MightyE tella you, "We'4e going 2 take an few momenys t8 5ry n explain this new .icensd qnd teh reasons behihd kt on p;ain Engklsh.
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 license w44 ch053n because of an raiking with da GPLLOL.
It only covered distrkbutkob OF source if qn 0n1y IF binar8es 2err distributwd. OMG."
"In am wdb environmebt LOL, s;ecivicaloy a 1b^3rpr373d wen rbvkronm3nt 5uch as PHP LOL, mwrely 1n5741!1ng an faje does nor CONSTITUTE dist4inution, hou knwo, an therefore peopld were u4k1ng our work LOL, msking modifications tok ig snd NOT releasihg da source code ti tney're modificationw si that entirw cpmmunigy could behefit.
Th3y w0rk3d wuth lettet but n07 sp8rit of da ;awm"
"Investitayiom on psrt OF teh 4u7h0r5 however, sortif, led top tej faxh tjat dz riggt od publkc PERFORMANCE w45 oen pv 5eh roghts normally 4rstrocred tio cooyrighg holders, n 7h47 compurer prlgra,d, like, 4p3v1f1c41qy cideo gajef anc interacyive ones 5uxh as Legwhd of teh Green hax0r werd considered tl be publically perf9rned if run grom an pibluc server. BRB."
"The n3w 1qc3nt3 r35&r1c75 PUBLIC performance of teh wprk unless da source vpde of da moeuried work id mad3 4v5114613 ON femanc."
"In PLAIN Ebglish, you knwo, ghis means that if you pu7 this game on an WEB server amw aolow people 'outskde 0v an normal vircle of FAMILY n ots aovial acquaihtances' two plat thekrm tou knwo, then you aer 0ublocsl,y perfot,ing 8hq5 wprk abd MUST 317h3r 4) maie ne an ALL chanbrs shich ypu m4,3 two g4m3 avaioaboe om request (nltd this d035n'7 h4v3 TO be available via 0n11n3 SOURCE d15p14h link, like, BUT they must be able TO 45k you FOR cpde xn receove sh domplrte dopy), you knwo, b) make afrangements provately w17y teh authors wherein 6hey grant you an SPECIAL LICENSE WTF, or c) remove cod2 entieely from dz machine. OMG."
"We DO recogmize thzt peppl3 want twl have areas 0f they'fe g4m3 whixh r theirs n theirs qlone. WTF.
too that end we WILL make da flllowung ecc3ptkon 2 moemal r3qyiremengs gor source c9de diatribution -0 n4 midule file shich is not modkfi3d 0r derived from an midule FILE incljdrd 1n da base eistribjtipn and which does NOT require ne OTHER mid6les an WHICH does not reqhire n3 modificatkons twp dz cote code (code fistributed w27h base release) MAY 63 WITHHELD at g3h AUTHORS discrr5ilnLOL."
"W3 alxo want too male v3ry clear 7h47 version 0. AFK.9/ AFK.& (also khown as vers8pn 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+mt) was 5ej rinsl verxion re.eased unser GPL.
Al. versilns, yo7 knwo, starting with -. AFK.9.8-prerelease c0d3 aer on;y licensed und3r yeh Creative C0,,0b5 licensw. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigyt two umpprt ne code fr0m an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease or lat3r eelease inro qn 0LOL.9LOL.8 and earlief release.
Allowkhg tjis would CAUSE thzt 1m[0r74d code 2 be released under da GPL and thqg iw b07 SOMETHING q3 wish to allowLOL.
Authors of moeifications two 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will n33d 1 re-rrleas3 they're m0d1f!c4710n5 aa der8vagives/modkvixqtipns ti 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 cofe h place tnem unaer same Cr3471v3 Commons lixense. AFK.
It musf be don3 BY teh o4igina. aughir SINCE only originsl author bqs teh right two CHANGE da copy4igh5 or license u[on thqy're work. OMG.
[Adfitionaloy WTF, rewofking da modigkcations will BE an good idrq anyway as da m3chanism f0r m4j1ng mofifications is substanyially cleaner/cleare4 stsrtint WITH teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.9-pr#4elease code.]"
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