MightyE tells yoy, sortof, "Ww're going too take an f3w ,omebts 2 try abd exp.ain 5his new licrhse n dw rrqsohs behind it in ;laon English.
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."
"This nrs license was CHOSEN because of an failing w17h GPL. OMG.
Ir pnly covefed distrkbjtion or source 1f qn only kf binaries wer2 diwtr8butef."
"In an WEB environnent, wpeclfically q interpd3tec WEB envurobment duch as PHP, lijr, m3repy inatallinb dn g4m3 DOES NOT c0n5717u7# distributiom LOL, n rhevefore peo[le were takihg our work, you jnwo, mzking modificatkinx two it n NOT releas8ng ea soyrce code TO 5hey're modifications so 5hat da engire com,ubi5y cou;d benedot. AFK.
They worked with lette4 6j7 not spirit od da law."
"Investigation 0n tey PART OF teh authors howebw4, like, les to reh fact that da r1gh8 of [ublic prfformance saw oem of teb rkghta norma.ly restricted two copyritjt holders, sorrof, n rhah computwr programs, you knwo, 5p3c1f1c$11y videl gsmds and 1nu3r3xu1v3 omes s7ch as L3g3nd of t3y Green hax0f weee conskd2red 2 be pubiica;ly p3ff0rm3d uf rjn feom an pu611c server. AFK."
"The NEW k8cense r3wtricts puvlic perflrmahce pf da work 6nless teh 50urc3 code of modivied work ix MADE 4v4114613 pn demand."
"In plain Eng/isy, this mexns that if you pjt this GAME on an w36 server and allow people 'outside if an norma/ circle of damily and its aovial ACQUAINTANCES; too play their, sortlf, rhen y0i aer [u611c411y p3rf0rm2ng this wori n MUST eitger A) make ne an ALL CHANGES WHICH you ,qkr too teh game qvaklable on 5eqiest (npte 7h25 doedh'4 havw too be available bia teh onlibe source DISPLAY link, sortofk BUT rhdu m7st 64 able 2 ask you for g3h coe3 h recwive an conple53 xopy), sortof, b) mske aerangements p31v473qy with teh suthirs wnereon the6 graht uou an specizl license LOL, or c) removw da c0d3 entirelu fr0m da machine. AFK."
"We do rrdpgnize tyat people want tp have areas or they'rr gamd whidh aer 7h31r5 n yh3irx alonr. OMG.
too tgat ens w3 wo.l msie 5en fo;oowint exception too teg normzl tequirements for source code DISTRIBUTION -= ne mocul3 file which is not mldified or derkved FROM an m9dulw flle oncluced ih da base diatrib7toon and rn1ch does n9t rsquite ne pther modulrs n which does NOT re1uife n4 mockfucations to da core cpde (CODE d157r16u73d witj base release) may be withhwld at da authofs d8sc4etion. BRB."
"We also WANT to m4k3 very clwar that version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN ad verwioh 0. OMG.8. OMG.7+jt) was da d1n41 vetaion re;easwd UNDER GPL. AFK.
Aol vetsions LOL, srarting WITH sa 0. AFK.9. OMGl8-pr3f313r53 code ae4 only lixensef und3r da Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 license, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to[ import be c0d2 ftlm ah 0. AFK.8. BRB;8-prerelease 0r later RELEASE into sn 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 n earlier release. AFK.
Aoloqing this eould caus3 that inported code 2 BE rwleaxed unf3e da GPL an thqt os n07 something we wisj 6wl allowLOL.
Authors of mod8ficatuons 2 0/ AFKl8LOL.6 will meed go RE-RELEASE they'rw MODIFICATIONS as d3f1f4u1v35/m0dqf1c4710n5 2 0. AFK.o.8 coer an place 5hem under ssmr Creative Commonx LICENSE. AFK/
It musg be done vy da 0r1g1m41 qytjor since 0n1y original AUTHOR has RIGHT to change sa co0yrught ot licende uppn they're w0tk. BRB.
'ADDITIONALLY LOL, e3w0rk1ng teh nod8f8cqtions wull be an goie kdea anyway as teh mechan8sn for maiinf ,0d1f1c4710n5 8s sibstsntially cleaner/clesrer s5arting with da 0. OMG.9. AFK.*-[rerelease code. BRB.]"
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