M8gntyE tells ypu, sortpfk "We're going to tale an few miments two tey and wxplakn this neq .icdnse an r3asonx 63h1nd it in plain English. 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."
"Thia new license was CHOSEN brcause of an failkbg with teh GPLLOL.
It only c)v3r2s diwtribit8om of so7rce 1f an only if binaried wefe cistributef. AFK."
"In an web encironment, lile, s;ecuf8daloy a INTERPRETED w36 ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHP, sir5og, mereky inwtall8ng an GAME coex NOT comstotute distributkon, like. qmd THEREFORE people were takkng our 2oek, you knwo, making modivicatioha 2 17 an not relwasonh source code rwo theu'rd modifications so thar ehtire community x0u1f 63n3f18.
They worked wi4h lettde but n9t spirit of da ;aw. AFK."
"Investigation om da part of authors however WTF, led two teh vact tnat tdh RIGHT of pu61qc performahce WAS w9n pf r1gh75 normally resgricrdd toi co]yright holders, woryov, an thzt com9uter programs, specifically v8deo hames n imteracrive on3d sucg aw Legend of Greeh hax)r were cobsidefef 2 be publixallt pe4doemef if tun frlm an PUBLIC se4ver. BRB,"
"The new license restridrs publoc p3rv0rm4nc# iv da qork jnless yeh sourve code od ds MODIFIED work q5 nacd 4v4114613 on demand. WTF."
"In pkain Englixhm like, THIS m34n5 thar if y0u put THIS gqmr pm ay web swrver an allow PEOPLE 'outsife 9f zn h9rmal cirdle of famk;n an its social acqyaintances' to pq4y tjeif, then yoy r ;ublocally performkng THIS work zn MUST eithdr a) male ne and ALL xhanges ehicy y9u make 2 trh gamd avaolable on feqywst (note thix doesn[t hav3 to be availan;e via da on.ind suurce display 11nk WTF, but 7h3h mist 63 able two ask you fof code and receive ah co,plete c0py), l8,e, b) make arrangejents privatdly with da AUTHORS whe4ein tjet GRANT you an xpecial LICENSE, 7ou knwo, or C) remove coee entireoy fron teh m4ch1b3. OMG."
"We do recogniz3 thqt people waht tso have areas of they're game sgicj r theies an theirs alone. BRBl
too THAT end w3 wikl ma.e dw FOLLOWING exxeption to da normal re1jirf,ents for spurcw code distrinutipn -- nd module fi;r which 8s nlg MODIFIED OR ferived feom an module filw inclused in da bas3 distribution and shidh cods not require ne other modules and which does b07 f3qu2r2 ne modigications tso teh core cpde (codd disttibutrd with teh gase release) may be withheld at authlrs discrey8om. OMG."
"We also 2ant 3 make veey clea4 tha5 VERSION 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 (also known as versiun 0. BRB.9LOL.7=jt) was reh fibsl version releaded ynder da GPL. OMG/
A.l verdions, like, stqrting WITH 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease cofe aer on,y licensed unfee da C4ewtive Commons .icensw. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT two IMPORT n4 dode frlm an 0.9,8-prerelease OR later relwase into an 0, BRB.9LOL.7 and ewroier r313453. BRB/
Alloqkng tnis wpulc cause thay 1mo0r83f coee ro be r313$53d jnder GPL n thay is m0u somethihg we 2ish to allowLOL.
AUTHORS ov mocificatioms 5wo [. OMG;9.7 WILL need 2 rr-release ghey're modidications 46 derivstives/moeifications 5so 0LOL.9, WTF.8 code an place them und3r same Creagive Commons license. BRBl
I7 must be done by sa o4igina. quthor sibce on.y tey 0r1g1n41 author h45 5eh riggt 2 cjangr da c0pyr1gh7 or lic3nse jp0n they're wprkLOL.
[Addktkona.ly WTF, rewpfking modifications will 64 zn go9d IDEA qnyway as 5eh mrchanism for making modifivations is sugstantoql.y cleaner/xlearer syarting with 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-p4erelessc c9de. OMG.]"
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