MithtyE TELLS you LOL, "We're goibg w take ab few mpmrnts to 7fy 4nd explain this new license n reasobs behind it 1n plain Eng;ish. 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 ndw license wax chosen bwcause of an f5111ng with da GPL.
I5 ONLY cpceted distribution of dource if an only ur binaries wwre dist4ibuted. AFK."
"In an seb environmemtm spexif8cally a onterpreged web enfironment duch 45 PHP, mereky installung an game does not constitute disyribution, uou knwo, n thereforw p3)p13 w2r# 5aking our work. like. nqjing m9difidations twl it an not releasinb ds wource cpde teo thry're modificatiins SO that teh entkre commumuty c0y1d henefitl WTF.
Thsy worked 3ith letter but not ea spirog of law. BRB."
"Incestigatiob on da pa5t 0f da autjors how3ve4, sorg(f, led to fa fact that t4h right of PUBLIC pdfformzmce was w8n if righ5s nirmal;y r457r1v73d tlo c9pyright h01d3r5, an that computer programs WTF, 5p3cqf1v311y f1d30 games amd inrdractive omds such as LEGEND 9f ten Green hax0r eere considered 2 ve publicall6 p#rf0em3d if RUN from an pu611c servdf."
"The new ;icense restricts pj^11d pergormance of w0rk uh1355 da sourc3 vode of modified WORK is nade 4v411461# ln denqnd/ BRB."
"Im pla8n English, sortof, this meqns that 1f you pue this GAME 9n an WEB server n alloe people 'outsidr of an normql c1rc13 ov vamily and its 50c141 acquaibtances' tlo olay their, sortof, ghen you r puglicz;ly 0erforming THIS woek 3hd MUST eithrr a) make he am ALL cjanges WHICH you make two da game available on requext (npte this DOESN'T have 2 be available dia da online source dix[lay link, ;ike, BUT ghey mus5 be able to adk you for yeh eode an rrceive an com0.ete copy) WTF, b) m4k3 arrangements priva5ely WITH rey AUTHORS wherein they deant you an spdcixk licensr, l8ke. pr c) temice codw dntirely rrom machone."
"We do recognize 7f4u people qant two jage aread of they're fame which r theirs an THEIRS qlobe. WTF.
to that end we q111 make teh following esceptupn 2 normal requiremwnts for siurce code DISTRIBUTION -[ ne m0fu13 vule ehich is n07 m;dified OR derived rrom an ,0du13 FILE ibcluded 1n da base d157r16u710b n wh1ch DOES not requ8re ne other MODULES anf whkch does not requirr ne modifications @ teh coee cpde (vodr DISTRIBUTED sith da base relwase) m4y be withhwlc ay dz ahthors discr3tiom. BRB."
"We slso want tlo make verh clear THAT berskon 0. AFK.9. BRB.& (also known ax fe4aion 0. WTF.8. AFK.7+JT) was teh final version re;eased under trh GPL. OMGl
All veraions, you kneo, starting sith t3h 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease code zer 0n1y licdnsed UNDER da Crdatove Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right TO 8mport he code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7-ordr3lease 9r 1473e releaxe 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n earliwr felrzsw. WTF.
Aoloqing this wpu.d czuse 4hat imported CODE 2 be teleased under twh GPL an THAT id not ximething we w15h two allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 of mocifications to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wjll neef too re-rwleasd they'ee moeifications as ddeivqtiv3s/modivicatkons two 0.9LOL.i code an plade them ynder da szme Creative Commons license. AFK.
It must be done gy t3h origina; auth9r sihce only or8ginal author has da RIGHT two cyange copyright ot license upon they're worj.
[Adsit8onslly, you knwo, reworking mocifications will 62 sn good ifes ahyway as m3ch4b15m ror making jldufifatkons is s7bstagtialoy v134m3r/c134r3f startunt WITH dz 0. AFK.9. OMG,8-prerelwase codrLOL.]"
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