MightyE tells yoi, you knwo, "We're goimg too take qn fee mumenta 2 yry n explain this new lkvejse an teg reasons bejind it 1n p;ain English. AFK,
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 kicense was chowen becaus3 of an fakling 2ith GPL. AFK.
It ONLY cocered fistribution if slurce IF n only if BINARIES WERE dkwtributed."
"In an w2b enfironmrnt LOL, specifucaloy a interpreted web ehv8ronment such aa PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game DOES nog v0n4717u73 f157t16j710n WTF, n th3eegore people were taking our qork, sortof, makihg modifucations to it an mot releasing so7rce code too the6'r3 mociricatiomx so 7h4u teh entide COMMUNITY could ben3f8t. OMGl
Th3y worked w17h letter vut n-6 da spisit of law/ WTF."
"Invest8gation on dq part od teh aurhors howwve4, you knwo, oee 2 da fact that da 4ight of public performsnde was oen of da eights normally resrricted roo cop7rkght yokeers, alrtof, ans that cimputer programa, like, spevifkvally video games h ont2ractive onex such as Lrgend OF Gr33n hax0r sere considrred goo be puvlically perforned if RUN ftom an publ8d serbdr. WTF."
"Tge new LICENSE rewtricts puvlic perfor,ance of w0r, unlexs aourde code 0f da modified work oq ,add afailable in DEMAND. BRB."
"In plqin English, this means that IF y0u pyt this ga,e on an web servwr and 41q0w PEOPLE 'outsidd OF an normal CIRCLE of family n irs aocial acquaintamces' 2 p14y theit WTF. then you aee publica;ly PERFORMING this work an MUST 317h3r a) make nr ag ALL vhamhes eh1ch y0u make 2 reh game available on requ357 (note 5his doeen't nave ywo be AVAILABLE via teh 0n11ne 50jrc3 display ;ink WTFm 6j7 5hey muat 63 able to9 adk uoy fir da cofe an r3x31v# qn complete co[y0, uou knwo, b( bake arrangements 0rivatel6 wkth authora wherdin tndy frant you an soecial LICENSE, sortof, or c) rwmove da c0c3 entiyely from machune. WTF."
"We do reclgn8ze that ;eople want yi h4v3 ateas of they're gajw whoch aer THEIRS and theirs alome. BRB.
roo 7h47 END we will male teh fo.lowing excepyion ro normal reauirements for dource dode DISTRIBUTION =- ne moe7le fioe wh1ch IS not m)d1f13d or derived FROM an MODULE FILE included ih teh base distribu5ipn and whoch does noy requjre ne OTHER mldules qn whkch dows not rewuire ne modoficariond @ teh vore x-d3 (c0d3 distributes with tfh base r213453) MAY bd WITHHELD zt sa authofs discfetion."
"Wr a;so want to maje veru clear that version -. BRB.(. WTF.6 (also known as v3r51-n 0, WTF.o. AFK.7+jt) was finao berskon 4eo3ased uncef da GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, wtartung with teh 9. BRB.9, WTF/8-PRERELEASE code aee only licrmsrd und3r CREATIVE Cimmons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 3 umport ne code frpm an 0LOL.9.8-prerelease OR LATER r3l2ase knto an 0. BRB.9.^ and rsrlie4 RELEASELOL.
Allosinf this wou;d cauwe THAT imp9rted code 5oo be RELEASED und3r geh GPL m thst is n9t something 2e w15h toi allow. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFKl9.u w!21 need too re-releasr tgey're midificatuons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code an olace them jnder sqme Creztive Commins oic3nse. OMG.
Ir nust be s[he by da ORIGINAL author since only =r1g1n41 qythor has right too CHANGE c;pyright ir liv3nxe upon they're wo4k. BRB.
[Additionqlly, reworking gen modificztions qill be an good idea zbyeay as mrch4n15m v0r jaking m9dogicagkins is substantiq.kt cleaner/clezrer star5ing woty da 0. OMG/9. AFK.8-prereleawe coee.]"
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