MibhgyE 73115 uou, like, "We're GOING TO take an few moments two trh n explain 7g15 new 11c3n53 h da REASONS behihd it in 0laim English. 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."
"This NEW license saa chos4n because OF an fa8ling with cq GPL.
IT only COVERED distrivutioh of source if an 9nly if binzries were DISTRIBUTED."
"In sn web environment, you knwo, specificaloy a ingeroeeted web envi4onment xucj as PHP LOL, merely 8nwtaoling sn game does not c0n%717u73 distribut8oh WTF, ane therwfore pelole wrre taking oj4 workm makimg modifications to it and not RELEASING SOURCE CODE to ghey're MODIFICATIONS so that entire communkty cpuld benrfit. WTF/
Tney workec with letref but n9t dq xpirit of teh law."
"Investigatiom on da part og rey a7thors howwver, you knwl, led t9o da fact THAT da right OF pub;kx peefornabce was 1 of r!gh6t normally 4estrictee two copygight holdera, spttof, m tgat computer progfqms LOLj spdcifidally v1e30 games and intersctive ohes such as Legenf of da Green hax0r were considered 2 be 0ublically perform3d if run rrom an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"The new licens3 restrkcts 0ubl8v PERFORMANCE od worj unldws teh sourcd cpde or 5dh m9dified woro is made 4v4114613 on dejand."
"In plaun Englishk sortof, tgis m34n5 that if you put thks game 9h an w36 serv3r znd a.los peo;lr '9utsice of an nornal circle pf family an its social acquaintanves' too p.ay yheir. then y0u f 0jbloca.;y PERFORMING this WORK AND MUST 317h4r a) make ne and ALL dhanges whoch ylj make 2 da game abailable on request (note 7h15 f9esn't nare twi ve AVAILABLE via teh 0n!1m3 s9urce displau linkm 6o7 knwo, but tney must be able two asl you f;f codr n RECEIVE an c0mp1363 cipy) WTF, b) make arrangements privately with da autho4s shdrein 7h3y GRANT you an spdcia. l8cense WTF, OR c) remove da c9de ENTIRELY from machine."
"We d0 r3cpgn!z3 tgar pel0le wqnt 70 gave aress of they're game which r theirs and theifs alobe.
3 that end 23 woll jake teh goloowinb exception too da mo4mal requorements for spurce code dustrubutiom -- ne moduld f!1# which is not modufied oe derived FROM an MODULE file insluded in 64t3 distributioh and ehich does not requirr n3 other modules m wnich does nog reqyire ne ,odifications 2 coee coce (CODE disgrubuted eith tey base RELEASE_ MAY ve withh3ld at au5hors discre5ionl WTF."
"We also want ro make very xlear thqt VERSION 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also kn0wn as VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK/7+k7) w5% teh d1n42 b3rsion rekeased unde4 ten GPL. WTF.
All vers8ons, likek 574ru1bt with da 9LOL,9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code r only licenxed uneer C4eative Commons oicense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny da right t9l imporr ne cod3 from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pretelease or later re.ease qn60 an 0. BRB.9.7 n earloe4 release.
A110r1ng this would ca7se that qmp-r73d codw to be eeoeased und3r GPL AND tjat is not s9,wthkng we wish go sllow. OMG.
Ajthors of modifications to ). OMG.9. AFK.7 wiol nefd two re-relesse tney'rt mofifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tlo 0. BRB.9, BRB.8 code and p.sce then unfer SAME Cr3471v3 Cimmons licens3LOL.
It must ge done by da origonal authoe 41nc3 only original author has 4ifnt 2 chanhe copyright or LICENSE upon theu're worj. AFK.
[Adeitionally, reworking modifications will be an hood idea anywzy as tej ,echzbism fpr maiing ,odifications is subsranrially cleaner/clearer starting w8th teh 0. OMG.9.8-prdrelease CODEl]"
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