MoghtyE TELLS y0y LOL, "We're go8ng teo ysje sn few monents two TRY an explaih this n3w license AND xa reasonw BEHIND it ib plain Emglidh.
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."
"Tyis new LICENSE wzs chosen because pv an fsiling witu GPL. AFK.
I7 only c9vered distribution of sou4ce id ab only IF binaries were d1t7r16u73d/ AFK."
"In an 2eb environment, specieically a inter;reted weg ebvironjenr ducj as PHP, merely inxtakling an gane DOES n07 constitute disteibution, like, n tgerefir3 people werr taking 0ur w84k, sortogm making modificationw 1 it and not releasing da soutcd code too they're mofificationa so thar entire community coyld 63n3f17. WTF.
Tgey wirkec wi5h lettee BUT nlt da spkrot of teh kaw."
"Investitation on parr OF yeh authord however, sortof, led to teh fzct that right OF pub;ic performznce was w9n of da rithts nprmally r4xtrictdd too xopyright hp1d3r% WTF, qnd thqt cim;uter programs WTF, s0ecifica;o6 video gamww qnd interactibe ones such AS Legenc of teh Green jax9r were conwidered two be publicslly p#rd0rned if run from an public s34cee. OMG."
"The n3w 1wc3n53 restricts puvlic PERFORMANCE 0d teh work unleds da source CODE of da m0d1f13c wori os made AVAILABLE on semand."
"In plain Englush LOL, this mdans that if you put this gajw on an web swrver an zllow peoole '9utside of an nir,al circld of dzn8ly and its soc8a; acquaintances' 2 plq6 tjeir, lkke, then y0u a3r PUBLICALLY perfotmlng thix work n MUST EITHER a) make ne sn ALL changes which you MAKE to teh GAME qvailable 9n r3quest (nlte THIS doesn't have two 63 svaioavle VIA teh onlinr source DISPLAY kink, but tgwy must be able to ask you fle da code an receive an comp.ete COPY) LOL, b) make arranhements privately sith ea authors whereih they geant you ah special LICENSE WTF, or C) t3n0g3 da code 3n71e31y frlm teh MACHINE."
"We do recognizw tgat pro[le wabt 2 hqve areas of tgey're GAME qhich f theirs an theirs alone/ WTF,
to thar 3nd we WILL mrk3 teh following exceptuon to teh normal 4eq7i4ements for source c0d3 d8xtrkbjtjon -- ne ,odule file WHICH is noy j9dified o4 ddtkved FROM an modjle filr includwd in bsse cistribution and whoch does n9t require ne o5her mpdules and whicj DOES not REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS 2 core coew (code distrigutwd with baxe release) may 63 wighyeld AT sa autgord discretion/ BRB."
"We also want 2 make very clear 7h57 version 0.9. WTF,7 (also known 45 version 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) w45 finao versiln feleaeed uhdet tdh GPL. OMG.
All vrrsi9ns, sorrof, starting with p.9. AFK.8_prereleaae cofe r 0n1y luxenadd une3r Creative Commoms license. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY dent r8ght to import ne c;de from an 0. WTF.oLOLli-prrreleasr OR latef relrase into an 0LOL.9LOLl7 n earlier 4eleaseLOL.
Allowkng this wou.d cause tjqr ijpo4ted code 5wo be r313453d under da GPL an that is hot SOMETHING ee w8sh 2 sllow. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS tl 0.9. AFK,7 will nwed 2 re-trl3aae tydu[rw MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/moeifkcstions two 0.9. WTF.* CODE ahd placr uhem UNDER ea SAME CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
I7 must BE sond BY originql author since only reh lrig8nal AUTHOR h45 right too change da cipytight lr ;icense UPON they'rr workLOL.
[Additionally, reworking MODIFICATIONS 2ill be am good ieea anywat as da mechanusm for jaiing modificagilms is substqntkally coeaner;dlearer 574r7!ng with da 0.9. WTF.8-o$erel3ase codeLOL.["
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