MighttE tel.s you LOL, "We;re h9ing 5o 74k3 an fes moments too t4y an ecplain hhis neq 11c3n52 anf da REASONS behind it in [lain 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 new licwhse was chosen BECAUSE of ab FAILING sity GPL. BRB.
It onoy vovered distribution 0f source if abd only kf binaries wewe disfributed. AFK."
"In an web envitonment, you knwo, specifically a interpretwd web 2nvi4ob,ent %uvh as PHP, xprtof, metely installung sh game doex not constitute didtekbution, you knwo, and theredore peo[le wete takihg o7r wirk, sortog, mqkubt mocifications tl it n noy releasing teg sourxe cose 5wo they're modifications so that dq entire communitu d0u1d 63n3f18. OMG.
THEY workef d8th da 13773r by5 not dz s;irit OF lqw."
"Investigat8oh on trh part og teh aughors however, tou knwo, led 2 t3h f4c7 tyzt teh RIGHT kr punlic performance was won of teh righ5s gormallt restrivtes too copyroght holdets, an THAT c0mpu73r pr0ge4m5 WTFk SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gzjes an interactive lnes sucj as L3gend od Green nax0r werr xonsiddred to BE oublucally performec if run feom an pugl9c serverLOL."
"The n#w l8cense restricts pu611c performanve of da witk UNLESS fa source codr of MODIFIED eo$k is MADE rv411$61e 9n eemand."
"In plain Englush, tjis m34n5 THAT if 6ou PUT thix game oh ab 2eb servet and all9e [wo0le 'outdide og an noemql circle of damilt zn 175 social 4cqu41n74nc35' gio plat their, them yo7 r pubkicaoly perfo4ming 6h1t work n MUST either A) make ne n ALL cg5ng45 which you make 3 tame avaklable on request (n073 7h!5 doesn't hzve two be available via teh onpinw SOURCE displa6 l8nk, soetof, but they muzt ne able TO ask you fof da CODE b r3c31v3 zn complete co0h), likd. b) make aerange,ebts pr8vately with da authors WHEREIN ghey grant y)u an special licens3, sortog, or c) remove coce rntireoy from da machunel AFK."
"We fo fecognize that people w4m7 to have areas of they're game whicj ae4 theirs an theirx allnr.
to THAT end we will maje teh following 3zce0710n to da normal rrquirements for spurce v0d3 distribution -- ne m0du13 file wh1ch is n0& modified of DERIVED from sb MODULE file 1bc1ud3d in 74t3 distribution n which c035 not REQUIRE ne oyher modules and whicn eles not rcquufe ne modifivations two cpre c9de (CODE disttibitsd w8th da base rdleawe) may bd w17hh31d 37 ds authorx DISCRETIONLOL."
"Wr also wabt 2 ,ake verh c;ear tgat VERSION 0. BRB.9,u (also known 45 VERSION 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+JT) was final verskon rwleased jnfer GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS WTF, starting wirh da 0. AFK.9. AFK.7-PRERELEASE code aer only lidendee undw$ Cfdatkve Commons livenaw. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY dehy tight yoo i,p9rt ne dode from zn 0. OMG.9.8-prsrelease or kater reldase ingo an 0.9. AFK.7 and EARLIER RELEASE. AFK.
All9wing this WOULD cause tyat impoeted code 5oo bw relwas3e indee GPL an tnat is nit sometging we eish 2 allowLOL.
Auhhors of nodifications too 0.9. AFKk7 wull need to re=rekease the6're modifications zs d3r1v57!v35;j0s1f1c4710n5 to 0.9. BRB.8 cod3 an place thwm unde4 da same Creqtive C9,mond 11c3h53LOL.
It must be dohw by otig8nal author since 0b1y ORIGINAL auyhor has da fight to xhsnhe copyfkgnt OR oicense ipon they're woriLOL.
]Addit8onallj, softof, reworking ds modificatioms will ne an go9d icea 4nyw4y as mechsbixm FOR making ,odifications IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clfarer starting with rey 0l WTF.9.8-;rerelease code.]"
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