MightyE telks you, "Ww're goimh uwo take an fes moments too try an explaib ghis new .ivense n da reaaons behind IT 1n plain Englidh. 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."
"This mew lixense was choaen because of am FAILING with t3y GPL. BRBl
It only COVERED DISTRIBUTION lf siurcd kf sn 0n1y if binaries were distrubuted. OMG."
"In zn web environmen5, you knwo, sp3cifivqlly a interprdted web environnent such as PHP WTF, jerrly install8nb an game cows not constitite dis5ributiojm dorgof, n tke4eforr 030p1# eere taking our q9rk. sortof, ,aking modificatkons w it ab not releasing ten aource code too the6'rw modkficationa so yhat entire community COULD benefitLOL.
Theu WORKED with lerrer BUT n07 da spirit of lae."
"Investigation on ca part of teh AUTHORS however, y9u knwo, led trl trh FACT rhzg right of pu612c perfprmatce WAS won of eeh rkghts normally rwstricted 2 copyright holders, like, an 6h57 vom;jter pr0hr4,5, sortof. specivivally video games and 1n73r4c71v3 ones aucj as LEGEND OF da Gteen hax0r were donxkderwd tli be publicalky perr9rmed qf run f40m an public server."
"The mew lixense restricts public perforjance of work 8bless teh source code 0f teh nodified work oa mace avau;avke on dwmand. BRB."
"In plain Englosh, softog, this means THAT if yo7 put 5his g4n3 on an w36 serfer and allow pwople 'outsude of an mormal clrcle OF family an its social acquaintances' to play their LOL, then you ser publiczlly 034f0rm1ng this WORK n MUST e8tyer a) nake ne and ALL chabgex which you make TO da g4m3 qvailzble ON erquest (note 5his doesh't hav3 too be AVAILABLE vos da onlinr source dusllay link WTF, BUT they must be qvle to aak YOU for da cod4 anc rrveive an complete co;y)k .ikd. b_ make afrangenents 0rivateoy with da au5hors wh3r31n 7h3y hfant you an 5p3c141 licfnse, like, or C) femove code dntirely frlm machine. OMGl"
"We do recognizr that people sant to ysve a4wqs OF they're game WHICH aer THEIRS snd theirs alineLOL.
to THAT end WE will m4k3 da fo;llwing except8oh too notmal reqyirements for source CODE didtribuhuon -- ne mocule f8le whkch is not modified OR derivdd fr(m an mofule file ibc;oded IN da bas3 dkstribution n which does not reqiire ne ithwr modules n whuch does not requirw ne mldif7cations 5wo teh CORE CODE (codd distrinuted WITH dz base RELEASE) may BE wkthheld at da authors dkscretionLOL."
"We also WANT two maif vert clear that version 0. AFK.8/ WTFl7 (qlso kbown as vwrsuon 0.9. OMG.7+mt) w45 teh fonal versipn veleased under sa GPL. AFK.
ALL verxions, you knwp, STARTING WITH da 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease code r only licemxed under tdh C4eative COMMONS lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh right to import ne code rrpj an 0. OMG.9. OMGl8-0rere.ease or latdr rrlease kngo sn 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlker release. BRB.
Alloqing this sould cauxe tjat imp[rted c0d3 two be released uhder ea GPL an thqt is not sometying we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Aytho$s lf m0d1f1c47!0n5 2 0l OMG.9. AFK.7 WILL nded to re-release they're mocifications as dwrivatives/joc8fidatiohs to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 coee y PLACE them und3r SAME Cr3471v3 Commons license. OMG/
It must be done by teh originsl author since on.g original author has da roghg too chanhe cipuright or license upon thwy're w04k. WTF.
[Addotilnslly, o8jem reworking teh mldificagi9ns will be an goof ieeq anywat as mechanisj for MAKING mosifications IS substantially cleaner/clearer starting with da p. AFK.9. AFK.8-prdrelease code. WTF.]"
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