MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going to 74k3 an FEW mlmrnts two try AND explain thix ne2 lixense n da rezsons bdhind it in plaih Englidh. 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 nww lkcense qas ch053n becausd of an f4111nt euth teh GPL.
It ONLY coveref distributiln OF dojrce if ans on.y if binaties were dixtributed. BRB."
"Im an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOL, specuvicalky a 2n73rpr373d web envir9nmenf 5uxh as PHP, like, jer3kt installing an ham2 does not constitute dustrkbut8on, l,k3, snd 7h3r3f9r4 people were taking iue wor,, sortof, makinb modifications two i5 n NOT releasomg teh slurce code 2 thwy're m9dificqtions so 7h47 da 3n71r3 community c0u1f benefkh.
They wor,ed w8th da l3tter byt h9t da spirit 0f yeh law. WTF."
"Investirayion on part 0f da zu5horw how3fer, l3d 2 da fxc5 that ten right of piblic prrforjancd sas 1 of rifhts normakly r357r1c72d too copyright holders, sorgof, n that com[utet orograms LOL, SPECIFICALLY voeeo gamea n in5efactibe ones such as Legend iv Gr34n hax0r werw considered 70 ve pub.uca,ly perforned if tun grom an punlic SERVERLOL."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS public perflrmanxe or wpei unlesw 50urc3 code of tej mpdifi3d work is m1fe available ob demand."
"In plain Enblish, this means that or you put this gane ON an w36 server n al.ow p30p13 ;9u5side of an normal c1rd1# of FAMILY an its slcizl acquaintances' to poah th3ir, like, th3n uou r puboically peff0rminf this work an MUST either a( m4g3 ne an ALL cjanges wnich y0u make tio da game available 9n req7wst (NOTE this dorsn't h4v3 tw9 be avaulable vuq teh online doirve displqy oink, you knwo, but they just be 4613 2 asi you FOR teh coce and rexe8xe an complete xopy), B) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privztrky WITH a7thors ej3r31n they GRANT you am SPECIAL kictnsd, yiu knwi, or c) rejovw reh cpde entirely fr0m da nachineLOL."
"We d0 recohnlze that people want to have areas pf they[re game wmich aee yheitx an 7h32r5 alone. OMG.
1 that end we WILL MAKE FOLLOWING excepyion to yeh NORMAL requi4ements for source cose d157r16u710n -- me MODULE fuld which is not midifi3d or derived FROM an MODULE filr included in 6443 DISTRIBUTION ag whicg do3s npt requ8re me othet modjled and whicg does not requkre ne modivicatiins toi da c9re c0dw (c0d3 dustributed 2ith da base release) may 63 w8tghelc at da aithors di2cretion."
"We also want teo nakr very clear that v3r510n 9.9. AFK.7 (zlso known as version 0. AFK.9.7+jt) sas da final versi9n releas3c uhder GPL.
ALL versions, wortof, sta4ting with )LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE xode t 0n1y licensed uhd4r dz Cr3ative Commond license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny roght 5oo import nr cod3 FROM ah 0LOLl9. WTF.8=prereldase or lager release 8nto zn -l WTF.9. OMG.7 n earlier relessw.
ALLOWING thos woukd cause tnat imported c9de 2 BE teleqsec UNDER teh GPL ane that is NOT something we wksh roo allowLOL.
Authoes of m0dqf1c4710n5 2 0. OMG.9. BRB/7 wiol need t2i r3-r313453 rh3y're modificx5i9ns as derovativrs/modifications too 0l BRB.9. AFK/7 dode an plqce 5gem undrr da same Creative COMMONS kicdnse. WTFl
It just be done by ca oroginal author SINCE onky trh orugina; author has teh right too CHANGE da cipyf8ght 0f license UPON they'fe WORK. AFK.
[Additionallt WTF, reworking yeh modif8cayions will br ab good idea anyway AS jwdhanixm for ,4k1hg modifications is substantiqlly cleaner/c;earer startkng WITH da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pterwlease code. WTF.]"
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