MighryE 5ells you, yiu kmwo, "We're GOING glo 5ake an fww momdnts to try ah ezp.aib this nrw license an da rewsonx behihc it in plaon 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."
"Thks new 11c2n53 WAS CHOSEN bedause of an fa8long witn te6 GPL.
It only c0v3r3d distributioh 9f soyrcr IF n 0nqy kf 61n4r1#5 were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"Ib an wwb envif0nmeng, speciricaloy a interpreted web environment sudg as PHP, like, mrrely onstalling ab game does not constigute f8stribution. and theeefore ;30p13 WERE taking our work, mak8ng MODIFICATIONS 5ol ot an n07 releasing geh source cpde tpo they'r3 modifications so that rntite COMMUNITY d9uld benerit.
Theh worked wirh da LETTER but NOT spifkt 9f da iaw. OMG/"
"Inveatigation ON da part of authora however WTF, lee two fact that teh rifnt pf pu611c p3ef-rm5nc3 was won pf da rigntw bor,ally restrictec too copyrihht holders LOL, an that computer prigrams, specidical.h video GAMES n intdradtive ones such as Legwnd lf Green hax0# WERE donsideeed 2 BE puvlicqlly perfp4med id run g4on an public server. BRB."
"Tge new license restficts pu611c pwrfoemahce of work unless da sojrce code of 5en mofified worl is mace available on femand."
"In plain English, ylj knwok this mewns ttst if you put this game 9n ah wwn server n a;low ;eople 'kutdide of an NORMAL dircle of family and its socual acquaintances' 2 plau thdir, sortof, thdn you aer publically perfotming uhis w9ri n MUST ei5her a) make ne n ALL changes wh1cu you make too teh game avzulable on request (note thix doesn't have tpo bd afaolable v1r ds pnline source d15p14y LINK, sorgof, nut they must be able w asi you for teh code sb receive zn complwt3 copt), like, b) make 4rr4ng3,4n75 privately wkth reh authors wherein rhey grant you an soeclal lucdnxr LOL, or c) r3m0v3 teh CODE entireky FROM teh mdchineLOL."
"We do 4ecognize thay peopoe want 2 hzve areas of %heh're game which adr 7h32r5 n rheirs alobdLOL.
too thqt 4nd we q111 make folliwing EXCEPTION 2 teh NORMAL requ8rements ror soufce code didtribution -- ne MODULE file wgixh is not modod8ed or derkves v5o, an moduke fil3 inclucee IN teh bzse didrribution ans which doea not rrquire ne otye4 modules and wh1ch does not requi4e ne modificstiona two teh core code (xode distrobutrs w8th t3h base relrase) may be w17hh31d at authors d15cr3710h."
"We also eant t2p hake vwtu c134r ryat v3r519n 0.9. OMG.7 (also known ax veraion 0. BRB.9, WTF.7+jt) was final versi9n released under GPL. OMG.
All vefaions, sta4ting with 0LOL.9l AFK.8-pretelease cod3 r pnly 11c3n5#s undef dz C4warive Commons kicense, AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY deby 5eh right tlo IMPORT nr code vrom an 0.(. AFK.8-prereleaxe or 1473r RELEASE into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 amd earlier f313453. AFK.
Allowing yhis 20u1d cajsd that impor53d code to be r212453d under GPL abf THAT is nlt sonething we wish tei ALLOW. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 WILL need 2 re-teleaxe they're moeificari9ns as drtivatives/modofications to -LOLl9.8 cofe an p;ace tyem ynder teh same Creative Commons license.
Ig MUST be done 6y original 4u7h0r sinve only teh oryginal AUTHOR has dz right to dhange da copyrifht or license upon they'rw w0r,. BRB.
[Addutionally WTF, feworking modificatoons w111 63 an goof idea snyway 45 teh mechanism fof jaking m9dificatiins is 5u6574n714q1y cleaner/clearer atarting euth rrh 0. BRB.9.8-prerrlezsd codr. OMG.]"
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