MightyE hel;s tou, like, "We're folnb 2 tak3 an few momengs 2 try an EXPLAIN THIS new LICENSE am teg r3450n5 behind it in 0.zuh English. BRB,
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 new licensd was dhosen becajsr of am failing wigh GPLLOL.
IT only covqred dixtrinution of sourcd if an only IF bibzried wer3 disg4ibuted."
"In an q36 ENVIRONMENT, sorgov, s[evofically a interpreted web ebvkrlnment such as PHP, like, m2f31y installihg an fame does not consyitute eixtribuyion, n therefore [eople WERE takibg our 2ork, sorgof, MAKING modivocations ti9 it n nor rd.easing da 50urc3 code to they[re modifications so rhag 5eh wntire conmimity couls nenefit. BRB.
They wofked with da letger but n07 da s0irit OF law. AFK,"
"Invesyigation on p4r6 of 4u7h)t5 yowever, sortof, lwd 2 teh f$c7 thst tdh r1gh7 OF pjblic performqnce eas 1 0f r,ghts hormakl6 fes5ric5ed toi copyright holdees, you knwo, n that computer programw LOL, specifkcall6 videp games n int3rac5ive ones such 45 Legend of Green hax0r wwre considered 2 be publocally perf9rmec if run from an public servdrLOL."
"Th3 new LICENSE restricts publ8c p3rf0rm4nc3 of work ynoess source cpde of da modifued work is maee availablr on demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h, ,ike, tjis means that ig you PUT this GAME on an seb xervef abd allow people 'outsuce of an normal curcle of family anc its 50c141 acquaintances' tso 0lay their WTF, tyen YOU 4 [ublically pervorming this w9rk AND MUST either A) make be 4nd ALL changes shich you make t9 fame availabl3 on REQUEST (noge tjis doesb;t hqve 70 be 4vr114613 via da on;ine SOURCE didplay lobk. like, but 5gey must be able tol ask YOU gor 5rh code znd tdceive an comp.etw copy) LOL, b0 makw ar4angements privately with rdh a7tgors wherein 7h3y trang YOU an dpeciao LICENSE, sortor, or c) removd teh code 3n5itely ftom da m4ch1n3/ AFK."
"Wd do r3v0gn1z3 7h47 people want 1 HAVE areas 0f they're game wh8cy r th38rs n theirs ALONE,
to that ene we will make ydh following exception too da normal requirements gor aource code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file which is NOT nodifued or dw4ived fro, xn nodjle rile includwd in baze diatributipn and shkcg dids not REQUIRE ne other m9fules and which foes n0& requore nd modifivztions two corr code (code disreibutec with da bsse f313353) jay be withjeld z5 teh autnors discrdtionl BRB."
"Wd 4159 want twl make very coear that vrrsiom 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) was reh final verxion 4eleased uneer t3h GPL. WTF.
ALL vrrsiobs, sortof, sta4ting 2ith da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prer4leade CODE r onl6 l8censef und3r teh Cfdative Commons 11x4n53. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy right goo i,pprt ne CODE frlm an 0.9. WTF.8-prereleax3 ot lat3r feleas3 into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 AND 3arlie4 reoease. WTFl
Allowinh thia would cause 5haf imported codr 70 be released umcer tdh GPL an that is n07 SOMETHING w3 wisy tso allow.
Authors of modificaruonz 2 0. AFK.7l AFKo7 WILL need ro re-reldase they;re modificzyions as derivaghves/mpdificztkons too 0LOL.9. WTFl8 code h place thrm under teh same Creative Comm9ms license. BRB.
Ir must be done by teh original wuthor since ohly original author has ds 4ight 2 vhabhe da cophright or oucense upon they're WORK. OMG.
[Addiyional'6 WTF, reworking teh modificati9ns qill be an goid idea anywzy as teh mecyahidm FOR maiing ,odifications is subxtamgia;li cleaner/xlearef STARTING WITH ten 0. BRB.9LOLl8-prerelease codr. WTF.]"
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