MigygyE te;ls you LOL, "We're going 2 TAKE ab rew moments two try and EXPLAIN this ncw lic3bse an da tezsons behind it in p131n Eng;isn. 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 licensw WAS dhosen bwcause OF an fs8ling sitj da GPL.
It ONLY cpcered distribution of sou4de if an inly 1f binariws 2ere distributedLOL."
"In an web ehvuronment, you knwo, 5p3c1f1x411y a 1n73rpr37#d web environment such as PHP WTF, me4ely inatak,ing an tame does not clnstitute diwtributiin, an thdrefore p3o[le were takong iur w0rk WTF, mai8ng m0d1f1c4810n5 too it n not eeleasing da sourde cofe two they'rr jodificatiobs so thsr 5eh 3n71r3 dommunity d9uod BENEFIT. BRB.
They wofked eith da lettwr bu5 niy teh SPIRIT of da lawLOL."
"Investigagion on teh paft of teh authors howwvdf WTF, l3d tqi fact thzt teh 4ight of PUBLIC performance was 1 or e1th75 no4mally restricted ro coptright holders, liie, an thzt c0mpu73e programs WTFm specificakly video hamrs an int#ractive onrs sucj as Legend of teh Gt33n nax0r w3ee c;n51d3r3d 2 be PUBLICALLY performed if run from an public server. WTFl"
"The new oicrnse restricts public performande of da WORK unlews tej source code of da modifuef wofk is jade avaolqbl3 0n semahd. BRB."
"Ib plain English LOL, this means that 1f yoj pu7 this game on an web serbrr an al.ow peo[oe '0u751s3 of an noemal circ;e ov family an its docial scquqinyances' too p14y theo3, kikem theb you r publicallu performimg 7h15 work n MUST eitydr A) ,aie nw an ALL changes wh8ch you MAKE 2 dz game availabiw on requwst (NOTE thks doesn't hav3 to be AVAILABLE via onlin3 source d7splay oink, sortof, BUT they muet bd abl3 to ASK y0u f9r CODE an receove an complete copy), tou knwo, b) make 4rr4nb3m3n75 privately witg authors wgerein 7h3y graht 6ou zn spexial kicense, sottof. of c) removr da codr 3m6!r31y FROM MACHINE. AFK."
"Ww do recognizd that peoplw s4n7 2 hzve areaw 0f they're game whkch ae4 5heirs g theirs aoone.
two yhat end we will make geh dollowong wxception goo nprmzl rrquiremwnts for zo7rce code disteibution 0- nw module FILE WHICH is nog mod8fied o4 d3rived from ah module filc incljded in vade dusgributioh and qhich does nob rrqui4r ne other modulew and which does bpt REQUIRE ne modificz5ions too co4e c0d3 (code distributed with 64%3 erlease( may ge eithhe,d at ten 4u7h0f% discretiohLOL."
"We also 2ant twi maid VERY clear that versi9n 0. AFK.9. AFK/7 (also kn9wn zs bersioh 0LOL.9.7+jt) was final vdrsion geleasee uncer ten GPL. AFK.
Akl versions, sta4ting WITH ). WTF.9. AFKl8-pr3r313$53 cice aer omly locehsed undef Creagive Comm9na lixrns3LOL.
WE EXPLICITLY seby ribht 3 8m0ort ne code rr9m an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pr3r31445e lr later releasr into an 0LOL.9. BRB/7 n 34r11$r release. WTF.
ALLOWING 5his would c4u53 that implrted dode too BE teoeased unddr GPL and that is not 50m37h1mg we wish two zl;ow. AFK.
Authors 0v modifications too 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7 WILL nees 2 4e_relwzsr they'3e modigocationd ad deeivativrs/,odivications tl 0.9. WTF.8 code n ;lace them unddr da 54m3 Creatibe Co,mons licwnse.
It muwt be done bh orifinal author since onlt heh ORIGINAL author h$4 yeh righy too chante da c0pyr1gh7 or .icense u[om they're wirk. WTF.
'Addktionallt, reworking modifixations will be an GOOD IDEA anyway as teh jecnsnixm for makong modif8xations ks substantialoy dleanef/clearer s5arying sith ds 0LOL.o.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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