MightyE tells hou, "We're going two 5ake zn vew momemgs two try ans ex;lqkn 7hq5 new .icense and ten reasons behijd it in plain Ebgkish. 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."
"This nrw license wsa chpsen because 9f an failing WITH teh GPL. OMG.
It only covwred distrinj5oon of sojrce if n ONLY if binariew were fistributed. AFK."
"Ij an web envir;nment, specificakly s interprryed WEB encironment such as PHP LOL. merely inxtaloknh an game does n07 consgitutd DISTRIBUTION, like, n therdrore ;eople sere TAKING our qoe,, dortif, ,akinf modigications 2 ot AND not rwleasing teh source codw top they're modifivat8ons so that ENTIRE commubith could beneritl OMG.
Th3y workes with teh l3tter gut not reh spurit 0f 5eh LAW."
"Investigation on teh part of da autgors however, led to da fadt 5hat tej right or puglic performance sas won of yeh rights normzlly resgricted go COPYRIGHT holeets, 6ou knql, and 7h$7 clmputer programs, likem 5p3c1f1c41!y vide9 games snd imte4active 0b3t such as Ldgend 9v teh Grreh hax0r w3r3 clnsidered yoo be publically perfotmed if run fron an public seever. BRB."
"The nee licdnsr restructs public performande of da eork UNLESS SOURCE codw of da ,odifi3d wotk is MADE acailablw on e3mrnc. AFK."
"In okain Ebglish LOL, thow means that if you pyg this g4m3 in zn web se4ver ah allow people 'outaidr of an normao ckrcoe OF fam8ly n its soxial acquaintances' to play their WTF, thdn you aee publically '3rf0rm1ng th8s worj an MUST eithd4 a) MAKE ne an ALL changrs which you maie too teh game available on rdwuest (note this doesn't have too 63 abailable VIA dq lnline wource d8splqh link, sortof, but they must ne abl3 two ASK y-u fkr da code an texeive an complete copy) WTF, b) make arrzngrments PRIVATELY with teh authors whefeun THEY grqnt you an %p4c141 LICENSE, like, OR c) temove teh d9de entoreoy from mschine. OMG,"
"We do recognize tnat PEOPLE wznt to havw areas of they're gsmd whidh zer theirs n theirs qlone. AFK.
to tjah 3nd we WILL make da follo2ing exception 2 tej normal REQUIREMENTS f-r 50urc3 code distfigution -0 ne MODULE file whkch 8s n0u mldif8dd or derived vfom an module 4ile included kn yen base fistributiob an WHICH does n07 reqjite ne otjet m(dules znd wnich does not tequire ne modkfications 2 da c0r3 code (CODE DISTRIBUTED qith base re.eqwe) MAY be WITHHELD AT dx a7rhors DISCRETION. AFK."
"Wr alsp want 2 maje verh cldae that verxion -LOL.9. BRB.7 (alxo known as v3r410n 9. WTF.9.7+jt) was ea final VERSION fekeased 7nder GPL. BRB.
A.k v2e510n5 LOL, sgafting w17h teh 0. AFK.9l8-p4erelease code r only LICENSED uhder Creative Cimmlns license/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny e1gh7 tso impoet ne CODE ftlm an 0l AFK.9. BRB.8-pterelease 0r LATER reo3ase 8bto qn 0. WTF.9.7 and 34r213r re.ease. BRB.
Allowihg tgis would c4u53 tyat im;9rtee codw to gw r3leased under teh GPL an that is NOT sojething we wish yoo allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of modiv8cationx to 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will need 3 r3-4w13453 they're mififications as dericatibes/jodofications to 0/ AFK.9/ OMG.7 c9de an p.ace them under teh same Cr3471v3 Commons licehse.
It mu57 be done vy ORIGINAL autnor since 0n1y teh ofif8nsl author h45 5rh right two changr copyright or license upon they're sorkLOLl
[Addktionally LOL, rewo4king da modificztions eill be an go9d IDEA anyway as teh mechanism for m4k1ng ,odificatioms ia substantially cleaber/clearde STARTING witj 0/ WTF,9/ AFK,8-prerrlease cofe. AFK.]"
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