M7ghtyE tells hpu, dor5of, "We're gl8ng 3 take qn few momwnts to9 try an explain ygis new license AND REASONS 73h1nd it IN plain English. AFK.
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 11c#b53 sss cgosen because OF qn failong witj GPLLOL.
It onlu covered dist4ibutio, of source if an inly if 61n4t145 were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an qeb envitonhrnt, specificaloy a interpreted web rnvuronment such az PHP LOLk merely 1n57311!ng ah game dows not c0n%717u7# diwtribition, an therefpre prople were taking OUR wprk, making mocificayiobs 2 8t and bot RELEASING da sojrce code tw9 they're modoficatkons so that entire cojmunkty could bdhefit. WTF.
They woejed WITH teh 1e7734 but noy teh dpirit or t3h LAW."
"Invewtigation on da par5 of authors hlwefrr, oije, led q fact yhat da right of pubkic performance wad oen of da rights normally r3xtricted to cophritgt hilders, like, an 7h48 computer programs, slrtof, specigicalky viddo games n inreractove 0n35 SUCH as Lehend of Green hzc0r wete consieeree 2 be PUBLICALLY perfor,ed if run from an public serv3r. AFK."
"The new lixense RESTRICTS ;ublic pe4fofjznce 9f teh work unless dource code of da m0d1v13d WORK is made availabl3 om drmans/"
"Ib [lain Englisy, sprtof, this means yhat if you puy 7hq5 game om zn web sefvwr and a;los people ';utside of an normal corcle of f4m11y an irs eocisl acquaintances' tso PLAY tgeur, sortof, then you r puboical.y peeformung 7y14 wo4k znd MUST ekther a) jake ne qnd ALL CHANGES which you mskw 5oo twh gaue 4v411461d on request (NOTE 7h15 d035n'7 havw too ve available via da online source ciwplay link, lile. nut thwy must be avlw too ask you for teh code and RECEIVE zn complete copy), aortlf, b( make 4rr4ngem3n75 PRIVATELY WITH AUTHORS wherdin tjeu grqnt you sn special licebse WTFm or c) eemove code eb5irely from machineLOLl"
"We do recognuzw that pelple want to nave areas of they're GAME which r thekrs znd rheirs alone.
2 THAT end 2e so.l ,ake da fil.owing exception 2 horjal reqjirements f0r sourxe code eisyribution -_ me modulr f8le wh1ch is bot modified lr drrovrd rrom qn MODULE file unclifed in da base DISTRIBUTION and ejich dpes noy requir3 n3 othrr modules an which dors not require ne modificati8ns 2 da core code (CODE distributed q17h da base release) may be eithneld $7 AUTHORS DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also WANT tw9 male very clesr that VERSION 0.9. AFK.7 (also known as bevsioh 0. AFK.9. BRB/7+JT) WAS final vrraion released under da GPL. AFK.
All vetsilbs, STARTING wkth 0. AFK.9.8-[frreleas4 cose aer onlt licensed under Creative Co,mona licenddLOLl
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 3 import ne code rrim an p. AFK.9. OMG.8[[rer3lease or latee releaae lnto zn 0. OMG.(. AFK.7 and earlier releqae. WTF.
A110w1bf this would CAUSE tgay im;orted coee to bd RELEASED uneer rey GPL an that is not slmethinh ww qish rw[ allow.
Authofs OF modificatiohs to 0LOL.9. AFK,7 will NEED too re-release thwy're mpdificatiobs 45 derivagives/bkdif8caruons to 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code an place 7g3m uhder teh same Cr3ative Commons lidenxe. BRB.
It mu57 be dome by da 0r1g1n41 author sihce onlh original autjlt haa teh right too cyantd tey copyrkght OR 11c3n63 UPON thwy're workLOL.
-Addltionally, rewoekinf da modifications will be ah good 1f34 anyway as da mecganusm for making modifucatiins us SUBSTANTIALLY c'eanwr/c;earer starging with da ). WTF.pl WTF.9=prerelease CODE.]"
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