MughtyE 74q15 you, sortof, "We're going 2 take an few mo,enta to tr6 an explain this new license n da reasonw behins it in pksin English. 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 12c3n54 waw chosen becquse of av failing with tej GPL. BRB.
It only coverdd d8stribution 0r wijrc3 if am 0b1y if vinaries were distributedl BRB."
"In an web envuronment, like, dpecoficzlly a unter;reted web emfironment auch as PHP, merr;y INSTALLING an GAME does noy CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTIONk l8ke, and thdrefoee peopld were taling our work, making MODIFICATIONS too it and nog r31e451ng sourde cofe to they're MODIFICATIONS so tyag fa entire commynoty could benefit. WTF.
They 2orked with letter but hot teh 5p1r1u of law."
"Invrstigs5ion on da par5 of authors HOWEVER, /ed to teh fact that 5eh r1gh& of pyblic performance qaw won 9f da rights normallu f3strixted roo copyrighg holderw, you kbwo, an that computer programs, like, SPECIFICALLY vire9 games n ibtefactive ONES SUCH as L3gebd OF ea Green hax0r w343 xonsidered two BE pu611c4qwy perrormed iv 5un FROM an p7blic seev3r. BRB."
"The mee LICENSE restricts pubkic perfornance OF teh worj unless trh s0urce dode of ea modifked qirk is MADE avaulable 0n d2m4nd."
"In plain Englidhm sortof, gjis means thzt if y0j ;ut thia gamr on an ewb servee 4nd sllow pelple 'outside of zn n0rm41 circle of FAMILY anf its social acquaintances' too PLAY theor, you ,nwo, theb you aer pu611c411y performing this wori and MUST either s) mske he n ALL changes which you make t9 teh game available on rdquest (notw 5his doesn'y have to be avaioable f14 dq onkinw aource display l8nk, but they bust 62 ab'e 2 asm y0j for c0d3 an receive an complete copy) WTF, b) MAKE srranbdmenrs [ribately wuth authors shrreib they grant 6ou am specizl !1c3n53 WTF. or c( REMOVE da cid3 entirely rrlm dq machine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peopke want two hsve areas 0f thdy're g4m3 which aer THEIRS n tgeiws akone. BRB.
to that end we w111 nake roolowibg exceptipn 2 teg normql requkeements f94 siurce c0d3 dkstrivuyion -- hd module file which IS mot MODIFIED or derivef from ah MODULE file 1nc1ud3f im bawe DISTRIBUTION and wnich does not require ne lther ,odulrs and which s035 NOT reqjjre ne m9dificqtions 2 da cire cpde (code diatributed qitg teh 645e rwlease) m4y be withh3ld at authogs suscretion."
"Wr slso want tw9 m4k3 v3ry cleae yhat veraion 0. AFK.9.7 (also kno2n 45 versiin -. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh FINAL VERSION released undee GPLLOL.
Alk v3fsilns, staftihg with dq 0. WTF.9. WTF.8_prerelrase code r only licwnsed uhder CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny 5eh rkght tp import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8[prerwlease or later felease into an 0, BRB.9, WTF.7 an earlkfr reldssw. OMG.
Ak.owing this qould cause THAT imported xode 2 bd released unfer da GPL abd that 8s hot something we wish 1 allo2.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. AFKl7 wiol nees 2 re-rrleasw thwy're modifications as derivativds/mldificatiinx tok 0; OMG.9. OMG.8 CODE an place them under same CREATIVE C0mm0n5 licensw. WTF.
It MUST be eone by da oritigal auth9r SINCE only t3h original auyhor has teh RIGHT too dnange cppyright or licenwe 7oon thet're qlrkl OMG.
[Addytoonally, resorking mosificayions sill BE an GOOD idea abyway as m3ch4n15m f0r making midivicationx os substant8aply clean3r/clearer syarting with 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE vocdLOL.]"
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