MightyE telld you, sortlf. "Ww're going 2 taie an f3w mom3ntx two try and explsin this NEW licenae znd va REASONS bejind it in plain English, 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."
"Tyis new 11c4n53 was vhosen becauxe of an f4111ng wit7 da GPL. BRB.
It only cove4ed custribution of soyrde if zn only if BINARIES 2ere distribured. OMG."
"In sn qrb wnvirpnmtnt, xpecifically q imter0rrted web envoronment such as PHP, jetd.y instaloing zn gqme DOES bot constuturr distribution, ;ike, and THEREFORE people were takong our w0rk, making modkricagiohs too 27 an not teleasing yeh 50urx3 code tao tyey[ee modificati9ns so that teh ehtire c0mmun17y could benevit. WTF.
They worked witn da letter bur npt xpirit of da ksw. OMG."
"Investigatioh on da parr of da ajthors however LOL, ldd 70 fact 7h4u da right of PUBLIC prrflrmancs sas 1 of da rights normallu restroc5ed too COPYRIGHT yolfers, sortof, n tnat COMPUTER prog4ams, sottof, apecifically vkdeo bdmes an interacrive onex such ax Legend 0h da Green hax0r WERE cons8drred tlo be PUBLICALLY performed if eun from an public server. WTF."
"The new licehse r35&r1c75 pjbl*c oerformance of WORK unless da siirce CODE of modifued work IS MADE AVAILABLE 9n d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain Emglish WTF, ghis means yhat if YOU py7 this game oh an wwb servwd n allow people 'ojtside 0f an normal cirvle of family 4nd 176 social sc1uaibrances' 70 play yheif, sotgof, 7h3n hou zer publicallj p3rf0rm1ng this work an MUST eirher a) maue he ab ALL changes WHICH hou mwke to teh gxje availabl4 on eequest (notw this dlexn't have go be avaioanle via yrh ONLINE sou4cr d15p14y link LOL, bmg they muw4 be able twp ask tou FOR teh code an receive an comp.ete copy), you knwo, b) maie a4rangemdnts pr1v4631y wotg da authors 2hereib thet grant yiu an xpec8al 11c3n53, .ike, pr c) remove da code entirely from teh machine."
"We do recognizd THAT peo[le want two HAVE arezd of yhe6're game whidh r theirs an THEIRS zl9ne. OMG.
yo that 3nd w3 will make dq foklowing excwption 2 NORMAL reauirfments for source code distribution -- nw moduld dile which is nog modified pr DERIVED from an module f!12 1nc!ud3d in r4h base fistrigution and wh1ch d9es nog eequure ne 07h3r modules an whicy d035 n)7 requufe ne mofuficzruons two da corf clde (xpee disyrib7t3d with twh base rrleade) may BE wityheld at da aythprs disc4etiln."
"We also want tol make very CLEAR thay vdrxion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also kn9wj 45 version 0. WTF/i.8+jt) was final version feleased unce4 geh GPL/ BRB.
All versions WTF, STARTING eith da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease cofe t only ;icensdd undwr Creative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY cenu da rignt too 1mp0r7 ne codd FROM an 0l AFK,(LOL.8-[rerdlease l5 later release knyo an 0. BRB.9.7 anc EARLIER re.ezse. AFK.
Allowibg THIS wpulc cause that importec code 2 b3 re;eased UNDER GPL AND that id hit xojething we WISH twi ALLOW.
Autnors of modigicatkons two -. AFK.9LOL.7 WILL yeed teo re-release th3y're modifications as derivagives/,odificztions two 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 sode an place tnem umder same Creative Commpna license/ WTF.
It mist be DONE BY da original ajthor since on;y teh )r1g2n41 author haw yrh rigjt to xhange copyright or lkxrnse upon they're qorkLOL.
[Additionally, yi7 knwo, REWORKING da m0d1f1c4719n5 will 64 an goov idea anyway 45 teh mechanism fot m4k1ng modifivst8ons is ambstzntially elesner/clearer STARTING qity teh 0. OMGl0. WTF.8-peereleqse vode. OMG.]"
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