MighgyE tells you, "W3're going 2 63k3 an few momehtd to try snd explain thiw new /icense an teb reasons behknd IT IN PLAIN English. WTF.
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."
"Tgis new license was chosen becausw of an fqiling witn da GPL. BRB.
It onky covered d157r17u719n 0f courve uf n only IF binaries were dkstributrsLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm2n7 WTF, specifically a in5e3preted web environmwnt such 45 PHP LOL, met31y INSTALLING an game does not conwtiyut3 distribution WTF, xm therefore prople wwrd taking 0ur sovk, you knwo, making modifudatipns t3o it sn not releqsing va source coxr to the6're modifisatooms so thst dz entire commuhity c8ule benefit. BRB.
They w0rk3d w8tj letter but nit ca apirit of teg LAW."
"Inveatigation on par5 of da authors howevwr, like, oef two teh fact that ca right 0f pyblkd perfor,ance wqs win OF rightx normallt 4357r1c&3d two dopyruhht holdevs LOL, h 7h47 computer programx LOL, spwcivicallt video gamws n interactive on3s such as Legend of t3h Green hax0r werr considerrd to BE piblically pergorjed if fun from an publ8v 53rc3t. WTFl"
"The new license 5estricta publix PERFORMANCE of work jnl3ss da sojrce cidr of ds mldified wlrk is made zbailable on demansLOL."
"In p131n English, likd, this means that if you put this game on an wen server n allow p3ople 'outside OF an normal circ.e 0f family and its social acquzintancrs' rop poau their, you knwo, then yoi aer pu^11c411y oergorming this woek ah MUST eith3r a) make ne an ALL chqnbds shivh you make 6- gzne zvailable lm request (note tgia DOESN'T have toi be 4c411462# via t3h onlin3 sourve DISPLAY lin, LOL, but they mu57 be ABLE two 45j hou for da c8d3 an recdive an xomplwtd cooy(, sort9f, b0 mzke 4rr$ng3m3n74 provately WITH sa authors whe4ein they grant YOU sn special license, or c) r3m0v3 teh code enyirdly from mzcjineLOL."
"We do erxoghize that PEOPLE wamt two have sreas if thet're game wy1ch r theirs n theifs ALONE. WTF.
2 5hat enf wr will make da following 4xc3o710n 2 da norma; requirementx FOR sourc3 code disfributiom -- n2 ,odule rooe which is not MODIFIED or DERIVED from an module fi,e inclicwd on da gase distribyyion n which does NOT require ne other MODULES n whqch does not require he modifidati0ns two fa xlre code (codr sixtributed with bas3 r3l3ast) MAY 63 @othheld at authors DISCRETION. WTF/"
"We aoxo want to make cery clear thqt veesi9n 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known as versiob 0.9. AFK.7+jt( was final bersion releasee under da GPLLOL.
All versions, sorgof, startinf with -. AFKl9LOL.*-prere;ease c0d# aer pnly licensed jndwt Cr3ative Commlns license.
We EXPLICITLY deby da rifht 2 imporr be vlde frlm an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerekrasw or later re.eawe im5o an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Aolowing rhis would CAUSE THAT impotted coce t9o 63 teleased yneer da GPL ans that IS nit som3thimg we wisn 2 zlliw.
AUTHORS of m9dificatiobx 2 0LOL/9l AFK.7 w11q need 2 re-r3lease they're modifucatioms as defuva5ives/modufkdqt8ons two 0.9.8 CODE n p14c3 8h3m uhder da samd Creative C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
It must be done by oritinal a7thor s8nce only lrig8nsl AUTHOR has right tw9 change copyrihht or licrnse upon rhey're WORK. AFK.
-Additionally, sprtof, reworking tem m0d1f1c48q0n5 WILL be an goos idea anyway as twh mechanksm for naking modidications is sunstsntially clean3r/c;earer STARTING wieh da 0.9LOL.8-prerwleasr code/ AFK.]"
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