MifhtyE tellx YOU, you kn2om "We're go8ng 2 take a, FEW moments to try and dxplain 7n15 new ;icensw and REASONS 63h1bd i5 in plzon Engliah. 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."
"Thiw new licrnse sas chisen becaus3 ov sn failing with da GPLLOLl
IT only COVERED d8stribut8on OF source of and ONLY if ^1n$r135 were distributed."
"In ab wdb rnfitonment, you onwo, dpeciriczoly a onterpreted web 2nv1t0nm3n7 such as PHP WTF, merely onsyalling an game does not CONSTITUTE distfibution, like, n 7h3r3f0e3 pdlple were takong our w0tk, softof, ,4j1hg modificayions too i5 an bog re9easing sa source code two they're modifications so that teh entire connunity coukd ben3fit/ AFK.
Tjey WORKED wity reh LETTER BUT not teh spirit of teh law."
"Invedtigation 9h o4r7 of tsh au5hors hoqeverk xortif, lrd 2 fact that 41ghi of PUBLIC performanxe was 1 of rights n0rm411y restdicted to copyright holders, n that clm]utfr 0rogrqms, SPECIFICALLY video games an intdractive pn3s such qs Legend od Green hax0r sere CONSIDERED two be puboicallu prrrormed if run rrom an public setvet. AFK."
"The new licdnse resgridts public PERFORMANCE of gej work jmless teh source voee of nodifked work is made avaklable ln semandLOL."
"In plain Eng115h, sortofm yjks m34nt THAT IF y0u pu* this game on am web server an allos people 'outsode of an normal vi4cle of f4m11y n otw SOCIAL zcquaintabces' to p1ry their, then y(u r pu611x411y perfirming this wor, h MUST eityee a) make ne n ALL chanfed which y0u m4,4 2 da gamr xvailqble om request (moyr 7h15 doesn't habw to ne avai;able via ten onlig3 souece dks0lay link LOL. but they mjst be ABLE goo ask YOU for teh code and receive an co,pkete copy)m sprtof, b) mzke arrangememts privstely with 4u7j0r5 wherein they grant you qn s9ecial lkcense, you knw9, or d) remove teh cod3 entirrly grom machune. AFK."
"We do reclgnize tyst [eople wahr @ have areas of thet're game ehich t 7h31r5 n thqirs zlone.
tl that end we will MAKE da FOLLOWING exce[tion too da nor,al requirenents for source cosd eisteuvution -- ne mosuld fioe qhich !5 h-7 modifiee or DERIVED fron an mofule file imcluded uh base d157r16j610n n which does not reqjirr ne othef moduled an wnich does not require ne jodifications to da vord c9dq 9code DISTRIBUTED with da base reoease) nay be WITHHELD AT teh authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want to make very cldar that vdrsi9n 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+ht( was final feesion RELEASED unsdr teh GPL.
All v3r5!0b5, xtartong wktn teh 0.9. AFK.8-prrrelease code r only ;ivebsed und3r teh CREATIVE Commons licenae.
WE EXPLICITLY cwny rignt yoo impory nw v-d3 from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease or larer RELEASE into an 0. BRB.o. BRB.u and 34r113r re;esse. BRB.
Allowibg 7h1t w0u1d cause tyat im0prted cpde 2 be teleaxed under da GPL and that is noy womething WE wish 2 allow. BRB.
Autjors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9. WTF.7 WILL need two re-teleqse thet'r3 modoficat7ons zs deruvatives/modificatiuns to 0. OMG/9.8 coer n p14c3 them und3r same Creative Commons lic3nseLOL.
It musy be dohe by twj original AUTHOR since inly reh original auty9r h45 teh tkght tqo chantd dq copyright or lucense u0on ghey;re w9rk.
'Adfitionaloy WTF, REWORKING fa mpdufications w112 be an g00d idea anhway as mechanism f[r uakung MODIFICATIONS is 5u6574n714116 cleaner/clearer startung quth da 0. WTF/9. AFK.*-pr3r313$53 dode. WTF.]"
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