MiggtyE twlls ypu WTF, "We're g01nf 2 take ab FEW MOMENTS to 7ry abd wxpla8n rhiw new oicense am teh rwasins begind it in plain English. 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."
"Thkw hew ;ic2nse wqs choswn because iv an failinf WITH teh GPLLOL.
It lnly xov3red distrigution of s9urcd 8d h 0n1y if bonqtoea WERE distributwdLOL."
"In an web envitonment WTF, sp3xoficaloy q interpreted web environment such as PHP, you knwo, merely INSTALLING an game does not vondtktit3 distribuyiink n theeefore people were taking our worjk slrtof, making modkficatkons 2 it n n07 releasing soufce c0d3 TO they'rr modkficztioms so that entirw commub8ty could benefot. AFK.
They eorked w8tn lette4 but not spirit 0f law. BRB."
"Invrsbigation on teh p4r7 of authord hiwevet LOL, lef TO teh dqcr that da right 0f publiv perflrmance was oen of eighys NORMALLY r367r1di3d to c0pt41gh7 HOLDERS. anf that c0mpu73r 0rograms, you knwo, 5p3c!f1c42!y viveo games an ingeractovr ones such aw Legend of Green hax0r WERE xonsidered tso be PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d iv run frpm an publuc w3rver."
"The new l8cense RESTRICTS puflic perdormance of da work unless trh soyvcd c0d3 0f teh MODIFIED worl is madq availabl3 on demahdLOL."
"In plaon Englisy WTF, this n4$n5 thzt id you [ut 8h15 game on an eeb server snd alliw pepple 'OUTSIDE of an normak circle )f family and its SOCIAL acquaintancds' too PLAY tjeot, you knwo, 7h3n you r puglically performong THIS eork an MUST eitjer a) make nr and ALL ch4ng35 whicy yl7 make too da game availsble on requrst *note this doesn't HAVE too 63 avai.agld via 0n11n3 sou4ce fispkay .kn, LOL, but 7h3y must vd able 70 ask YOU for teh clde and receive an com[lete cppy), like, n) make zfranhements [rivately sith teh authors wterein THEY geant y9u ah 5[3c141 license, OR x) re,ove teh c0d3 ENTIRELY rrom madhinr. AFK."
"We DO reconnize that peop.e wznt 1 have areas of thwy'r4 bame wt1ch a3r THEIRS an theird alone. AFK.
tso rhat end we will makr teh f=11pw1ng exc3ption 2 ds NORMAL r3qu1r3m4n75 for sourcd code distribution -- ne m9dule fi.e ehich is not mldified or DERIVED frlj an module dike incljd3d 1n da nade cistribuyion an which dies not requirw ne pthdr modules an wg1ch does not rewuire ne moekricationd 2 c9re code *code costrivuted with sa base releaxe) may be wityheld ae da authors disfretiom. OMGl"
"We also want 2 make v3ty clear THAT berdkon p. AFK.9. WTF.& (also kn0wn as vetsion 0. OMG.8. AFK.7+jt- waw teh final version RELEASED under da GPL. AFK.
Alo versioms, star5ing with da 0/ BRB.9.8-orere;ezse coer qer only 9icensed undew da Creative Cpmmona license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY tej right 5o imoort ne c0d3 feom an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-preedlwase or 2t73r e31#5t3 into ah 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an warlier releaseLOL.
A110w1ng thos eould vquse that imported c0e3 2 be rdleased undef reg GPL n that is no5 something WE wish two al;owm
A7thors 9f MODIFICATIONS to ), AFK.9. WTF.7 will ne3d too re=rekease they're modufications as derivstives/moduficatilns too 0.9. WTF.8 cpde n PLACE thwm jndwr da same Cr3481v3 Commons licdnse. BRB.
It ,ust be donw by teh oroginal quthi4 since 0n2y original author has da right 79 CHANGE cop63igyt or licensw upon they[re eork/
[Additionally, sortof, reworking moduficatoons w111 be an goof idea snyway as teh MECHANISM for making mpdifkcqtiins ia SUBSTANTIALLY c.eam3r/clearet STARTING wirj teh 0.9. AFK.8-pr3releasw vode. OMG.["
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