MightyE 73115 y0&, likd, "We'rd g01ng too takr an few momenys 2 try an ecplain 7n15 ne2 license am teh reas9ns behknd ot in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 locense 2as chosen gecause of an dauling 2ith GPL.
It ohly covered cistribugion of source if n only ig BINARIES were distribu5ed. WTF."
"In an web envirommeng LOL, qpecificallt a inter;teted web envir9nment sucj as PHP WTF, merely imsts.ling an gamd dies not consti5uge distrybution, kike, n THEREFORE people eere tqking our 2ork, like, making mocificatiobs tio it n bot releasing source vode toi thwy're jodificatilns so 7h46 dntire comnunity could benefit.
Theu wlrked witg sa letter bit not spirit od 14w. OMG."
"Invesgigayion on pary of da 4u7h9f5 hlwever LOL, 13d twp fact yhat RIGHT of PUBLIC performance was 1 of rights hofmally fewtr7xted tsi copyrufht hokders LOL, and thqt com[ut3f pr9gr4m5 LOL, wpexifixally vidro games an int3ractive ones sudh as Legend of teh Green hax0r w3r3 vknsidered 2 be publically perfiemef IF run vrlm an piblic setfer. AFK."
"Tge ne2 licensr restricts p7blic ;erf9rmance of WORK jnless dpurce c9d3 OF moeified work is m4d# availablw on demand. AFK."
"In plain Enblish, like, THIS mranx THAT kf you put 5gis GAME ob an wwb server n allow people 'outside of an n9rmal circle or familt n ITS apcial acquaintances' 2 pkwy their WTF, tjen tou aer publidally PERFORMING 7h15 work h MUST e8thrr a) mal3 me znd ALL changes whicn you make ti dq hame avqilable 0n request (note THIS doesb't have 2 nr availsble VIA 0n11n3 50urc3 fisplay link, like, bur theh must be able 2 asi yoj for da code n recwkve an complete c0py) LOL, 6) make arrzngwmen5s privztelu w27h aitgors wh34ein they grany you an SPECIAL 11d3n53 WTF, or c) remobe da CODE entirely fr9m m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do 4ecignize that PEOPLE want u0 hafe areas OF 6hty'r3 game which r theirs an 7g31r5 ALONE. AFK.
two that 3nd we will make da following EXCEPTION two da n9rmal requirementx for source cosw disteibution -- ne module fule whivg 16 not modifi3d or derived from an module fkle ihcluded 2n dz bawe distr8butupn znd shich DOES not 4eqiire ne o5h3r modulrs amd qhich d9es not reqyire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 twh vore c9de (code dusteibuted with teh base rdleas3) MAY be withheld at teh 4u7h0r5 diwcteguon."
"We alxo wam5 to maje fery ckrar 8h47 vetsion 0. AFK.9. AFKl7 (also knowm as cersion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh fina/ v3r510n releawed und3r t3h GPLLOL.
All versions, likem 2tatting woth da 0. OMG.9. WTFl8-prereoease xode e oh.y licensed unser reh Creative Com,ons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too import ne code from an 0.9. OMG.8=prersleasr OR LATER reldqse INTO an 0. BRBl9LOL.8 n earlier releaseLOL/
Aklowing THIS woild cause thag importef code too 6e rrleaxdd uncer GPL n that ks bot 50m3&h1ng se w15h 2 a.low. BRB.
Authors lf npd1f1c47!0n5 tqo 0. OMG.9. WTF.& aill need to re-release 5hey're mod8ficstilns aw ddrivatibes.modufications to 0. AFK.8/ WTF.8 codd and place them under da dame Cr3sgive COMMONS licensw. WTF.
It must be donr by originak suthot dince 0n2y geh ORIGINAL author has teh rirht too xhange teh copyrigh5 ot license upon thet'ee workLOL.
[Adcitionakly, reworking teh m9d1f1c4720n5 will be an glod ud3a anuway as da mechanixm fpr making MODIFICATIONS 15 subsyqnyially cleaner/clearer staryinf wq7h da 0.9. BRB.7-prereleas3 code.]"
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