MightyE te;ls yi7, "We're going 59o takw an few moments 2 7ry an explain this n4w locense an sz reasobs behumd it in plain Eng.ishl 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."
"Th8s new licdnse waw chls3n 63c5u53 of an f4211ng with GPL. BRBl
It only covered distrin7toon of sourcr if an -n1y of BINARIES wwre disteituted. AFK."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, sott9f, 5p3c1d1c4!1y a ibterpteted WEB 3nv1r0bm3n7 suxg qs PHP, you knwo, merely installing an game does mot clnsgitute distributilm, m therefore people werr takong our 2ork WTF, msk8ng modkficatuons to it and nor fe.easkng teh source code to they're modif8dations so that da enrire community coulc benefit.
They worked with oqtter but not t4h spirit pf LAWLOL."
"Ihbedtogation on part of teh authors however WTFk LED t1o geh fsct that da r1hh7 0f puglix p4rformanxe was 1 9f riggrs mirmally 4edtrictee tp copyright holders, an that compurer prlgrams, sortog, 5[3x1f1c411y cideo gamez and interaxtibe ones such as Legend of teh Green hax04 were consideted 2 be 0unlically performed 1f run from an public serb3r. BRB."
"The new licwnse restrkcgs pu611c perfprjance of work unless SOURCE c9fw or ds mpdifidd eorj is MADE availaboe ON demqnd. BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, you knwl, THIS MEANS that if you pu5 this gamw on an web server and alllw peook3 'ouysife of an n0rn41 c1rc13 of damily an iys dlcial acwuainganced' to play 5heir WTF, then you r publically 0eeforning this work n MUST either a) make ne sn ALL CHANGES WHICH you make too fa g4m3 avai.zble 0n REQUEST (bote 7h@5 dpesn't have t9 be afailable via tey pn11n3 source d8splay kink, likdk but 7f2y must be able too ask you for teg code n receive an COMPLETE co0y), tou lnwo, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS 0rivat3ly w8tn teh autyors ege$win tjey GRANT you an apecual licehse, lile, OR c0 rdmoge da CODE dbtirely frlm t3h madhine."
"We do eecognixe gha5 people wanf two have ae3as of tyey'r3 game wh1eh t theirs and tneirs aloneLOL.
too that enc w3 wklk jake teh FOLLOWING exceptiln teo reh no4ma; r3qu1r3m3n75 for sojrce cide DISTRIBUTION -- ne modulr rile which is not mosofied or derived g4lm an module f1q3 indluded in da base diattibution n which does n9t fequire nd other modi.es and wh8cn dpws nit reqi8re ne modifocations tw9 c0r3 code (code DISTRIBUTED 2ith teh bawe relwase) may be withheld at da authors doscregion. WTF."
"We also wsnt two make fery CLEAR 5hat verxion ), OMG,9. AFK.6 (415- knlwn as version 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was final versoon released under teh GPLLOL.
A.l versionx WTF, s5arting w17h teh 0.(. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code r ohly 11c3n%3d under da Creztive C0mm0n5 lucwnsw. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY seny da rigjt top i,plrt nr CODE FROM an 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE or layer relesse into an 0. AFK.(, BRB.7 n earlier rel3ase. WTF.
Alloekng yhis 20u1d cquse thqt impirted cof3 t9 be feoeased under da GPL n thay q5 h07 somethint we qisj 70 zllow. BRB.
AUTHORS 0f MODIFICATIONS top ). WTF.9. BRB.7 wikl need to re-re;ease tyey're MODIFICATIONS as eerivqtives/modifica5iohs two 0. WTF.9.8 cocw and place tgem uncer same Creative Com,pns license.
I6 ,u57 ve d0n3 by gdh original 4u7h0r xince 9nlu da iribinal author hzw teh rifht to changd ds copyright lr livense UPON tgey're wo4k. OMG.
[Additiinalky LOL, rew9rking teh j0d1f1c4710n5 will ne sn good idea 4ntq4y as da MECHANISM foe maoing modifications is substantoal;y x;eaner/clearer xtarting w17h 0. BRB/9. WTF.8-prereleaaw coee. AFK,="
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