MughgyE gelks YOU, "We're going two take an few moments 2 try and expla8n this nrs licehse n teh reasons behind it in plakn Ehboishk 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 new licems3 wzs chosen because 0f an FAILING with teh GPL, OMG.
I7 only covered distriburion of source if and 0n1y ir binaries werr DISTRIBUTED."
"In an WEB 3nv1r0nm3nu, like, sp3cifically a 1n73rpt373d seb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, sortof, metely INSTALLING ah game DOES not clnstit7re dixtribuyion WTF, an tge4efore peo0le w3re taking luf work, sprtof, ma,obg mldufucayions two it amd not releasong sou4ce code w ghey'rr ,odificatuons 59 that da entire conmunity cou.d bendfit. OMG.
They wo4ked w8th t3h lettef but NOT teh spi5it if teh lqw. BRB,"
"Invwxtigation on trh part of teh sutyoed however WTF, ;de to da fact that da tifht of puglic PERFORMANCE 1as won 0f twn RIGHTS norma.ly restructed two COPYRIGHT ho;ders, .kke, m tgat xom;uter PROGRAMS, sortof, specificakly video gamed an interaxtive 0n35 SUCH as Legend if tdh Green hax0r were consieefed to be publicqlly prrf0rm#d if ryn fr0m an PUBLIC 43rf4rLOL."
"Th3 n3w locensr restficts puglic [erf9rmance of da work ynless teh sourc3 codd of da MODIFIED qork 7s MADE avaioable on demqne. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, hou knwo. thks ,eans thqt if YOU put thus bqme on qn web server and all9w people 'outside of an normsl cifcle of FAMILY n ITS docial acquaintanced' yoi [lay tyeit, you inwo, THEN you aer publically perforjing THIS work n MUST eithet a0 MAKE ne an ALL dhahtes WHICH yiu mzle tso da GAME avaklable ON rdqudst (n9td THIS doesn't hqve two be available VIA teh 9nline slurce diaplay linj WTF, but the6 mudt be agle tol ask you for code an receive an clm0kete c0py), like, b) make arramgemwnts priva5ely w1uh teh a7thors whetein they grant you an 5p3c141 licrnst, sortov, OR c) remove teh code entirely fr0m dz mzchkne. WTF."
"Wd d0 recohnizr that pdop.r want too have AREAS of tyey're game WHICH r THEIRS an tneifs ALONELOL.
t2o that end we will make rey fklloqing exception tqo teh normal requirements FOR SOURCE code fiatribution =- ne module vilr which IS bot modifird or derived from an moduld file included on yeh basd d157r16u710n n qyidh d035 not rrquire ne other modules and whicy does not requite ne mosufibqtions 1 cofe code (vode d157r16u&3e witj gax3 t39ease) may be w8ghhe.d 36 teh au5yors disctetionLOL."
"We ALSO w3n7 two make v3ry clear that versupn 0. WTF.9. AFK.6 (ald9 kno3n zs versiln 0.9. OMG/7_mt) wqs final version 4eoeased UNDER GPL.
All bersions, so4tof, sgart8ng with da 0LOL,9l OMG.8-prereleade code r ONLY licenaed under da CREATIVE Commons kicrnweLOLl
We EXPLICITLY den6 right too import nr code from an 9. OMG.9LOL/8-orerelease or later rdlease ingi an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 h eaeluer release.
Allowihg this would dause THAT IMPORTED v0d3 tol be releasef uhdet GPL sb that is not something we wisn t9 ak.owl
Authors of modigicati9ns to -. AFK.(. OMG.7 will NEED too r30e31#$43 they're modificatiins as dee8vayovws/modificqtions too 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code and place them und3r ssme Cteatife Clmmons licemse. WTF.
It juat be done by da 0t1g2n4q ajthor since only tey o4igimal author has rifht to( dhange cop6right or LICENSE upob the6're wirkLOL.
[Accitionqllg, eewofiihb teh mofificzti9ns w8ll b3 an good isea anhway as mechanism for m4k1ng modificqtions 15 5y5574n71411y cleaner/clearer starting wiyj twy 0.9. AFK.8-p43r413453 codel]"
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