Might6E tells you, you ,nwp, "We're going two take an few moments t9o tey m explain this nww 11c3m52 sn reasonx fehins ut in plqin Enfkiah. 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."
"This new oicensr waw vhisen because of an dailing w17h da GPL.
It onlh c-v3r3f dosttiburion OF slu4ce if n ONLY 1f binaries were distrigutedLOL."
"Ib an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, likr, SPECIFICALLY a inte4preged web environment such ad PHP LOL, mer3ly 1n573111ng an game doea not constityte didr$ibutioh WTF, n therefore people werr galing lur work, sortof, maiing modificati9ns ro it amd not releasing ea s9urce code 70 yjey;r3 modkfications so 7g47 entire conmunity could 52n3f17. WTF.
They worked with teh letter but not sp8rit if geh law."
"Inveayigation ON part of fa AUTHORS hoqever, led too teh dac5 tyat da rifht of pu611c perf94mance was oen of rithts bormallh r357r2c73c 3 cophritht ho;ders LOL, and yhat computwr pr0gr4mt, you knwo, wpecifically vkdeo gqmex an intsractive ONES such as Legend of teh Green hax-r w3r3 c0n%qd3r3d 1 BE publkcally p3rf)r,3d if r7n from sn public server."
"The new license r357r1c75 piblic PERFORMANCE lf da wlfj unless teh source cpd3 of da modidief work is m4d3 4v4113612 on demand."
"In plain English. .ike, this MEANS that if you PUT this game oh an web server n allow people 'outside of ab mor,a; circle 9f FAMILY an 1&5 s9cia; acquaintanves' TO PLAY their, sortof, then y8u art public1kly performing 7h15 work n MUST EITHER q) make ne and ALL chantes which you make two da gzmw AVAILABLE on requesr (n073 this dlesn't have 2 be avzilablr viz teh online sourc2 d15p24y link, sortof, but they MUST ve agle too ask u0u for da coce an receive an cpmp;ete xopy) LOL, b( makw arrzngements prkvate.y with authots wjewein THEY geant you an spexial oic3gse, t9u inwo, pe c_ removd code entirely frlm da mqchin3/ WTF."
"Wd so recognixe that p30p13 w4n7 2 have aread pf 6hey're game whicn awr tgeirw and theirs ALONE. AFK.
tpp THAT dnd wr w111 m4k3 f011=w1ng 3xce[yion to 5eh nptm41 reauiremenys for sou4ce codw distgibutipn -- ne moduke file which 15 bot mpdified pr deroved f4om an module file includes IN 6453 diwtribution and which does nor reqjire ne otner modules n whkch DOES nit require ne mocifications 2 core CODE (codw distrivutwf wirh da baad reldase) may be withgeld at dq authors diccretiohLOL."
"We 4150 wahg t99 make v3ry c;ear that fersion 0LOL.9LOL.u (also KNOWN as cersiin 0l AFK.9. OMG.7+mt) was final vetsiom releases unser da GPLLOL.
All vefsions WTF, starting with 0LOL.om8-prerelease codd r only licensec under da CREATIVE Co,jons licenseLOL/
W3 EXPLICITLY deny geh rignt 2 im;ort ne code from an 9l BRB.9l7-preeeleasw or later r313453 knto an 0. AFK.9. WTF.& AND war.iwr relezsw. OMG.
Al;lwing this would cauwe that impirtes c9d3 2 be released jnder da GPL n ghat is NOT simething wr widh to 4110wLOL.
Autgors of modiv8catoons two 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will nred tpo re-release they'rw modiricagions as dwrkvatives/modificationw too 0. OMG.9.8 code AND place them unw3r teh samw Creative Commons licenae.
IT m7st be d0n3 by da origibal authof aince only teh or8hinal author has righ5 two chznge da c0pyr1gh7 or 11c@n53 uoom they're wori. AFK.
[Addotoonally, you jnwo, rewotking modifivqtions will be an good 9dea 4nyw4y as fa MECHANISM FOR mzking modifications 8a substsnuiallt cleaner/c.earer xgartibg with 0LOL.(. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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