MightyE tel;s uou, like, "We'rr goong 2 take an few m9mentw to9 try snd ezplaun THIS new licwnsr qn teh r3r50n5 behind 17 in plain English.
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 license was chosen because og an failimg with t3h GPLLOL.
It only covrr3d distributoon of 50urc3 1f n pbly ur bunaries were didtrkbutrd. BRB."
"Ib an WEB environment, wortpf, dpeckfically a interpreted weg dnvironment duch as PHP, l,kek MERELY instaoling an game does n07 constiyute distribution. sprtpv, n THEREFORE ;dople were takung our work, like, makibb modifications twl it an nog re.easing xource code too yhey're moeificationw so tyat da entiee comnunitt c[uld benegit; BRB.
They workes witt teh letyer but not teh spifit of LAW. BRB."
"Invextigation on da p4r7 of da authors how3ver, likw, led 2 fact ghat da riggt of publuc performsnve 2as owm of ds rigjtx noemally restricted w copyright holdetx, like, amd that com[u5er programs, you knwp, specificaoly vofeo gamwz n interac5icw ones such zs Leg3nd of Green hzx-r werr conakdered too BE pyblicak;h [3rf0rm3d if run ffom an pyblic SERVER."
"The new oicense restrkcts pu6q1c [erdormsnc3 od teh work UNLESS teh dource code of da modified w0rk is made afailabl3 on d3jrbdLOL."
"In plaib ENGLISH LOL, yhiw means that ig you put this game in an web server an 4110e people 'OUTSIDE OF an normal CIRCLE of family an pts social acquaintances' to ].ay tgdirm like, 6h2n y0i r PUBLICALLY pseforming this wkrk n MUST eithev a) ,ak3 ne n ALL ch4nt35 which YOU mzke to game tc4114613 on request (n073 this doesn't g4v3 twi b3 adailab.e via online 50urc3 c1tp14y 11nk, you ,nwo, but yhey mu58 be able w ask you goe code an rev3ive an complete co;y), 6ou knwo, b) make arrangements pr1b4731y wity da authprs wherein THEY grant h9u an spdcial 1qc3h53, uou knwo, or c) remove code entiteky from yrh machine. OMG."
"We do recognoae that peo[le WANT 5oo have areas of thw6'r3 game wukch aer theirs abd theirw alpbe. BRB.
2 thae 3nd se will make t3h folllwing fxcrption 2 da nlrmal f3qu1r3m3m75 FOR source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mldule file which 15 NOT modifuec 9r drwibef ftom an module file ibclused in da base distrobutipn n which does not te1uire ne othee modu;dx an which dies not require ne MODIFICATIONS t2o da xore doee 9code sis5ributed with teh base release) may be wi5hhe;d at 4u7h0r5 diwcreti9n. WTF."
"We akso want 79 jake fery CLEAR thqt v#r510n 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 *also knoqn ax version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was final version released under da GPL. WTF.
A11 vers89na, sortof, startong with da -. AFK.9. BRB.8-prwrelease xode aer onlh 11c#n53d uhder sa CREATIVE Commona 11c3m43. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny right tk impirt ne cofe fr9m an 0.9.*-prereleswe or la5dr reldase into an 0. BRB.9. AFK/7 znd earlier releasd. BRB.
Allowinb this would cauae &h47 IMPORTED codd t9o bw released uhder teh GPL and tgat is n9g somethibg WE wish 2 allowLOL.
AUTHORS of mpdifications tqo 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will n3ef to ee-$elease tnwy'de ,odificationq as derivatibea/modificat8ons two 0.9. AFK.8 d9de n plac3 them under teh same Creative Commons livense. WTF.
It musr be don3 by teh original author aince 0n1y teh original augho4 has r8ght 2 change da co[t4ight or LICENSE upon tney're qorj/ AFK.
[Add1710n$11y, wotgof, reworkinf teh MODIFICATIONS will be an gopd idea anyway as mechanism dor MAKING mpdifications IS subsyqntialky cleaner/clraeee 574r7qng WITH 0.9.8-peee3leqse code. OMG.]"
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