MigjtyE tells ylu, yoi knwo, "We'fr going roo take ah few miments gwo TRY an explain THIS new .icense and ca 4easons b3hknd IT in pkzin English. WTF.
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."
"Tgis new lidense 2as chosen becauce of an faoling with teh GPL. WTF/
IT pnly covered distribution of souece IF an only if b8narids were distrinutes."
"In an web enviyonmemt LOL, spwcigkca;ly a 1n74tpr374d WEB environment such aa PHP, like, mere;y installing an GAME DOES not constitute DISTRIBUTION, sprtod, and therefore p3oo13 were taling oue wlrk WTFk mskimg modificatiohs to IT anc not releasunt 50urc3 code too they're mpcificstuonx so that yej enriee community could benefitLOL.
They worked w17n letter but n.t spiri5 of law."
"Invdstigatioh on geh par5 0f fa authora howefer, sortid, led too teg fact thar rignt 0f PUBLIC peefor,ance sas 1 OF dz RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED 2 copyright holders, and that computer peogra,s, sprcifically videl bames an interacrive ones SUCH 45 Legebd of 5eh Grwen hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be publixallh pervormed if run from ah public seever. WTF."
"The new LICENSE restricts public pefformancd of da WORK inless t0urc3 code 0f tet mod8fied s0rl ks MADE availablr oh demahd. AFK."
"In plain English, sottof, THIS meana that if yoy put tyis g4m3 on an web se4ver 4bd allos people 'outsude 0f an nlrmal CIRCLE of family n its SOCIAL acqusimtances' too play their, then you r ;ublica.ly performing this wori AND MUST ei5her a( mqke ne an ALL xjanges which hou maie too teh hame zvailable on rrquest (notr this DOESN'T have to 63 availsbld via ea 9nline soufce dis0.ah oink, so4tov, BUT theu nust be abld 5o zwk tlu for da c9de n reve8vr an complete COPY) WTF, b_ make aerqhgements PRIVATELY with autjl4x whdrein tney gfant yoj qn cpecial license LOL, or c) remove xode entorely FROM ea m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do recognize that pe9p;w want too have arwax 0f thwy're fame wh1ch aer thwurs ab 5gwirs aoonw. BRB.
too that end we wyll makc teh follow8ng rxception 5wo teh NORMAL reayirementa f0t source code siatributi0n -- ne mldulw file which is nor modified 9r deeived from an mofu.e fikd 1nc1ud3d kn twh base distributoih m which DOES n96 rewu8te ne other modules and which d035 not REQUIRE he modifixztions to trh core code (code dist4ivutec with teh base 4elease) jay ne witnheld a5 teh aurh9rs discretion. AFK."
"We zlso want too make veru clesy ygat ferskon 0/ AFK.9LOL.6 (also KNOWN as v3r510n p. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final veeskin relwased undef da GPLl
All VERSIONS, s0rtof, starting wk5h da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prefeleawe code r onoy licensed ubder teh Ceestive COMMONS license, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right two imoort ne code ftom an pLOL.9. AFK.8-pr3r31245e 9r later reoeaae knto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n w5r113r release,
Alkowing 7h15 woyld cause &h47 importeg code @ be rdleawed und3r teh GPL and that is nor somethint we eish w aklow.
AUTHORS of modufications two 0. WTFl9LOL.7 will need tqo re-rrlwase they're m9dificatiobs as derivatives/modifications too 0. OMG.9LOL.8 xodw amd p;ace them undef da aame Cteativq Comnona license. OMG.
IT m8st b3 done by da origiba. suthor sunce only oruginak author has teh RIGHT two xyange da copyribht 0r license upon they're workLOL.
[Add1710n411t, you knwo, rewirkong m9d1f1c4719n5 e(ll 63 an g9pd 8cea anyway as teh gechanidm for MAKING m9d1f1c4710n5 15 substangialky cleaner/clearer xyarting wirh da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prefwldas2 code. WTF.]"
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