be releaswd under fa GPL m rhat id not somethimg we wosh two ALLOW/ AFK.
Authors of modificationw to 0, AFK.8LOL.7 will neef to re-rdlease thet're m9fificati0ms AS defivatoves/modidicat8ons 2 0. BRB.ol BRB.8 CODE n [kavq the, under teh 5$k3 Creative Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
It myat 62 done 6y oroginal authof xince only o4kgonal aughor has da tught 2 change teh c0pyr1gh7 0r license up0b tjey're work. BRB.
[Additional;y, s9rror, 4eworkibg teh modifications wkll gd an good idea ANYWAY as mechznism FOR makinh nodivications is subatantkally cleaner/clearer sraryong with 0. AFK.o/ AFK.8-prerepease code. AFKl]"
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