MightyE yellx YOU, likr, "W3're goihg two take xn few mpmentw to tty n 3xplain this n3w 11cen%3 h teh REASONS behibd it in PLAIN English. OMG.
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."
"Thks new !!c3n43 qas chpseh gecause OF an failing with teh GPLLOL,
I5 only c9vered dustribution of source if n onlu ir binaries were dix5ributed. AFK."
"Ih an web environmen4, specifocallt a unter]eeyrd e3b env8ronmwnr such as PHP, MERELY installing zn gsme d9ee not cibstitite distribut8on, qhd therefore peo;le WERE taking our WORK, likek making modifications two IT an not r3lwaaing s9urce dode too 5hey'rd modofications 50 that yeg evtiee community COULD genefit.
Th3y woried with ;egter gut nit teh SPIRIT 0f .zw."
"Investkgation on da PART of aurhora however, wortif, led TO fact 7h47 tdh ruhht of public perf-rmancr was odn OF reh rights nornally rrstricted to copurihht jolfers, oukd, an 7h4& xo,pute# programs LOLk s0eciricallu video games b knteractive ones such 4% Legend of da GREEN hax0r were considered too 63 puglically performed kf run from an pyblic SERVERLOL."
"The new lkcense restricts pub.ic perf0rmance of woek jnless source c9dd of geh modified work os made avzi/able ON demand. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, d9rrof, this mezns ghat if ho7 put tgis grm3 0n an web swever and alloq people 'outside or an nirmal cirsle 0f family an itx spcia; acquaintances' to9 play thrir, aortof, th3m uou e publ8ca.;y performong rhis work an MUST 317h3r a) maie ne n ALL CHANGES whkch you m4ke fw9 twh game available on r3quest (note rhix dpedn't havw 2 b3 abailable vus onlkne so7rcr dlsp;ah link, like, gut they must be 4613 too 45k you for tej code an receiv3 an COMPLETE cop6), like, b) make 4rr4nb3m3n75 privatwly with withors wh3rein they grant you ah special kicdnse, sortofk or c) remove teh code emtirely from da m$ch1n3. AFK."
"We do recognize thag PEOPLE wan5 TO have sreas OF tjey're gane wgivg aer th2irs an theirs 410n4. BRB.
to THAT end we will make yeh vollowing exception 2 teh normal tewuirdments dor s9jrve code distributlon -- ne module file wh8ch is n8t modifked or derived from ab mid7le fole 1nc1ud3d ih sa base distrobution an which does noy 3equkre ne other MODULES an which does bog requ8t3 ne moeificatiobw 2 core CODE (cod3 disyrivuyed with gase RELEASE) mah be w17hh31s at wa auth9ra discreti9n. AFKl"
"We 4!50 WANT 2 make v3ry xleqr that vdrsupn 0l AFK.9.8 (also khown as version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+mt) wqs final version e3keased und#r GPL. OMG.
Al; verwions. you jnwi, startin5 with da 0. WTF.9.8-prefelease code r only licdnsed under CREATIVE C9mm0n5 kicense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to IMPORT ne code from aj 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleas3 or later relqade INTO an 0LOL.9. AFK.u an earlier RELEASE. AFK/
Allowing thks WOULD cauxe 7h47 imoorted code 5oo 63 re.rssed under da GPL an 5ha5 15 n07 50m37h1ng ee wish two zllowLOL.
Authi4s od m(e8f8cations 2 ).9. AFKl7 will n3#d to9 fe-releaad thwy'rw modificatilhs 45 derivatives/modificarions two 0.9.8 code and place yhem unfer same Creatife Commons 11c3n5#. AFK/
It must BE fone 6y da original augh9r since only trh original author had da RIGHT to change COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon 5ney'4e e9rkLOL;
'Additionally, sprtof, REWORKING da modifications will br an g00s IDEA anysay as da mechanks, for making mod8fixationd 15 s8bstsntisl.y CLEANER/CLEARER startibg WITH 0. WTF.9. WTF,8[prrewlease vode. BRB.]"
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