MightyE tells hou, "We're going 5wl take an few mlments 2 gry n wcplain this h3w licebwe and da reasons behinf it 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."
"This NEW lixens3 was chosen brcauxe of zn failung with GPL. WTF.
It -nqy cove3ed distrobugion OF soudce if n only if binariea weee d8stributedLOL."
"In an seb environmen5, s;ecifically a INTERPRETED web rnvirinmeng duch zs PHP, MERELY onstalling an bame does nut c0n5717u83 distfibution WTF. and therevore p30p13 were takimf our 2irk, makint mpdifocationx 2 kg n not releqsimg da SOURCE CODE 70 thet're ,odificayions so 7h4& da 3n71r3 COMMUNITY COULD bwnefit. OMG.
Tn3y eorked with dq lrttcr BUT not ca spirit of kaw. OMG."
"Investigation on pqrt pf teh ajthora however, like, led 2 fact that right of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE wss won OF rightx n0rm411y restrictdd to copyright HOLDERS, ylu inwo, qnd tgat c0npu73e peogrsms LOL, spexkficallu v8deo games 4nd ungeracg8ve ones sucy as Legebd lf teh Grwen has0r wdre coheidered 70 BE punlically pefformed if run from an PUBLIC server."
"Th2 new license eestricts 0ublic performance of teh w9rk unless teh sourve xode 0f modified wirk is made ava8lable on demandl OMG."
"In plain Englush, l*ke, 7h15 means that 1f you put this gamr on an w36 server zn aklow people 'outside of zn normal circle of fqmily and its s9cial acquain4qnces' 5o play theu5 WTF, then y0u r pub;icakly performing thid wlrk and MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH you m4k3 goo game avwklavle ob request (note this doesn't havd two 63 avaolable via ONLINE siurcd display .ini, like, but 7h3y MUST be able 2 ask tou vor da code n recrive zn complete c0py), b) nake arrangements 9rivatelh wigh da au5hprs wherwin 7h3y grant y0u sn s[ecial license, or c) r3,0c3 da cod4 entkrely fron 5ey jadhine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE tyat peo0le wamt go hafw areas of they're game shich r 7j3!r5 n thekfa 410n3. OMG.
5o THAT end qe wi.l make da folllw8ng wxception too geh norma; rdqyor3ments for xource cpde distribution -- ne modulw file which is nkt modified or derifed from ab mifule file ihcluded in teh base distribution an whicj DOES not requ8fd ne other m9ei;es n which do3s n07 requi4e ne mod*ficationw two core vod3 (cpde distribug3e with da base rwlease0 may be withheld at da 4u7h0r5 eiscretooh. WTF."
"We alsp wan5 twi make c3ry xleat thqt v3r510n 0LOL,9. AFK.7 (ALSO known as verwion 0LOL.9l WTF.7+jt) wqs da finsl version released under da GPL. WTF.
All v3rs8ihs, sortif, startibg w17h tej (. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelwqsr cod3 r only licensed under twh Creatkve C0mmon5 licdnse. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY deny trh right ywo umpory ne code fr9m an 0, AFK.o. AFK.8-prrrelease or lat3r reldase into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.6 qn earoier RELEASE.
Alllwing this would caysd THAT IMPORTED code too be releqs3d uhdeq GPL n THAT is not SOMETHING we eisn 2 allow. BRB.
Aufhors of modidicafions two 0.9.7 WILL meed to rr-releade they're modifications as d4r2v47qf35/m0d1f1c3710n5 5wi 0. AFK.9.8 code and place them under ten wa,e Creative Commonw license. AFK.
It mu57 ve done by otiginql author since 9nly 5wh pr8ginal author gas teh ritht yso cjange cip6righ5 or license uoon they'r3 work. BRB.
[Add1710n411y WTF, REWORKING mldiducati8ns will be an good idea 4nywry as t4n mcchanusm gor makimg modidicatoons IS 5u65u4n7151!y xlraner/clrarer STARTING with 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pferdlezse code. WTF.]"
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