Mifnt6E tel;s you, you ,nwo, "We're g01bg to take am few momemts too try and explain 7h1% new kicens3 n teh reaslns behind IT kn plain English.
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 was dh053n BECAUSE of an failing wirh teh GPLLOL.
It only covered didtrib7tion of so7rce if am obly IF 61n4f135 qrrd d157r16u7#s. WTF."
"In an web environmenym 6ou knwo, spdcificslly a interpreted web dnvironment such ad PHP. meweky ims5allihg an game does hot constitute d8atribjtion LOL, am therefore ;eople were taking 0ur work, sorgof. making modif8cations too it AND not releasibt ca SOURCE code too they[re modifications sl that da ebgire comm7nity could benedit. OMG.
They wotked with teh ietter BUT bpt yeh spirkt of da lzw. BRB."
"Investigatipn oh da PART 0f teh authors h0x3v2r WTF. led t(o da fact that tdh right of p7blic [wrformance waq oen OF rigyts n0rm411y restricted 2 copyribht holders LOL, and tha6 computer protrams, 6p7 kbwo. 5p3c1fqc411y visr9 games m interactive ones such as Legend or da Green hax0r WERE c0n51d3r3d too 63 publicalpy pervormed id run frlm an public server. BRB."
"The n3e kicense restr8cgs publix performance of da 2or. UNLESS SOURCE code of teh modified work IS made avaulable on demqnf. AFK."
"In plain Engkish LOL, this neans that kf hpu put this g4m3 pn an eeb 43rv3r an allow pelple 'outside of an NORMAL circle OF fzmily n ITS social acquaintsnces' two PLAY yh#kr, you kbwo, 7h3n 6ou ade publically performing this work an MUST e8ther a) maie he an ALL changes whidb you mald two da game available 9n r3quest 9noye ghis d035n'7 hace too be avzilablw fia rch online source visplzy 11nk, sortof, but THEY must be able @ adk you fpr sa code qnd eeceovw an complete cipy) LOL, b) make qrrangementw pficately witg tey autyorx wherein they graht tou an sped8al ;icense, aort;f, or c) rem9ve da cpde entirely fr9m da MACHINELOL."
"Wr do r3c0tn1z3 that pelpke want 2 hzve 4r34t 9f tjey'ew game 2givh r thrirw n thdirs alohel WTF.
2 THAT ebd we WILL MAKE FOLLOWING 3xceptoon 2 dz n0emr1 rdquiremwnts for source CODE distribution _- ne module f113 whicj iw noy n0dif8ed ot frrived from an modul3 vile inc;uded IN base fustfibution n which does not require ne other ,odules qnd wh1ch does not reaiire ne midifications yol core cife (c9de dis5ributed w8th bqsd release) may be wiyhheld z5 sa AUTHORS disdtetion. BRB."
"We also w4n7 tpo MAKE b3ey cldar that versuom 0. WTFl9. AFK.7 (also known AS vefsion 0. WTF.9.7+jt) was teh FINAL vers8on r313443d under da GPL. WTF.
ALL v4r%10n5 WTF, staftinf with twh 0, WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE r ohly licensed unser C4eatuve COMMONS license, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds eighy too ijplft nr cocw vrom an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease or LATER r313453 into an 0.9. BRB.7 an ea4l8er release. AFK.
Allpwing this would ca7se ghat 1mp9r73c code 2 ne releasrd under GPL an that 15 not someyhibg we wish 5o alllw. WTF.
Authors of modifications ts9 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 2i.l need 2 r3-r3134%4 they'rd modificatiobw as eericatuves/moeifications tio 0. OMG.9.8 voce an PLACE the, ynder teh 64m2 Creative COMMONS 11c3m53.
It mu5& be d0n3 b6 originsl $u7h0r sunce on;y origina; authoe has teh roght 2 change teh COPYRIGHT lr licenwe upon they're workLOL.
-Additionsllym you knwo, rewor,ing ten mpdkfica5ions will ne an go9d ideq anyway as teh mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantpally cleaner/clearer STARTING wiyj teh 0LOL.9.7-peerelease CODELOL.\"
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