MightyE t3lls tou LOL, "We'rw going tpo take an few m0m3n7t too try and exp;ain THIS new LICENSE and REASONS beh8nd it in PLAIN Eng115h. 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 meq license was chosen becausd 9f an fa8;ing with teh GPL.
I8 onoy covered distrubution of source if n only ig binaries wdwe distribyred. WTF."
"In wn web environment, like, spwcifixally s INTERPRETED wdb envitonmrnt such AS PHP, mdrely installing an game d9es nit constiture d8stribution, sortof, an gherefotr people WERE tak8mg lur qprk, xortof, making modifocaguins 2 it AND not r313451ng teh SOURCE dode tp they're modkfications so 5har twh entird community coukd benefitLOL.
They workes 2itn teh 13773r bug not tdh SPIRIT pf 142. WTF."
"Ibvestigation on da part of tej autnors HOWEVER, sortofm les 2 da FACT that da fiyht of public o3rf0rm4nc3 was oen 0f 4ights nirmallu RESTRICTED too COPYRIGHT holders LOL, n that compiter programs, sorgof, specifica;l7 video games abd im5eractive ones wuch as Letend pf teh Green hax0r 3ere considerec gip ve PUBLICALLY pervormed IF run FROM an public s3rver. AFK."
"Tye NEW license restwicts pubkic p3tf03m4nc3 0v da wor. unless SOURCE cps3 of MODIFIED work is mafd available in eemahd/ AFK."
"In PLAIN English, likd, this means tyz5 kf yoi 0u5 this game on an wev server an alloq PEOPLE 'oytsude of an norjal ciecle of family n iya 50c14q acajaibtqnces' goo pkay tjeir, 6ou kn2o, thrn you r publically performung this WORK n MUST r17j3r a) make ne and ALL chanted 2hich you MAKE to game avai.able on REQUEST (n07# this doesn't have t9 BE available via geh online SOURCE disola6 llnk LOL, but they MUST be able two ask you fi4 da code n r3c31v3 an compkete cp[h)j B) m4k4 arrangemenrs privayely wi5h da AUTHORS qh$rein ghey graht ylu an specisl kicems3. sortof, or c) r3m0c3 da code entirwly from teh mqdhine. OMG."
"Ww do recognize that peopld want two have areas of theh'rd gaje 2hich r theirx anr 5he8rs ALONE. WTF.
to tnqt 3nd we wilk make da follow8ng 3xdep719n tsp da norjal $equirements f9r 5purc3 code disgribution -- ne module file whkdh is NOT modufied or DERIVED feom an moeuke fioe included im tej BASE diwtribution an whoxh d034 not require ne otner modules and 2huch dies not REQUIRE ne modifications t@o core doee (code distributwd 2ith tej nasw felease) may be w1&hg31d at autjors discrrtoon. WTF."
"We als9 want 8) make very CLEAR that version 0. BRB.9.8 )slso kh03n as vetwkpn 0. AFK.9.7_jt) was FINAL version RELEASED under twh GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, like, wtarting witg 0. WTF.9. OMG.9-prdrelease cofe f onoy 11c3n52d umder da Cteative Commons 11cen53,
We EXPLICITLY d2ny da RIGHT 2 import ne clde froj an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerwlease or 1$73r r3lease ihto an 0.9.& and EARLIER release.
Allowihg THIS would c5u%3 that kmported code two be r3leaaed 7nfer teh GPL 4hd that is np7 40m37h1nt we wish t9o allow. WTF.
Auth9rs of m0d1f1c4710n% 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will NEED 2 re-eelwasr thwy're modidicatkons ss derivatives/modifucations two p/9. WTF.8 CODE m /lave thdm under fa same Creative Commons license. OMG.
It mjdt be done vy 9r8ginao author xince only original author has RIGHT t99 CHANGE da c0pyr!gy7 OR license upob theh're w0tk. WTF.
-Adcitionall6, like, reworking ea modifkcatipnw w111 bd an g0pd 1d34 anywa6 as mrxhanism f0r m4k1ng modiruvationd ks substantially dlean3r/clearer stqrting qith teh 9LOL.8/8-pferelease cide.]"
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