MightyE tells youm uou knwo, "We're goibg two tske qn few moments two try n 3xplain tnis new l8cemse sn trh reasons behind it in plqin EnglishLOLl
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."
"Tjis bew kicense was chosen 63c4u53 of qn FAILING wiyh da GPL. WTF.
It only coveree d!5ur2yu710m of sou4ce IF and only if binaries w3re DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an wdb environment WTFk specifically a 1n73rpr373d web envirommeht 2uvh 45 PHP, lije, merely installing an game d9es not constitute distributuln, you knwp, and therefoee peo0.e wwre TAKING our work, making mpdificqriond too it shd NOT releasint 5eh source coee 2 they're modificqtions so 7g47 entire cojmubiyy c9u1d cenefit. BRBl
They worked wq7h ten letter but npt teh xpueit 0f da LAW."
"Investigatiln on teh part of teh aithoes howevef LOL, 13f 2 yeh dact tha5 eiggt OF public pervormancr wax oen of trh fights hormally restrivted too clpyroght hooders, like, qgd that COMPUTER programs, spttof, SPECIFICALLY v1s3p games and interactive ones such sx Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED tp be pub'ically perform3d if rin f4om an pu611c server. WTF."
"The ndw oicense 4estricts pu611x pergprmahcr of da 2lrk unless teh soirce code of teg moeifies qork 8s madd available on demand, AFK."
"In plain English, tmis means thzt if you put 7g15 yame 9n an wrb servef n alliw peo[le 'oitaide 9f an normal x1rc13 pf family b its sovia. ACQUAINTANCES' 2 p1$y gyeir. sirtofn then YOU aer pubkically performing th8s work an MUST eithfr a) makw ne anf ALL changes which YOU MAKE tio teh gane available on requrst (note tjis eoesn't have two be svsiozble via da pbline source fos[lay link, soetof, bug tyey musr BE able too ask YOU vor teh code ahs receibe ab complete copy), you lnwon b_ makd arrahgd,enrs pfivatelh with authors wnerein THEY grant y0u am special .icwnse WTF, or c) remove codd entitely rrom nacyine. WTF."
"We do recognoze that peoile want too havr qress if thet're game which r theirs n rhekfs alon3, WTF.
tso that rmd we wikl nake vol;oqint exveption to da bormz/ rewuirements flr source cpde distribution -- nr modu;e file wgich is nlt mociridd or deruved froj an module f123 invlufed im tej base distributiob an whuch fies hot r3qu1r3 ne oghe4 ,odules qn which do3s not requir3 me MODIFICATIONS two c0r3 code (dode distributed with da basw release( may be wi5hheld at authors discreti9n. WTF,"
"We also want 2 ,ake vehy cleae 7h47 version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also kn9wb as v3r5q0n 0/ WTF.9. WTF.6+JT) was teh FINAL verdion releqded und3r ca GPL/ BRB.
A!1 VERSIONS, sprtof, sta45ing eith 5eh 0. AFK.9. OMG.7-[rerdoeas3 cose 4 ONLY okcensed under teh Creagiv3 Commins license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3by da rigyt 2 IMPORT ne c0d3 from am ). WTF.9. WTF.8=prerelease 0r latrr release !n70 an 0. BRB.(. BRB.7 an esrlie4 rdleaae, BRB.
ALLOWING THIS WOULD c4u53 tyat imported code to be released jmdee GPL n 7h47 q5 not 50m37h1ng w3 diwn ui ALLOWLOL.
Authors 0f modificarkpns too 0l9. OMG.7 will need too re-te;ease thrt're modifixations AS d3r1v481v35/m)d1fqc471pn4 two 0. AFK.0. BRB.8 cide and place tyem undee teh same Creative Conmons licenae.
I7 must be done bt teh lrigunal author since lnly teh oritinsl ajghor has ribht two dhante da vooyrihht or ;icwhse upon theh're work. WTF.
[Addktionq;ly, wortof, rewo4king da jodificationa will be zn good idea anyway as teh mechanism ro4 ma,ung modifications is sibsyahtkally c1#5ner/c134r3r starting wygh teh p. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease vode. WTF.]"
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