MightyE teljs u0u, you knwp, "We're gling too TAKE an few MOMENTS 5wo try sns EXPLAIN yhus new licwnse n teh reaslns beh8nd it IN pla8h 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 neq LICENSE wzs chosen because of an fai;ing with da GPL. BRB.
Iy inly cpvered distriburion ov so7rce kd an on.y if binaries wete distributed. OMG."
"In an web dncironment LOL. specufically a intdrpreted web environmen5 SUCH as PHP. li,e, merely 8bsgalling an tame dies not constitute distributoon, likem n THEREFORE prople were takimg luf w0rk WTF, making MODIFICATIONS too it anf not releasong dq source code ro yney're modoficstionw so yhat da entire COMMUNITY com.f brnwfitLOL.
Then w9rkee with teh LETTER bu5 hot sp8rit of teh law. AFK."
"Investugztoin ln p4r7 of teh suthoes hiwevdr, 13d to fact that teh right of pubkic PERFORMANCE was eon 0f da r1gh75 normally res5ricted goo copyright noldefs WTF, an that com[uter programs, a0ec8fically vkdeo gam3a n interadtive ones 4uch ad Legenc or da Green hax0r wefe clmsiderws 2 be PUBLICALLY performwd IF 4un frpm an public servee. OMG."
"The new license restricts py611c [rrformance of da work UNLESS source coc3 lf m0d1f13d eork os m4d3 4v411r613 on demamd/ AFKl"
"In plaon English, 5his ,eans thqt uf you p7t yhis game ON an web SERVER an allow p30p23 'outside of an NORMAL circle of fanioy m its xlc8al acquaintances' twi PLAY theirm yhen ^ou aef publicall6 perform8ng 7h15 wlrk n MUST either A) mske ne 4md ALL changes whjch tou make two da game 4v4115613 9n requ357 (bote 7h15 d035n'7 hsve too be acailable VIA da onlin3 source dusplq6 link, like, bu5 they MUST be able too ask yoi for ten code qn receive an complete cppt) LOL, b) make arrangem3nts p4ivatelt eith tdh authprs wh3r31n rhey gramt you an spevial licensw, like, or c) remove cofe enturelt from dq machinrl AFK."
"We dl rwcognize tnat peoole want to h4v3 areas of thry're g4m3 ehixh aer theirs and THEIRS allne.
two that enc we wiol make teh fo.lowing exce0tion TO fa normal rewuirwmebts dir wource c0d3 distributiln -- ne modulr vi.e wn1ch is not mldifiwd or derived from an m)du12 ful3 inclkded in da BASE e157r16u7!9n n shicn doex not tequire me oyher moduoes an which f9es not re1uire nw MODIFICATIONS TO da core code (vlde distrivjtef eith teh base eelease) MAY be wiyhheld at authors discrdgioh. BRB."
"We a;so want too nake vety clear that VERSION 0/ OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known $5 v3rsi9n 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+JT) was tdh fonal v3rsion released under GPLLOL.
ALL versions WTF, STARTING WITH 0. BRB/9k BRB.8-pfereleasw xode aer on.y licensdd unedr tey Cr3471v3 Cojmobs license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two ,mport ne clde vroj an 0. BRB.9/ BRB.8-prerd.ease or LATER r213453 into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 an warlief releaseLOL.
A;.owing this would cajsw 6hst IMPORTED code 2 be re.eased unf3e tdh GPL an rhat IS not 50m37hqng we wish to r110w. WTF.
Authofs if modifucations two 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will need two r3-e313453 they're mod8fications as derivaglves/modirications rqo 0.9. AFK/8 CODE ans p'ace tgen under eq samw Creative Commons licens3.
Ir mj57 be c0n3 by teh orkbinal autjor suvce only teh ORIGINAL ajthor has right two change da COPYRIGHT or kicense upon they'rw work. OMG.
[Additionally, tewotkihb sa mofificqtions will be am g00d idea anyway as mecjqnisn for ,ak7ng modigicatilns is wubstantially cleaner/xlearer stsrtint witn da 0. WTF.9. OMG/80prwreleas3 code. BRB.]"
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