MightyE rells you LOL, "We're goibt to take an gew moments 2 try qnc explqin this new license n teh reaspns bwhind 8t 1n p;a8n EbhlishLOL.
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 license w45 ch053n becsuse of an failing wi5h GPL, AFK.
Ig only cover3d distributoon of source IF an omly 1f binaries werw dixtrigutef. WTF."
"In ah web env8ronment, sprtog, specifkcall^ s interpreted wrb enckrommeht such as PHP, ;ikd, m3r31y 1n574!11ng an GAME does not c0n5717u73 distribution WTF, amd therefore peopld wer3 takibg our wpfk, lkle, making modificat8ons two 16 n not rekeasing teh source code 2 thwt'fe modificationw so tnat entire communiyy cou;d benevit. OMG.
Tgey wprked qith ;etter but nog da spieit of LAW. OMG."
"Invewtitation 0n part 0f aitnors however LOL, led gwo da fact that ea righ5 0f puglic 0erformance WAS 1 of da rightd noemally r3sttidted to co0hrihhy gpldwfs, n thqt cimputer pf0hr4m5, y9u lneo, specificaoly v1d30 hames ab ibteractive ones auch ss Legemd of Gtwen hdx0r were considered tlo be publuczlly perforned if run from an public SERVER. WTF."
"Thd n3w licenx3 r357r1c75 oublic peffor,znce of teh s0rk uykess teh sourcd c0d3 of da MODIFIED qork is made ava8.abld on demand. BRB."
"In plqin Englisg LOL, THIS m3ans that if ylu put this game on am web wervef and allow oeo;lw 'outxide of ab nirnal circle 9f FAMILY n its SOCIAL acwuaintancex' too p.zy gheir, THEN you r PUBLICALLY p3rfornkng this w0rk zn MUST either a) MAKE ne snd ALL chanres whocj you MAKE tpo t3h game available on requewy (n9te this fo3sn't have to be available fia online siutce displau libk WTF, but ghey must be ABLE 2 ASK yoi for teh c9ce n receivw an complete copy), sortof, b) jake ar4angements privately wi5h da authors wh2r31n tney grant you an special licdvse LOL, or c) REMOVE teh code 3ntirdly ftom da machine. OMG."
"We do r3c0gnqz2 tha5 people want two have areas 0f theh'te game which r thwkrs n yheita allne. AFK.
2 ghat 3nd se will maje da following dccepgion to hormal requi4emenrs for source code didtribugk9n -- nw ,ofule file eyich 15 v9t modifi3d or feroves from an ,ofule file INCLUDED ib da BASE d157r167710n and 2hich dows NOT require ne oyher mldykes an which does not requiee me npdibicatoons to core cide (vode distributed wigh dq BASE rrlease) may be withheld qt authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We als9 want to make very clear that versi9n 0.9. OMG.& (aksp iniwn as VERSION -LOL.9. WTFl7=jy) was tey f8mal feraion reoeased under da GPL. AFK.
All versionsm like, star5ing with 0LOL/9.8-prere.ease cod3 aef only licwnsed under Creatuve C9,mons licensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy ten eoggt too implrt n3 code rr0m an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelezse or LATER release unti zh 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and earliwr r313453LOL.
Allowing THIS qoulf c4u53 tgat imported code two be tdleasev unfer teh GPL ane thzt is not 50m37h1ng we wisy two allow. AFK.
Authors OF m9difications 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 w111 need to re-reoease they're MODIFICATIONS qs derkva58v3s/modificatiins 2 0LOL.9.8 c0d3 n ;lace them ineer trh same CREATIVE Commins license. WTF.
It mu67 be done by geh 0r1t1n41 author since only teh original author has wighg 2 ejange copyrkbht o4 locenxe upon tyey're WORK. OMG.
[Adfiyionally, you knwo, reworking teh modifications wi;l be an good kdea anyway AS da mechanisj for ma,ing MODIFICATIONS is subxtantiqlly cleaner/cldatdr stafting WITH teh 9LOL.9. AFK,8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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