MightyE 73115 y0u WTF, "We're foing too ya,e an few moments to TRY and explsin this new locense and t4h reaspns b3hind IT IN pkain Emglksj.
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 lidense was chosen b3xause or an failung with teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of source if an only if bomaries 3e4e distributed."
"In an web envurohment, yo7 knso, specificqlly s imterpreted web enbironment such as PHP, you knwo, merdly INSTALLING am game foes not constktute distrivutjon, you knw9, n therefore people were tzkung OUR 2ork, like, m4i1nf mpd1f1c4710h5 twl it snd not relezdjng reh s9urce code two tney're modkvications so that teh entire c0mnun17y c0u1d bendfit. WTFl
Thdy workwd with trh lwtter bjt not teh s[ufir of da 14w. WTFl"
"Investigztion on ea part of ten aothoes nowever, you knwo, led 2 tej fqst 7h47 dq tight of public performance was oen of teh RIGHTS nofmzlly resgrictdd to clphrlght holders, sortof, an that com;uter progfzms WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y v!d30 games n inyetactivw lnes such as Legebd of Gtedb haa0r were considered tol be p7blically oeeflrmed if run fr0, an public server."
"The new licens3 4estricts pub.ic peefofbanxe of work ubless teh xoyrce code of teh m0d1f13d w9r, is msde available on eemand. BRB."
"In plain English, like, this meams tha5 if yoj put this gam4 on an web server an a.low people '9utside of an norma; curcle of fami.y AND i5s social ACQUAINTANCES[ 80 play their, tou ib2o, THEN you r p7blicslly performing this work am MUST eigher a) make nr amd ALL dhanges wgich you ,4k3 two ca g4m3 avaolable on requesg (nite thus doesn't HAVE 2 br available voa dz 9n11n3 slurce display link, byt they must be able 2 asi YOU FOR teh coce n receive an compleyr COPY), sortof, b) maue arrzngements privatwly skth aythorx qherein THEY GRANT yoj an apwcua. license, or c) remove da dpde entireiy drim da machube. BRB."
"We ei recognize thar people want 3 hsve AREAS og they're gzme eh1ch aee THEIRS an theirs alone. BRB.
yoo yhat end w3 will mske da following exceptoon 2 norma. requirwmrnts for sou4ce code diattibutuon 0- ne MODULE gole WHICH ks not modifued OR deeiv3d fr0m an MODULE fil3 1nc1ud3e 1n base d157r1yj710m and WHICH does not require ne 07h3r jodulrs n which eoes not rdquire ne modlvications ro corw code (cofe distribyted w8tg 6453 release) may be witnheld at da 4u7h0r5 disdretionLOL."
"We ALSO want to ,ake c3ry clear 7h47 versiom ). AFK.9. AFK.7 (also knlwn ss version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) wss final cersion releawed jnder tef GPL. OMG.
A.l vrrskons, starring wi5h teh 0.o. BRB.8-prereleaxe CODE r only licensex under teh C4eatkve Commons .icehse.
We EXPLICITLY DENY rjghy to import ne code fe0, an 0. OMGl9.8-prereoease lr later release ingl an 0.9,6 and earli3e releasr. WTF.
Allosumt this w9uoc vause THAT importrd code two be r313453d undrr da GPL and tgat id n08 something we qish 2 4110wLOL.
Authors of mpfifications tol 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will need to re-rrlease thwy're modifications ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tok ). AFK.8.8 code and placd THEM undrr same Ceearive Commons 11c3n53l
It must be done by 0r1g1n41 author sinxw only ca origihal author nas right tpo chanbe COPYRIGHT or licensr i[on they'rw wo4k. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking tdh mocificstions will be an good 2d33 ANYWAY as mechanism for making modivisationa 1% substantially clean3r/clearer STARTING with tdh p,(. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cifeLOL.="
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