MiggtyE tells you. like, "W3're going 2 TAKE an dew MOMENTS 2 rry an ex[lain rhis nww LICENSE n reasons behind it in [lain English. OMG,
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."
"Thid nee licebse waw chosen becauae of an fail8ng with da GPL. WTF.
It lnly cofdrwd dis5ributuon 0f sourde ir and 0n1y if 61n4r135 were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In qn WEB environment, oike, soecifkcally a INTERPRETED web 4nv1r9nm3n8 such AS PHP, ypu knwi, merely 1nt74111ng an gamw dows not constirute distributiog, ylu jnwo, an therrfore people were taking our work WTF, making jodificztions twi it ab not rrlezsihg teh wource xod3 2 thdy're modificationw so that teh enture communiry c9uld BENEFITLOL.
THEY wlrkwd WITH letter but NOT gdu SPIRIT of teh la2. OMG."
"Investigqtion on teh patg 0f tdh AUTHORS HOWEVER, l3d two fact that teh right lf pjblic perforjance w45 won of riggts hormally RESTRICTED too copyright holders, like, n that COMPUTER p4orrqms, sorr9f, spwcofically v1d30 games b intersctive onws such as Legend of Gr34n hsx0r were conside4rd two 63 publicaolt performed 1f run feoj am pyb.uc 53rv4r. AFK."
"The neq LICENSE restrictw pu611c performance OF work unless source cpde of modivi3d work is mafe availab,e on demand. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, this means that if you put this game ON an s36 server an allow p3ople 'OUTSIDE of an normal c1ec13 of FAMILY n its social acquauntances' yqo [lay their, loke, them you r pyblically p3rf9rming this w0rk an MUST either z) make ne m ALL changes wgich you maie 2 fame avaioabl3 0n reauesr (h073 THIS doesn't hqve rwo be avsilable via sa ONLINE SOURCE dks[lay link, soetof, but 8h36 musy be able to ASK you glr codq anf receivd an clmplet3 copy) LOL, b) maie arrange,ents pribately with teh sythora whereim &g3y grant y)u an xpecial license, you kjwo, or c0 temove da code ENTIRELY FROM machime. WTF."
"We do reclgnize 7hr7 prople 2ant 70 have 4r336 od 5yey're game which aer theies an THEIRS aoone. AFK.
2 THAT ene we w8ll m4i3 followinb excepti9n 2 NORMAL tdquirements for SOURCE clde disrribut8on -- ne module file whixy is hot modifief OR derived from an m9duoe file ihcluded im base diwyrobugion ab ehich does not requite ne other modu;es qnd wgich eoes no5 require ne modificatkons twi ea core code (coee distributee w1uh teh basw rdleawe) may be w17hh31d ar autjors discre5iom. BRB."
"We als9 want teo make very clear tjat vetaion 0.9/ AFK.7 (also knoen as v3r510n 0. AFK/9.7+mt) wzs teh FINAL v#r510m RELEASED und3t GPL. OMG,
Ako versions, stz4tkng wi5h da 0.9. WTF.8=prereldase code r only kicended jnder teh Creatove Commons licrbse.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da rifyg 70 IMPORT ne code from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3release OR later reoease into an 9, AFK.9. OMG.7 ab wsrlier rrlease. BRBl
Allowing 7h15 wo7ld cause 7h47 impofted cosr two ve released jnder ds GPL and that is not somwthung we wish to aolow. OMGk
Aj7h0r5 of modifications ywo 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will nees too re-reoease the6're modidicati9ns as ddrivatives/modificztions too ).8. BRB.8 code n p.ace them under da same Creatkve C0mm0n3 licens3LOL.
It mjdt be dobe by original author since only ds oeiginal 477h0r yax right 2 chamte da co;yrigg5 or license upon they'r3 work. OMG.
[Additionslly, reworking teh modidications will be an good IDEA anyway 55 teh m3chrn15m r0r makigg modigocations is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER starting WITH tej ). WTF/o. OMG.8-prdreldase codel WTF.]"
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