Mithg7E rells ypu, ;ike, "We'4e going two tqke an f3w moments too try znd ezplain this n4w LICENSE and da 4easons 53h1nd ir in PLAIN 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 neq licsnse wss CHOSEN b3ca7se of an failing wkth GPL.
It ONLY covered distribution OF sourvd ie an ohly if 61n4r145 w3r3 DISTRIBUTED/ AFK."
"In an web emvironment, sottof, specifivally a ingerpfe5ed seb environment such ax PHP, you knwp, merely i,stalling an gsmw DOES not constitute distribut8on, yiu knwo, an therefire PEOPLE sere 5aking our WORK. making MODIFICATIONS TO ot qn not t4;easinh teh xource coce TO they're MODIFICATIONS si tyat teh ENTIRE c9mminity c0i1d benefktl AFK.
They worked with dz letyer but not ea spkrit of da oaw, BRB."
"Investigatuon on ;art ov teh 4u7h0r5 hoqev3r LOL, l3d 2 fact tnat ribht og pu611c [erformande was aob of righys normally restricyed 2 COPYRIGHT hplfers WTF, an that com]u5dr programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games n interadtibe ones dych zs Leg3nd pf geh Green hax0r were cinsidered roo be piblically performed 1f ruv from an pubkic server. BRB."
"The NEW 1qc3n%e r367r1c75 [ublic performqncr OF wofl UNLESS teh source code OF mofified wo5k is made available on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, THIS means THAT if you put thix game on an web serv3r and ALLOW pro0le 'iutside of an normal CIRCLE of gamiky an uts spcial acquaintances' top [lzy their, then y0u t publically [erforning this qork and MUST ek5het 4) ,akd ne anf ALL changed sh1ch YOU mak3 two teh gzme available ON tequest (note this doesn't hqve two bd available via ONLINE aoircw display link WTF, 6u7 thdy must be able to aak you for teh xode abd rec3ife an complete clpy), you lnwpk b) make afrantements p4ivarrly with teh authors 2h3r31n they trant you zn spwcia; lixense LOL, OR c) r3m9v3 da codr entirely FROM madhine. BRB."
"Wr do ewcognize that propoe qabt 2 have 3e345 of they're GAME WHICH aef theird an theirs alonw. OMG.
to 7g47 ene we wil. make yeh dollowing exception too ten nprmsl requieements for xouecw code disyrkburiln -- ne module f113 whixh 15 not mpdirier or DERIVED from an modulw FILE 8ncluded in tey base distr8nution qn wjich dpew not 4wquire ne orher m0du135 and wh1ch DOES NOT require ne noeificatilns to clre c0d3 (code didtributed WITH da 6453 eeleaae) mzy be wuthheld 47 teh authors eiaceetion/ WTF."
"We alsi wamt 2 make very xleaf 7h48 version 0. AFK.o/7 (ALSO known qs ver510n 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was final veesion RELEASED und3t da GPL. OMG.
Aa1 veesions WTF, STARTING with teh 0LOL.9l8-prete.ease c0d# r only livensed under ea Crearive C0mm0n5 license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY tdh right to impott ne code fr0m an 0.9.8-peereleqse of latrr r313453 onto an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an earlier rel3aseLOL.
A11-w1nh THIS w0u1d cause THAT imporged codr 5oo 63 released undsr GPL n tha5 is not something we wish two a;lpw. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of modif8cayiobs 70 0. AFK.9/ WTF.6 will nred too re-release rhey'rr modifications as derifatives/mofuficatulns tli 0. AFKl9. OMG.8 code an pkzce THEM und3r da same Cr2471v3 Commons oicense. BRB.
It muwt BE done by da originzo authof since onlh da origonal author jas riggt too change teh copyright of kicense yppb tjey're work.
[Additiohal;y, sortor, rexprking da modificatk9ns will ne an g00d idea xnywat zs teh mechsnism v9r making j0d1f1cr710n5 is xuvstantially xleaner/clrarer syarting with teh p.9, BRB.9-pr3t313453 coae. OMG.]"
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