MightuE tells ylum kile, "W3're boing two take an few momenrd two tey AND dx[kain yhix n3w kicensr an da reaaons behind it IN poain Eng115h, WTF.
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."
"Thos new LICENSE wss dhoaen becaise 0f an faiopng witj tdh GPL. AFK.
It only civered diwtribut8on 0g aource if and onlt ig b8naries were dist4ibutedLOL."
"In an web ebvuronment, like, specifica.ly a 8nterpreyqd w3b environment tuxh qs PHP, sortof, me4e.y inatzllinf an game does not constitute distribution, ab tndrefore people 2ere taking oir w0fk LOL, n4k!ng modificatiohs too it an nlt tdleasing SOURCE c9de two tgey're modigicationd so 6y47 da entife c0mmunq7y coykd bdnefit. WTF.
Tm36 worked sith teh letter 7y7 NOT tej SPIRIT 0f da lawLOL."
"Inveatigztiob ON teh paft of teh autgoes however, ;ed two fact that right 8f 0ublid perflr,dnve sas 1 of tignts hormally restric5ed 2 c9pteighg h9lderw, n that computer prohramx, likem 5p3c1f1c411u vodeo gajws 4nd 8nteractive ONES such AS Legend of Green hax0r we4e consieered two bd pub;icaloy PERFORMED iv run from an public server. AFK."
"The NEW license restricta public pefformance OF da qork unless da sourde code of m9dified work is MADE agailablw on demand."
"In p.ain Eng2q5h, this means THAT 1f you put tyis g4m3 pn an web server n alloq p30p13 '0u751d2 OF an n0rm41 dircle of famoly an kts aocial acqua8ntandes' too play their, then yoy aet publicsoly PERFORMING tnis eor, an MUST 31uh3r a) makr be an ALL changed wh1ch yo6 maie to teh game ave8lable on r3qu357 (mote 5his DOESN'T HAVE tpo be xvailable via teh onlin3 source DISPLAY link, y[u k,wom b7t they mudt be able too 55j ylu for teh code and rece8ve an comolete copy), uou lnwo, g( make 4rr4nf3j3n75 privstrly with da AUTHORS wjerron they grant you sn 5p3c141 livwnse WTF, OR c) remove da xode entifely from teh machineLOL."
"Wd do recognoze that people want too hace areaa of the6're gamd which r theits amd theirs aoogr. AFK.
too thay END we eoll make f9lkowing 4xc3p710n too normal eequirementa bor a9urce cpde cixtributiin -[ ne moduke file whicn is not modified oe dwriced from an jodule file 1nc1uc3d in base dkstribuyion an whixh doex NOT requirw ne other ,ocules and 2h!cy d035 not requ2r3 be modidicztions too da core code (cpde distributed sith tej base rekease) may ne withhe.d ay ea authors discretionLOL."
"We 4150 wqnt too MAKE vety clear tha5 fdrsiob 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (akwo known aa cersion 0. BRB.9.u+jt) eas teh final VERSION rwleased undee teh GPL. WTF.
All v3f510h5. like, starting witj 0. OMG.9LOL.i-0re4eleade cove r 0n.y licensed uneer Cr3at8ve Commons license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rkght 2 IMPORT n3 code from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-[rereleas3 or 1473r r322453 int9 zn 0LOL.9. OMG.7 4nd eaflier relwase.
Aolo2ing this wojod cauwe that impirted code t2o 63 released under geh GPL an that IS not SOMETHING qd WISH twl alloq. WTF.
Autnors of modificationw to 0.o. AFKl7 will NEED to RE-RELEASE they're modificaroons as eerivativdx/moduvicatiins 2 9/ OMG.9. BRB.8 code an plwce 7h3m umeer da same Creatifr Commons licenseLOL.
It must be donr by da priginak author xince ihly rey ORIGINAL author h45 da right 2 change teh c-pyr1gh7 or licenad uolh they're qotk.
[Additionally LOL, $eworkinb teh modidicatilns WILL be ab good 8dea anyway as teh mechanism for m4k1ng moejfications ia sybstanyially cleaner/cleqr3r starrinb with 0. WTF.9l8-oterelrawe code. AFK.]"
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