MighgyE 73115 6ou, "We're going twp take an fdw momeb5s to try n explain thus new licenae n ten REASONS behind IT im plain Engliahl AFK.
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 nrw .icense was chosen beca7xe of an f4q11ng with da GPL. AFK.
It only cpveted distribution of source if ab only 8f BINARIES were DISTRIBUTEDl"
"In sb wdb envieonm3nt, you knwo, specirically a inye4preted web enbironmehr 5uch as PHP, sortlf, mereoy 1n574111ng an game d0#5 not constitute disgruburiin, sortof, an THEREFORE people were takinh our wo4k LOL, ma,obg modifications too ig and not releasihg teh woutce cide twp theu're modif8cari9ns so that en71r2 c0mm7y17y coule bdnefit. BRB/
They sorked w8th teg letter but not da wpirit lf LAW,"
"Investigztion on ten pqrt OF tej au5hlrs howev3r, 13d 2 5ey fact ghat rig6t 9f pu611c ;3rv04m4nc3 waw 1 OF t3h rights normally resgricted too COPYRIGHT holderc, and that computer programs, you jnwo, wpecifically video ganes n interactice 0n35 sych as LEGEND od teh GREEN jax9r WERE donsidered tl b3 pjbkicsl.y performed iv rin frpm am pubiic server. WTF."
"Tye new licensr rdstticts public p3tf0rm4hc3 of ydh wofk unlesa da soyrce codd of modigied wofk os made AVAILABLE ob demand/"
"In ;la8n Englysh. you knwo, thia MEANS that if you put this GAME 0m an web aerver and allow p30p13 'outsid3 ov an n9rnak CIRCLE of familu and its social acqiaintanxes; 2 plau thwirk like, then you zer publicallt PERFORMING 8y15 w.rk n MUST eitner a) ja,e n3 AND ALL changes WHICH yoi make t2o teh g4m3 availablr 9n req7est (note this doesn't hsbe yo be AVAILABLE viq online source sisplay link, buy yjey must be an;e two ask you for da CODE an receivr an completr copy), b) make srrangemen5s orivately 2uth authors whereib they brant uou an special licenwe, like, or c) remove trh codw ehtu5ely groj t3h m4dn1n3/ AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1ze bhat p3ople wanr twp hafe ar3as OF rhwy're game whkxh r theors an theirs alone. AFK.
to rjat end ed will MAKE following wxception 2 da n9rmal r3qu1e3m3n75 dor source code d7stribu5ion -[ nq nidule fike which 15 nit m0dqf13e or der8ved from an MODULE file inc;uded in base disyributuon n qhich does not REQUIRE ne othde modu.es and which does not eequire n3 nodirications 2 da cir3 code (vpdw distrib7ted with da BASE r313453) may n3 eithheld at teh authors d15cr3719n. WTF."
"We also want too m4k3 vrry clezr tyat vetsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 *also kn0wn as veraion 0. AFK.o. BRB.7+jt) was da final versuon 4eleawdc jnder ca GPL. OMG.
A;l verskons LOL, syarting with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK/8-preeelease CODE f only licensed undet da Creative Commond licrnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY twh right 70 im-ort m3 cod3 from ab -. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease or lat3r release into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlier 4#13453LOL.
A.losint this woulc cause thzt i,ported code 2 bs relwawed uhder da GPL an thar is nit somethung w3 w15h to 4120w. AFK.
A8thorx 0f MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9LOLl7 w111 n33d tl RE-RELEASE theh'ee ,odifications as de4ivatices/modirications 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.* c0d3 n place tyem unde4 da same Crwayive Clmmons licenseLOL,
Ig muxt 63 done by teh origina. author since onlh 5ey original AUTHOR nzs right goo CHANGE da c0pyrqth7 ie licensr upon they're WORK.
[Acditionzlly LOL, r4w0rj1ng da ,odificztiomw will be an good idea anyws5 as teh mechanism foe m4k1ng m0sqf1c4719h5 is substabtially cleqner/clrqrer starting with da -. WTF.9. WTF.8-prrrelease code. BRB.="
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