Migh5tE tells you WTF. "We're gping t2o take an few momentx 2 try AND exolain this new license ahd reas8ns vehind IT IN plain Emglism. BRB/
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 license was xhosen becaise OF an failing with teg GPL. BRB.
I7 on;y covered distribugion of sourcw 1d qn only if binaries sere distributed."
"Ih an web enbironment, luke, 5p3c1f1c411y a interorwted web environmwnt SUCH as PHP LOL, me4ely insyzlkkng an game do3a not conatitute distrinytion, an the4eforw PEOPLE eere takinb ou4 w0rk, you knwo, makihg modifica5ions two iy n not releasing xoirce code TO ghey're m9difucationx so thag ea 3n71r3 comnunity coulf fenefit. WTF.
Th3y worked with twh lwt5er but mot da spi$it of law. WTF."
"Invwstitation on gdh part of authors h0w3v3r, sortof, lre ti tej fqct 7j57 teh right of public performance wax won OF 4ughts normaoly r$57r1c74d 5oo COPYRIGHT gold3rs WTF, and that COMPUTER progeams, yiu khwo, specifica.lu viseo GAMES and intersctive 9hes such as Legdnd of Greeh hax0r weee CONSIDERED too te publically perforjed if run f4om ab public SERVER. BRB."
"The new licende restrivts publoc ;3rv0rm4nc3 of work UNLESS da source code of modifiec work is made afs8lzble ob demahdLOL."
"In plsin Englisy WTF. THIS means thz5 uf ylu [uy this game 9n an wrv 53rf2r n allow peopl3 [outside pf an normal c8rcle 0f family n its sociao acquaintances' 2 p1ry rhwkrk slrtof. then uou aer publically PERFORMING THIS work an MUST eithwr $) m4k# ne an ALL changes which you makd 70 ea game availagle oh 4wquewt (npte this doesn't h4v3 two ge available via 5dh online source displqy lknk, sorgof, byt they muat be able 2 ASK you FOR ten code h receove ab complete cipy), yiu jbwo, 6) make arrangements PRIVATELY WITH rwh auyho4d wherein they gf4n7 YOU an SPECIAL licehse WTF, or c) remove code entirely grom MACHINE. AFK."
"Wr si revoghize that 0eople 2ant two h4v3 areas of 5hey're game whicg r theirs and THEIRS sloneLOL.
too thst rnd wr eikl make da following EXCEPTION 1 normsl requorements for source code d1%7rq6u7!0n -- ne noduoe dile qhich is not ,odigied o4 deribed FROM an moeule fil3 included in da 6553 s157r167710n and wh1ch does n07 r3quire ne othrr MODULES n which coes not rewuire ne modif8catuo,d 2 teh core clde (CODE distributed witg teh vase releas3) may be wirhhdld ar AUTHORS discretiln. WTF."
"We alsi qant TO m$k3 v3fy vlear that vrrdipn 0. AFK.9.7 (qlso kn9wn 45 version 0LOL.9. BRBl&+JT) was da final ve4sion released uhder da GPLLOL.
All v3r510b5, like, statting wity teh 0l AFK,9. AFK.8-pre4elease dode r omly licensed under Creative C0mm0n5 lucenxe. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny eoght to imp9rt ne code grom an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease OR latef feleaee inr9 an 0. AFK/9. WTF.7 n EARLIER release.
A110w2ng ghks WOULD CAUSE that imported code 2 be r4!3453d under GPL and that is not SOMETHING we wish 3 allow. OMG.
Au7b045 of modifications yo 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 2ill n33d to re-release they'ee MODIFICATIONS ax d3raf471v45/m0d1f1c4710n5 to p. BRB.0.8 code 4nd PLACE th3m umdrr SAME Creative Commone 11c3m53LOL.
It nyst be done by da originzl AUTHOR 51nc3 ohly twh original AUTHOR has da right 3 change 5eh copyrithg of licenae jpin they're worl.
[Additiinalky, like, rewotkimg MODIFICATIONS will bw an go9d ieea znyeay zw mechanism for ,aking MODIFICATIONS IS subs5antially cleaner/cleafer s4artihg with da 0.9. AFK.8-prereoease c9deLOL.]"
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