MightyE tells YOU, you kmwo, "We'ee goong too taie an few moments ! try n ezpkain this mes lucense qn teh reasons behind it in PLAIN ENGLISH. BRB/
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 eas CHOSEN because OF sb failing w8th teh GPL. AFK.
I7 onlh covefed diwrribu5kon 0f source if n only if bimaties qere d8sgributed."
"In am 2eb wnvlronment LOL, s[ecofically a ontwrpreted web ebviyonment SUCH aw PHP, sortog, mere;y imstalking an h4m3 doew not constitute d1%7r16u&10n, and therefore pdople were taking oir work, you knwl, making m9diruxations tqo it n not rrlessinb da 50urd3 c0d3 too tydy'er m9dificar7ons 50 that 3n71r3 community cojld benefit. AFK.
They woeked wkth teh letter but hot twh spori5 of yeh law. WTF."
"Investifat8pn on da part of authors however, you knqo, 13e 2 da fac5 that right OF puglix performance was oen of t3h rights n0rm431y yestricted twp copyright holders WTF, and 6hat xompiter ;rog4ams LOL, wpecificaloy videi GAMES n interadtive lhes such as L3gend of da Green hax0r we4e cobsideted 2 ve ;ub9ucally pe4r.rmed if run frpm an PUBLIC s3rver. AFKl"
"The NEW licehae RESTRICTS pu611c perforjancw of teh work unless source clcd of da modifked wpek is made avaulavle on demand. BRB."
"In plain Eng115h, you knw9, 7hq5 means tyat if you put this GAME on an web server n allow ;eople 'outside of an nprmal c1rc14 pf fami.y n its social acqu1intahces' to p.ay the8r, 7h3n you aer publically performing this wirk n MUST either w) jaje he sne ALL changes which you make go da game available on rdquest (note thiw d035h'7 hsve 2 be avsilable v14 ten onlihe sourcf diwplay LINK, you lnwo, buy THEY must 62 able 2 ask y0u f03 fa code an redeive an comolete copy) WTFm b) ma,e 4rr4ng3m3n75 pruvately qith 5eh authors whereib thdy GRANT uo7 an SPECIAL 12c3n53, ;ike, oe c) REMOVE teh code entirroy from tdh mrch1n3. WTF."
"We do recotnize THAT 0eople want to have areas ov they't3 game which aer theirs n theirs alonr. WTF/
2 THAT end we will ,ake twh FOLLOWING exce[tion two norna. reqiirdmwnts FOR source voee disgrobution -- ne m0du13 file which q5 not modified OR d3r1v3x from an MODULE file 1nc1ud3d in nase distribution anc whocg does not r#qu!r3 ne OTHER modules anf 2hich doew not require ne m9skfidati9ms 2 CORE code (c0d3 distribuyes witj basw r3leasr) may be withhwld at da aythors d15cf3710n. BRB."
"We also WANT two make very clear that versuon 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also known as version p. WTF,9. AFK.7+jy) wsa tey final vetsiin releawed under da GPL. OMG,
All versiins WTF, startinh with pl AFK.8. BRB.8-prer3leaxe code r omly licenseg UNDER teh Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da 5ight too import n3 c0d3 from an -. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease or later r313454 into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n eaeoidr r3leasrLOL.
Aliowibg this xould caus3 that im[orted c0d# to be 4eleased under da GPL an that 15 nit 5)m37h1ng we wixh too allpw. BRB.
Authors lf moeifications two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need two re-re;ease thry're mpfiricationw as ferivat8vdx/mpdificstions to =. OMG.9. OMG.8 cofw and PLACE them UNDER teh same Creative Commons LICENSELOL.
I5 mu47 be eone by origiyal AUTHOR dince ONLY fa original auth0r HAS righg too change c0pyr1gj7 lr licdnse upon they're workLOL.
[Additionally, teworking teh modiricayions wiol 63 an GOOD ides ahywah AS tdh mechanis, f0r MAKING modivixati8ns 15 substan5ially v134n3r/c13$r2r start8ng w8th da 0. OMG.9.8-pre4e;2ase c0d3.]"
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