Might6E TELLS you, y9u knw9, "We[rr boing 2 take an few mlmente tol trh snd explain THIS NEW 21c3n53 n da reasonx gehond ig IN plain English/
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."
"Thid new lkcense waw chosen beca7s3 9f qn failing w17g da GPL. OMG.
It onl^ xocered d157r1^u710n of siurce kf an only if bimaroes were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web environ,ent WTF, s0eckfically a interpr3ted web enbironment such as PHP, yoy insok merely imsta.lknh an ga,e s0es nlt c0n5717773 distrivi5ion, slrtof, an THEREFORE peo;le wete tsking 0ur w0ek, making ,odivicatkons tol it an n97 releasing 5eh source dodd too they're mldifications so tha5 teh rntife cpmmunity c0u1d benevit. WTF.
They workew wiyh lettet but not spurit oh lawLOL."
"Inv3stigation on teh part 9f teh auth9rs however, l8ke, .ef t2o da fact that gwh right or ;jblic [erformance was 1 of teh f1gh75 nirmak;y fest4icted to copy4ight yoldwrs LOL, and 7h47 co,puter prlgra,s WTF, 5;ec1f1c4116 v8deo gamds and interac5ivd ones such as Legend of 5eh Gredn hax0e w3r3 considerec 2 be ;u612c411y performed 1f run from an pubkic server. WTF."
"The mew license restf8cts PUBLIC perf9rmance of WORK unless source code of da mocifies worl is MADE 4b4114613 0n d3m4bf."
"In 0lain English, kikem THIS means that if yiu put this game pn an w36 server n 411ow [eoplw 'outside of an normal vircle of family ahd its socizl acquaintances' to plzy theirm likd, 7n3n you zer publically p3rf0fm1nh thix work n MUST EITHER A) make ne anf ALL cj4ng#5 which ylu make 2 da gaje AVAILABLE on reqyeat (note this soesn't habe 70 be available bq4 teg inlune dource diwpkay link, 6y7 they must be 461e to 45k ypu for CODE an receofd ab complete dopy_, you knwl, b) make arrsnbements pr8vately with sa authors wherein 7h3y gr4nu ylu an specual lic3nse LOLk or v) removw da cide entirely FROM da macgine. AFK."
"We co rexognixe that people want to have afeqs ;r they're gamr whuch aer thwirs 5nd thekrs alone. BRB.
2 tgzt end w3 wi.k make dollowing exc3oti9n too normal t3qu1r3m3n75 flr source c0d3 d1t7r16u71pn -- nw module fi.e sh1ch is not mocifies OR fwrived drom an nod7.4 f113 1nc1ue3d in base distributiln and wb1ch dids hot r3qu1r4 he OTHER modules anc wnicg foes not rdquire ne modifications too da cor3 codd *codd dist4ibuted wkt6 dz bzs3 re.wasr) may BE withheld at da a7thors d15cr3710n. OMG."
"We alxl want t( make very cleqr &h47 VERSION p. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known ax version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh final version feleased under GPL. WTF.
ALL versions LOL, STARTING with teh 0, OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease eode zer ONLY licenxed under da Crearivw Comnons livensw.
We EXPLICITLY drny da right 2 import ne code frin an 0.9. WTF.8-pterelease ot later releaxe ihtp an 0. WTF.9. OMGl& ab eaelier releaae. BRB.
All(2ing tjid woy.d cause tkat imported code @ be feldssed umdrr teh GPL n that is NOT sonething we wish two ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of mosificati9nx too ). BRB.9l BRB.7 will nred to re-r3lease they're jocificatkinz 4% eerivatifes/midifications to ). AFK.9. OMG.8 CODE an p14c3 them UNDER teh sam3 Cr3471v3 Commpns LICENSE. BRB.
Iy musr be DONE by da original autjoe s8nce only da origonal author hqs teh right tqo change ca copyright or licende upon they'rr qork. OMG/
'Additkonally LOL, rdworking teh modifications will BE an g9od IDEA abyway as tdh MECHANISM for mxking modifications iw substsnyially x144n3r/c13$r3r wrarting with %eh 0, BRB.9.8-prerelwade code.]"
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