MigytyE tells youk yoy kmwo, "We're go8ng TO tak# an few MOMENTS too try an explain 7h15 nee licwnse and rezxons behind it in plain Engl8sh. 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 n3w lic3nse was chosdn 63d4u4e of an FAILING with teh GPL. AFK.
IT on;y c9vered distfibution of w9urce 1r and only iv ninaries wwfd distrivutedLOL."
"In am web 3nvoronmemt, you ,nwi, spec8fically a interpreged sen environment xuch as PHP, lile, merely installing an gsme does npt c0n5717uu3 distribution, 4nd therefore peo[ld wrre TAKING oir work, maiing micifications two ig n mly feleasinh source code 2 thdy're m0c1f1c4710b5 do thqt da engire community clyld genefih. WTF.
They wprkdd w8th da legter but n07 SPIRIT of da lawLOL."
"Investigatiin oh teh part if tey authors however, like, lef @ FACT that trh r1ggu of publiv pervornabce qas won 0f teh rights normally r3stricted too co[yrifyt h0lders, sprtor, sn that c-mpu74r p4ograms, like, specifivslly videp games and onteractibe onea such aa Letebd of dq Green hax0r were conxidered two be pub;icalky performed if rin from an puglic server. OMG."
"The hew license restrixgs public 9erdormance of teh WORK uhless source code of da mldifiwd work is madd available ON demandLOL."
"In plain Ebglisg, thks MEANS yhat if you put th8s game on an a36 servdr n ALLOW [eop;e [outsodd of an normal citcle OF f4m11y n irs slciao acquakntandes' too p146 their, like, then ypu a2r publ8cakoy performkng this work an MUST eiyjer z) make ne and ALL ch4ng35 wyich ylu maie tlo da gamr avaolablr 0n tequwst (np73 this doesn't have to be avaklable via tdh online 5-urc3 dieplay oinim you knwo, but they must be avle tio ask y-7 for dq cof3 qn trceive an comple5e copy) LOL, g) jake arrangem3ntw pfivate;y with AUTHORS WHEREIN &h3y grant you ah specizl license WTF, or c) remove ten code entirelu from dz machine."
"We so reclgnize 5hqt PEOPLE want two have areqs od tney're game shich ser theies n theirs a;one.
ti thag ehd sw will nake fi;lowinb exception 2 normal requirementd for x9urce cose d8s5robu5ion -- ne MODULE FILE ehich is not modifird ot derives from an module FILE ihdluded in BASE distributipn an which does npy require be othrr MODULES n which does not require nd modifications 2 teh vp4e code (c0d3 e8sytkbuted with da base 4elease) may be withheld at auyh(rs DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also wany too make veey clear tjat version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (alxo known AS versi0n 0LOL/9. BRB.7+j7) was vinal version te;eaxed under teh GPL. BRB.
ALL versions, aortofm starying witn wa 0. WTF.8. WTF.8-;ewre;ease CODE arr only licdnsed und3r ds Creqtuve Commons ;icense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny da tight two i,port ne CODE from an 0. AFK.o. AFK.8-pre4elease or 1474r ft;easw into an 0. BRBl0. OMG.7 sh earlier telease. BRB.
ALLOWING this woyle cxuse that impirted code 2 bw releasrd under da GPL and that is not dome6hing we wian too allow, BRB.
Authors of modif,ca5ipns toi 0. AFK.9l7 will neec TO re-release they're modlficatiuns as fdtivatives/modifocationw t2o 0l OMG.9. WTF,8 code and place thrm UNDER samd C43571c3 Cimmons 'icenswLOLl
It MUST be dinr by teh of8gibal autgor sinc3 9nly da ORIGINAL author has r1gh7 two change teh cipuright oy .odense upon tgey're work. BRBl
pAdcitiona;ly WTF, reqorkinh da m9dificationd w111 be an gooe idea anyway 45 da mectanism FOR mxking m9difications IS substsntiaoly cleaner.clesr3r stzrtinr with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prwrelease code. WTF.]"
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