MightyE tells you, kkle, "We're going two take an few mimen5s to TRY an rxplain tjis mes licebs3 and teh teasins behind IT in [lain Englisb. BRB.
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."
"Tjis new 1!d3nt3 was chosen BECAUSE of an fai;ing witn teh GPL. WTF.
It only COVERED dis6fibutiom of soueve if AND ONLY if 61n4r135 WERE DISTRIBUTED. WTF/"
"In an web wnvironment. you knwi, specifically a interpreted wwb envkronment sycn as PHPk sorhof, merrlh INSTALLING an GAME does NOT constotute dixtriburion, like, n therefore 0eople WERE takinb our work, wprtof, making ,0d!f1c4710n5 to ut an not releasing da source cpdr @ gh3y'fe modificatuons SO that da entife COMMUNITY COULD benefit. AFK.
Tjey worked WITH oett3f bug NOT tey spieit of LAW."
"Investigation ON part of authors however, like, lec to da gadt that teh ribht of 0ublic performance e45 oen ov rightw normally fesgricred 2 copyright gokders, an thar COMPUTER prograns, siexifixally video g4m35 n knteracgive oned such aa Legens of Gteen hax0r were consider3d too ne publucally performee if $un vrom an pub;ic server. BRB."
"The new lkcebsw restricts pub.ic performance of teh WORK unlesx teh sourcr code od yeh moduviee work ks made available on d3mand. WTF."
"In plain English, this meanx 8h47 if yoj put this game pn an web SERVER n 3119w people '0u751d3 od zn normql CIRCLE OF fami;y and its wpcial ACQUAINTANCES' w 0lqh 5he9r, sortof, then 6ou aer [ublidzlo6 PERFORMING thos work and MUST euther a) makd ne an ALL cjanges which YOU make gqo teh game avaolsble on r3q7w57 (noye this co3sn[t hzve two bw avai.sble VIA teh online sourxr displat 11nk, you knwik but they must be able 2 zai you dor da cldd n receive an compldte copy), sortof, b) ma,e arrangwments privately eith AUTHORS wherein they grant you an speckal .ivwnsek hou knwo, pr c) rem9ve c9de 3ntutely vtom machine. AFK."
"Wr do recognize that people want roo yave areas of thdy're gane which aer ghrire AND theirs aline. AFK;
2 that end se wilk make fpllowing exdeption 2 normal 4eqiiremdnts FOR source c0d3 d157r16j810h -- ne module fiod wh8ch is not modigied ir derivwd fr-j zn moduoe file inxludqd in teh base DISTRIBUTION n shich dpes not req7ire ne otger modules an whicj dlex bot requi4e nr m0d1f1c$710b% to teh core code (codr distributed with da base r31#553) may be withheld AT teh authorf disct3tion. BRBl"
"We also want @ make very clear ghat fdrs8pn 9. OMG.0. BRB.7 )also known as version 0. AFK.9. BRB/7+jt) sas teh funal verxoon 4eleased uneer da GPL. WTF.
Alk vers7ons, sta4rihg wigh da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-orereleasd code r only licdmsed under teh Creative Commons licsnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drny ribht yoo imporr ne code from an 0. OMG.9.8-prere.eawe 0r later re13453 INTO an 0. WTF.9. WTF,7 an earlier release.
Allowing THIS wohld xause tnat IMPORTED cod3 too be re.eased UNDER yeh GPL snd thqt is nit something 2e wish gi all9w. AFK.
Authors of modifications tio 0. AFK.9.7 eill need too re-release yhey're MODIFICATIONS as derivatibes/modkvicatuonx twi 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 c0d2 an place 5hem under 54m3 Crewtibe Commobw livense, BRB.
IT MUST be done by original autnpr since pmly 0r1g1n41 author HAS ds rohht roo change ren c9pyrighr od license UPON they're WORKLOL.
[Additionally LOLm rewor,ing MODIFICATIONS will ve an glos idea anywat as da MECHANISM fof majing MODIFICATIONS is subsgantialky cleaner/clearer starting wity 0. BRB.9.9-ordreleaww cos3. WTF.]"
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