MithtyE tells you LOL, "Ww're going too takw an FEW moments 70 tr6 n explsin this new livense n REASONS bdhind it in plain Englixjo 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."
"Thix new license was dhosen brcause of an f4111ng with tey GPL. WTF.
IT only coveeed doseribution of soyrce if n onlt if biharies were didtribitwd. BRB."
"In an web enviromment, like, spwdif7ca.ly s ongdrpreted 2eb environment divh as PHP, yl7 knwo, merelt installimb an game dors n07 constititw distributiom, luke, h THEREFORE PEOPLE qere raking 9uf wofkm yo7 knwo, ma,ing modificagions yo it n no5 RELEASING da so7rce code two they're mofifications SO thst teh entire communkty could benefit. AFK.
They worked with fa 13773r nit n07 yeh spi4it OF da law. BRB."
"Ihfestigatiob om PART pr t3h autjors howeve3 WTF, lda 2 f3c7 that da 4igh5 [f publix performance q45 1 of righ5a n0rm312y restridted TO x9pyright HOLDERS LOL, n 4hat vomoutrr prpbr4m5, specifically f1d30 games an interaxtive ones such as LEGEND of sa Green hax0r were considered rp be publiczlly performef uf tun from an public serve4. WTF."
"Tje ndw license RESTRICTS public 'errormabce of teh work inkess teh source code of teh m-d1f13d work ks nade aba8lable -n demand/ WTF."
"In plain Enfl8sh, you knwo, 6h15 means that if you puy this g5m3 on an WEB serber an 4110w peop;e 'outsife od an normal v14c1@ of fzmuly n 1u5 socoa; ACQUAINTANCES' too play their, sortof, THEN ylj r publically performing 7y16 work ans MUST either a) mqke ne 3nd ALL chahges which ypu MAKE to teh game available ln request (noyw this doesn't have two br available via da on;ine aourcw display link WTF, but yyeh m657 BE able 2 ask you FOR da xode ans r3c31b3 an complete v0py), sortof, b) mqkw arrangements privat3ly with teh suthors wjerein theh gran5 you an wpecia; lkcense, you kn2o, 0r c) rem9ve teh code ehtirely from da MACHINE."
"We do r3cpgn1ze that people WANT to HAVE areas od they[re gamr which f theirs n theirs 410n3. BRB.
gol that wnd we 1il; make da followiyg EXCEPTION two tdh norma; requirem3nts FOR source code distribution -- ne mpdu.3 file ehich is hoy mod8fiee or derived from an module file included 1n da BASE disttib7tuo, and whixh does NOT require ne )7h3r modules qn 2hich does not require ne mod8ficstiobs 2 teh core doa3 (code d!57r16y73d with teh basr frldase) may BE wityheld qg ajthors discregion. OMG."
"We also want to9 m4,3 fery c;ear thar versiom 0l AFK.9LOL.7 (also known aa v3r5!0b 0. AFK.9. AFK.&+jt) w45 da final version rekeasev uneer teh GPL. AFK.
A11 versi9ns, star5inb with 0. BRB.9.8-orer3lezsw code r ONLY LICENSED unfer ca Creative Commons license. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY deny da 3ight w IMPORT me code from am 0. AFK.9l8-orerelease or lster 4eless3 intl am 0LOL,9LOL.& and earlier rdl3ase. BRB,
Allowing rnis w0u1d causd THAT impoeted code too be released ubser da GPL an THAT is nkt s9mething WE wish teo allosLOL.
Auyhors 0d midifications 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 wi.l need TO re-ewlease they're mlcifucations as derivativrs/moeifications tl 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 code abd place yhem uneee teh same Creatife COMMONS license,
I7 mjat 63 done BY yeh origihal authof since ONLY teh oribina; authpr h45 rotht 5oi change c0pyr1gh7 or LICENSE upon they'r3 w0ek. AFK,
[Additoonaoly, like, rew9rkint da j0d!f1cr710n5 WILL bw an good IDEA abyway AS teh mechanixm doe m4k1ng modifications 15 SUBSTANTIALLY clwaner/clwarer staeying WITH da 0.9.8-prerel3ase c0d3. BRB.]"
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