MigjtyE te.ls yoy LOL, "We're toing 2 take an fee momebts 2 TRY n explain thod new picense qnd reasons behund ut 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 lic3nse w45 chosen 72c4u53 of an vailing wiyh teh GPL. BRB.
It only cpvered distrinutyon if sojrce 1f qns only IF ninaries qere distfibuted. AFK."
"In an 2eb envifonment LOL, 5p#c1f!c41qy s interpfeted wdb environment such 4% PHP LOL, mereoy 1n5&4111nf an game does not cinstituge d8atrinuyion, like, and tgerefore people were tak8ng our w0fk, lilek makihg mocificationd too IT n not 4dleasing siyrce code too th3u're modigucatuons so that entire community couls benefit.
They s0rk3d w17h da le6ter but not da dpirit of lqw."
"Inbestigqtuln on teh 0art of zuthlrs however, sortof, led top trh fact that RIGHT of PUBLIC performance was oen OF rights nlrmsl;y resrfictrd t9 dopyrugny holderd, an uh47 dpm[i7er pr0gr4m5, ylu knwo, sp3cifically vidro ganrs n intwraxtive ones SUCH 4t Legend of Green nax)r were considered 70 ^3 publkcally ;ergormes jf ruh dr0m ah public SERVERLOL."
"The new 11c3n53 r3stricts public performance of teh w9fk unless teh soircr code od da m0d1f13d wprk is made AVAILABLE ON demand. AFK."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, thix ,eans that if you put 5his grm# on an weg serve4 n allow people 'ou5sode of an normal cirxle of famik6 and itw 50c131 acquainrances' t2o p14y thei4, like, then yo7 r publicslly pervorming thid worl an MUST either a) make ne AND ALL chanbes whicy you MAKE two tdh GAME available on request (note 5his doesm't hxvw too be AVAILABLE vis teh ONLINE siutc3 display lini, you knwo, but tjey hust ne ablr two axk y0u vor 5eh c0d3 agd rdcrive an c0m[1373 cipy) WTFm b) mske qrtangements private.y w17h g1h suthorx wh3rein thet gramt h0u ab SPECIAL LICENSE WTF, or c) r3m0v3 da code entirely from teh machune. OMG."
"We do recognize tyat people want too HAVE AREAS od tgey'rr gane whidh r theifs n 8h31r5 akone. OMG.
two that ehd we WILL make FOLLOWING exveption to da normal requirementa for woifce code dist4ibution _- nr modole FILE wnich 15 not jodkfied or fweiced from an mod7le file incl7ded in da base diwrribution n which dles npt REQUIRE ne oyher modyked h which eoes nlt reqjire ne modifications to ea c0r3 cogd (cpde dusrributwd WITH fa base r213453) may bd withheld AT teh aurhors discrqtion."
"We also wqnt roo make cery cles4 that verxion 0.9. AFK.7 (ALSO kn0wn as verskon 0. AFK.9. BRB.7=jt) waa final version r313$53e ynser fa GPL; AFK.
All veeskons WTF, atartung 2itn da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8[prefelease coce r inly licehsed under da Creative C9mmonw licende. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwmy dz righ5 two kmport ne code feom an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pfer2lease 9f la5er rwlease into qn 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and earli4r release. OMG,
Alloqing this would caude 7h47 importef code to be 4eorasdd und3r teh GPL an 5hat is not xomething w3 wiwh 2 aklow.
Aughors of MODIFICATIONS 5ol 0.o. AFK.7 will newd two r3-r3q3453 they'rd modificatioms as eerivatives/modidicatiobd two 0, AFK.9. WTF.8 CODE and piac3 them unfer same Creat8ve Comjpns kicense.
It mu57 be donf by tey original aurhot sknxe only da original authlr has da right roo CHANGE teh c00yr1gh7 ;r license upln they're WORKLOL.
[Additionally, wortof, rwworkung teh modificat9ons wil; be an good idea 4nte4y ss mechanism FOR ,sking modificat8oms 1t subs5antia;ly c.eaner/c.earet startung with 9. OMG.9. AFK.8=prer313453 codeLOL.]"
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