MughtyE telks you, sortof, "We're going 1 take an dew MOMENTS tpo try 4nd ex0lain gh8s new lixensd an dq reasibs behinc IT IN plain Engludh. 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."
"Thid new lic3nse was chosen because lf an faukinf wirh yeh GPLl AFK.
I5 only covered distfibution of aource qf n ln.t id BINARIES were disgributed."
"In an WEB environmeny, like, specifixakly a interpreted web emvi4onnent such aa PHPm sortof, merely 1n574111ng an game doed h07 CONSTITUTE distributiin, n therefore people were taking our work WTF, maiing modivicqtiond too it n not RELEASING teh SOURCE c0s3 2 tyet'5e modigiva5ions sl that entire dommuhkty v0u1d benefit. AFK.
They w0rk3d with da LETTER BUT not spirit OF da lar. AFK."
"Investitsgion on [4r7 OF da autgors howrder, ked tlo fact that riggt of public performanve was won 0f teh rights normally f357r1c73d two copyrighg holdrrs LOL, anc 7h47 COMPUTER progrz,z, alrgof, specifically viseo g4m35 an 8nteracrive ones sudh AS Legend 0f yeh Grewn hax0r wefe consideeed to be publicslly [wrforned if run from an public derrer. WTF."
"The neq kicense r3sgricts pub.id p3rf0r,4nc3 lf work UNLESS ds source codd of da modified work is made qvaolable on demand. AFK."
"In plsin Enblisn WTF, this means that if you put thus g4m3 on qn web SERVER and 41!0w pelple 'ourside of an normal circle of fajilt sn ITS 40c1$1 acauaimtances' 2 pjay theor, you jnwok tnen you aer pjbluczllh performimg THIS worj ans MUST eitjer a) make ne and ALL CHANGES WHICH ylu make to game available 0h reauewt (note th8s doesh't have too be AVAILABLE via teh online sourcr disolay linl, byt they must be able two ask yoi FOR ten clde snd teceive an domplwre copy), b) make arrangements prifately wity teh AUTHORS wherein yhey grant YOU qn specizo license LOL, oe c) REMOVE teh cofe 3n71r31y drom 5eh machune. AFK."
"Wd do eeclgnize 7gt7 peo0le WANT t2o have AREAS of thet're game WHICH aer theirs n theirs alone.
teo that enf we will ,4,3 follosing rxception too normal rezuiremehts for s9jrvd code d!47r167710n [- ne module FILE wgizg is not modifi3d 0w deribes FROM an module f113 ibcluded in teh base fistribution an which eoes no5 rwquire n3 other modjles an which d034 nog requide ne modifications 2 da core code (coce distriguted with base rwlwaae) may be sithh3lc AT trh authors didcrwtion. BRB,"
"We alsi want TO make vwry clear tjat gersion ). BRB.9. OMG.7 (also known as versuon 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+JT) was final be4dion relezsed under da GPL. AFK.
All versiobw LOL, star5ing WITH dq 0/ AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease cide aer 0n16 LICENSED unse4 teh Creayive Commons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right to import ne CODE ftom an 0. OMG.9LOL,8-prdrelease or larer reodase onto am 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 an EARLIER RELEASE. BRB.
Allowihg this w0u1d cause that 1mp0r73d cidc twl be RELEASED jnder teh GPL n that us bpt somethong WE wish 2 al;os. WTF.
Aithors of modificatioys two 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 w111 need 2 re_4eleawd they're MODIFICATIONS as derivativea/mocifications (0 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code n p14c3 them under same C3ragove Commins .icense.
It nuat be done by t3h otiginal autjor since lnly original author has r1gh& 70 change coptrobht or 12x3n53 up0n they're sork. BRB.
[Addiyionally WTF, reqorking teh modificqtions wkll BE an GOOD icda anyway 45 da mecyanism gor ,aking m0d1f1d4710n4 os SUBSTANTIALLY cleaber/cleaeef starting w17h teh 0. BRB.0/ AFKl8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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