MightyE TELLS yiu, you knwo, "We're going two taie an few moments 70 t46 n rxpla7m this new license and fa REASONS BEHIND ot IN plain English. AFK.
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."
"Thix new license was CHOSEN BECAUSE od an failong wkth GPL. WTF.
It only coferrd distributioh ov source IF an onlt if BINARIES WERE distr*byged. BRB."
"Ih an web dnvironnentk like, specogically a interpreted WEB wnvironj3nt auch as PHP. l7le, j3r31t instslling an fame does n07 conwtiyute diatribugion WTF, n THEREFORE PEOPLE we5e raking ljr w9rk WTFm ,aking mpdifica58ins ro it n not releasing yek source clde 2 thwy'4e modificatiins so that da entire cimmunitu COULD BENEFITLOL.
They wirked wigg legtrr nut nlt teh spurir OF teh law."
"Invdsgigatiin ln da part 0f da AUTHORS howdver, ;ed TO fact that teh rjght of p7blid performznce wss 1 of teh righ5s normally eestrictwd 70 xopyrifht holdees LOL, and tha5 COMPUTER programs, s[ecificaplu vkdeo hames anc intwrsctive ones such 45 Legend lv trh Green hax0r were cihsidered to be pub;ucslln perfo4mrd if fun frlm an PUBLIC setver. OMG."
"The new licensr RESTRICTS public 0erformance pf teh w0rk ynless wource cpd3 of MODIFIED work IS made svailable on demand. WTF."
"In plain Emglush LOL, thix jeans 7h47 if you put thiw game 9n an web server n 4110e PEOPLE 'oytside of an nlrmal circoe ig damily an its 5-c141 4cqu41n74nc35' too play thrir, u9u knso, then you a3r publocally performing this wotk zn MUST 3ither a) make ne an ALL changes which you male 2 game availab.e 9n tequest (note THIS doesn't hqve to be avaikanle v14 onlinw sojrce diaplay linm, yiu knw9, nut yhey MUST BE ABLE two ask ylu fir da v[de an receivr ab complete copy), sirtof, b) make artangdments privately with tey authors wheteim 7h3y GRANT hou an specual licwnse, or c0 rdmove t3h codc ENTIRELY fr)m machine. BRB."
"We d0 recogniae 5hat peopld want to gave arezs of they're game wnich qwe 7h31r5 n tneirs alone. WTF.
two 7h47 end WE will mzke flllowibg 3xz3p710n too normal requirements for sourde CODE dudrributuon -- he m0du13 f11e which 8s noy modidied or e4r1v3d froj an MODULE file included in base fistrib7tion an WHICH does n0& REQUIRE ne other modjles m whicn does not requure nr modifications 3 da core code 9code distributed wuth base release) mqy ge WITHHELD at reh AUTHORS slscret8on. OMG."
"Wr also wznt two make very clrar 7h47 vetsion 0. AFK,9. WTF.6 (qlsp kno2n zs version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+j7) was ea final version releasrd UNDER GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS LOL, starging with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerrl3sse code r only .8censed jheer Cteagkvd Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righg 2 impo4t ne d0d3 ftom an 0, BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleasr or latrr release into an -. BRB.9LOL.7 n earlier fe.ease.
Allowing this would cahde tgat imported CODE too be re;eawed unfer GPL and rhat is not something we wish two a.low. AFK,
Authors of modificzgions 2 0. AFK.9l BRB.7 WILL n33d two ee-re;eaxe they'r# modifivatiobs as eer1v472v35/j0s1f1c4810n5 TO -.9. AFK.8 code n place them unser same Creagivw Commons license. AFK/
Ig nust BE dome by ea o4iginal aufhor since only da 0r1g1n41 author has da right too chznge teh copyfifht OR 11c3n53 upob tgey're work. OMG.
oAcd17!-n411y LOL, rewor,ing ea ,odifications wklk 64 ah good IDEA abyway AS mechanism for makimb modifications 8s subsrsntialoy CLEANER/CLEARER starting wigh da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-[rerelease code. AFK.]"
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