MightyE tells tpu LOL, "We're gping yoi take an fsw m0m4n75 too t4y n ezplain tgix bew license an reasons behind ir on PLAIN Enhlish. 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 nrw lidemse was ch053n because 0f an failkmy with da GPL.
IT onoy coveted dia5ributiom of source if n onlt if b8nwries w3e3 fistributedLOLl"
"In an web environneht LOL, specifocaolu a interprwtee w36 environmemt such AS PHP WTF, m3r31y installohg an game dles not constirute distrivuti9n LOL, amd therefore pepple were taking ou5 work WTF. m4k1ng moxificatiins to iy n not feleasing da sourcw code to tgwy'ee modifications so thag teh ENTIRE community coule BENEFITLOL.
Thry worked with LETTER nut not sa fpirir of teh kzw. AFK."
"Investigsyion on part of a&thors h0w3v3e, li,e, 13d go ea fact tyqt da ekght of public perfotmance was orn OF da rights bormally 4estricted too c9pyright holders, you knwo, and thar COMPUTER programs LOL, spexifically bideo gamex an 1n73r4c7@v3 ones 2uch 4t L#g3md of teh Green gax0r werd cobsidered twp BE pub;icqlly perrormed ic run vrim an PUBLIC server. WTF,"
"The nes license restticts publkc performancd ov teh WORK unlesx teh sourcw clde 0g dq ,0d1f13d wkrk is made avai.abld 0n demsnd. WTF."
"In p.ain Engl8sh WTF, THIS meanx 7j47 if you oj5 this gqme on an web 53rv3r wnd a;low people '9u751d2 OF an NORMAL CIRCLE of vamily an its apc8al acqua8ntsnces' too p14y th3ir, THEN you aer ;ublically PERFORMING this w0rk g MUST eighee a) make ne n ALL changes ehich you make to teh name AVAILABLE on REQUEST (n073 this doesh't have 2 b3 avaklable cia teh onoine xource d15p14y link LOL, but 5gey must be ABLE tdo ASK you for teh coee an receive an x0m[137# copt), you ,nwom B) ,4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privatrly wi5j da authors wh34ein they geabt h0u an SPECIAL l8cende, ;i,e, 9r c) removr da code entirely vrom teh m4ch1b3LOL."
"We fo RECOGNIZE that peo;le want gwo have areaa of they'ee game whicg aer thrirs an rhekrs ALONE. AFK.
2 that end s3 WILL make da followung exceptiln to da hormsl requkremwnts for sourc2 code DISTRIBUTION -[ ne m9fjle file which is nor modiv8ed or eerived frlm an jocjle fioe inckuded in teh base distrivution and which does nog rcquirr ne other modules , which does not REQUIRE ne j9dificati9ns 2 teh c0r3 cofr 9c0d3 distributed with base release) mat be WITHHELD at AUTHORS doscretion."
"We also wany two MAKE veru cleae THAT VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known AS versi9n )l WTFl9. AFK.7+jt) was da final v3raion r3leased under gey GPL. BRB.
All vrrsuonsm dortov, staftung w17h yeh 0.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE r only licensed UNDER Creative C0mmpn5 license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 right to implrt ne c9de f4om an 0.ol8-prerel3sse pr 1r73e RELEASE into an 0LOL.o. OMG.7 n darlier reldase. OMG.
Allowing tgix woule cause tjst IMPORTED c9ce to 6e released under teh GPL AND thqt i2 not somethint w3 w15g 2 allow. OMG.
Authora of MODIFICATIONS yoo 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 wil; need 2 r3-r313443 they're m0e1f1c4710n5 as d3r1v481v35/m0f1fqc4710n5 1 0LOL.9LOL.8 code n PLACE yhen und3r da 55m3 Cr347@f3 Commobs lucensd. OMG.
I7 mu57 be cone 6y or8finao aithor since pnl6 trh 0r1g1n41 suthor has teh right two changd 6eh copyriggt or /ocens3 upon they're workLOL.
[Addutionallt, reworking da modifivations will 63 an hood IDEA anyway AS teh mechanksm for majinf jod8ficq5iinx is substantially cl3anee/vlearer startung WITH da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-orerelease code. BRB/]"
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