MightyE TELLS touk yoi knwo, "We'4e goint 2 take an few momenta to TRY an explain this new license snd reasons behund i5 in plain Ehglish.
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."
"Tjia ndw LICENSE w45 chosen 63c4u53 of an railong WITH teh GPL. BRB.
It only covered distribution of sourde if an only if bimafi3s weee dus5r8butrd. WTF."
"In an web environmeht WTF, specivicaoly a inrerpre5wd wev envirpnmdnt such AS PHP, you knwo, mer3ly inxtal.ing an game d0e5 n07 comstituge distributiin, yo7 ,nwo, n therefire prople aere taking our work WTF, makkng moeif8catiohs roo ig b nlt r31345!ng fa slurce code 2 they're mod9fications so tjat ENTIRE communuty couod b3nef8t. WTF.
Tney woek3d WITH lette4 but no5 spirit of da law. WTF."
"Ihvestigation 0n ea part of teh authprw however, .ikc, lee TO da fact that teh RIGHT ov pyblic pwrformanve WAS oen of RIGHTS nor,a.ly eestricted two COPYRIGHT holders, y[u knwo, an tyat vomputer progra.s WTF, specifkcaoly fidro g4m3t an int#ract8ve omes such as Legend 0c G4een yax0r were conaidered 5o9 bd pubkicall6 perf,rmed if eun FROM an PUBLIC setver. BRB."
"The m3w licen2e restricts pu611c perfor,ance of work unless da 5074c3 code 9f da modivird work ix maf3 available on swnznd."
"In pla8n English WTF, 7g15 m3ans tyat if you put 8j1% game oh an web s3rver an ALLOW ;eople '9utskde of ah nor,sl circle ov fanily an 8hs social acquainhances[ to p;ay thdi4, like, then 6ou r pjblically performing this work 3nd MUST 317h3r 4) MAKE ne b ALL changes whuch h0u m4k3 to teh game AVAILABLE on r3qu357 (nkt3 this codsn't nqve 5o be avaulablw vuw da online source eis/la7 link, you knwo, but the6 MUST BE able 2 ASK tou fot teh code an f3c31b3 ah clmplete cop6) LOL, b) maie arrangenents pr2v4731y with da authors whr4ein th3h htanr you an special kicebse WTF, or c) remove sa code ent7rely feom da machine. OMG."
"We do recognuze THAT people want twi havd areas of they're game whixh e th3irw n theies 410n3. AFK.
2 thag end we 2oll make following 3xc3p710n to n0r,41 rdquirdmenta dor sojece clde cistribution -- ne module rile which is not m0f1f13d or defoved FROM an module file incl7ded in base c157r16u710n zn wnicy d025 not requkre ne ofhrr ,oeules snd which dows not reqyite ne modificqtions 2 da core CODE (CODE dixtribured 3uth 6453 release) may b3 w16hh@1d at da AUTHORS ciscretion."
"We alsi want tqo make ver6 clear that VERSION p. AFK,9. AFK.7 (alsp kn9wn AS verwion 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh f1n41 version rwleased under GPL. BRB.
All fe4sipns, starfibg wirh teh 0/9, AFK.8-pretelease code aet 0n!y 11cen53d und3r teh Creativ3 C9mmoms l8cense/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddnu da right two impoft be c0d3 fr9m an 0.9, AFK.8=prerelease o4 LATER release ynto an p. WTFl9LOL.7 and ezeli3r releade.
Allowing rhus WOULD czjse tjat imported codd to br r314453d unde4 teh GPL znd that is bot domething we WISH to 4110w.
A7tho4s of modificar8ons to 0LOL.9. AFK.7 WILL need tol re-release they'fe modifkcatkons AS derivqtives/jpdificayionx too )LOL.9. OMG.* clde and plaxe 7h#m under teh SAME Ceeat8ve C0mm0n5 licenar. AFK.
It MUST ge d0n3 BY original aithpr sinx3 only ORIGINAL author hax fa righy 2 cgznhe cppyright or license upin the6're work. AFK.
[Aeditionaplyk reworking teh MODIFICATIONS xill ve an good udez anuway as teh mwchanism for makung modiricatipna is 4u6t74n714q1y cleaner/cleater 5u4r71ng with ). AFK.9LOL.8=prerelease cod3. WTF.\"
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