MightyE y3lls yoj WTF, "Wr're going to take an few moments tsp 5fy n explain this new lkcense n da r3450n5 behind 8t in plaim English.
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."
"Thia new lifehs3 was choden bdcause 0f an failung wuth teh GPL.
Iy only covered DISTRIBUTION of 50uec3 if sns onl6 lf binaries WERE ckstribyted. BRB."
"Ib ah we6 enfieonm3nt, sortlf, SPECIFICALLY a in6erpretrd web rnvironment sucn qs PHP, you knwo, nerrly ihstaoling an gamr does not constotute distr8butiob, sortof, and thefdfore peo;le were taking our qork LOL, making moduficationd two it an not releaakng da so7rcd code twi ghey're mofificatkobs so yhzt ca rhtire clmmunity could bebefitLOL.
They w9rjed with letter but not teh spirit ot teh las. AFK."
"Inves5igation 0n da part of a7thlrs however, like, led too da fact thst fight 0f pibluc performznce sas won of da RIGHTS normalky RESTRICTED to copyritht jolders, uou kgwp, m that compuger PROGRAMS, specificaolh vidso games n interactive onrs suxh 45 Legend of da Green gaz0e 2ere consideref 2 ne PUBLICALLY [erfotm3e uf r7n fr0m an publoc server. OMG."
"The new liv3nse restricts public 0erformqnce of wo4k unoess sourc3 cove if modif83d wotk os mase availzvlw on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN Eng;idh WTFm tyis meana that of yoy pit THIS h3j3 om an web servrr and allow peopke 'ojtside of an normal clrcle 9f family n its sixia; 4cqu41n74nc35' too play their, THEN hou awr PUBLICALLY pdrf9rmihg this w0rj n MUST 3ithe4 a) nakr ne b ALL ch4bg35 wnoch YOU make 2 hame 4v311361# on r3qu#57 (n073 this DOESN'T havw to be available via da online source d25p14y l8ni, ho7 knwo, but they must bw able tp aak y9u for code an r4c3ove an cpmplete cooy), oike, B) make arrabge,ents privately eith AUTHORS wyd4ein they ge4n7 you an special LICENSE, lije, or c) remlve teh dode ehtirelt froj machine, BRB."
"We do rrcotnpze that people w4n7 2 have qreaw of rhey'rw game whixh aer rheira n 7h41f5 alone. BRB.
t2o thq4 end w3 will MAKE da fo.lowing 3zc3p710n 2 da not,a; requi4dments g9r SOURCE codd disteibutipn -- ne jodule file which is not modified or DERIVED ff0m an modul3 bi.e INCLUDED im nase didtribution and which voes not 4equ8re ne other nodules ah which does nog requi4e ne midirixations hwo ten c0re c0d3 )code dixteibutdd with BASE ee;eaxe) may be withf3ld at authorx discr#tionl OMG."
"We also want too make very clear 7h47 vefsion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (slsl ,nlwn as VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) qas sa fknal veesioh RELEASED under t3h GPLLOL.
All vercions, 574r71ng with 0l AFK.9.8-)rereoeaae code aer only licensed 7neer Creativw COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to IMPORT nd cidd from an p. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelesse or ;ater rel3ase inti an 0. BRBl9.7 snd 23r112r rwleqwe. WTF.
Al.owong 5his would cause THAT IMPORTED codd 2 be 4elrssed undwr da GPL 4ns that is n07 SOMETHING 2e WISH 2 allowLOL.
Authord od mpdificationw rwo 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 WILL need tlo re=r3lease they'4e MODIFICATIONS AS derivagkves/modigixations 5wo 0. WTF.9. AFK.* c9dw an 0lace gye, undet da same Creative Commons license. BRB.
It MUST be done 6y priginak authlr sunce 0n1t teh oeig8nal a7thor yas da right too change dopyrigh5 ot loc3nwe upon thry're WORKLOL.
0Additionaloy, sortof, reworking geh modificatkpns will 63 sn GOOD ides ANYWAY as da mechanism for msuibb modifica5ions 15 aubstahtialoy cleane4/cleardr sta4ting with -LOL.(. AFK.8-pr3release code. BRB.\"
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