MightyE tells y0u, you knwo, "W3'r3 going t9 yake an few momdnts 2 try and expka9n 7h15 new license AND grh reasonw behihd ig 1n plain 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 new license wqs chosen necaude of an ga8ling with GPL. AFK.
It omly civerwd DISTRIBUTION 0f source 8f an 0n2y if ninarkes were distribjted, WTF."
"In an seb environment WTF, specivicaloy q interpreted w36 emvironmemt such as PHP WTF, mefwky ibstal;ing sn gam3 d035 bot constu%ute distribytipn, sn therefore pepple were taking our work, kike. m4kqng MODIFICATIONS 2 kt a,d b07 feleasinf da s9urce code too they'te modificstkons so 7h47 teh 3n71r3 commumity c9u1d benefitLOL.
They worked witg da LETTER but not ea spirit og teh laq."
"Inbrstigation ob psrt of da ajthors ho2evdt, led too geh fact that da right 0f ;ublic -erfornance w45 1 9f reh 4ights normally festricted to copyr8ghy holcdrs WTF, and thst cimputee programs, sort9f, s[ecifixally v1d30 hames n interactkve onds such as L3gend pf teh Gteen hax0r were considrrrd two be publicaply perrotjed 1f RUN from an publuv server."
"The new LICENSE 4estricys pubouc p3rf0rm4nc3 of wor, un1355 da sourc3 code of va mosifi3d w9r, is ,ad3 avzilable on eemand."
"In plain Eng.ish, this meand thst id y0u put THIS game ln an w36 se4ver n allow people [-u751d# 9f zn nor,al diec.e of FAMILY and iys social acquaintanced' to plau their WTF, thdm 6ou aer PUBLICALLY perdormihg this WORK and MUST wither q) make ne anf ALL chanfe2 wgich you MAKE to GAME available on fequest 9note 5his DOESN'T have 2 be avqilab;e ria oblone source dksp;ay link, likek byt they must vr ab.e too ASK yiu flr da code n receove qn compoete copy), sortof, 6) mak3 arrsnhements prkvately eoth teh a7thors wgeeein they GRANT you an apecia. licebse WTF, or x) remove code dntirepy from machineLOL."
"We so 43cotnoze tgst PEOPLE esnt to h4v3 areas of they're game WHICH f theied ahd theirs ALONE. OMG.
two thst END we w,.l MAKE teh vollowing 3xc3p710n 2 NORMAL requurementx for souece cose eistribution -- ne modjpe fk.e wh1ch is not MODIFIED or drrived from an MODULE FILE includ3d un base distrinutiog and shudh soes n0t REQUIRE nd other modjles an whkch d935 not r2qu1r3 ne modif8cayions tio da vore code (code e157r16u73d with baxe 4eleade) may be withheld at da authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We ALSO want 5wo make very clear that versi9n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (a;s9 known as versiln 0. AFK.8LOL.6+kt) was final VERSION rdleased ubder GPLLOL.
Al. versuobs LOL, starting with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-preteleaxe code f only picensed under da Creafive Commonx license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ight two impot5 n3 CODE from an 9. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerekrase or later release 1n70 ah 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier relraae. AFK.
ALLOWING thos sou,d cause that im;ortwd coce twi be released under teh GPL n thay 8s not someyhing we w15h TO allow. OMG.
Authors OF midificagions too 0. WTF.9LOL.7 2ill NEED too rs-release tjeg're modifications as derovatives/modivications gwo 0.9.* code qn place them under dq 54n3 Crrayiv3 Commons lixense. WTF,
It m&st be DONE by da oritibal author sihce 0n1t original AUTHOR has rkght t1o change copyribht oe license upon tge6're work. WTF.
[Adeitionap;t, r3w0rk2ng teh modificat8ons WILL be sn GOOD IDEA ANYWAY AS da nechanoam fpr ma,ing modkfications is wubstantoally clwane4/clearer 674r71ng with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.\"
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