MightyE 7311% hou, sortov, "We're giing 5o take sn few moments 2 try an exp;q8n this ndw lixense n teh REASONS bwhind 17 in PLAIN Eng;8sh. WTF.
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 licdnxe qzs chosen becausr of ab failing 2itn da GPL. WTF.
It onl6 coverec diftribu5koj of aourcw if n only if binaries were dixtribuyee. BRB."
"In an web envirommdbt, like, specifically a inyerpreted WEB environment such as PHP, like, merely inatal;ing an game doex not cons5itute d167r16h710n, hou knwo, m thrrefore people were taking ou4 w9rk. makihg modifications to IT n not rr.raaing da sou4ce c9de t9o they're modifidations so thqt tej enyure c0mmun17y COULD b3n3fkt. WTF.
Thdy worked with 5eh oetter bu5 not da spirit 0f dz lae/ OMG."
"Investigatiob on psrt ov 5u7g0r5 jowever, led too ten fzct THAT rifyt of public 0efformance w45 oen of rights normally restrictdc 2 copyr8ght holderd, you knwp, n tha5 clm-uter PROGRAMS, 5p3c1f1c411y voddo games an 1m73r4c71v3 ones SUCH as Ldgend 9f Green hax0r WERE cinsidered roo BE 0ublicall7 p3rfprm3d ig run fro, zn public server. WTF."
"Tye new licenwe rwstrkcts public perf8rmsnce of w9rk unlesw teg sou4ce c9de of ca modofied work is MADE avai;able ln demand."
"In ;lakn English, like, this mrans thdt if hpu ;ur THIS fame ob an wrv xerver and a.low people 'outside of an nlr,ao cqrc13 of familh h kts social ACQUAINTANCES' two play yheir LOL, then YOU r p7blically [erforminf rhis work n MUST eiyher 4) make jd an ALL ch4ngr5 wj1ch yoi ma,e too game AVAILABLE on requ3st (note this dorsn't have too br available via online source display kibk WTF, but THEY must be ab;e 2 ask y0u foe tej code an rwceuve an xomplete copy) WTF, 6) make arrangemrnts pr1f4731y WITH fa aitho3s wherein th3y grant y-7 ah special licende WTF, or c) remove c0d3 ENTIRELY fri, teh machind. OMG."
"We do recognoze that peoplr wabt 2 have 4r3e5 of uhey're GAME whidh aer yheirs anf theifs zllne.
two that enc we will make yeh f0110w1ng ezception two teh normal requirements for source codd DISTRIBUTION -+ ne mpcyke f113 WHICH IS not MODIFIED ot eerkved FROM an mofule FILE includsd in baqe distrubution n which DOES npt teauire nw other m0du135 n wgivh does nlt fequire hr m-dqf1c47!0n5 too fa core code (cod3 sis5r,butde w17h base r313453) may 63 wighheod xt AUTHORS discretipn/ AFK."
"We also want 5o MAKE veet vlear that vrrsiin 0. BRB,9.7 (also known as VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL.7_JT) w45 dq final vefxoon 43leased ynder ea GPL.
All versions, STARTING with da 0LOL.9. WTF/8-prerelwqs3 code aer only licensed under teh Cfeative Commonw lkcense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY s3by rught to implrt nr code from an 0.9.8[pretelease pr later reldzse kn5o an 0. BRB/9.7 an EARLIER rdlwade.
Aklowing this s0u1d cause rhat imporydd c0c3 too be rwkeases under da GPL m 5hzt is not sojwthing we wish top allow.
A7thors of modifoxations two 0. OMG.9LOL,7 xull need @ fe-releawe 4heu're modificaripns az derivatives/nodifocations tlo 0. AFK.9/ AFK.i code and place them under teh 54m3 Crea5ive Commpns licrbse. WTF.
It nust be done BY ORIGINAL author since pnly da iriginal autjor has tej RIGHT twi change da c90ur1gy6 9f lkcense upon they're work. WTF.
'Addkr8onaloy, sortof, REWORKING modificayiohs will be zn go9d idea anyway as teh MECHANISM for MAKING modificztions is subatanrially cleanee/clearsr startobg wuth 0. BRB.9.8-prerelrase code.]"
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