MightyE tells you WTF, "We're hoint too take an few moments 2 trh and explain THIS new LICENSE and da reasons behind IT ib plaim Engliah. 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."
"Thus n3w 1!c3n53 2as choxen becauxe 0f an f4q11ng wirh GPL.
It only coveeed d8strubution of 50urc3 iv an only if binaries qere fidtr7buted. AFK."
"In an web environment WTF, xpecificakly a interpreted e36 dnvironment such as PHP WTF, ,erely instaloing an gsme doqa got cobstiyyte dustrub7t8on, sortof, n tgegefore peo;le WERE 74k1ng oir work, uou knwi, nqkimg MODIFICATIONS 2 it n n07 relrssing da source code 2 they'4e modificatioms so thar entite comjjnitu could benefit. WTF.
They worked sith teh le5ter but not da soir8t of da lqwLOL."
"Investigatuob on tdh 0art of teh aighors howrver, sort;g, led 2 da d4c7 tgay dq right of pjvl8c performance was 1 of fa rigjts NORMALLY restricted tso c0p6r1gg7 h01d2r6, sortof, and THAT comouter probrajs, like, specifically vide9 gam3a qn int#ractivw on3s such as Legend of teh Greeb hax0r 144e cohsiderdd tio be publically performec if run from an PUBLIC setver. AFK."
"Thw hdw kicenwe fewttictx publ8c p3rf0rm4nc3 of teh w9rk unless teh souece CODE og da modified w0rk is m4d3 availavle on dejanw. WTF."
"Im plain English, ylu knwom thix means rhat ud you PUT this game on an web se4ver sn allow peoplw '0u751d3 od an nor,al circle or family anc itx social acquainrancew' 2 play 5heir, siryof, 7h3n you qer publically perfor,ing this work qnd MUST either A) make ne n ALL vhang3d WHICH you mzke to t3h game avaulagle on requesy (note this s034n'7 h$v# two be available viq -n11n3 SOURCE displah link LOL, 6u7 thdy ,ust bd able two ASK you for code and rec3ive an complete COPY) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately sith twh !uthors wherekn they grant yo7 an speckal ;icense, OR c) removr tdh c0d3 3htirely from ten machihr. WTF."
"We do recogn,ze tnsg peo'le want to have areas of thry'4e gaje wyicy r theirs and theirs allne. OMG.
2 7h47 3nd we WILL makr da flll9qing 3xdepuipb too reh norma; requirements f0r source cofe d157r16u710n -- ne module fi;e WHICH is npt modifi3d or derived frlm an mod^oe file inclueed in base distribution and ehich DOES nit rew7ire ne other mifules and wh8ch soes not require ne modifucatkons t9 teh xor3 c0c3 (code fiatributed with teh base releasd) mat 62 w17hh31d at teh autho4w didcretion. BRB."
"W3 also want 2 mske very CLEAR thst version 0.9LOL.7 (ALSO known ad verdion 0.9. AFK.7+j7) was teh dimal versilm re;waddd jndrr da GPL. AFK.
Aol versions LOL, starting wieh yeh 9. BRB,9. OMG.7-pr3r313453 code zwt only LICENSED uhder Ceeatuve Commogs license.
We EXPLICITLY ddnu teh r8ght tio imp9rt ne CODE from an -. OMG.9.8-orereleawe OR later re;eas3 into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an EARLIER rdlease. OMG.
Aq10e1hf yhis sould cause that imported dode two be r313453d une3r teh GPL am tjqt is not s9mrrhing 2e eish to all9wLOL.
Authors of modifocations tpo 0.9. AFK.7 wil; nees to re-release they're movificqtions as deribatifes/moduflcstions two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 cose n placw them inder same Creatkve Comjonq licehddLOL.
It mu57 be wone by da orkginal author since lnlh teh oeiginzl zuthor has rigjt two cnange copyritgt or license upon they're w9rl.
[Additionallh, sprtif, reworking da m0d1f1c4710b5 woll be an go9c idea anywa6 aw teh jechanism dlr MAKING modificatoons is 5u65&4n71411y cleaner/clearer sratting wigh da 0. OMG.9.8-orerelease c0e3.]"
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