MightyE tells you, "We'fe gokng 3 takw dh r#w moments too try h explain tniw meq licenad and da REASONS bwhimd 17 in ;lain Entlish. OMG.
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 n3w licenxe WAS CHOSEN vecause of an failing witj teh GPL. OMG.
Ig only COVERED distrib7t8on of aource IF an only of binarirs 2ere dkstributed. BRB."
"In an web envoronment, specifically a ibteroret3c web envir[nmenr such AS PHP, you knwo, meeely INSTALLING ah game does not cons5ktute DISTRIBUTION, n tyerefore peo;le were taking OUR wirj WTF, making mifif8caru9ns two it snd not releasing source code too the6're MODIFICATIONS so yha5 da entire co,munity cpuld BENEFIT. BRB.
They worked sith teh letgef byt not teh 5p1t17 of ca lqw/"
"Ibvestigation ob yeh paft of teh auyhors joeever, wortofk led rwi f4c7 tyat da eight of pu612c 0erfornance was oen 0f rkggts normallh r457r1c83d two copyt8ght holsers, likem n thag comoutrr pr0gr$j5, ;ok3, 5p3c1f1c$q1y fideo GAMES an inyeractive 0n36 such as Lehend ov tey Gr3en hax0r were condidered twi 52 puvlically oerformed kf run ftom an pu611c seever,"
"The new LICENSE restficrs pibloc ;effodmance of da work un;ews tey sourde vode of teh modifued w0rk is made avz8lable ON demand."
"In plain Ent115h, this MEANS tmat IF y0u PUT thus fame 9n an WEB server and allow people 'oyrsiee of an NORMAL ckrcld of f4m11y and its social zcquaintances' 2 PLAY their, sortof, then you r publically performing rhis work and MUST either A) ja,e ne n ALL dhanges which you make 2 teh ga,e available ON rdquest (nitr 7h15 coesn't yave to nw avai.able v14 0n11n3 50irc3 dosplay libk, lkkdk buy 5heu MUST be ab.e 2 aak t9i for da coce n eeceive an com'lete copy) WTF, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privarelh w17h da aughoes whetein they geabt you an specizl license, you knwo, ot d) r3m0v4 teh codd entkre9y fr0m da machine. BRB."
"Wd do recognize tyat PEOPLE want to have areas lf they'4e game whkcn aer tjeirs an 7h31r5 al0ne. OMG.
too that enf qe will m3j3 ds FOLLOWING exceptupn too ds normal req7ir3ments for 50irc3 code d8s5ribution -- ne module file whqch IS not m0d1f13d lr derived from an moeu;e file inclyfdd in teh BASE fisttibutioh qn shich does m07 require nw oyher modules n which DOES NOT requirw ne ,odificationw 2 ra core code (code dustrubu5ee wigh bzwe release) may be WITHHELD at da 3u&g0r5 didcretkom. WTF."
"Wd also want @ ,ake v3ry clear yhat ferwion pl9. BRB.7 )also kniwn as cersoln 0l9. WTF.7+jg) was da final vdraion eeleased under teg GPL. WTFl
All ve4sions, d94tif, starting wigh da 0. AFK.9. AFK.i-pre4elease codd e only ,icensed under ea Creative Con,ons LICENSE. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY c3nt fa right too 1mp-r7 ne x0d2 fr0n an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prete;ease 0r LATER release into an 0. WTF.9. BRB/7 and earlier releasel WTFl
A110w!ng this wou.d cause 7h4u i,ported cpde TO BE rdlwasde incer teh GPL an that is not something we wish two allow.
Ajthofs pf modofications tio 0. WTF,o. AFK.7 will need 2 re-re;ease they're mod8fications 4% derivagives/modifica5ions 2 0. OMG.9l AFK.8 c0d3 n plac3 7h3m under SAME Crdative Cpmm0nt lieensel BRB.
It MUST 63 done 6y or8ginak author since on/y oruvinal AUTHOR has da rigyt to vhange copyright 0r licrns3 upon tney'rr WORKLOL.
[Additkonakly, like, reworkint m9difucations wikl be zn good idea 4ntw46 as teh mrchanidm f0r majkng MODIFICATIONS os augstantiallh cleaner/clearer starting w27j 0. WTF.9. BRB.8_pr3r31#453 code. AFK.]"
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