MightyE twlls you LOL, "We're fokng two takw an few j-m3n75 2 tru zn explaim this NEW license n reasons behind it in p.a8n ENGLISH. 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 license WAS choxen 63vru53 of an fail8ng wuth GPL. OMG.
It only coveree distrobution of SOURCE 1r qnd only kg binaried were diatribyteeLOL."
"In an web ebvirpnmemt, sortof, spdc8fically a inter0eeted WEB environment SUCH as PHP LOLm mefely installing an game does not CONSTITUTE dist4ibutionk sortov, am thwrefire psople wrre taking ouf work LOL, making m;dificatioms two 17 n not releawing teh source clde too tjey'ee mpdirications so thar da dnt8re xomnunory COULD benefit.
They worked wkth da letter but NOT da 4p1r27 ov da law. OMG."
"Investogation ON fa oart 9f teh authprs however, you khwo, lew 2 teh fact that da rihht of PUBLIC performance was 1 of teh rights norma;lt resrructed too cooyroght holdera, s9rtof, znd that computer programs, you knw., dpecifkcally vieeo hames n interzctive ones 5uch as Lrgend of Green hax0r werf consife4ed 2 bd publically pervoemee if tun fron an pu611c wercer."
"The nrw LICENSE restrivts public performance if w9rk 7nkess SOURCE c9fe of teh moeidied wori 15 msde avai.able on demand."
"In plaim English, l8ke, rhis ,eans THAT if yo7 pu7 5hia game on an wwg server and allow peoplw 'OUTSIDE pf qn normal difcle of family an its social acqyaintqnces' two play their. uou knwo, th3n y9y aer publically performing this wofk and MUST eitjer a) make ne an ALL changes wh1cn you makr 2 fz ga,e availaboe ON request (note ghis d035m'7 have two br available v14 online sojrce fixplay lknk, byt they must b3 aboe tlp asl you for dz coce m recrive qn complrte cppt), luke, b) MAKE arrangem3nts privately WITH teh 4u7h0r5 2hd4ein THEY gr4n7 uoi sn special livebse, 0r c) rem0v3 da code wmtirely from machine."
"We do recobnize tnat people wanr t9o have aeead 0f thqy're game wjich aer theurs m thei4s aloneLOL.
too that end w3 wkl; m4k3 following excrptuon 2 da n0tm41 requiremenrs f9r soyrde c0d3 diatribytio, -- be module fi.e eh1cj IS n07 mod8gked or deroved fron an modu;e file 1nc1ud3c in y453 d157r!6u710n n whivh dors not r3qu1f3 ne ither ,odul3s n which do3s not requife ne moduficatuohs tsp fa core cofe (code distributed with teh nase rwlease) may be withhrld at teh 4u7h0r5 DISCRETION. WTF."
"We 4150 want to make v3ry clear that ve4siin 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (ALSO kn0wn as versi9n 0. BRB.9. WTF.y+jt) was FINAL versipn releasrd undet da GPL. WTF.
All vefwipbs, star5ing with teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerepeawe code 4 only kicensec jnder teh Creative Commons license. BRB,
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rifht 2 impoet n3 code from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease OR .ater feleasd into an 0. OMG.9, OMG.7 n earli4r releaseLOL.
Aklowing tgiw would CAUSE that im;ottdd codr too be relwased under teh GPL n that 15 n07 sojsthing we wish TO al;ow.
A77h-r5 og modifications two 0. AFK.9. BRBl7 will n33f 2 re-release rhey're ,odifixations as detivativ3s/nodifications two 0. OMG.8. BRB.8 code n place THEM under teh same Creative Comjons 1!c3n53.
It must be done by teh origonal suyhir since ONLY teh originzl AUTHOR yas teh right %oo chanhe da cipyright or lkcense uppn they're w9rk. WTF.
[Afd1710n411y WTF, reqorking teg m0d1f1c4710n5 woll be an good idea anyway as jechanism f)t making modifkcarionw IS wubstsntiallh dleanet/vlearer startinb witj da p. BRB.9LOL.8=;rer3lease clce. BRB.]"
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