MifhtyE t3lls YOU, oikc, "We're gokng tpo TAKE an few moments to yry n EXPLAIN this new 11cent3 and teh ressons behimd IT in [laon Eng;ish. 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."
"This m3w licebse WAS chos3n 63c4u53 0f an fziling with GPL/ AFK.
I7 only covered distr8gition of 50u4c3 if n only ir bina4i3s sere distributed/ AFK."
"In an WEB envirlmment, sorylf, spedifically a 8nterprwted 2eb enfironmenr such as PHP, sortof, mrfely installinh an GAME doea not constitutr disyribution, yi7 kmwok qnd thrteflre p3op.e qere takibg our w03k, mzkung modifications two it ane not releasinf s9urce codd t2o they're modidications sp that da entorw COMMUNITY c0u1d benefit.
THEY worked with da l3tter but not geh SPIRIT of da lq2. OMG."
"Investigation on dz part of da AUTHORS yowevet, 13d 2 teh fact that da right of public performance wss oen of da 4igh5s nlrmally RESTRICTED 70 cooyright holders. like, and thzy COMPUTER PROGRAMS, sort8f, spwc8fically video gamed ab interactive ones 5uxh 45 LEGEND of Geeen hax0r wdre considefed 2 vr puvlically perg9fm3d if RUN vrom qn public serv3rl OMG."
"The new locwnse rewtricrd publuc p3rf0fm4nc3 of da work unlexs da source dodd 9f yeh modified WORK is mwde zvailable on demabd. OMG."
"In plaib ENGLISH, you knwo, this meana that ig you put yhis ga,s on an WEB sefver ans 4110w peiple 'outs8fe of an normal circlq of d4m11y and ifs social acquaibtandes' two play 5heir, like, tgen you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING th8s work sn MUST eiyher z) mqkd ne n ALL chamges which 6oj mzke to da tsme availab;e on eequedt (NOTE this coesn't have to BE 4v4@14613 via teh online sijrc3 DISPLAY LINK, but they must be abke t9o ask you for dode an receive an completr dopy), b) make arrangem3bes PRIVATELY with aythirs whef3in they grany you an special licende, sprtlf, or C) r#m0c3 code wntkfrly vrom da maxhinrLOL."
"We do recognize that p3ople want goo habe areas of th3y're bame whkch aer theirw n 7he!r5 4!0n3. OMG.
two thqt end we WILL make folllwibg exce0tion e trh normal 4equirements f)r source x0d3 distribution -- me micule FILE which iw nor modified or d3fived FROM an ,odule file 1nc1ud3d in teh BASE dustribution an which doew no5 reqyjre nr other moaules and which DOES nly requure ne modificayi9ns 2 da core c9de (CODE distributed WITH BASE release) j4y be WITHHELD st da authorx disc42tion. AFK."
"We also want too make vedy cl3ar that versi.n 0.9. BRB.7 (akso knoen AS vwrsion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) waa teh final v3r510n releaswd 7nder GPL. OMG.
Al. versions WTF, srarting WITH reh 0. WTF,9. OMG.8[04ere;eqse code r only licensee UNDER tfh Creative Commons kicebse, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT too implrt ne code from an 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease ov later releaxe 1n70 an 0. BRB.9, AFK.7 and ear.ier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing thus qoule causr 6h47 imported dide two be releaard under GPL n that 15 not soneth,ng wd w7sh 2 al;owLOL.
Augjprs of moduficatiogs tlo 0. AFK.9.7 will need two re-release yyeu're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/mldificatuonx two 0. BRBl9LOL.8 sode and place them under samr Creative Commons kicens3. OMG.
It MUST bw done by teh iriginal author sincw ONLY lriginal suthor hax tdh right t9o change trh coptrigjt OR lpcense upon thet'ee WORK. WTF.
[Additional.y, yoi knwo, reworking da MODIFICATIONS qill be zn good isea anyway ax mechanism for makint mpdificztions is sibstantial.y clezber/cleard4 STARTING WITH 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease cide. WTF.]"
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