MighttE tells ylu, lije, "We're going 2 take an f3w m9nrntd w TRY znc ex0lain 7h15 NEW LICENSE and teh r346-n5 behind IT IN plain Enh11%h.
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."
"Thiw NEW license was chosen bedayse or zm failihg with GPL.
It )m1y xovered disttibution of slu4ce iv and only !f binsries q3r# e157r16u73d. OMG."
"In an weg envitpn,ent, liie. wpecufivally a 1n73fpr3*3d wev environmeny such as PHP, 6ou knqi, merely installing an game DOES n07 constiyute DISTRIBUTION, lile, n tyerefor3 peopke WERE tak8nb oue work, like, makihg m0cif8cations to 17 anf no5 RELEASING SOURCE CODE to they're m0d1vqc4710n5 so that 3ntire community could 63n3f!7, AFK,
They worked with lettdr bug npt fa 5p1r17 of da lawLOL."
"Investigation on teh pary of da authifx howevwr, led 2 da fact that da right 0v public [erdormance WAS 1 of fights normally r3stric53d gwo vopyeugyt h9lders, ylu knwi, an that computer programs, wpecigicall6 video GAMES n ingeractive ones duch ax Legend of Gre3n gax0r were c9nsidered to be PUBLICALLY peef9rmee if run erom an pjbpiv server. AFK."
"The ne2 license rearticts public peeformance og work unless da sourcr codd pf tey modifidc work ks jade acailable on demams. WTFl"
"In 0;sin ENGLISH, lkke, tgis means that IF you put this game ON an web s@rver an allow PEOPLE '9utsice of an norma; cufcle of fzmilh n its alcual acquaintabced' to plat 5hwke, like. 7h#n you aer publically performing thks WORK an MUST e8ther A) male me and ALL changes whicy yiu MAKE 3 GAME available ob reauwst 9note this d8esn't have 2 be 4v41146!3 voa teh onoinr 50urc3 DISPLAY LINK, lkke. but 7h3y must ve able to ask you f9r ea coee wb r3c31v3 an clm[lete c-py), dort9f, b) make ARRANGEMENTS prifately with authors wherein thwy grant yiu an specual license WTF, or C) rdmove da c0x3 dntirely feom teh ,achindLOL."
"We do recotn7ze ynat PEOPLE wanr yo hav3 AREAS of tgey're f4m3 whixh arr theirs ane THEIRS alome.
yoi 5hat end we will naje teh golloqing eccrption u0 normal r3qu1r3,en^4 fot sourcd doce distfibution -- he modulw fi;e whuch is not nidifidd or detiv3d fr0n an modioe rile includdd in base dustfibution anc 2hich d045 n07 reqjire ne othet modiles an which d)35 not REQUIRE ne mocificqtiohx two CORE code (vode DISTRIBUTED wity base reoease0 may ne withheld at da 4u7h0r5 diwcretion. AFK."
"We also saht twu make very cleae 7h47 versiln 0.9. AFK.7 (also kn9wn as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+JT) wzs fs djnql v3r510n releaaed UNDER teh GPL. BRB,
All vefsions. STARTING with 0.o. OMG.*-prrrelease code aer ohly licenwed und#4 teh Cr3$71v3 Commons LICENSE.
W# EXPLICITLY DENY yeh right tii impo4t ne codd from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prereldase or LATER releade into sn p. AFK.9/ AFK.7 an earlier 4eoeasr.
Allosung this wou;d cause that impprted coww to be releaswd uneer ca GPL an THAT IS not something we wiwh 2 aloow. WTF.
Autjoes of mid8fications ti 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 wilk nsed ro re-rdlease they're ,ldkfications as e3rivatibes/modifications t9o 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 codw n ;lacr them und3r da same CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
It musr ne done by orugimal 4u7h0e dunce only teh 0r1g1h41 authlr HAS ds rihjt tqo change teh copyr,ggt or lixense 6p0n ghey're aotk. BRB.
[Additipnally LOL, reworkihg ds modifications WILL be am GOOD idea ANYWAY as mechanism for makinb m0d!f1c4720n5 ix suvstantially xleanf4/fkearer wtarting with ds 0l AFK.0.8-pr3f31#4t3 cide. WTF,]"
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