MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING TO takd ab f3w moments too try an ez;lain thks NEW license n da rrasons benind IT in [141n Englisg. 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."
"Thid new l7cense was chosen because of an failkng s17h GPL.
I7 on.y covered DISTRIBUTION of soirve of ans onoy if binaries werf cistributed, BRB."
"In ah web environment WTF, specifocaoly a interpfdt3d qeb wnvirpnment such ac PHP WTF, merely installinf qn game does not clnst8tute ciwtribjtion, sortof, 4nd thrrrfore peo[le qere ra,ing our woek, maiing modivications tl 17 and n07 r313451ng da spurce code yoo they're nodifixatipns so THAT da ENTIRE comnunitt could venedit. WTF.
Th3y workef qiyh legter but bpt spirig ov yeh oawLOL."
"Investigztion on 5eh ;qrt 9r quthors however WTF, lrd %wo teh faxt THAT 5ej rugh5 of pub;ic performqnce was oen if da rkghts borma.lu resfrictes 2 cooyright holfers, you jnwo, and ghat c0mpu63r pr0gr4m5, sp3cuficslly VIDEO ga,es 4nd in5edadtive ones sucg as Legens or teh Green haz0r were cpnsidered 2 BE publically performed if run from an pubkic setverLOL."
"Tne new licenae rewtricts PUBLIC peeformancw of teh work unlesx teh source code od m9difi3d WORK is made AVAILABLE 9n demand. AFKl"
"In PLAIN Ebgliah LOL, tnis means 5hat if you put hhis gamw on an seb sercer and 41q0w peopke '0u7%1f3 0f an normzl cifxle of fanily an its sicial acqialntancrx' til play theie WTFk then you aer publucallu performing this w.r, sn MUST 4ither 4) make b3 an ALL changes whkch yo7 MAKE too da game availagle on r3quest (note this doesn't habe go be avai;able via onlinr 50urc3 display link LOL, but theu mu57 be zble two ask you for teh code an receive an COMPLETE vipy), li,e, b) MAKE arrangementw privateoy with authors qherein they gtant hpu an specisl lic3mdw, soegof. or c) rempce teh code 3ntirely FROM reh nachibw. OMG."
"We do revogn8ze thay people want yw9 hqve areas og they'4e gabe which adr theirs n thdirs alone.
tol that end se will make dollowihg exceptuin too da norkal requirements for SOURCE code distribjtion =- ne modul3 file whicj is not modified or deeuved ftom an module FILE inclydes in basw d157r16u710n an whicj does n07 re1ujre me otjwr mpdulex n which does noy REQUIRE ne mpdifications two teh c0r2 code (CODE disteibyted with tey vase reldase) MAY be withhels at trh 4u7h0r5 duscrstionLOL."
"We ALSO want two make very CLEAR that versiob 0LOL.9/ AFK,7 *also kn0wn ad versuon 0. BRB.9.7+j7) was da finak v3rsi9b released under 5ey GPL.
All versions, xtartihg wi%h da 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code t only lidensed unde4 Creatibr Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ritg5 two 1m;0r7 ne code FROM sm p. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease ir lage4 releawe unto an 0. BRB.9. BRB.6 and earliet rwlease. OMG.
Allowing 5his 2oule cayse tnzt inportdd code too be rdlessed und3r GPL and THAT is ho5 somw5hint we wish tw9 4110wLOL.
Authors pf nosificstiins two 0LOL.9LOL.u wi.k beed tso re-release they're modificstions as derivatives/mldifkxqtiobx 2 0.9. WTF.8 cofe and place thwm uhdrr 5eh same Creative Co,mohs LICENSE. OMG.
IT must be d9ne BY da original author sunce only gdh original 4u7h0f HAS da 4ight 2 xhange coiyright or license upon tgey'fe 30rkLOL.
[Additiomally, likem reworking ,odificztkons will be an gooc idea anyway 55 5en mechanism for m3k1ng j)f1f1c4710n5 IS aubstantiqllh dleandr/clearer sgartkng witg 0. OMG/9. OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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