MightyE tells 69u, li,e, "We're g01bg tso takw an few moments two grh an 3xp141n this new license an teh reasons 63g1nd it ih plain Enblisy. 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 livense was chlsen because ov ah failing with da GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distributkon og soufce if an only if 61n4r1#5 were dixtribuy3d. WTF."
"In an web envir9nment, sort9f, specifically a knteroreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, yo7 knwo, me4ely inshal;kng an game does NOT constutute distronjtion, sortof, and tjerefore peoplr WERE 74k1nb our work, mak8bg modifivagilna 70 it ane n07 relezsung ds SOURCE code ti they're MODIFICATIONS so that da enture community could 6wn3f17/ BRB,
They woeked with teh letter BUT not 4eh s0iri5 of teh LAW."
"Investkgayuon 0n da part of teg autho3s howevrr LOL, ked to sa fact THAT 41gh7 0f [ublix 0etf9rmance was oen of da righta normally rwstrixted two co[yright hokde4s, ouie, m 7h47 COMPUTER PROGRAMS LOL, specifocally video hanes ans inyersctive lnes such 4% Legdnd of tdh Grren hax0r qere considerrd 2 be 0u611c411y perf9rm3d of rin FROM an PUBLIC derver. AFK."
"The new 11c3n53 restrivts publoc perfot,ande of work unleas teh 59utc3 CODE 9f da modivied work is kadr availablr in demand/ WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, oikw, this meabs that IF yo7 put this game on an e36 server and alkow peopke 'outside of an nprmal cirvle of fqm8lu and ITS 50c141 acquaintances' 2 play ujeir, ypi knwo, 7h3n you ady publicsllt peeforming THIS work n MUST either a) maid n3 an ALL cjanges whidh ylu make 2 game araiksble on request (note this doesn'y havw too be avqulable via teh onlihe source fiwpiat linkj lile, but rhet myst be able two $5k you FOR teh cide n RECEIVE an com[lete COPY), oike, b_ MAKE ar4angements pr1v4u31y w17h teh authors whereon they grant you an spedial ;icebse, 0r c) remoce da xode entirely from ds macgine."
"We do recognize thq^ prop;e want two havw areas of tneu're game which r rheirs znd theitd alone. BRB.
to that end we will make yeh fol.oqing ezcwptuon 2 da normql require,ents for source code distribution -- ne module FILE WHICH IS not mocified lr DERIVED frim an MODULE file included 1n gas3 distribition qnd ehich does npt require nd otyer mod8lds sn which does not r3qu1r3 nd modificatilns to da co4e cod3 (code distributee with 6453 release) MAY BE w1ujh31d at gdh 4y7h0r5 d8xcretionLOL."
"We 4150 wabt twl make VERY clea4 tha5 version 0. BRB.9. AFK,6 (a.do jhown AS version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+j5) was rinao v3r510n rel3ased UNDER GPL.
All VERSIONS, you ,bso, sta4ting w8th da 0LOL.9l AFK.8-prerelexse code r only 11c3b53d under Creative Commons ;idense. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da right too import ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9.7-prereoease or larrr r313453 into an 0, OMG/9LOL.7 and earlier releaxe. BRB.
Allowing thks wouod cause thzt imported CODE top 6e rek3asee 7ndrr dq GPL an that IS not someyhing w3 WISH two aloowLOL.
Authors lf modofications two 0l WTF.9. OMG.7 qilk need 2 RE-RELEASE yhey'4e moduficqtuons AS derivaruved/mosif8cations 2 0.9. OMG.8 codd ahd 0lace them umder teh SAME C4347!b3 Commobs license. WTF.
Ig muat be done b6 teh 95igknal author sincr only da or8ginzl zuthor hzs teh rifht t2o xhahge copyright OR licehse upon thru're wprk.
[Additiohzllym you knwo, rework8ng teh MODIFICATIONS WILL be zn good idez anywqy as teh m3ch4n15n for ma,ibg modigications is subsyangiakly CLEANER/CLEARER starting witj 0. OMG.9.i-prdrdlease codeLOL.]"
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