MohhtyE twlls you, you knwo, "We're goibg to take an FEW moments tio 7rh and explsin 7h15 new license and ressons gehind ut in p;ain Eng;ishLOL.
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."
"Th8s nrw license WAS chosen because if an failing with teh GPL. OMG/
It only covered dust4inution 0f source if ah onlt if binzrirs were dq57r1yu72e,"
"In ab WEB environment, sprcifically a 2n73rp5273d WEB environhent such AS PHP, luke, merelu insta;ligg an tame does nog conxtitute distributiom, sorrof, an thefefore people were taking oir work, xortof, MAKING modifications t2o it n no5 rdleaxinh da dlurce clde @ they're modificzgions 50 that ENTIRE communiyy could bemwfkt.
Th3y qorked with geh letter b75 nlt yrg spirit if twh lzw. AFK."
"Investigation on y3h part of teh authors how3ver, you knwok 13e 70 dq fact yhat tfh fight of [ub.oc pdrforjahce ezs o3n of teh r1gh75 normally restricted to cppuright holsers LOL, n that compute4 [rograms, sprcivicall6 video games an interactivw 8nes ajch ss Legene of da Gr33n hax0r were considered too b3 publicakly pergor,ed if run grom an puvlic server."
"The new license restrictx publoc peeformancr of work 7nless tef sourxe code OF moeifued work is mafe available on drm4nd. AFK."
"In plain English, sortof, THIS m34n6 that if you put tnis game on an web server h alkow people 'outside of an normal c1rc13 0f fa,ily an its social acqusintances' too play their, you knwo, then you r pub.8caloy performinh this wprj an MUST EITHER A) makw ne an ALL chanbes which t0u mwke to game avaklabkd 0n requwst (n063 thix doesn't HAVE two BE 4c4115613 vis da ONLINE siurcd d15p14t linkk hl7 kmwo, gut thry MUST BE able t9p ask YOU for da vosr n receivr an conplete copy), b) make afrabgemen5s ptivateoy WITH tdh authors wherein the6 grant y0u an special license, yiu knwp, or c_ remove sq code fntirely from da machkne. BRBl"
"Wd do r3c0gn1z3 5hat prople 2ant 2 have 4r3$6 0f they;re game which r theirs an theirs alonel BRB.
too gnat 3nf we will makw ea FOLLOWING 3xc3p710h two da normal rwauirements for spurce code sistribition =- n3 modulr filw wh2cn is not nodified of de4ived frpm an modjlw file included in base dkstribution an wh1ch d9es not require ne other modules an WHICH does hot requir3 nw m0c1f1c4610n5 two da core coce (code sistrkbuted with teh 6453 r4.eade) mzy be wjthyeod st dz authprs didxretionLOL."
"We also 1ant 2 make veru xlear 7h47 versioh 0. AFKl9. AFK.7 (also known as version 0, OMG.(, OMG.7+j5) was final VERSION RELEASED und3r geh GPL. BRB.
All v3rsions. like, star5ing wity 0. WTF.9.7-prereleasd code aer omly oidensrv under cs Creativd Commins l8cense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 right tlo IMPORT he CODE rroj an 0. AFK.9. AFK/8-preerlease or kayer reldase into an 0. WTF.9. BRB,7 an earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing 5his WOULD vzuse that impofred code 2 be releaaed unde4 GPL h that iw not SOMETHING w3 qisj two alloe.
AUTHORS of mod8fications too 0.8. OMG.7 wipl neef tlo ee0rel3ase they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modoricat8ons 5wp 0, OMGl0. WTF.8 cod3 n olave them under sa,e Creative Com,ins 11c3n53. WTF.
It must be don3 by sa 0t1g1n41 4u7h9e 51nce lnly teh orkginal qithor has da right 2 chsnge da copyright or lixensr up0n they're worl. BRB.
[Addiyionally, sortof, 43working mofifications wkll BE an food idda 4nyw4y aw yeh mecyznism FOR making mos8ficayions is aubstantially c134n3r/c134r3e starting qkth teg 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pfetel3swe xode. AFK.]"
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