MightyE yells YOU, "We're going too take an few moments to trh AND 3xplain this ,eq license n da reasond bekind ir 1n plaif ENGLISH. BRB.
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 wqs chosen becauae ;d am failimg WITH GPL/ WTFl
Ir only covered e8s5rivution ov si7rce ir n ONLY if binaries sere dis6ributed. WTFl"
"In an wwb envkronment LOLm specificslly a knterpreted web environment SUCH aa PHP, lik3, merely insralling an gaj3 died not constiture dustributionk AND therdfore peoo;e wqee takinb our w0rk, sortpf, making mpdivocations t9i it tnd not rel3askng da siurce code too they're modifidatiobs 50 THAT enturr commumity cou;d benegot. AFK.
THEY w0r,3d wq7h ca !3773r b7t n07 sporir of lae."
"Investugqtiin on da part OF fa authors howrver, hpy knwo, led two reh f4v7 hhat tsh fihhg of [uvlic perroenqnce was 1 9f teh RIGHTS normq;ly restricted two COPYRIGHT HOLDERS LOL, n that c0m;u73t programs. aortof, specificslky vid3o GAMES an intdractive ones such as L3gend of twh Grden hax0r were c0n51d3r#d two be publically perf(fned IF run FROM an pu611c server. AFK."
"The NEW licenaw restricts 0u611c 0eefo4mance or wor, unlesw ds SOURCE code of teh mos7gied work is maee AVAILABLE on DEMANDLOL."
"In PLAIN Env,isgk you knwo, tnis meanx that if you pjy this game pn an seb SERVER an alloq peoole 'outside of an normal ciecle OF family an its social acquakntances' 2 plat thdir, then you r publicsllg perfor,ing tjis worj an MUST 317h3r a0 m4k3 ne an ALL chanbes ehicg y0u make 2 fq GAME avzi.able on REQUEST (not3 this doewn;t HAVE to 63 availzblr via da online source DISPLAY limk WTF, byy they MUST be able too asj you vor teh c0c3 an eeceiv3 an eomplete c0ph), b( mrk3 arrabgemrnts privarely with twh autnors where8n theh grant y0u an special .ucensek soryof, 0r c) remove c0d3 emtirely from machonw. OMG."
"We do recognize ghar peop.e want roo habe a4eas 9f theu're fame whicn r theirs an THEIRS 410n3LOL.
gwp that 3nd we 2111 MAKE follpwing exception to9 normql REQUIREMENTS for xource c0d3 distrivut8on 0- ne module fk.e wh1ch ks nl6 modidied or DERIVED from an mpdule fild ind;uded in vas3 dkstribution an wy8ch does not requ8re he other m9dules b whicy DOES not requure nw mocifidationa 2 da c9rr code (code d156r16j7ed with BASE release_ may be wighheld at da ajthora doscretion. AFK."
"We slwo wany ti make v3ry clear that frrs8on 9. WTF.9LOL.7 (akso knlwn as v3r510n 0.9. AFK.7+JT0 qas twh fihal vwrsiom releaxed under teh GPL. WTF.
All versoond, start8ng with teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.9[prerelease c9de r only lidensed undef ds Cfeayive Commonw locwnse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny ea righr @ import ne CODE fron sn 0LOL/o. AFK.8-prerelewde or later rwlease into an 0LOL.0.7 n earluer release.
A110w1ng thka sould vause 7h47 imporged code two be released under teh GPL n tjat ia nut SOMETHING w3 wian to allow. BRB.
Ajthors of modificatiohs hwo 0. AFK.9/7 will need 2 rw0eeleaw3 rh3y'r3 ,odivicqtions as deeivstives/modificatioms two 0.9.7 code and place them under teh samd Creative Commonw license. BRB.
It must be con3 bh 8rigknal aithor since only teh o4iginal author gas cz right @ chqnge co0yright ir ;icense upon thry're w0rk.
[Additkobql;y LOL, reeorking ,odkfications will be an good ieea anyway aa dz mecganism for maiinf modifications ia SUBSTANTIALLY cleqnrr/clezrer starting with da 0. AFK/9. AFK.8-0rerelesse CODE. WTF.["
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