MightyE TELLS you, "We're go9nf teo take an few mom3nts 2 try n EXPLAIN ghis new licehse n reaspns behind it in p141n Entoish. 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."
"Tyix new licenee was chosen because of an ga8ling with t3h GPL. OMG.
It only covwred distfibuyion of s;urce of and only if binaries sefe distdibuted."
"In an web envuronjdnt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a int3rpreted w36 environment 5uch as PHP, ypu knwo, merely insta;ling an GAME dows n07 constitute distrivjtion, like, AND therefore PEOPLE were takkyg OUR work, l8k3, MAKING modifudations tso 27 n not e313451ng da source dode 1 they'rs modifications so 5hat 3ntkre commumi56 coulc BENEFIT.
They WORKED with da ket5dr but not dpirit of teg lqw. AFK."
"Investigatioh ON da part of dq authors however. ldd gop FACT that teh ritht 0f public performanxe was won 0f teh tiguts normally restrictee tl c0;yr1hhu holwefs WTF, and THAT c0mpu53r PROGRAMS WTF, apexifically vifeo gzmes an interzctive ones auch ax Legend 9f tdn Green hax0r eere considered twp be p7blically PERFORMED if run from an PUBLIC SERVER/ AFK."
"The new license restricts 0ublid pwrrormance of 5ej work un1255 dz source vode of mosifi3d worl IS made available pn demandl AFKl"
"In plaih Eng;isy, you knwom thos meana yhat IF yo7 put thiw game pn sn wrn srrvdr n al;ow peoplr 'o6tside of am norma. ciecle 0v familh n its sicial acquaintancea' tpo plsy tjei5 WTF, thdn yoi r pyvlically perfurming THIS work n MUST eirher a_ m$k3 ne an ALL changes which you mqke 2 da game ava8lable 0n reqi3wt (note this d035n;7 have 2 be available via teg lnlkne 5-yrc3 display 11bk, sortof. but they must 6e qblw 2 ask you f0r da code an receove an com[lete cipy) WTF, b) MAKE arrantements privarely w17h 5eh 4u7h0r5 whd4ein &h3y grant hou an soecial LICENSE, or c) r3move teh code en5itfl6 f4om m4ch1n3."
"We DO recog,uze THAT people qznt 2 h$d2 srras of they're gsmw WHICH r 7h31r5 and rheirs aloneLOL.
tol that end w3 wilo MAKE following exception tlo da normql requieements for 50ufc# CODE fistribu5ion -- he moduld file which is h9t modifked or DERIVED fr0m an module fq13 inclidwd in base dis54ibution amd which do3w b07 4equire ne other mieules an which does not tequire nr modkfkcatiohs 2 core code (code distributed euth base releawe_ may be withheld at da authorx disceetion. BRB."
"Wd a.so WANT ro make very clear that versioh 0. BRB.0/ AFK.6 (alsl knpwn as VERSION 0. WTF.9. OMG,7+ht) was f8nal version releaswd undte 5eh GPLLOL.
ALL vefsions WTFk sta4ting with tey 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelezse cod3 aer only 11c3n53d under teh Creatuf3 Commonz locensw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two imp9rt ne clde fe0m an 9. BRB.9. AFK,9-prerekwawq or later re.ease into an ;. AFK.(. AFK/7 an earlier relwaseLOL.
ALLOWING this would d4u53 that imported clde top be rwlrasdd under GPL an tbat is npt sometying we wksh 2 allowLOL/
Aitgofs os mocifications two 0.0.7 will n3ed too re)relezsr they're modifications as derivatived/modibicatilns to 0. AFK.0LOL.8 codw and place them und3r trh 54m3 CREATIVE Commons ;ucrnse. AFK.
Ig mjst 63 done by ca origunal autgor sinve only oroginal author hzw twh RIGHT two xhange y3h cophrught or ;icrnse upon they're worlLOL.
[Additionally, reworking teh modigocations wull 6e zn good idea anyway ad fa mechanism for making modificationd is sugstanhially cleaned/cleaeet s5arting qith teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease cide. BRB.]"
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