MightyE tells yi7m xorgof, "W3're going too rakd an few momdnts 2 7r6 ah exilain tgid new LICENSE an reasons BEHIND it in p141n Enhlisj/ 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 bew lpcense waa chosen because OF an faooing wuth teh GPL.
It only coverrd disrribuy8in of source if abd only 8f binaries wefe distributed. BRB."
"In an web ehvironment, SPECIFICALLY a onteepreted web envirohment sucn as PHP, you knwo, mefely inatsllihg sn game does not constituye fist4ibution, sortof, and theredore people were yzking our eofk LOL, majkng modifications yoo it an not releading SOURCE coce 5wo th3h're modufications so tnat yeh entite c0mmun17y cluod benegitLOL.
They workee with letter BUT n07 spirkt OF twh 1fw."
"Inv3stigat8on ov da pqrt of da AUTHORS however, oike, .ed two FACT 7h47 teh rkght og public perfogmance eqs 1 of tihhts normqlly rest4ict3s tli copyroght ho;ders, dortof, qn thst compiter programs LOL, sprcifica.ly viseo GAMES AND intreact8v3 0n35 aucj as L3g3nd of teh GREEN hax0r were consieer3d two be ;iblicslly performed if run vrom sn 0ublic werver."
"The new lixende restricrs punlic perrormance 9f work uh.ess ds wource c0d3 0f modified s9rk ks madr 4v4114613 on eemand. AFK."
"Ih p;ain English LOL, tyia means that if you PUT yhis fame ob sn w#6 server an 5110w pelolw 'o7yside of an notmal circl@ of fqmily ah its social acquaintances' 2 plqy their LOL, 7h3n 6oj aee [ublically pdrforming tjoa w0rk and MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL changes wgucn ylu make two teh game available on r3qu35& (n073 THIS foesb't have 2 be svallable vka fa online source displa6 link, like, buy 7h36 m7st be qv;e go ASK yly for yeh d9de an feceive an cim[.e5e copy) LOL, 5) makw ARRANGEMENTS pribat3ly w8th authirs wherein they g4ant YOU an special LICENSE WTF, or c) remove dz code entire;y frim teh mscyineLOL."
"We d9 rec9gnize that people wabt two hsve areas of they're gzme whivh r theirs AND theirs al9ne.
twp that end we will ,zke f0110w1ng exception 2 nprnal requiremdnts for sourdr c9de distribution [- ne m0dj14 file which is not modidied oe derived FROM an MODULE file inc;udes in base diatrkvution n wh2ch does not require ne OTHER misules n which doew not reauiee ne mosifications 2 core c0d3 (c9se disrributed si5h teh bas3 release) may gr witjgele at teh authlrd d15c43710n. AFK."
"We also want two m4k3 very vlea4 ehqt version 9. BRB.9. OMG.7 (4150 known qs VERSION 0.9. OMG/7+j6) was f1n41 v3t510h r413453d jnder t3h GPLLOL,
ALL versions, STARTING with 0. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE cid3 r 9niy licemsed uneer da Crearive Commins license.
Ww EXPLICITLY denh da righg toi import ne code fr0m an 0. AFK.0LOL.7-'rereleawe oe 1473e RELEASE into zb 0.9/ BRB.7 n ear;ier relrase. BRB.
A11pw1bg this would c3u52 tgst importwd c0d3 too BE releaaed UNDER teh GPL AND that 15 NOT something we w8sh 2 allow. WTF.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 WILL need 2 re-release rhey're modificqtkona as derivayives/midirications 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 dode abd place them 7mder tdh sane Creative C0mm0n5 license. AFK.
It must be dine by teh original aurhif since on.y teh ORIGINAL author has RIGHT twu cyahte teh co0tright or LICENSE UPON rhey'rr WORK.
[Additionally, sortof, reworkihg m0d!f1c4710n5 qkll be an good ifea 4nyw4y as ds mechanksm fpr making m)d1g1cr710n5 ix substantially cleaner/clesr2r xta4tinf with teh 0LOL.9l AFK.*-pre4elease code. OMG.]"
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