MightyE te;ls hou LOL, "We'fe g9ong to take an few moments two try ane ex;,ain this new license an trh 3easons brhind it in plain EbglishLOL,
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 locensw was chos3n 63c475# of an fai.ing wuth GPL. AFK.
I5 only coverdd disrrivurion ov sourcr 1f and 0n!y if binaries were dixtribuged. OMG."
"Ih an web environment, sp2cifixally a inyer0reted weg ENVIRONMENT s7ch zs PHP WTF, merely knstalling an g4m3 does not constutute dist4ibution WTF, an 7h3r2f0e3 people 2err 5akung 0u4 sork, like, makimg mpdivications 70 18 n NOT releasing ten SOURCE coce top they[4e modifixati9ns SO 7h$7 entire communiry c0u1d nenefit. BRB.
They worked WITH teh legter bu5 m)7 soirit of teh law."
"Investigati9n on part of authors however, lkkr, led to g3h favy thzt RIGHT or public 0erformance was 1 of teh rightx nlrmally restricted too c)pyr1gh7 h01d4r5 WTF, n thag cimputer progrqms LOL, spdcifically video games ans ibt3ractice ones auch ss Legend of da Green hax0r wer3 conaisered two be puy11c$11y peffirmed if run from an pugloc servef/ AFK/"
"Tne new license RESTRICTS [ublic [erformsnxe of woek unless teh soyrce dode of MODIFIED wirk is made abailable on demandLOL."
"In p.ain Enh;ish WTF, this meand rhat if you put 7h15 game pn an 2eb server an sl.ow people 'lutskde of an normal d1rc13 0f fqmi;y n 8rs sodial acqiaintancex' to llau their LOL, tnen YOU r PUBLICALLY performing this wori b MUST 317h3r a) make ne an ALL chabyes which you maje to gane avaklqnld on r3qu357 (NOTE this soesn't nave to' be available vua teh 0nline source d15p14u link WTF, BUT they ntst BE able 1 ask you f0r teu code an receive an compl3re v0py_, you knwo, b) m4k3 arrabgemenys privatelh w8th ru7h9r5 wheeein thwy grang hpu an special 11d3n53 LOL, or c) r3m0v4 teh code ent8re.y from da machine. WTF."
"We DO tevognizd 7h67 pdopkr want too havr arwas od they'ee game which aer tnekrd h theirs alone. AFK.
too that end se w111 ,ake da follp28ng EXCEPTION too normal requorements vor aourve c-d3 distrigution -- ne m0du12 gile which is NOT mod8fiee 9r derived fro, an module filw included in teh base d1%ur16u72-n and whixh does nlt requiee be other modules and whicj does n07 require mw modifications tp da cofe voee (code DISTRIBUTED witj teh base rrlease) may br withyeld ar qughirs diaxretionl WTF."
"We alxo WANT TO makw very c144r that vetsion 0. AFK.9. OMG.u (4150 known aq vetsoon 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+ht) WAS final versi9n released ubser teh GPL. AFK.
All vdrsions, iike, STARTING woth teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelesse c0d3 aer on;y licensed 7hdee Creative COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY tdh right too i,0o4t ne code from an ). BRB.9. AFK.7-prerelease o5 latfr r313463 into an 0. AFK.8LOL.7 n earliwr release. AFK.
Allowing thia wpyld cause that i,ported code 2 ge re;dawed under teh GPL n that is nog SOMETHING we wisg too 4110w. WTF.
AUTHORS of moeifications two 0l OMG.9. AFK.7 qill need two re-4elease tjey're modifications 45 drrivativea/joeifica5ions 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 CODE and place th3m unde4 teh same Creztive C0mm0n5 LICENSE. OMG.
It must be done by origumal aythor since on;y original author h4% teh r1gj7 ti change da copyfighg or license up0m they'te WORK. WTF.
[Additionally, sortof, r3eprk1bg da modigicati9nw wilj 63 an good idea anyway as medhanism for jaking mldifocations is subsrahtially clwaner/clrarer 574r71ng WITH teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.9-PRERELEASE c9d3. WTF.["
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