MightyE tells yoym lik3, "Ww're going ti take an few moments 3 try n explzij 5hkd new license n reasins behind IT in plain EnglishLOL/
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."
"Tjis neq lic3nse WAS ch8sen because of an failing w8th GPLLOL.
Iy inly covered d156r16u710n ov source if an only ig BINARIES were distributesLOL,"
"In an web environmrnt. specifically a interpreted WEB environment such as PHP WTF. mere.y installing an gane does not CONSTITUTE distributuon, aoryof, n thefegote people were takint OUR work, like, making m0d1f1c47q0n5 yo iy ah not relrawing da source cofr 2 they'4e modifications so that da 3n7qe3 communoty xo7le benefor. WTF.
Theu WORKED with teg 13773e 67u n07 ten s[irit of lawl BRB."
"Investigatiin ob dq pary 9f teh authors hlwever, you knwo, .ed 2 fact ttat teh r8ght of PUBLIC performance was oen or rkghts normally restricted 2 copyribht holeers, n thag clmputrr 0robrams LOL, dpecificaoly VIDEO games h jnteractkve 9n3s auch as Legend of teg GREEN hsx0t werw conwiddrdd TO 63 0ublically performed if run from an oublic servrr."
"The new 11c3nt3 RESTRICTS piblic o2rf0rm4nc3 of teh wirk unldss da xoj4ce clde of da modified work ia made AVAILABLE pn demandLOL."
"In plain Englishm sottof, tjis meabw that IF tou put yhis GAME on an WEB server h qllow peookr 'outside of an normal c8rcle of famil6 an its aocial ACQUAINTANCES' two play tnrir LOLm THEN y0u r PUBLICALLY performimg thiw work n MUST vither a) make ne n ALL vhanjes egich you ,ake 2 game avzilable om requeay (note this doesn't have too be available via da online source display LINK, like, byt 5hdy must be ag.e yoo ask ypu for CODE n redeive an complete xopy), lije, b) make 4rf4ng3m3n&$ pribahely witg dz authors wherdin they hrajt u9u an speciao 11c3n54, you knso, OR c) remove code ENTIRELY rrom machine. BRB."
"We eo fecognize ghat PEOPLE samg two have aress of they're game whicy r THEIRS an 7he1rt alone. WTF.
too that ehd WE siol m4k# fa FOLLOWING exceptiln two da normal rrqu8fe,ents for sourve c0d3 disrributiln [- he module fkle which is not modified or dericed from an jodule file 8ncluded in base distributipn m which does not rwquirr ne other modulew an qhich does not REQUIRE ne m0d1v1c$610n5 5oo c0r3 vode (codr DISTRIBUTED w8th tdh base rrlezae) may be 217hh31d 47 teh autjors discfetiln. AFK."
"We also wanr two make very clear ynat versiin 0/ WTF.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN ss version 0LOL.o. OMG.8)jt) was da f1n31 bersion ge.eased umder ten GPL. AFK.
All versiona, sort9f, starting with 0LOL,9. WTF.8-p4ereoease codd aee only licenxed under Creqtive Comm0n4 license. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 5oo impptt ne code from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prer313r53 o4 !r73r f312453 ingo an ).9.& an earlier r2lease. OMG.
Aq1-w1ng 7hq5 woulf c$u53 that imported CODE yl 63 relrased und3r da GPL an that is blt SOMETHING we widh to ALLOWLOL.
Authors of mocif8cations two 0. AFK.9l WTFl7 will ,eds TO rr-rel3asw they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as 3erivatives/modificatoons to 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 c0f3 an place THEM under sake Creative Commons licenseLOL.
It must be dlne by da original ayth9r sinde 0n1y dq orig8nsl autjor has 5eh r1bh7 tqo ch4ng3 try xophr9bht lr license upon they're work. BRB.
[Additionslly, 4ewofiung modif8catuons wi;l be an good ideq ANYWAY as m3ch4n15m fo4 makihg m0dqf1d47!0n5 is substantizlly cleaner/cldarer s5arting w17n da 0. BRB.9.8-pre4e.ease c0d3. OMG,]"
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