MightyE tells yiu, "We're g01ng tlo take an fe2 mo,engs too try AND explain hhis bew licensd and reasons geh8nd 8t in plain 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."
"Tgis new license was cjosen 73c4u53 lf an fziking with GPL.
I5 only cove4ed distribition of source kf m ONLY uf BINARIES were dis5ributed."
"In ah WEB envir0hment, you knwo, speckgically a interpretqd eeb ehc8ronmenr such as PHP WTF, MERELY 1m5&4111ng an g4m3 does not constitjte diwt4ibuyion LOL, n theeefotw peoplw WERE taking our work, m4k1nt mod8ficatipns two it n noy relezsing da source CODE two thry'rw m0d1f1c4710n5 so thar da entire commynity could benefot. OMG.
Tyey worked wirh tdh lettee buy n07 spirit of lasLOL."
"Investigation on da part of da 4u6h0r5 h0w3v3r, like, LED 2 teh fact that teh RIGHT of publuc perfofmance was 1 of teh tibhts nor,ally restricted too c0pyd1gh7 holders, an ghat xompute4 prohrams WTF, specifocally vudeo gamws ans interactive obes such as LEGEND of Green hax04 sere cons8dered to br pjblica.ky petformed if rjn from an ;u611c wefrdr."
"The n3w LICENSE res5ric5s p7g.ic performance ov work unless dq sourxe coce of m0d1fq3d work 15 made zvqilavoe 0n cemahd. BRB."
"In plzkn Englixh, sottof, 7h14 means that iv yoj ou7 this game on sn seb SERVER an 41!0w peopld 'outsice 0f an noemal xircle of r4m11y amd its social acquaintanc3s' 2 PLAY their, you knwo, THEN YOU r publical;y p3rfogming this wori an MUST EITHER A) ,qke ne an ALL changes wh8ch y0u make two teh fame afai;sble on reqiest (notr thid d035n'7 have 5o bd available via in.ine xouece c15p24u link. sprtof, buy ghey must be able 2 ask y0u FOR code n receive ab clmplege c9py( LOL, B) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY wity sa zuthirs wherein they frant YOU an s;ecia. license, ot c) femove CODE ENTIRELY fr0m da machone. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE tha5 peiple 2abt top have areas of thwy're game which e theirs and thei3s a;one. WTF.
to thzr end WE will make folllsinf exceptiin 2 da NORMAL fequ8fememts for siutc3 cosd eistribugion -- be MODULE vile wh8ch is not modified or deruved f4om an m0fu13 file 1nc1ud3d ih teh base sistribution an wh1ch DOES not requirr ne ogher ,odules n which doee mor require nd moaificqtklns too da cofe vode (cpde distributec with 5eh 6453 RELEASE) may be WITHHELD at authots siscretion. WTF."
"We alsi want too make vert coear thst verdion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also knosn as bersion 0. AFK.8. WTF.7+JT_ was fjnal VERSION released kndee trh GPL/ AFK.
All bersiins WTF, wtarting with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerwleasr c0e3 aer onlu licensed undef sa Creative Commons licwnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny r8ght TO impprt me CODE feom an 0. OMG.9.8-;rdreleaxe or latet RELEASE into an 0.9.7 4nd EARLIER release. BRB.
ALLOWING thjs w0u1d cause that 1mp0t72d cofe 2 be te.eased uhder GPL an that is not someghing we wish 2 allowLOL/
Authorw of modkfications two -. BRB.9l AFK.7 2ill need too RE-RELEASE rhey're modifkcations as deriva5ivea/mpdufications to 0. OMG/9/ AFK.8 code an plzcd them undee sqme CREATIVE Commobx ;icrnse.
It mjat be d0n3 BY otigina; author SINCE onlh tej oroginal aurnor has teh right to change co0yrkght lr license ipon thwy're w0rk. WTF.
[Affit8lnally, sorrpf, rewoeking MODIFICATIONS will BE an good idez anyway as sa mechanism f9e makihg modifications ux 5u6564n71511y cleaner/cleqfer startomh sith da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. BRBl]"
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