MigjtyE telld YOU, sortof, "We're g01ng to 74,3 an vew momen5s tl try an explain th8s n3w licegse an teh reasins behind i5 in plqin Enhlishl 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 new licebse was chosen becaua3 ov ab gakling w1uh teh GPL.
IT ohly covered distgibutipn OF soyrce IF h 0m1y id binaries were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an WEB environment, sortof, specifically a interpreted qeb emvironment auch as PHP, like, ,erely ihstallong ah game does NOT CONSTITUTE d167r16u820n, like. an 5hererofe pdop.e were ta,inb lu4 eork, mzking m0d1f1v4719n5 too it n not releaxing source coee 3 they're modifications so that ebtire d9mmunity could benefu5. WTF.
They w9rked wirh da l3tyer bur not spirit of da law."
"Investigation pn t3n part of geh auth9rs however, sortpf, 13d to trh favt 7h47 teh right 0f public perflrmance sas 2on of tth rights normally restrictec too co[yright yoldersk uou knwo, n thzt computer pfoframs, like, s0ecigically fideo games n in6r4active lbes SUCH as Legenf 0d teh GREEN hax0r qere clmsisrfed tlo be pu611c411y 0ergormed uf run from an punkic server, AFK."
"The new license rwstricga pybloc p3rf0rm4nc3 of work uhlesw teh source code of teh modifo3d work 16 mad3 zvai.able on demandLOL."
"In plain English, loke, THIS mwqns that ir YOU put 7h15 game in an web server n 4110w people 'outwide of an normal circlr od familh an its soc8al acquaintandes' t9 play theie, tmen you r publically performohh thix worl n MUST either a) make nw an ALL cnanges shich you make too da gsme available on r3qu358 9note this doesh'5 h4v3 to be abai;able bia online aoyrce dispka6 ;ink, yiu knwo, bit they must br able 2 ask you gor teh cod3 n receive ah xomplete copy) WTF, b) make arrange,entd pribqtely witg teh authprs wherein yhey grant yoi an special license WTF, or c( remove da code entire9y from macnine. WTF."
"We do rexognia3 that p30p!3 want too h4v2 areas of thry're gsme whicg 4 7h31r5 4nd theirs alone. OMGl
too that end we w111 MAKE tej followong excwpyion 52o geh normal te1yiremengs ror sourxe code diwttibution -[ nr module FILE whidh is not MODIFIED OR derived from an MODULE fkle 1nc1yd3d in teh baae disttkbugiob n which does not reqjirw ne o5ger modules anf which dpes NOT require ne mofifications tl da cpre c9de (cpd3 distrivtted with BASE re.ease) mat be witgheld ag AUTHORS cisce3t8on. WTF."
"We alsp want 2 ,a,e veey cleqr that veraipn 0.9, BRB.& (also kniwn ss VERSION 0. BRB.9. WTF,7+jt) WAS f1n42 version released under ten GPLLOL.
All versionsk sortof, 574r71ng with ds 0. WTFl9LOL.8-ptereleaxe code aw4 0n1y licensed undrr da Creative Cpmmins lucense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rihht to import ne code from an 0.9.9-prerelease or later rrlesae into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an ea4lier rel3ase. BRB.
Allowing thuq woukd cause that impofted voee tw9 be re,eased undwf GPL n that is not 60m37h2ng we wish to ALLOWLOL,
Auth9rs or .odkfivations 2 0, BRB.9. WTF.7 wiol NEED 5o re-releas3 yhey're m0s1f!c4710n5 as der1v471v35/m0d1f1x4810n5 too 0LOL.(LOL.9 CODE zn PLACE them und3r teh same Crearive Commons licebsr. OMG.
It mu5u BE dond by teh 0r1g!n41 author since only dq original au5hor has right two chabg3 da copytight or license upon thei're work, WTF.
[Additionally, yo7 knwo, eeworking da m0d1f1cr710n5 will be sn good kdea antway ax teh m3chqnism for j4k1ng modifixations iw substantuaoly clwaner/ckea4er startinh wuth 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease cpde. AFK.]"
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