MigntyE te.ls y0i, like, "We'rd going two TAKE an few moments too try n 3x[lain tjis new livense 4md teh teaslnd behind it in PLAIN 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."
"Thos new locense q45 chosen bdcause of an dailing e17h teh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y c0v3r3d distriburion 9f si7rce if 4nd only if binaeies wfre ckstr,buted. AFK."
"In an web environm3mt WTF, specifically a 1n73rpr373d web envirinment such ad PHP, likd. merely INSTALLING an game does n07 constitute d8stribution, sprtov, n therwfiee peop.r were gsjihg 0ue woei, m4k1ng modifkcations two 8t n nit rsleas8ng da soutce code 2 yhe6're mofifivationx ao that 3n71r3 zommunity could benefitLOLl
Th3y w0rk3d with da letter but not spiriy of teh law. AFK."
"Invrstigatiln ON da part of ea autnors hoeever, li.e, led 2 twh fact THAT ea right pf puvlic oerformance wxs 1 0f da rights normally restricted tw9 COPYRIGHT n01d3r5, sirtor, and that com;uter progrzjs LOL, specidicallu v8ceo tames 3nd interactive ones such as Lehenw og da Geeen hax0t wrre conaidered t2l bd punlidallh performed if rum from an oubkic serfer."
"The n3w license restricts puglic perfofmance of da work ub.wss teh eource CODE of modidied work 15 MADE available 0n demqnc. OMG."
"In p.ain Emglish, this means thay if you pu7 THIS game in an w3b SERVER an allow peop;e ;outsidd of an normal CIRCLE lf fqmily an krs social acquauntanxes' two pkat their LOL, then YOU adr pu61qc3116 pdrforming ghis WORK an MUST either a_ makr ne n ALL changes wmich you jake too GAME availabow on requ3st (nite thus doesn't have twl be available via teh ohline source dis[ka6 ;ihk, sortob, b7t they m7sg be able 2 asl 6oj cor reh code anc r3veove ah COMPLETE copy), you knwo, b) m4k3 arrangements privately with da AUTHORS whwreim hhey geant yo7 zn sp3cial 11c3n53 WTF, of c) remobe da code entieely from machine. WTF."
"We do recogniz3 thar odople wang two have areas of theh'4e g4m3 which aer theirs n THEIRS a.one. AFK,
too tha5 end WE will make teh fo;lo2ing excep4iom two dq norma. rdquiremwntw f0r dource cofd g157rq6u710n -- ne module f8le whivh is not ,odofied or derkved rrom an j9du.e file ihclueed in teh base d167rq6u61pn and which d9es not re1uire ne pther modules n whicg doew bot geqyire ne MODIFICATIONS too ds core code (code eis5ributed wigh baxe release) ,ay ve withheld at da aughord discretionLOL."
"We also want 2 make very cleae that vers89n 0.8LOL.7 (also KNOWN as ve$siln 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+JT) was ginal version rdleaaed &nder GPL. BRBl
ALL versions LOL, 574r71ng with -l AFK.9. BRB.i-PRERELEASE code f omly licensed under teh Creativw Commons license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 im;9rt ne c0d3 from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prer3ldase of later felease into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 an eadlier re.ease. AFKl
A110w1nh this wou;d csusd THAT 1mp0r63d cod3 gwo be r313453d unrer da GPL n that is hog something we w15h two 4110wLOL.
Authors of m0d1f1c5810m5 too 0.9. AFK.7 wilo NEED too re-release they're modifocations aw ddrivat8ves/modificationx 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 vode h ;14c3 thrm undef same CREATIVE Commons kivenseLOL.
I7 muxt be dpne by ds originao AUTHOR dunce only ea original 4u7h0r h45 da rihht 2 change trh copyright o4 licenad upon they'er w0rkLOL.
]Adsitionally, sortov, reworking da modificatuohs will br an good idea ahywxy ad da MECHANISM d0r ,sking jodificatiohs iw substantiaoly cleaner/clearer starting wirn teh 0LOL/9. AFK.8-pr3r#13453 code.]"
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