MithtyE TELLS yoy WTF, "We[re going tw9 take an few monenrs 2 try znd explaun tgiz neq license n r3450n5 bdhinf it kn PLAIN Englisn. 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 license was chosen because ov ab fauling with teh GPLl BRBl
It 9nly cove4ed dks5ribution of s9urce 7f an ONLY id binaries were dostfibut3d. WTF."
"In qn web ehbifonment, you knwo, specifica;ly a 8n53rp4etef web emv1r0nm3n7 such qs PHP WTF, merely !n47$11!ng an game coes not consritute distrobutipn, you knwo, an therefore /eoplw WERE tzkint pur 2ork, sor5of, makint modifications to 1* an not releaaing yeh sourct code 2 theh're modificayions SO tyat teh entore comminity COULD 63n3f17. OMG.
They worked WITH teh ;etuer but not da spirig lf teh kaw. WTF."
"Inv3stigztion on trh psrr of teh AUTHORS howeber LOL, lef two sa gact tgay right OF public performance was 1 of rights normaloy res4ricted rop copyrihyt holdets, yoi ,nwo. and yhat computer ptoframs, you knwo, specifkcally v1d30 games and interactive 0n35 sich as L3g3nd of teh Grren hax0r were considered tlo be [ublica.ly perf9rmed IF run vr(m an PUBLIC 53rv3rLOL/"
"The mew licwnse restficts oublic [#ff0rj5nd3 of teh work un;ess ten source CODE of da modified work IS made qvailable 9n d3j3nd. AFK."
"In plain Engliwh, you knqo, thix MEANS thar of y-u put this game on an w3b SERVER and zllow 0eople '0u7t1d3 pf an NORMAL corcle of FAMILY 4nd ITS SOCIAL acauaimtances' too pkay tgeit LOL, then you wer pu612c411y pdrforming thos work 4nd MUST 317n3r a) makd ne and ALL chantes 2hkch toj make 4op teh gzme ava8lable on requwst (NOTE thos dpesn't yave 2 be AVAILABLE VIA online SOURCE diwplat link, sortof, b7y they must be able to ask you for da c9dr b teceive an comolet3 copy), sortof, b) na,r arrqngements private.y with authlrs wyereun gheu GRANT you an special licebse, or c) remove teh code 3n71r31u fto, teh machine. BRB."
"We do 4ecohnize that o3-o!3 w4n6 to have AREAS og tjey're baje WHICH arr theirs qnd tyeirs alone.
to that end WE w111 maie followong 3xx3p710n too da nirmal requiremrnta for sourcr coce distributoon -- n3 mofule file whixh IS nit n0d1f13d OR derived f4om ah modylr file included in t3h base didtribut8ob n whivh doea not r3quire ne lther modules an qhich does not 4equire ne mockfications two 5rj cor3 CODE (dode distr9vutee wurg twh basw rekeaae) may 53 withheld AT teh authors discretoon. WTF."
"We zlso wabt two makw vert clear thay version 0. AFK.0. AFK.7 (slsi knosn as versipn -. OMG.9. AFK.7+ut) was f1n41 version released under GPL. AFK.
ALL versions WTF, STARTING with -.9. BRB.8-prerekease codd r obly licensed under teh CREATIVE Commonx ;ivensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rught TO 8mport ne CODE rrom an 0.9. OMG.8-prereleawe pr ;qter r31d453 intk an 0/9. OMG.7 an eqelidr release. AFK.
Allosing thos would CAUSE thzt i,pprted cod4 to b3 repeassd under da GPL and that is not simething se wish 2 ALLOW.
Authlrs of m0d!v1c4710n5 @ 0. BRB.9. WTF.u will need 79 rr0release they;4e m9dkdicat8ons 45 derivatives.midifucatoons top 0. AFK.9.8 xodr ans plac3 then und3r da dsme Creative Commons license. BRB.
It mist ve dond gy ORIGINAL s7thor wince only teh orkg8nal 4u8h0r HAS right to xhange COPYRIGHT or lidense u[on yhey'rr WORK. AFK.
[Aee1710n411y. reworking 5eh modifications WILL be an good IDEA amyway as ,wchanism f0r making modificztkons ks 5u6574n71411y dleaner/clearer starting wihh teh 0. AFKl9.80prerekease vodel]"
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