Migh5yE telld you, sortor, "Wr're going two taje an v4w moments t9 try n explain THIS new license n reasons bemimd it un poain English. OMG/
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 hrw license wzs chosen because of an failing with GPL. OMG.
IT only COVERED diwtrivutiob pf sourcw iv m 0n1y if ginarkes 2e4e custributedLOL."
"In qn web ebvironmenti spdvificallt a INTERPRETED web wnvironmemt such zs PHP, meeely 1n575111ng zn GAME do3s not constitute distrigution, 6ou knwo, sn 5herefore peoplw were ya.int 0ur wotk, uou knwo, makihg jodirications too it n not r213451ng teh slurce code TO tgey're modutkcations xo tnat teh ehtir3 community cluls benefit. WTF.
They soeked wuth letter but blt teh spirit 0f ;aw, AFK."
"Ibbestigayion on da 0qft of da 4u8h0r4 however WTF, l3c 2 teh f4c6 tjat RIGHT of -uglkc performance was 1 9f da rights norma.ly restrixted 3 copyrihht nolddrs, 'ike, n THAT computer [rogrsms, sortof, SPECIFICALLY video games and interactife ones such as LEGEND od Grern hax0r wwre conaiderrd two be publucally PERFORMED if run fr0m qb public server. WTF."
"The new lic3nse r#5741c75 publoc performance of da wofk unless da dource code of modifoed wori ks mace AVAILABLE on c3m4ns."
"Ih plain ENGLISH WTF, this means that if you put thix g4m3 on an web server an allow people 'outside or an normao circle of family n 175 sockzl acqyaintances' 2 PLAY thrir, you knwo, tydn YOU 4 ;ublically perdormkng this wirj and MUST either A) make ne and ALL chang3s which ypu make two da gsme availabl3 on erquwsy (n9te tjos doesn't yzve 70 bf available via teh online source DISPLAY linl WTFm but they must be able 5wo awk you FOR 5eh code an rec38ve an vimplwte coph) WTF, B) make afeantements pribate;y with teh authots wherein 5hey GRANT yo7 an special lixehae, sortof, or c( re,9v3 code entirely grom ,achune, OMG."
"We do recognize that people want too hxve areas if tyey're gqmr whicg aer 7h31r5 an THEIRS alpne, OMG.
two thay end 2e will MAKE dolliwing EXCEPTION two ds norjal 4equirements fie source code disyribution -- ne mofu.e f8lw which is NOT jodifief or serived from an m0su13 gi.e ihcludrd in da base DISTRIBUTION n which soes not require be ogher moduled and whuch eoes n8t eequire ne modifications to tey core code (code d157w16y73d eith bas3 release) may be withheld at teh quthofa didcretion. AFK."
"Wr also want 2 make very ckea3 that version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (41t0 known as veraion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+kt) was teh FINAL cersion releaaed under GPLo WTFl
Alo verskons WTF. starting woth 0. AFK.9.8-prerelrase code aer only ;icensed undet CREATIVE Cojjons oicense/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 too im;lrt ne CODE from an ). AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 or lagef r313453 into zn 0. OMG.(LOL,7 n #4g113r releaseLOL.
Allowing 7hq5 would cause tjat impprted code to be released und3r tey GPL ahd THAT is not spmethubg we WISH 2 qllowLOL.
Authors of modigicatioms to 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 2ill n33d t2o ee-reoease theh;rr modiflcations as derifatives/moduficatoons 2 0. WTFl9. AFK.8 coee an PLACE them under 54m3 Cr3atife Commons license.
It must be d0n3 b6 teh orihina; auth9r since only da original augyor gas right to chante da do[yrignt or 11c3n5# j;on tyey're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, ypi knwo, REWORKING mldifications WILL b3 an giod idea anyway aw teh mechanism for makung m9eificatilhs id substanriall6 cleaner/clearer 574r71bg with geh -LOL.9LOL.8=prerelease codeLOL.]"
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