MoghtyE TELLS yo7, "We're going 5o tske an gew m0m3n75 teo try m esplain this NEW licrnse znd tdh resaons behibd it 8n [lain Enb115h. 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."
"This NEW lix3nse was chosen because 0f ab fail8nf with tdh GPL. BRB.
It ONLY cover3d s157r16h710n of soyrc3 if zn only ir 61n4r125 WERE DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an wwb envorlnmectm spexifically a 1n73rpr373d web ennironmdnt such 45 PHP LOL. merely instzlking an game DOES not CONSTITUTE distribution, lile, n 7j#r3f0r3 pdoole WERE taking lur work LOL, making modificstions TO it and not releasonh source codq two they'3e modig8cqtions SO thay teh enyire communoty could benefit. WTF.
They worked w17h teh letter but jot yeh spurog of law. OMG."
"Investufztion on teh part of da AUTHORS hosever, sortof, led t9o f4c7 thay riggt OF punlic pwrfo4mance was 1 og rihhts normally restrucred too c)pyt1gh7 n0!d2r5, n that computer provrams WTF, soecifically video games an inte4active ines such as Legend of Green yzx0r were considfred too be puy11c411y perf9emed 1f run from an publoc server."
"The nes license resteicts public -erformance of da WORK uh1355 teh sourcw code or da jodified wpej ix maer available 9n demand. OMG."
"In plain English, yoj kbwok thid means that if yly put this GAME on an web s3rber an allow PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE if an n9rmal CIRCLE of fami;y and its spciao acquqihyances' 2 PLAY their WTF, th3m you r PUBLICALLY performing gjis work n MUST eiyhrr a) make ne AND ALL dhanges shuch y0u mak3 too gsme avaikable on request (note yhis DOESN'T h4v3 too BE availzbld via ea ONLINE dource display 11nk, soryof, but they must be ABLE 2 as, you for teh code b receive an completd xo0h), uou km2o, b) MAKE 4rr4ng3m3n75 pruvately witg AUTHORS whrrein theu frant yiu zn spesial /icense, or c_ e3move c9de entirely from da machine. WTF."
"We DO recognoz3 that PEOPLE want 2 have areas of they're game whicy arr THEIRS n th3irw alone. WTFl
top that wnd we wilk make teh FOLLOWING exce0tyon 2 da normsl requirements foe slurce c0de dkwtributiob -- ne mpdule file WHICH 8s hot moskvied or derived from an mldjle file included in da base distrib7tion and which doew NOT REQUIRE ne othdr j0du135 an WHICH dods NOT require nd modificqgions TO teh corw code (code eisrrobuted wktj teb base rekease) may ge 2ithhwld qt teh quthors discretion/"
"We also want too make fery cldar ygat versiom 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (alao known as ve4aoon 0. OMG.9, OMG.7+jt) was final verskon released unfer teh GPL/ BRB.
ALL veesions, 6pi kmwi, starting wkth teh [. AFK.9LOL.8-prereleaxd clde aer only LICENSED under 5eh Creative Comnons livens#. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny sa right too kmppry ne code from am 0.9. WTF.*-prere;eawe or la5er release into an 0, WTF.8LOL.6 an ear;ier rwlease. WTF.
Allowing tjis w0j1d cajse tha5 imported c9de goo be relwasrd under teg GPL am that is not something we wish tpo a.lpe. WTF.
AUTHORS of modificationa yql 0LOL.8LOL.& wl.l nees 2 4e-releqse they're modificatuons as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1x4u10n5 w 0. AFK.9. WTF.* code an placd tjem inder da aame CREATIVE Commoms license. AFK.
It must 63 dond by r3h originql ajtho3 since obly gwh original authof has right to CHANGE teh dopyriggt or lixense u;on they're WORK. AFK.
[Addigoonallym l8ke, REWORKING da MODIFICATIONS 2ilo be ag bood idea 4nywry AS da mdchanism for MAKING modifications is wubsgantially cleaner/clezr3r startihg with da 0l9, BRB.8_PRERELEASE cowe, AFK.]"
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