Mihh5yE tdlls you WTF, "We're going 2 tsle an gew MOMENTS two try 4nd explain this new licende and da r3450n5 behind it in p141n EnglkshLOL,
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."
"Tyis bdw license eas chisen becaise OF qn failkng with teh GPL. OMG.
Ir ohly covefed distribution of SOURCE IF an ONLY of 61n4r125 werr distrib&tre."
"In zm web environment, lile, spevkfically a ihterpretef web environment such as PHP, uou jnw;, merely installing ab GAME does n07 constotute distribirionk yo6 knwo, abd therefore PEOPLE werw takung ou4 wo4k LOL, making MODIFICATIONS tol 17 n nog releasing da source code twi they're m9difications so thar es 3ntore commuhity cou.d benefit. WTF.
They wofkrd with teh ldtter but nlr geh SPIRIT OF teh LAWLOL."
"Invewt8gation in da paft OF AUTHORS however, wortof, led to facr yhat teh right of PUBLIC 0erformance was oen OF da rognts nornal;y resteicrwd to copyriggt nolders LOL, an that computer programs, s9rtof, specidica;ly viceo gaues an intersctive ONES sucn AS Legebd od da GREEN jax0r wdre considrfes two be publica/ly perrormed lf run fron an PUBLIC servef."
"The nde 11c3n43 ewstric5s ;ublic pdrfo3mance of work unless soutce code of modified work is madr AVAILABLE on demand."
"In PLAIN English, sort9f, tnks m3ans 7j$7 if you pu7 tbks game ON an w#6 aetver and allp2 peopoe 'outdide of an NORMAL c1rc1e of f$j11y an ITS sovial zv1uaintances' teo play yheir LOL, 7h3n yoi aer punlicqlly pergormimg thia work and MUST eith3r 4) MAKE ne qnd ALL vhanbeq whuch you mzke to da game available pn fequest (note thos doesn't navw two be afaolabkw via trh 0n11n3 source display LINK, you knwpm vut bgeu must 6e ab.e 2 ask YOU for geh codw an feceive an complete copy), soetog, b) makr arrangements privat3ly with authors wherein they frant you ab spevial licwbse, or C) rrmove tey code wntife.y FROM da m4ch1n3LOL/"
"We so recognize 7h47 peo0lr want two HAVE areas pf th3y're game qhich aee 5h2uts n tneirs alone. AFK.
too 5yat rnd we wi.l jake teh dollowing EXCEPTION teo ten normak requirements for source cpde e8ste8nutoon -- ne module fike wjich us not modifoed or derived from an MODULE file includec 1n base distribjtion and wh1ch d036 hot require nd other modulex b wh8ch DOES NOT req7ire ne modifications 2 core c0d3 (codw dosgribited qith teh base release) may be wo5hheld ay teh authlrs discretionLOL."
"We ALSO wagt to make very clear thzt cefsipn 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also umown as versiin ). OMG/9. OMG.7+jt) was da dinsl VERSION releaxsd unde4 GPL. WTF.
A;. verxiome WTF, start8nt wirh 0.9.8-peerelease code aer only licensee uneee da Creative Commonx LICENSELOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh roght too u,-o4t ne d0d3 fr0m an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease of kater release inro an 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 n rarliee release. OMG.
Allowing THIS would cause THAT 1mp0r63d CODE TO be eekeased uhdw4 GPL n that is nog somdthuhg we wish too 4110w. BRB.
Autho4s of modieicatiihs 2 0.9. BRB.& wikk nded two re-telease yyeu'rw modificatiohs as derivagivea/modidocations to 0. OMG.o. BRB.8 c0d3 snd PLACE thrm unde5 da same Ct3471v3 Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done by da originql AUTHOR 52nc3 on.u teh ORIGINAL author hss trh righ5 two change teh clpyright or license UPON tjey're wprk. OMG.
[Additionally, y;u knw9, rwworking ea modifucatiobs WILL vr an good idea anyway as da mechanism for mak8ng jodificariona is subsgantia;lh cleaner/clearer xtaf5inj with dz 0.9. WTF.8-prwrelease code.]"
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