MofhtyE trlls uou WTF, "W3're toing to take an few MOMENTS TO TRY zn dxplain tyis new licdnse an da r3450n5 behine it IN plsin English. 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."
"This new licrmse w45 chosen becausr OF an fai.kng with ca GPLLOL.
IT only COVERED dostrinution of source ir an only of bimaries wwre eistribuyed."
"In an web envitonmentm likd, spevifically a 1n64rpr$73d web environm3nt such AS PHP, you knwo, merely inxtalling an game does not constitute d!57r!6u810n, y9i knwo. an thereforr peo;lw were tzking our sork LOL, making modiricagions too it n n9t releawing da soirce c9de 2 rg3y're modificatipnw so uh47 tey ehtjre COMMUNITY c9j1d 63m2f17.
They worked with da letr3r but nlt SPIRIT OF law. WTFl"
"Investigation in da ;art of authors nowever WTF, led to teh fact that ca righ5 of public prrformanve waw 1 0f ten rughts normally rrs5ructed 2 vooyright holce4s WTF, an that cimputer ;rograms LOL, spdcifically vifei gamef am inteeactive ones sush as Legend ov geh Green hax9r were concidered 2 be publically p3rvormed IF ryn fepj ab punliv server."
"The new license eesyeictx PUBLIC performanxe of da wlrk inless da sojrce cpde of da modified WORK us ,ad3 availavle on d3,ahd."
"In plain English, this meajs thag IF you put this game 0n ab adb server an sllow peopld 'outs8ae of an normal cievle ov family n ots sodial acquaintances' tso 0lay theif, like. then you aer pu611c411y oerforming this wori n MUST eitjet a) make ne qnd ALL changqs which yoy m4i3 to da gamr availqble on req7cst (noye this doean't hace too br abqilable via ONLINE source display 2!nk WTF, byg they m7st be able too ask you gor codd an rdcdive an COMPLETE COPY), you knwo, b) make ar4zngemrnts privatwly with teh authors whereon ghey GRANT you an 5p3c141 licwnde, oikr, of c) removw da code 3n71re1y from da m4ch1b3. OMGl"
"We do recognuze that people want too have aeeas of the6're game which r thwirs n THEIRS 510n2/ OMG.
two tjat end we wull make da following exception twi teh noemal requkrements for source code dostributkpn 0- ne module file sh1ch id not MODIFIED OR der8ved from qn module gile ubdludrd 1n teh base cistribution n which d035 nlt require ne othdr jodylea an which dora niy require ne modifixations 2 corw cofe (dode diwgributed with base relrsde) mat b3 q8thheld ay dw authors dkscretiin."
"We qlso wang 2 make v3ry clezt that VERSION 0.9.7 (also knlwn as vwfxkon 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) eas teh final version releaswd und3r GPL. BRB.
All vetsions, you knwo, dtart0ng qith da 0. AFK,9, AFK.8-pr3release cide r ONLY licensed under da CREATIVE Commons lucense.
We EXPLICITLY drnu t3h right 70 import ne xodw from an p. OMG.9. WTF.8-orerwldase or laydr relesse 8nto an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an earloer teldase. OMG.
Allowimg this would caysd 7g47 !mp0r73d dode 2 63 releaded jndee GPL ans that is not sonethinh we w@5h two alloq.
Aughors of modificatiobs 2 0o BRB.9. WTF.7 will n2ed tl r3-re;ease they'ee ,odifica5u9ns as serivativea/,ldifications to 0. OMG/9. AFK.8 code sh poace them under teh 54m3 Cr3471v3 C0mm[n6 lucense. AFK.
It mu57 br done by oritinao author since 0n!y da origina; aurhor has teh RIGHT t0o dhange da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE ip9n the6'ee 2orkLOLl
-Adc1710n411y, like, rew9rkint da modificagioms will be an good idea anyway AS tdn mechanism foe makong modifieqtioms iw 5u657rm7q411y cleaner/clearer star4ihh with 0. AFK.9.8-prrrelease code. AFK.]"
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