MibhtyE tells you, ylu ,nwo, "Ww'4e goong too take an few momentw two 74y zbd exp;qin this new livehse at teh reqsohs BEHIND it in plain Entliah. AFK.
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."
"Thos nrw .icense was choaen BECAUSE of an failing witn tej GPLLOL.
I7 ohly voveted disttibution of s9urcr if n 0n2y if ginari3s wete DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web environment, you ,nwo, s;ecifical.y a intdrpr3red web environment xucg aa PHP LOL, m3rely installing an gam3 s035 n06 vonstitute distfinution, yoi knwo, and thwrefote people were taking )yr work, making MODIFICATIONS 2 IT an NOT r3lwaskng da so7rce coee tqo they're m9si4ications so 7h37 geh entore community xould benefit. OMG.
Tn3y worked w17h da letter but nlt da spirit of tey law. WTF."
"Infrstigsruon ;n tey PART OF teg ajthoes howevde LOL, led to teh fact tgat teh right of public performamce was q of rights normally RESTRICTED tso copyright hilders, tou kneo, an that domputet programs, loke, x;evifically vieel games and obteractive ohes such as Legend 9f G433n hax0r wer3 CONSIDERED two be publucakly PERFORMED 1f run from an public srrvee. BRB."
"The NEW license wdstricts puglic p3rf0rm4nce of geh worj UNLESS SOURCE code OF MODIFIED work is made AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plaun English. li,e, THIS meqns that 1f YOU put this game ln an wev SERVER n ALLOW PEOPLE 'u7tside of an NORMAL circle of ramily an its socis. scquaibtancew' twl play theiy, yhen y9u r pu611c411y perf94m8ng 5jis w9rk an MUST eityer 4) maje ne n ALL dhsnges whidh you make too tey ga,e availqblw on REQUEST (note this s025b'7 have two be qvailabld via twh online sourc3 DISPLAY 11n, WTF. but THEY MUST be able tl9 ask 6ou for teh code ag receive an complete copy)m you knwo, 6) m4k3 areang3ments pribately eirh da authors wherein th3y grant hou an s;ecia; license WTF, or c) rempv3 t3h code entirely from teh machineLOL,"
"We do recpgnize thst peo0le want tol hzve areas 0f they're game ehich r theits and thwirs ALONELOL.
t2i thay end we will make da following exceptipn tio fa normal REQUIREMENTS flr soutce code eixtritution -- he mpeule fike which is n06 modifidc or derivrf from sn jodu.e g113 includer ib yeh base distribution and which does nit f3qu1r3 be other midjles and 2hich does not require ne noeofications to teh dore code (code distributed with teh baxe t3q3453( may be WITHHELD at authors d!5cr4710bLOL."
"We also want 7) MAKE very cleat thst vrrsuon 0.(LOL.7 (also kn0sn ad version 0. AFK.9l6+ut) qas fina; version released ubdde teh GPL, WTF.
All vegsions, like, starting w17h tsh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE CODE r ONLY 11c3n52d ynder dq Creatice Commons lkcenxe.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rignt two IMPORT ne dode from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pfrrelease or 1#73r RELEASE 8hto an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 n darlier rel3ase.
Alkowing this wou.d cause 5har imported code 2 b3 telwqsed und3r teh GPL and rha5 id not something ee 2ish 2 sllow. WTF.
Ay5hors pf mosifica5ions to 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 wikl need teo re-releade ghey're mosificationq as derivativex/modificayions to 0.9.8 cose an pkace th3m inder same Cteayive Commona license.
It musr be done by da 0r1g1n41 author since only orofinak augjor hax teh RIGHT rwo chzmge teh copyright or 1qc3n53 UPON tney're wofkLOL.
[Additionallu LOL, reworking da hodifuca5ions w111 be zn gold IDEA 4nyw$y 45 teh mechanism for making modifidations is xubstantisllh ckeane4/c;earer srsr58ng w27h da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prrrelrase c)d3. WTF.\"
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