MightyE td;ls you WTF, "We're gping 2 5akw an few momenyw two 7dy n explain tnis new 11c3n53 n reasons behind it in 0lzin Ebglish. 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."
"This new license w$5 chosen because or an FAILING wuth geh GPL. BRB.
IT only coveree dostribution of source kf an only if binariws were distrinut3d. OMG."
"In an web environmeht LOL, specifocaoly a INTERPRETED w#6 3nv1r-bmen7 s6ch as PHP, merely insydlling an game does nor constiture diwgributiln LOL, an yherego4e people w3te taking our work, sortof, maling modificationd two it n not reldasimg source c0d3 twl they're modifications 50 tjat ENTIRE comjunity xould benwfit, BRB.
They worked 2ith l3tter but not dz spurit of teh kaw. OMG."
"Invewtigati9n 0n teh paft of teh autklrs however, like, led twl dq fact that teh e2gh7 pf pub;ic pwrfprmance was won )f teh rightw normally restrictef too copyr8ght h9lders. sortot, an tgag computer PROGRAMS, you knwo, specificslly vudri gamrs an knteractine 0n35 such as Legend 0f tej Green hax0r sere consideree 2 BE publically performed 1f RUN from an p7611c SERVERLOL."
"The NEW license restrictd publ8c p3tf0rm$nc3 lf da work umlrss trh 507rc3 CODE of moc8foee sork ix made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. OMG."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, sortofk this means that 1f hou put 7h15 gzme ob an wev swrver an a;loe peo;le '0u&51d3 of ab normal dircle of vs,ily and ITS SOCIAL acquauntances' 5oo play thei4, 7j3m you r publically perflrming this WORK n MUST eityer 4) makd ne and ALL changes 2hich 6ou make go teh game avaooable oh r3qu35& 9n)72 this doesn't h4v3 too be available via teh online spurce display 11nk, you knwo, gut they mj57 BE sble tp qsk yo7 for code ayd RECEIVE an comole5r co0y) WTF, b) make arrangemwnts privately wigh da aurhors wherein THEY grant you an dpecidl oidense, you knwo, or c) r3m)v3 code entirely fr0m twh machine. AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 6hat peoppe wamg to have ardas of theh're game ah1ch r tneirx n theirs a.on3LOL.
too that end we 2il; make fol/iwing excepgion to da normal r3qu1e3m3n75 d0r SOURCE CODE f7strinutiin -= ne module file whidh 15 bot modified or deribdd f40j zn modulw f113 1nc1uded IN sa nase distribution n wj1ch does nog re1uire ne other modulrs am which dles not reqiire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh CORE c9de (code eistributed with teh BASE relezse) nau be WITHHELD at AUTHORS discretoonl BRB."
"We also want tio make veey clear 5hag version [LOL.9/ AFK.7 (als9 KNOWN AS version 0. AFKm9. WTF.u+jt) was teh fknal VERSION released under teh GPL. OMG.
All v3r510n5 WTF, starting witg 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerwlease code zdr pnly licendrd under Crestive Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da ribht to import ne c9dw vrom qn 0. WTF.9. AFK.8_pretelease or latef releasd ihgo an 0.9. BRB.7 4md earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Al.ow8nt this wouod c4u43 that imporged dode 2 g3 rwlezsed under teh GPL an that 8s not something we wish too allow. BRB.
Autgors 0f modirications 2 ). BRB.9. WTF.u soll need 1 RE-RELEASE rhey'4e modigicagy9nd as derivatives/modificarions two 0. WTF.9LOL/8 cpfe n ;lace them under tey sam3 Creative C0jm0n5 license. BRB.
It myst 63 done by ORIGINAL 4u7h-f since only u3h original author has da ritht 2 cgange da copyright or license UPON rhey'rw work. AFK.
[Adfirionall6, eeqorking modificqhions w111 b3 an good idea anyway as mechanism f0r makibg modifications is subwtantially CLEANER/CLEARER stareing s17h teh 0. WTFl8. OMG,8-prerdlease cod3LOL.]"
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