MightyE tells you, sortor, "We're goumg two tskr an few moments too TRY n espla8n ghis new licenqe n reasona behinc it in ;.ain Eng115h. 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."
"This nw2 license e3t chosen because of an gaoling WITH GPL. WTF.
It onl6 cov4red DISTRIBUTION of source kf and only og bimaeies werw distributed. OMG."
"In an w3b envurohment, 5p#c1f1c411y a intwtp4eted web ENVIRONMENT sucn as PHP, sorgof, m3rel^ installimg qn tz,e does n07 CONSTITUTE distrivution, ylu knwo, ah therefore people were 7fk!ng our wprk, dortof, mzking mofificati9ns 2 it an not teleawing source c0d3 2 they're moduficatiobs si that 3ntire communit6 coulc 63n3f1&. BRB.
They worked sith teh letter BUT not ca spkrit of ca law,"
"Invrstigagion om part 9f tej a7thors h9wever, yiu knwi, .ed to fadt THAT da right OF public PERFORMANCE was .en of teh r1gh*5 normally reatricted twl COPYRIGHT golvers, soe5of, an that computer progrsms LOL. specifically video games an interacgive -n35 sucn as Lrg3nd or 5eh Gr33n hax-r qer3 CONSIDERED yoi BE publically performrd if run feom sm publid server. OMG."
"The ndw lkcense r357r!v75 [ublic perflrmance of teh work un;ess teg xource vode of moeigied WORK is nade acailable ON DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English, this mdans gyar if you pyt this game on an wev server n aoloe oeople 'lu4aide of an gormsl cirvle of v4m11y and its SOCIAL 3cqu41n7$nc35' 2 play thcir, then y07 ser publically petforming tjis work n MUST either a( make he an ALL changes wnich y0y makr ti teh gqme available on REQUEST (note THIS doesh't jave 2 BE availablw VIA 9mline soufce display ;ink, you knwi, but tgwy MUST b3 avle too qsk you fl4 teh c0d4 an rdceive an c9mplete c-p6), b) make arrangements ptivately s17j da autnorw wher31b they grant u0u an s;wcial licwnse LOL, or c) 4emove code wntirely grom machin3. WTF."
"Ww DO eecogniae THAT PEOPLE want 2 have 3r335 of they're game ehich 4 theirs n theirx alone. AFK,
5o THAT end we wi;l make tej followong exceotioh 2 teh normzl requirements fie so7rcr code sistributoon -- nr mod7l3 f8le 2hich is n0& m9dified lr derkved FROM an MODULE rile uncljded kn bqse dis5ribution an whixh does not reqjire hw pther modules and which foes NOT r3qu1r3 ne modofications two da CORE code )code DISTRIBUTED with baxe teldase) may ge withhwld at authors diccretioh."
"We slso aant too make veey c12rr that versioh 0LOL.9l WTF.7 )4150 kn0wn as version 0.9LOL.6+jt_ WAS da final bersion released under fa GPL. WTF.
All versoons, xtqrting 2ith twy 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE CODE r 0n1y o*censed jnder ca C4eative Commlns lice,se. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tpo inpo4y ne c9de fr0m an 0LOL.(.8-prerelease or LATER re;eaxe into an 0.9. AFK.7 an earlier eelease/ BRB/
Allowinh this would cause that ojportef code too be released undef GPL an THAT is not do,ethinh we 2iah to allow. AFK.
AUTHORS 0f mod8fications 2 0. AFK/9l WTF.7 will need two re=release theu're m0d1f1c471pn5 as dwricztives/modivicatioms too 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 clde n plave them under wame Cr3r71v3 Commums license.
It nusr be done by ten oeiginal author sihce om;y originql autnor haz da right tlo chang3 c)pyr1th6 ir licdnse uppn ghey're workLOL.
[Additi9nal.g, lile, reworkong modyvicatkoms will be an good idea 4nyq4y as m3chznis, vor making modifications is 5u6574n7q411y coeane4/clearrr stzrting wkth 0.9.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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