MiyhtyE TELLS you, likem "Wd'r3 go8ng too TAKE an few m9ments tio trt an explaib this mew license n da reasona behind it in plain English. 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."
"Thid NEW lucdnsw was choswn 6#c4u53 of an failing w17h GPL.
It only covered d15&r16j720n of source if qnd only if binaries werd DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web envu4onment, like, specifucally z intrrperted web emvironment wuch as PHP, merely knxtqllinh an game does no5 constitute djsteibution LOL, AND tyerefore people w3r3 taking 0ur work WTF, ma,unb mld8ficati9ns two ig h h06 feleasihg da source xode 2 rney're modificqr8ond so rhat da entire communiry could benefit. WTF.
Tyey sorked sith da 13773e BUT not da spirit 9f law."
"Ihvestigar8on on reh p4r7 of teh 4u7h0r5 hiwrve4, .ike, led two trh fzcy ghat ten ribht of public ;erformance WAS 1 0f rughts normallu restricted 2 copyriggr hildees, x9rtof, qn thqr COMPUTER pr0gr4m5 LOL, soecifically video games n INTERACTIVE 0h35 SUCH AS Legene 0f Grwen hax0r were cobsoder3d 70 be p7blically performed iv run frim an pu61!c server."
"Thr new license restgictx public ;erformance of work un1455 sou4ce c9de of 5eh m0d1f13d w)rk ix m4d3 sva8lable on demand. AFK."
"In plain Eng1q5h, soetofm this neans gjat if tou put th8s game 9n an web server ahd allpw peopkr 'ottside OF an normap circld 0f fanily and 8ts soc8al acquaintances' to play their, like, then y9u r pu611c511y perforning th9s WORK qnd MUST euthe4 a) MAKE n3 an ALL CHANGES WHICH yoj make to twh g4m3 avai;ab;e on requedt (bot3 this dorsn't have 2 ge availab.r fia onlind soufce displat link LOL. 6u7 they just 63 4613 tl $5k yoi FOR teh coce ans receice an COMPLETE c0py), you knwo, b) mske arrangdments privayely wkth a7tyoes wherein they grant you an special l8cense, or c) 4emofe tfh code ent8relt fron machine. AFK."
"We d9 recignize 7h47 people wamt too have areas of they're gamt which qer theirs snd THEIRS ALONELOL.
w thqt 3nd we w11! make 5eh folllwing ecception go teg normal requiremrnts for so7rce clde DISTRIBUTION -- ne modu;e file which is not modified or d3r1v3d from am mpdule f8le 1nd2ud3d in teh gase distribution n whicy DOES not ewquirr ne 07h3r modules an whivh d035 hot REQUIRE ne mofificationa too teh cofe CODE (code DISTRIBUTED 2ith ca base releawe) may gr w17hh33d at suthors d15cr2710n. AFKl"
"We 4150 want too ma,e vefy xkear that fwrskon 0l AFK.9.7 (ALSO knoen as veraion -. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS da finql versiln released under GPL. WTF.
All ve$siohd, sortof, startong w8th da 0l AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r312443 codw aer only licensed unde4 teh Creatife Comm9ns licens3. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh right tso import ne c0d3 fron am 0.9. AFK.*-prerelrqde or later rrlease ingo an 9. AFKl9. OMG.8 zn #4r213r releqseLOL.
Al.owing this would vaus3 yhag imoortdd CODE 2 be RELEASED ubder GPL 3nd yhat 15 not something we x8sh two aoloe. BRB.
Autnora of modificatkpns too 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will n3rd 70 r3-release they're mpdificationa 45 derivatived/nldifkcagionx to 0. BRB.9.8 code and p14z3 them under da 54m3 C4#471v3 Commons licdndw. AFK.
It must be done by teh oribinal auyhor SINCE obly da orihinal author has sa right top ch4ng4 teh c9pyright or license 70ob they're work.
[Aeditionall6m ypu knqo, reworkihg m0d1f1c4710n5 wipl 63 an good idea anywah as gem mechanism for making mosificarions is fubstantially clewner/cldarer starting 2ith da 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease c0d3. BRB,]"
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