MifhtyE tells y07 LOL, "We're go8nf twl take an few momentw twl 5ry n explain tnis n3w license n tey reasonx behibd it on plain Enblish. 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."
"Thiw nee LICENSE qax choaen because of ah f411!nh witn teh GPLLOL.
It imlu coverrd DISTRIBUTION 0f 50urc3 uf snd only if 61b4r135 were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an wev environmwnt WTF, s[ecifically a inter0reted web 3nb1r0nm3nu such as PHP, sirtofk merely INSTALLING an GAME does not constitute d15ur17i710n LOLk n 7h3r3f0r2 peppke WERE taking our wprk/ making m0d1f1c472pn5 two ot an NOT releasing teg slurcr code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so thar entire commuhity could benefit.
THEY worked wkth da letrew but not apirit ov LAW. BRB."
"Inves5igation on ea PART of da authors hiwever, like, ldd 5oo rwh fact that rught of public p3rv0rm4nc3 2as won of teh r1gh76 hp4mallt restricted 2 clpyright HOLDERS, sortofm n that computer pt0br4m5, a9rtof, d[exifically video gamex an interdctive ONES suxh as Legrnd of da Green hax)r weee cpnsidered too be PUBLICALLY 0ergirmed if run from an public serverLOL."
"The mew license r35&r1c75 oyblic performance of work unlews teh spurce code of da MODIFIED 2ork id made available on crmand. AFK."
"In plain Englixh LOL, th8s means that if you put thus gqje in an WEB server AND ALLOW people '0u761d3 of an no4mzk circl3 -f famiky n 8ts social 4vqu42n74nc35' too play thrir LOL, theb y9u r punlically p3rf0rm1ng thid worl an MUST eitger a_ makr ne snd ALL chamges which you m1ke 2 da GAME available on request (nite 8hq5 dlesn'y have to be available via teh online SOURCE DISPLAY kink, lik3, but 7h3y mixt be ablw to 45k uou for da code an rdxeive sn complete cppy) LOL, b) makd z4rqngenents PRIVATELY with da authors whr4ein they grant you an xpecuak license, or c) removw cide enyire.y froj teh ,ach8ne. OMG."
"We do r2v0gn1a3 that people wa,r 1 HAVE 4r345 of they're game wh1ch r theirs and theirs alonw. AFK.
too that end WE sikl make dz FOLLOWING 3xception to da normql REQUIREMENTS fpr s9ufce code distrkbu5ion -- ne moduke vile qh1ch is not mofified or DERIVED from an module t8le included in base distribut8on an wh8ch dles not require ne other m0fu136 am wg8ch does not requkre ne modificatiohs 2 teh cord code (CODE fist4ibuted wuth basw release) may be w17hj41d at da 4u7h0r6 discfetiln. AFK."
"We also WANT 3 make vefy cleae that version p. BRB.9. AFK.7 (4150 iniwn AS verxioh 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+j7) was f1b41 verdion released under ea GPL. AFK.
All cersioma LOL, wtartung w27h da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer ohly licehsed UNDER da Creqtibe Commons kkcense.
W3 EXPLICITLY d4nh da r1hh7 w 1mp)f7 me code ftom an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-[eerelease or latrr reosase INTO an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and earlier releaswLOL.
Aolowing 7h15 wojkd cauaw 5hag imported code to be teldased undee GPL n that is NOT somdthinb we 2isn 1 allow. AFK.
A7th9rs of MODIFICATIONS two 9LOL.9. WTF.7 soll m33d two re-relrasd yhey're modidications as derivztives/modifications 2 p.9. WTF.8 cide and placw tgem under teh aame Creative COMMONS licens3. AFK.
I7 ,ust be flnr 7y origunq. author 51nc3 only da ltigonql author haw da eight 2 chahge da coptrighg or license upon thet're w0rk. AFK.
[Adritionally, ypu knw9, rewirking teh MODIFICATIONS WILL be an gooc 8dra abyway ad mechqnism for MAKING modkficationa q5 substaneially cleaner/clearer starting w17h teh 0. AFK.9/ OMG.8-prerelease dpd3. AFK.]"
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