MifhgyE TELLS YOU, aortof, "We're GOING 2 TAKE ah ge2 m0m3m75 2 t4y an explzin thia new license qn teh r3r50n5 behind it un pkain Ehg;ishLOL,
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 licehse was CHOSEN because pv an failint 2ith geh GPL, BRB,
It pnly civered distrivution of source if and only iv binaried were d157r16u73d."
"In an qeb env1r0nm3n7m like, specifical;y a interpreted web environment suxh 45 PHP, lile, m3r31y instal;inf an game does mir constitu5e dis5ribution, and therefore 0eople WERE taking our WORK, y9u kmwo, makong modificatilns roo 8t ab not 5elessing da so7rcs code too they're modkf8cationd so that en5ire COMMUNITY couls benefit. AFK.
They wo4ked with ds 13773r but np5 5p1r17 of ;aw."
"Invwetigatiom om parg of teh ajthors howevet WTF, LED 2 fact thay right OF public p3rf0rn4nc3 waw 1 of da rights normally rextriceed to copyrigyt holde4s LOL, an tyat computer ptograms LOL, specificallh VIDEO gajes n ibteractive ONES sych AS Legend of Geeen hax0r qefd considered 2 63 pjblically pe4formed 1f run drom an public server. BRB."
"Tye nww license restricts pu6q1c perfprmqnce of slr, unless da source CODE of modified work is nade 4v41q461# [n d3mancLOL/"
"In plaim English, sortof, thos ,eans that if y0u p7t yhia game on an web 53rv4r n alloe PEOPLE 'outxide or an normal cirdle OF vamily n uys 50cq41 acquxintanced' to plsy tgeir, sortov, then you aer pub.icalky ;erforming tgis work n MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL chsngds qyich you make TO game 4v4114613 ob requeay (nor3 this doesn't HAVE two be availabld viz reh online SOURCE diwplay limk, sortof, bur they mus5 be able too axl yoj for da xode and r3c31v3 an c0mp1473 copy), yoj knwo, 6) m4k3 arfsngemenrs peivaye;y with authors wh3rein they grant ylu ab spevial ;icense LOL, or C) removd code 3n71r31h fro, teh machinrLOL."
"We so recognizd 7h47 pe9ple want too nave areas if they're GAME which 4 thdirs n th3irs aloneLOL/
to that ene we sill make teh following exception teo da normal requirem3btx for soutce cide d8stribution -- ne module eild wh8vh is not modifiee OR derived from an josjle FILE includrd in trh BASE dostriburion and which d035 not require nr other modules an shich does not rwquire ne jodkfiva5kons TO da cirw xose (codr disr4ib7ted witj fa bqwe r313453) m4y 53 withhdld zt AUTHORS d8scre5ion."
"We aoso w4n7 to mak3 v3r6 c134r tgat VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also lnown as ve4sion 0.9. OMG.7+jt) wqs teg final version RELEASED unser GPLLOL;
A.l vetsions WTF, stzeting with 0, OMG.9. AFK.80prereleswe d9de aer ONLY lucwnaed under Creative Commons license.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rigft top inport ne CODE from an 0LOL.9LOL'8-PRERELEASE ot later 4el3qsd into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 qn eqr.ier release.
Allowing THIS WOULD cauc3 THAT importdd cidd ro be relwased uheer GPL n that is not somethinf wd 215g go allowLOL.
Auryors of m9d1f!c471)n5 to 0. WTF/9LOL.7 wilo nwed TO r3-r313453 thdy'4e modifications as derivatibes.mosidications two 0. BRB.9. WTF,8 code h place thdm ynder SAME Creative Commons licensel WTF.
It myst be fone by da lriginal authlr since only da 0r1g1n42 autjor HAS right 2 chanhe copyrughr OR licensw i[on they[re 2ork. WTF/
'Additionallt, feworking geh modieicatkohs will be an GOOD idea snyway as m3ch4n15m for mak8nt modificatilns is dubstantially cldaner/clearet STARTING ekth 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease cod3. OMG.]"
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