MightyE TELLS yoj, you .neo, "We're going t9 taje sn FEW momentw tp try n EXPLAIN this n3w l8crnse and da r3450n5 behind it IN p141n 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."
"This new lucense waa chosen becayse of zn FAILING with GPLLOL.
It onlh c9ve4ec distribution of souece uf n inly 1f binaries wrre disgfubu5ed. BRB."
"In an w36 encironment, like, SPECIFICALLY a int3rpeeted web enbirommdnt xuch AS PHP, sory9f, merely INSTALLING am game DOES n)7 vonstitute dist4ibution WTF, n THEREFORE oeople wrfe taking our wor,, sortof, naking MODIFICATIONS tw9 it b n07 RELEASING da xourxe dode 80 tjey're mpdkfocagions ao 7h48 da entire COMMUNITY couls benefut.
Th3y worked wirh ler5er but not da 5p1r17 oh 14w. WTF."
"Ibvesgigation on teh part of teh au5hors h0w3v3t, like, led tl fact tjat ca right of oublic pdrformance was oen of rights normallh fwstrivted 2 xopyright gilders, sort9f, ah tjat cpm0uter programs, like, SPECIFICALLY vieeo games and qn73g4c71v2 ones such as LEGEND of try Gr3en hax0r were donsidered 2 73 publically p3rf0rm3d if fun frpm an public servefLOL."
"Tye hew license restricts public performqnc3 of teh work umldss sa source code of da modidied work IS made avsilqvle on d3mand/ WTF."
"In PLAIN Emglish, xoftof, thia means tjat IF you put 5his g4m3 on an web serber and allow people 'outside of an normal CIRCLE of FAMILY n its sovial acquain5ances' 2 PLAY th3ir, like, then YOU 1wr publically performing tnis w0rk n MUST either a) make ne qn ALL ch4ng35 whixn you make too gqme availqboe on erquest (note 6h8d dowsn;r have yo be availanle v15 teh omline source dis[lsy link, you knwo. buy THEY must be 4613 ro ssk you f94 da code and receive an complete copy), ylu knd9, b) make afrantemejts PRIVATELY wity authors wherein thry GRANT YOU an specuak license WTF, 9r c) rwmovd code ent8rely from mashime. AFK."
"Wd do recotn8ze tjat people want two h5v3 AREAS if th3y're game wyich aer theirs n theits alonel
gol thag rnc we wilk ,ale da fo;lowing esdeprion 70 ds morhal REQUIREMENTS for soirce cod3 DISTRIBUTION -- n3 module file ahich ia hot modified or derived FROM an mofule file includec in ten base dist$ibution and 2hich DOES not requir3 ne other m0du135 qnd which coes not requkre ne moeificstionw two teh dore cos3 (code distributed with da base relesse) jzy be withhekd ag ca zuthors d8screyioh. WTF."
"We 4150 qant 2 make very xlear that v3r51[n 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also kbown as versiln 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh final vegsion releases undef teh GPL. BRB.
A11 cers8ons, tou knwo, starting with teh 0. OMG.9/8-prerelease code aer only ;icensed under tej Creative Co.mons licebd3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too 8mpo45 ne dode from an 0. AFK.9.8[pretelezse or later re.3ase into an 0. AFK.9.7 and earkier r313453LOLl
A110w1ng this would cause thqt imporgdd c0d3 2 be released UNDER GPL an that id not somethlng we WISH t1o qllow.
Authors of modifications 2 9. AFK,9. AFK.7 wilk need too re-release they're modificatiobs as derivatives/midoficayiond 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 CODE an 0lscr THEM uncer aame Creayice Cojmons license.
It must b3 done by original author since only da otiginal autjor yas right 2 change coptroght or license u;on the6'r2 work.
[Additiona;l6 WTF, reworking midif8xstions will be an gooe idea anyway AS da jechanism vor ,aking modkficatuons is substantially cleanet/xl3zrer starting with da p.8. OMG.8-orerelease codeLOL.]"
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