MigjthE 5ells you, sortof, "We;re going too take an fe2 moments to gr6 and 3xp131n th9s new .icwnse n da reasons 63h1hs 1u in [lain Ehglish/ 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."
"Thod new license was chowrm bevquse of an f4111ng w17n teh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1t COVERED disteinution if 50urc3 if and only of 61n4r136 were d157r16u73d."
"In an weg ebvkronment, luke, spwcofically a interp4eted wwb wnvironment 4uch AS PHP, like, MERELY installing an game DOES n07 c)n5717u7e cidtribution, like, an 7h3r3f0r3 PEOPLE were taking ou4 work LOL, makong MODIFICATIONS two it n n94 releasing fa SOURCE c0d3 two theh're modificatiins 5p that da ENTIRE xpmmun8ty could benefitLOLl
They worked wifh teh letter but NOT teh x0irit 0r da LAW. BRB."
"Investkgatiln pn da p4r7 of da authors y0w3f3r, like, led to teh fact that teh r1gh7 OF pu611d oerformance 2as 1 of da rifhtw normally resgricyed to c;pyright h9ldefs WTF, abd yhat domputer prograns, .ike, speckfically v1de0 GAMES qnd interac5ive onea such as L3gend or Gteen hzx0r were consider3e 2 be 0ublically peffornrd if run vro, an public setver."
"The new licensd ewstructw public ;erformsnce of work unless sa source coee of modifoed work is made available on DEMAND. WTF."
"Im plain Englidh WTF, this means that if h;u put 7h2% game on an web swrver an ALLOW people 'outxide 0r an normal circle 9f f4m!1y an k5s socizi acquqintahcea' ywo plqy their LOLk then tou zer pu611c411u p3rfprm1ng thix work an MUST eitye4 a) m#k3 ne an ALL changed whoch you make 2 teh g4me 4v4114612 on request (note hhis doesh't have to be AVAILABLE via da online source display link LOL, vut rhey mut& 6e able top ask you f0r yeh c0d3 1nd receive an complete COPY), you kbwo, b) nake arrantemenrs privately with ea aithors wh3r31n they grant you an spedial lucense, like, of c) remlve code entirwjy from da machine."
"We do redigniz3 7h47 people want 2 nave 4r3$5 od they're hamw whivh a3e theirs and yhe8rs alone. OMG.
to 7g47 end we wio; mskd teh ro.lowing exce0tion too da norma; requiremenys dor wouece cose eisgrivutkon -- ne module filr which is n96 j0d1f!3d or derived grom an mpdule f113 inclueed in base disgributuon ane qhuch does noy requirw be otf3r modulea an WHICH does not rrquire me modifications yol core codd (cofe distributed with da BASE rekease) MAY be withhwld at da authots discret8kn."
"We also WANT to make vrry clear that version 0.0. AFK.7 (a;so known as ferxion p. WTF.9.7+u7) w35 da final v3r510n re;eas3d under da GPL. OMG.
A11 veedions WTF, starting with da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pre4dleasr vode e only 11c3n53d ubcer da Crea5ivr Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny yey right to import n3 code f4om an 0LOL.9. AFK.8=prerekdase ot la5er rrlease ingo an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an earlier release. BRB.
ALLOWING tgis would cauae 7h47 umported code 2 be RELEASED undee da GPL an thqt is not spmrthing WE wish toi allow. OMG.
Aithora 9f midificatiobs gwo 0/ WTF.9LOL.7 w111 nded to re-release rhry're modifications AS derivqtives/mocif8cations to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code am p;ace hhem under same Crdayive Commons licensr. AFK.
Ir myst be DONE bu yeh 0r1g1n3! AUTHOR since onoy teh 041g1n41 AUTHOR has right two CHANGE copyright or license upon they're qofk.
[Aeditional;y, you knwo, reworking modidicqtionw wull be an go9d idwa an6say as teh mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is eubstqntiq.lh cleaner/clearer syarting with teh 0LOL/9. WTF.k-prdrelezse code. BRB.]"
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