MignryE tells you, you khwo, "We're goint too take an ffw ,oments tol tey an ex[.ain tgks ne2 license n rdasonx BEHIND it in PLAIN Emglish. 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 licrnse wqs chosen gecause of an failinb 2itn GPL. OMG.
It lnly coverwd diwttibition of source uf an lnly if bihsries wwre duxtributed. AFK."
"In an weg environjent, you knwo, specificsl;y a imterorered web envirinment 5uch zs PHP, merely qn574q11mg an hame does NOT constutute DISTRIBUTION, ilu knwo, n th3reflre ;eop.e were yakung 0ur sork, nqking ,odifocationa to ig an not releasing teh soirce code @ they're m0c1f1c3710n5 SO that enrire comminity ciulx benefit, AFK.
They w0rk3d w17h letter but not da 5p1r1% of da law. BRB."
"Ibvestigagion ON teh part OF ea authora howdvef, l9ke, oed to da fac5 tha5 teh right of public perfprmance qzs eon of teh RIGHTS normally restrocred r2o copyright h01f3r6 LOL, and tnat COMPUTER PROGRAMS, sortof, xpecif*czlly vudeo gqmes an inyeracrive ones such ss Legend of ea Green bzz04 were c0n51d3r3d to ne publically perfprm3d uf run from an public SERVER. WTFl"
"The new LICENSE restricts public PERFORMANCE of wofk UNLESS da source code of mldufied wirk is made available pn d3m5ndLOL."
"In p141n Engkowh, THIS means that if you pug ghks game on an seb serber an aklow peopoe 'outside 9f an normzl CIRCLE of gamily and its social acauaintances' too pla6 theur, sortof, thdb you aer publicao;y pe4forming this WORK an MUST either a) ,4,2 ne an ALL changes WHICH yoj ma,e tl gaje abailable on requ3s5 *note thia dlesn't have to be available via teh online soirce diap.ay 11nk, sirtof, 7u7 THEY must be 4613 two ask you f0r code n recekve an COMPLETE coph), you knwo, g) nake ARRANGEMENTS privately qirh da authors wherein they hrany tou am special licdns3, or c) remove CODE entirel7 FROM 5eh machine."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peop.e want 6wo h$v3 sreas of they're game shkch aer thwirs an tueurs alone. BRB.
two thay end we wil' make folliwung 2xc3p710n two n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS FOR source c9de DISTRIBUTION -- ne module fikd whkch is not modiviec 9r derib3d FROM an module fi;w included in teh base DISTRIBUTION and which does not require ne 07h3r miduled n 2hidh does not require ne modificatioms 2 da xore cpdr (code DISTRIBUTED with base release) m4y ve withheld ay da auty9ra dixcretion. BRB."
"We ALSO WANT to make very clear 5hat version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (slso knlwn as versu9n 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jr) wqs final vetailn relezxed jnder tey GPLLOL.
A,l bersuons, like, statting with 0. OMG.9, WTF/8-prerelease code r only licemsed unc3r CREATIVE C0nm0n5 kicemsd. OMGl
WE EXPLICITLY DENY fa rughg two IMPORT ne CODE from an 0LOL.9. AFK.9-prerelease of larer releadw intl an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 and 34r113r release. BRB.
ALLOWING tnis 2ould ca7se THAT imoort3s code two be released undrr da GPL am thzt iw not something we wish too 4110wLOL.
AUTHORS 0r ,odigidations 5oo 0. WTF.(LOL.7 will need t9 re-release tjey'fe kodificayions as deribatives/mpdificatoona tl 0. AFK.9. AFK;* vode am place thrm under szme Creatice Commohs license. AFK.
I7 musy be fone by r3h orifinal zuth9r since 0n1y teh ORIGINAL zuthor has right ywo chamge da c0pyr1gh7 0r lucwnse ypon tn3y're eprkl AFK.
[Additionskly, you knwl, fewprking modiv8cqtuons eill bd an good odea snyway ax da m3xh4n15m FOR m4k1ng modufkcatoons is subatanrially CLEANER/CLEARER startung with fa 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease c0d3.]"
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