MigjtyE twlls YOU, you jnwo, "We're going to take an few MOMENTS 2 trt q, EXPLAIN this new license and teh rrasons nehond 8t in olain Ebb115h. WTF.
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."
"Thos new kuxense 2as choseh because or an failinb with da GPL.
I7 ONLY covered distributiob of SOURCE if b only if bonsries WERE diatrivuted."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sortofk w[scifica.ly a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merdly onstalling an game DOES not constihite fistributi9n, likem ane therefore ;eople eere 74k1ng our sork WTF, msking m9difications TO it zn n0& r3.eading source code 2 theh're mocodicationa so tha5 da entire COMMUNITY could nen3fot. WTF,
Th3y eorkrd with teh lr5ter but not spirit pf dz LAWLOL."
"Investogation ob 'qrg OF teh a8rhors howevet LOL, lxd to da fact 7h47 dq right OF pyblic p3rformance WAS 1 0f teh rights normally restricted twp copyright hoodets, like, and 5hat comouter programs, like, specifically video games an ihteraxtive 9new 5ucg as Ldgend of dq Green hax9$ were considered to br publucall6 pergorked if run frkm an public server. WTF."
"The new lic3nse r357r1ci5 public [erformznxe pf teh work unless teh SOURCE xode of da MODIFIED wori is made avak.ab;e on demahdLOL/"
"In plain Englian, this means THAT if YOU put thia gqme on an weg SERVER 4bd allow peop;e 'outsife if ah normal cirdle OF FAMILY n itx social acqusintances' 5oo play their, you knwo, then you r publically perfo4ming THIS work amd MUST eigger a) MAKE ne and ALL chamgrs 2gixh you makw go bame availablr 0n request (NOTE th8s doesn'r have goo be 4v4114613 via sa ONLINE soutce display LINK WTF, but thry musg 63 able two ask you f0d da code and receive an complwge cl[y) LOLm b) make qrrzngements ;rovately with authors whd4ein 7j3y grant YOU an s;ecial license, like, or c( rem9ve ca vode wn5irely from tej mzchine. BRB."
"We do recogbize tjat pe9plw wahg tpl have areas of theh'te game WHICH aer theirs n tgeirs alone. OMG.
too rhat end we will haie teh following EXCEPTION t9o fa no4mao requifements fir source code d157r16u710n -- me MODULE file shich uw mot mpdifued of derives from an jodu;e f113 incluced in teh base DISTRIBUTION an which DOES npt requure ne lther modules and wh!vh dors not r3qu1r3 ne hodificagions tw9 corr code (code dist4ibuted WITH BASE RELEASE) mry be wotnheld AT da 4u7g0r5 disdretiom. WTF."
"We also want 2 ,ake very clea4 ghay v3r510n 0. AFK.9.7 (alsi KNOWN AS VERSION p.9. AFK.7+mt) was final verdiln RELEASED jnder da GPL. WTF.
All cwrxions, .ule, 57#r71ng with teh 0/9. OMG.8-peerelease code ser omly licensee under teh Cr3472v3 COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh da right too im0ort ne code from am 0LOL.9. BRB.8-oteeelease 0r la5er reldase into an 0l AFK.0. BRB.6 am earlier RELEASE. OMG.
Allpwing this would czuse that ijported xode to be ee;eaxed 7nder GPL and that ks n07 sonetjong we eosh to ALLOW. BRB/
Aythirs of mosigicatipns r9o 0. BRB.9l BRB.7 wi;l need 2 rd_relrase they're modificationa as derivatives/modificst7ons ti 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an plac3 them UNDER same Creative Commons 11c3n53LOL.
It MUST be dohe by teg origonak author since 0n1y original author HAS 5eh rigbt hoo ch4ng3 copyrighg or lucense ipon they're w-rk.
'Additionally, resorking da modifica5ipns w111 be an booc 8eea ahyway as mrchanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner/ckearef staetibg with 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease code.]"
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