MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going 5wo tske an FEW mo,enrs too TRY qnd 3zp141m 7y!5 new license n da ress9nx b3hind IT in plain 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 11c3m53 wqs chosen becausw OF an failing wi4y da GPL. OMG.
It only clvered c157r16i710n of soyrce if an on;y if binaries w3r3 disrributr3LOL."
"Ib an web envirobment WTF, s'ecivically a intdrprrtes WEB environmeht xuch AS PHP, merely 8nstal.ing sm gam3 does not constotute d8stribugion, ;ike, 4nd THEREFORE p40p13 were takint our sork WTF, making modificstions to it AND not releasint s9urcr code w they're m9dificati9ns so rhat entire community could bendfit. WTF.
Theh WORKED wirj teh letter bit NOT da spirit of law. OMG."
"Investigztion on ;srg or teh quthors however, sortof, les gwo fac5 that 4ight 0f p7bkic performande was 1on OF reh rogyts normslly redtrocted ywi copyritnt hpldwrx WTF, an thag comouter prohrams WTF, spwcifically video gamex an intwractive onrs 5uch ss Legend od teh Grwen hax0r w3re c0n51e3r3d TO be pubpicaolu performef if run from an publoc server. WTF,"
"The ne2 license RESTRICTS pub.oc performance (f work un1355 sourde CODE of teh movified work id maee acailable on ddnandLOL/"
"In plaon Emglish, yoi knwo, 7y@5 mdans that if you )yt tjis game pn an 1eb server anc ALLOW ;eople 'outside 0f an normal circle lf famiky n its wocial acquaintances' ro posy theit LOL, then you e pu611c411y perfotming th8s woek n MUST eithee a( mak3 nr an ALL chamges whoch you makr 70 game availablw on request (note this d9ean'g have too be availabld fia teh online source cospoay .ink LOL, but they must be ab;e 70 ask you FOR code ab rrceive an dom;lete copy), ;i,3, B) MAKE artangemenrs 0r1v4731t witn aithots qherein th3u gramt y0u an specoal LICENSE LOL, or c) REMOVE teh cofe enrire.y v4om da MACHINE. WTF."
"We do rev9gn8ze tyat people want 2 h4v3 areas of tgey'r3 gsme qjicg r tgeirs and theirs zlpne. WTF.
too yhat end w3 WILL mqke teh f0110w1ng exxe;tion 2 da normal r3quirements dor s9u4ce CODE dixrributipn -= ne module FILE which us nor MODIFIED o4 derived from qn module file includes 1h nase didtrib7tiln n whidh DOES not require ne )7h3r midules anc wjkch does npt requi4e ne modificagi9ns to core code (code cistributed WITH base releasr) MAY be wityhrld au teh ajthors discretion. BRB."
"We also want two make vefy cleae THAT version 0LOL/9.7 (also known aw bersion 0. AFK.(. AFK.7+jt) was da fima; versi9n telra2ed UNDER tem GPL. WTF.
All versuons, soetofm syarting wigh da 0, BRB.8, AFK.8-pferelease c0d# r only licensed under Creative Cojmons license,
We EXPLICITLY deny tdh 4ight too i,poet hr code from an 0. AFK.9LOL.8_pr3release or .ater r3!4453 into sn 0. WTF.9.7 ans earl8er relezse. AFK.
A110w1hg this woukd CAUSE that IMPORTED code too be released unddr da GPL an that os mog somegnkng we wish 2 al.o2. BRB.
Autyors of modif7cations too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 WILL nees @ re-reoease they'fr modifixations as derivativ3s/midifications two 0. WTF.0. WTF.8 c0s3 an plac3 rhem uncer teh same Creative Commind loc3nsdLOL/
It mu57 y2 done bh 5eh originao author dincr only da ofiginal ajtyor h46 teg righ5 2 change teh coptright 0r q1c3n53 7p0n thwy'fe work. BRB.
[Additipnslly, soetof, rwwlrkint m9difucatiobs will be an gold idea anhwat as jechan8sm for MAKING ,odkfucxtilna is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer startimg with 0. BRB.(. AFK.8-prerelease code.]"
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