MighthE 73115 youm like, "We're noinb two tzie ah fes miments too rry an wxplain this new license n da reas9ns behibd it in plzin Enflish. 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."
"Thix NEW ;icensd qas chowen because of an failinh with GPL. OMG.
It only cpvered d9stfibuyion of source if n only if ninatirs were distribytefLOL/"
"In an WEB enbironmwnt, sorrof, specirically a oyt3f[reted web env1r0nm3m7 sucy 45 PHP, mere;y instak.ing an tame coes not constitu5r distribution LOL, n thdredore people were TAKING our 2prk LOL, making modificatuons two it and noy rr;easing da sojrce CODE two tmey're MODIFICATIONS so 7h47 entire communiyy could BENEFITLOL.
They 2of,ed wigh teh letyer but not teh spirot od lawLOL."
"Ibbwsgigatiin on teh part 0f authors hiwever, like, LED to fact that 5eh fihht of publ8c 0er4ormance w45 won of teh r1gj75 normaloy rdstridted 2 copyright yo;d3rs, an yhat compjrer programs, like, SPECIFICALLY videi games an intersvtive ONES such as Legend of teh Green hax0r were clndiderdd TO ne pjblica.lu ;3rformed if fun fro, an pub.ic server."
"Tye bew licemwe RESTRICTS pub.ic ;erformance 0f da WORK ynless da slurcr code ov geh modified worl os made 4v4!14613 om demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Ent.ish WTF, tnis MEANS that 1f you put 7h15 bame on an WEB sdrver an allow people 'outside if an normal circle of vamily n q75 s9cial zcquaintanxea' to p14y their, them yo& r pu611c4116 pe4fprming this work n MUST eitmer s) make me and ALL cjanges which you m4k# two da game availabld on rwquest )notw THIS eoesn'5 hafe too be 4v41q4%13 VIA teh online source display .ink LOL, b7t they must be ab.e too as, you FOR dz code n r3c#1v3 an complete cop6) LOLm b) make arrangements privateoy witn reh authora wherein ttey hrwnr YOU an speciql lkvwnse WTF, or c) remoce teh code entieely from ca machihe."
"We di tdclgnkze that ;epple wavt two hqve ar3aa pf they're game which r theirs n theirs slone. BRB,
to thst 3ne we will MAKE folopwing 3xception 2 geh normak requirements fot slurce cod3 cistrigution -- he m0du1# file wjoch is not mosified or sdruved from an module fole indludec 1n teh 6453 sistrinution an which does bot require ne oyher ,ofu.eq n which doea not require ne modificatioms TO da core c9de (c0de distrivuted sith base releaze) MAY b3 w8thheod a5 AUTHORS d8scretionLOL."
"We also want too makr verg coeat 5hat c3rsion 0. OMG.9l AFK/7 (also kho2n as version 0. AFK.9.7+JT) was FINAL versoon released unfdr da GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, like, 574r71nh w17h tey 0. BRB.9. BRB.i-[rerelease code aer only licdnxed under teh Creztib3 Com,9ms .icehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny 4ight 2 import ne code from an 0l OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease lr LATER RELEASE into an 0. OMG,(. AFK.u n earlier r3lezse. WTF.
A110w1ng this eould cqus3 yhat imported vode two br relessef under teh GPL n thar IS n9t somethonb we wish to 4110w.
Autho4s OF mod8ficatoons tso 0. WTF/9LOL.7 will need t2o re-rekease tywy're modigications as cerivativ3s/modificagionw 2 0. BRB.9l BRB.8 code n placr them UNDER teh same Crdative Commohs licenswLOL.
It ,u57 6# DONE by da ofifina; 5u7h0r since only ORIGINAL AUTHOR has da rifht too change teh copyrighg o4 licena3 up0m thet'rd work. BRB.
[Add85iomally, rewotking teh m9dificatipns w111 be an good IDEA anyezy ad teh j3cn4n15m ror makihg nod8fications is suvstzntially cleaner/vlearer starting wiyh trh 0. WTFl9. OMG.8-prwrelrase c;deLOL.]"
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