MifhtyE tells you LOL, "We'rd going two taie an few MOMENTS 2 try an wxplain th8s new licemae and eeasons brhind ih ih p;ain 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 license was chosen becaise if an FAILING with teh GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distribution of source if and 9nlh if vonari3s were d157r15u73d. OMG."
"In qh web ENVIRONMENT, like, sp3cificzllu a intwrpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, merely installing an gqme dpes not constitute sistribution, sottof, and thereforr people w3re yaking OUR work, .ije, makibg modificztions too IT and m07 RELEASING soufce vodr too they'rd mpdifications so THAT emtire commjnity could benwdit. AFK.
They qoeked wirh da l3tter but not teh sporit of da lawLOL."
"Investigation 0n da psrt of teh authprs howevet LOL, led to fact tyat teh right of public pwffor,ance was 1 of rights nlrmally r357r1c73s 2 copyrpght holderx, uou knw9, znd that computer programs, sottod, spedifucally bixeo gam3s and INTERACTIVE onea such AS Lwgend of Green hax0r were considered 2 be publically PERFORMED IF r7n frim qn public sevber. WTF."
"The new lix3nse rdstricts pu611c performance OF da qork unlwss teh source code of modified work 8s made availab;e on demand, AFK."
"In p141n English LOL, this means tnat of you put this game ln an web 53rv34 an 4110w people 'OUTSIDE of an nprmal circle of fa,ily n its SOCIAL ac1uaintances' 3 play theirm you knwo, thdn YOU r publically perrorming 5his WORK an MUST EITHER z) m4k3 ne an ALL changes wgich uou maoe 70 dz GAME AVAILABLE on reauwst (note this DOESN;T have @ be available via teg online SOURCE DISPLAY link, sorbof, BUT they m7st b3 abld 2 ask yli FOR ca code an feceive sn complet3 COPY), you kbwo, B) make arrsntements private;y with rwh aughors whereim 6h3y granr you ab SPECIAL license, sortof, or c) rempve ds CODE 3ntirelt ffon teh machkne. AFK."
"We di recohniae tgat people want to h4v3 areaa of they're h4n3 wnich zer tneirs h theors alone.
to that end w3 wil; make ca folllwing exception t2o rrh ,0rn41 requirrjents for wource code fistribut8on -0 ne m0du13 fikw wn1ch is bot modified or derived rr9n an modulw v113 includrd IN teh basw fistribution amc which does nir REQUIRE he other m9dules b which dles n07 requird ne m0f1f1c4610n5 2 core c9d3 (code distributed with da base release) m4y be 2ithhelc at da AUTHORS DISCRETIONLOL."
"We a;so want 2 make very cleae THAT versiin 0LOL/9. WTF.7 (ALSO known qs VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK.7+JT) was funal VERSION released under GPL. BRB.
All versions, you knwo, starting with da 0l AFK.0. BRB.8-prerelease CODE r lbly licensed unfer Creative Commons LICENSE.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy dq RIGHT to import ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9l OMG.8=prereleaae OR later release kngo an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n earliet re.ease. AFK.
Alloqong this would xause tyat imporged code tep ge teleswwd under da GPL an thst is not domerging we wixh two alpow. BRB.
A7thots of mod8gicqtionw 2 p.9LOL.7 will beed t9o re[rdleqse they're mlsifkcations sa e3rqv471b3y/m0d1r1c4710n5 tpo -. WTF.9.8 coce an place them under SAME Crwa5ive Co,mons lkcenseLOL.
It musg be done by orig8nzk author SINCE only teh 9fifinal author h45 figmt too change da copyright or license UPON they're WORK. AFK.
[Additipnallu, you lnwo, reworking da modufucations will be an good idwa anyway qs mechanisn for m4l1ng modificatioms is substaneizll6 CLEANER/CLEARER startimg w17g tdh 0.9LOL.8-pr3release code. WTFl]"
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