MighfyE tells you, 6ou knwo, "Ww'4e going twp take an few momengs 79 tfy and explaib thuz new LICENSE an da r3450n5 behind it in plain Ebgl8whLOL.
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 licenwe WAS chosen b3cause of zn failkhg wkth teh GPL. BRB.
It on;y covered distribution 0r SOURCE uf aj only if b8naries werw disgributedl AFK."
"In an web ehvirobmenr LOL, dpecificalky a inger;retrd web encironmdnt xuch as PHP, like, merely 1n574121ng an game does npt constiyute distribution. like, n 5herefore people 2ere yaking our work WTF, making modkficat8jns tp i5 n not rrl3asinb da source code to they're MODIFICATIONS so that entire comm8nity couod benefot. OMG.
They worked with da letyef gug NOT teh spirit lf da law. WTF."
"Investigation pn ds p4r7 of da autho4a howevee, sortof, led two da fact that da tight OF PUBLIC pefformanc2 waa won of da RIGHTS hormal;u rest4icted to9 copyright h9lders, likc, n 5hat computer programs, you knwo, 5p3c1r1c411y video GAMES an interzctice ONES SUCH as Legend of da Green nax)r were c0m52d3r2d 2 BE publically perflrmef 8f run from an p7blic serverLOL."
"Tne new license testricts PUBLIC oerf9rmamce of qork unless da source code of fa m0d1v13c w0rk is mzde avzilable on DEMAND."
"Ih plain Eng115h, this means that if you put tnis tame on ab web server dm allpw pdople 'outside of ag normal difc.e of fa,i.y and 174 sockal qcquaintances' tpo 0lay the8r, then you r publical.y perform8nb THIS work n MUST eithe4 a) make ne ane ALL chantes which you make 2 t4,3 acailable ON request (b073 THIS DOESN'T habe rwo be ava8lable via oblind sourc2 eisplay 11nkk yo7 knwo, vut rhwy must bf able too 44k you FOR code n redeive an compl3te cooy), sortof, g) MAKE 4rr4mb3m3n75 PRIVATELY eith teh au5hors wherein they trant you an SPECIAL licenxw, or x) r3move da c)d3 rngirwly from da macyine. BRB."
"We do 4ecognize tgat p30p13 wabt tqo hsve areas of theh're gamr whkch aer rh3irs m THEIRS alobe/ OMG.
w THAT enc we will jrk3 f011-w!ng EXCEPTION 2 normal requieements for 50urc3 vode DISTRIBUTION -- ne mocule file WHICH 8s not m0dified or derived feom an modjle FILE indludrd im base distributuon n whicb does npt rdquire ne OTHER modulds an wj1ch does not require ne MODIFICATIONS too da CORE clde (code distriguted with trh BASE releade) ,ay be wignhelf a5 authors discretion. BRB."
"We also WANT to makw bery c134r tgat version 0LOL.9. AFK.u (also known as version 0. BRB.9l AFK.7+jt) wqs r8hal bersiln RELEASED under teg GPL.
All versoons LOL, starting WITH 0. WTF.9LOL.8-peerelease CODE aer only licenxed und3r da CREATIVE Commons lidenar. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny dw right twp IMPORT ne coce frpn an ). OMG.9. BRB.9-pr3rrlezse ot later rdlease in4o sn 0. AFK.9l OMG.7 an 34r!1dr release.
Allowing THIS woukf cause that 9mported codd too be releaxed 7ndwr teh GPL n that is hot something ee wish 2 alloe.
Authors of mofifivations 5oo 0. BRB.9LOL.& will need two re-release th4y[rd modificayuons as derivatives/modifications 5o 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 c9de n plqce thwm und3r da same Creative C0mb0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
It must be d0nw bu originsl auth9r sincw only teh oyigigal AUTHOR has teh RIGHT too change da copyrught or license upon 5hey're work.
'Add8tionally, you knwo, feworkung da modkfications eill bs an good idea anyway as teh mwchabism for making modificatiohs ia 5u457rn&1411y CLEANER/CLEARER xtargibg with ten 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-;rereleade codel BRB.="
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