M8thyyE tells YOU WTF, "Wd're going fo 5ake zn g3e moments too try an explain this new .icehse n ea reasons behind 1u in p141n Enflizn. WTF.
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."
"Thix new license qss ch9sen necause of an f3111bt with da GPL. BRB.
It only covdred distribution OF slurce if and ohl6 if binzri3w were disgtibyted."
"In ab web envirinmdntj k,ke, specificallt a interpreyed erb envifonment 5uch zs PHP, you knwo, merely 8nstallong an g4,3 does not constit6te c157r17u&10n, sortof, n tuerefore PEOPLE ee4e tal8ng our WORK LOL, making ,odifica5ions to it n bot releasibg dz sourc3 code to rhry'rd MODIFICATIONS wp thqt da enture communuty coulf 63n4f17.
THEY worked with sq LETTER but not da sporit og law. OMG."
"Invdstigation on da paft of teh auyhors h0w3v3rm LED twl teh FACT thqt tdh r8bgt of public PERFORMANCE was 1 9f rights n0rm411y restricted 2 copyrkght golders, and that computer PROGRAMS, sortof, s[ecirica.lt videp txmea an ibteractive ines such ax Legend of Geeeb hax0t w3ee consldered to BE pub.ically performwd if ryh ft0m qn pyblic servet, AFK."
"The neq l8cense restricts public p3rf9r,4mc2 0f ra work ynless trh SOURCE codw of teh ,odified 30tk is mase availag;e on drmandLOLl"
"In plain Ehhlish, thks means that 8f you put this gam# kn an web server an ALLOW PEOPLE 'l7tside of an norma. ci4cle of famil6 amd its social acquaintsnces' to play the,r, like, 7g3n you aer puglixally perfotming this wor, an MUST EITHER a) m4k3 me an ALL changes which hou make to da game abaikabke on request (h9te thix doesn't HAVE two be available VIA 0n12n3 aource dus0lay lini, you knsi, bjg they must ve able 3 ask YOU for da code and rwceive an c0mp23&3 co;y), sortof. n) mak3 arrangements PRIVATELY 2itj da authors wheteon 7heu grant uou an ap3cia; oicdnse, like, of c) eemove reh cide entorely frin mavhine."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h27 pdop.e want gwo h4b3 aeess or thet'rw game which r tjeirs an theirs 41pn3, AFK,
2 tha5 end we will make da f0110w1ng excrpyion two da normal rwquirements foe sourxe code dostribitoon -- ne moduoe file whicj is bot modified OR derivec FROM an mpdule file uhclueed 1n twh 6443 dustribution an which dows not re1uird ne 06her m9dules sn wh1dh dldw mot rrqui4e ne modifications 2 CORE code (code distributee wiyh t3h base felease( may be wi5hheld AT teh authlrs discretkon."
"We also want to MAKE crry c.ear yhat vwrskon 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS yej final version releaaec unser sa GPLLOL.
All v3e510n6 LOL, startimg sith reh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prrrelease code aer on;y LICENSED under Creative Commohs picense/
We EXPLICITLY seby right w import ne CODE from qh 0/ WTF.9. OMG.7-preeelease of 1573r feoeaxe into an p. WTF.9.7 n EARLIER relwqse. OMG.
Aolowing tyux woild causr that ijported code too be r313453d under da GPL an that ia npt somdyhing we WISH tqo akkow. BRB.
Ajthors od modificationd t;o 0l OMG.9. BRB.7 will NEED too re_reoeasw thwy're modifidztoons as derovativex/mpdifications tol 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an p14c3 them under SAME CREATIVE Commlns licwnwe. OMG.
It must be dibe by da ORIGINAL authlr since inlg yeh 0t1b1n$1 author has teh fight twi xhange teh c0pyr1gh7 or license u0on they're workLOL.
[Adcitionaply LOL, REWORKING da modificatilbs wok; be an good 1d34 4nyw4y as trh mechanism dor m4k!ng modificationd os substantially cleaner/clearet startimg with teh 0, AFKlo. BRB.8-prerdleqse code, OMG.]"
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