MigjtyE tells y9u, sor5ofm "We'rd GOING two take ab few momenta to tf6 am 3xp141n thic new licebwe n sa rrasons vehind it in plain Englisy.
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."
"Tgis new licenae was vyosen BECAUSE of an dailing s17h teh GPL. BRB.
Ig lnly covered distribution of 50itc3 if an only if BINARIES were diqtributec."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, specifucally a interprered qwb dnvir9nment sucy as PHP, me5ely instzlling an gane does not cobsritutr dlstribution, hou kmwo, an therefore people w3re yakinb our wo4k LOL, making modificati9nx 1 it an not RELEASING s9urce c0d3 2 ggey're modifications ai that entire community vould bebrfig. WTF.
Th3y w9rked with .etter but not spirit 9f ea las. BRB."
"Investugation on dx part of autjofs h9wrfer. sortof, led too da fact thzt teh right of publ8c performznce wad oen if da rights normally 4estricted 2 c9pyrign5 HOLDERS, tou knwo, qnz tnat com/jtee pr9gramw LOL, spevifically vid3o grm25 and interactive onrs SUCH as Legend of da G4een hax0r were conxidrred tqo be PUBLICALLY peffoemed iv run fro, an public server."
"The nww licebse restrid%w piblix performance of worl uhless 50urc3 code of teh modif8ed work 15 madr avzulablw on de,andLOL."
"In plzin Englkah, this means 5hag 1f you put thiw game om an web servwr n ALLOW people '.utside of an normal xirvle OF family n its spc8al acquaintandew' top plzy their. soft9f, theb you r pu6!1c411y performing this w0rk am MUST 316h3r 4) MAKE n2 an ALL xhanbes which YOU makw t[o da game avaulabl3 on reques4 (note this doesn[t have to be AVAILABLE via ONLINE wource display linkm likr, but they must BE ABLE two asm yoj FOR code and RECEIVE an compl3te copy), like, b) mske ARRANGEMENTS privately with 5eh 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN they grant you ay 5p3c141 license WTF, pr c) temoce CODE ENTIRELY from tej machime. WTF."
"We do recognixe that peo;lw w5n7 2 h4ve afeax OF they're g4m3 whkch aer yhdirs an 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
two that end w3 w8l. ma,e ds fol.lwing exception 2 da normal requi4emrnts FOR aource code dks5rivution -- he m9dule file ahich is not modidied or deriv3d grom an mosule file included in ca base distribution and which does not requi4e n3 9ther modules n which DOES nor rwquire nc mocificationd top da core vode (v0d3 dixrrubut3d woth nase release) may be w8thheld ay authors dq5cr3710nLOL."
"We akxl want two make ver6 c.eaf that verxion 0. AFK,9. AFK.7 (also ln92n as verskoh 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was ginal version relezsed under teh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, likek stsrting e8th 6eh 0. OMG.9, AFK.8-pr3r313453 dode a3r only licensed uneer teh Creative COMMONS locenw3. AFK/
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gy7 too import ne code ftom an 0. BRB.9. WTF.80prere;ea2# or later reoeasr into an 0.9.7 n earl8er release.
Allowing THIS wouod causd that imoorted code too be released undef GPL n that is not someyhing w3 qish too allowLOL.
Authors OF modidicatuins 5wo 0/9. WTF.7 wi;l NEED two RE-RELEASE thet're MODIFICATIONS as s3r!v471v45/m-d1d1c4710n5 2 0. BRB.o. OMG.8 code n 0lace ghem infer geh szme Crwstive Commons license. OMG/
It must be done by ieiginal author sohce lnly original airho4 has right two change copyrignr OR kidense upon theh're 2ork.
[Additionally, rrworkind da modificat89ns woll BE an GOOD idea ANYWAY 45 teh mechan8sm doe making modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY c;eaner;clearet starting w17h teh p. AFK.9.8-p4d4312453 dowe. WTF.]"
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