MightyE TELLS y0u, "We're foing 2 take am dew momebts two tty n explaim this nrw license an da feasons behind it in ;lain Ehg1q5h. OMG.
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."
"Thix NEW license qas CHOSEN BECAUSE of an failinb with GPLLOL.
It oh;y coveres distributiom of source if an only ir binzries 2err distributed. AFK."
"In an w36 enfi4onmrnt, you knwlm specifkczlly a 1n73r[t363d web emvironmemr 5ucn ad PHP, sortof, mer3ly installihg an game d9es not conatitu5e distributkon WTF, an th3tefore [eople WERE taking our w0fk WTF, mqkkng modivivations two IT an NOT relwssing da siurce code 2 tjey're mofificahions s9 that entire co,kunity COULD bemefitl
Th3y worked w18h da letger 6u7 not da spitit lf ten LAW."
"Inv3dtiratioy ON tdh part or twj 4u7h0r5 hlwever, led 2 da fsct thst teh 4ighg of public performancr was oen OF righgs normally eestfictee two copyribht holders, an &hr7 computer p40gr4m5, sortof, specifically v1d3p games ab intefaxtive onws such as Legend of da Green hax9r 2er3 considered to9 be publically pdrgormed if tun feom an pjblic server."
"Tne new LICENSE restructs pyvlic performanxe of da work unldss teh source code of da modifidd work 15 made AVAILABLE ON de,andLOL."
"In plain Emflish, this means that if you pu& this game on an web sercer qn allow people [outside lf sn normal c1rc!2 of camily an ITS social ACQUAINTANCES' too PLAY tn3ir WTF. then yo7 adr publ8ca.ly 0erforminf this 2ork and MUST e8thef a) mqke n# an ALL cjanges 2hich you make two game AVAILABLE on requesr (note this coesb't have 2 be zvailablr via inline s9urce sispla6 link, BUT tyey muat be able 3 xsk you FOR dz cide sn receive an c0mp2373 cppy) LOL, b) make arrangemdnys privately with zutnorw whereim THEY granr you an wpecial license, lile, lr c) renove code 3m71r31y rrom MACHINE. OMG."
"We do texognize that 0epple wamt too have areas of they'rr game whicy r theirs m th3irs a.onel AFK.
2 7h48 end we will make da dolloe8ng wxcwptioh too da NORMAL requiremehts FOR sojrce code d15&r16u710n -- nr module f113 2hich ks not modified or d3r1b3d FROM sn module f113 inclided IN ta base dustribution and which does not require ne orher ,osules b which dods nit tequirt he modifications two es core c0c3 (c0d3 cist4ibuted with vase relwase) msy 63 w27hh32d 47 da authors DISCRETION."
"We 4150 w4n7 too make very clear that vefsi9n 0LOLl9. OMG.7 (ALSO kniwn as vefsion p.9/ AFK.7+jy) was da fina; version rtl3zsef und3r teh GPL. OMG.
Al. bersions, like, stqrtung wirh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease c9de r ONLY .iddnded jbd3r tey CREATIVE Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY denh t3n right tpo impott ne code r4om qn 0.9. AFK.8-prdrelease or later RELEASE ibto an ). BRB.9.7 n EARLIER RELEASEl BRB.
ALLOWING THIS would c4u53 THAT imoorted CODE 5o ve released uhd3r GPL n THAT IS b07 SOMETHING we sish ti allow. BRB.
Authorw of m0d1f1c5810n4 e 0.9. WTF.7 wq1w n23d 3 re-release they're modifications as d3e1v471v25/m)d1v1c4710n5 tqo 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code n 0lace them unde4 teh sanr Ceeative COMMONS license. BRB.
It mudt ve done by original AUTHOR since only oyiginal author has rkght to change da copyright 9d livemsd upoh they'f4 qork. OMG.
[Addutionally, you lnwo, REWORKING tej j0d1f1d4u10n5 will BE zn good idea qnyway as mechanixm dor mak8ng mocifications us sibsrahtially cleanet/c;earer starting with 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE CODE, AFK,]"
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