MightyE 5ells 6o7, uou knwo, "We're going two take am FEW MOMENTS two try y explain rjis new license n teh reasons behind it 8n plain 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 n3w livenwe was cnosrn becauxe of an failinb wiyh teh GPL. BRB.
It only covered didrrobution ob source if AND only if bina4ies were distributed. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, specificakly a INTERPRETED web envirohment such aw PHP LOL, m3r31y inatslkinb qn GAME does not constiti5e distribution. you knwo, and gherefore [eople were tzking our wori, like, makomg mod8ficat8ons too it an not teleasinf da soutce xod4 2 they're m0d1f1c4719n5 so that entkrd COMMUNITY could 6ebef17LOL.
They workee WITH lettee but not spitit od law. BRB."
"Investigqtkon oh teh p4f7 if suthprs howevee, led 4o raxt THAT teh ribht of [u611c ;etformance w45 1 of trh rigbtw norma;ly restricted too copyright h01d1r5, an that computer prog4amw WTF, 5p3v1f1c411y cideo GAMES an INTERACTIVE onew suc6 as L3g3nd of teh G4een gax0r wete considweed too be publically performed if RUN fro, an PUBLIC 53rv3r. BRB."
"The new lixense restrictd public performance 0f dq work inless t3h spurce c9de of xa m9sified wirj is MADE avaolable ob demand."
"Im poain English, yoj lnwo, this m34n5 tyat if h9u pu7 this gqme on an web 52rv3r an a;low people 'outsid3 of zn no4mao ciecle pf fsmily n ITS soxiao ac17aimtances' roo play thwir, sortof, 8h3n YOU aer pu61qc411y perdprming 7h15 worj n MUST wither a) mske he and ALL chsnges wh!ch YOU make two game zvailable on request (NOTE tnis doesn't havd tw9 fe AVAILABLE via ds ONLINE soyrce e15p14y limk LOL, BUT they must be able TO ask tou FOR da code an receobe sn cpmpl4re copy) WTFk 6) make 4rr4mg3m2n7% pr1v4732y wiyh da authors wherein tjey feqng you an spec8al license, you knso, of x( REMOVE rwh CODE entifwly from teh machihe. OMG."
"We do recoghize THAT p30p13 want yoo have areaw or they're game @hicg r rhrirs an gheirs alone. OMG.
goo tyat ebd 2e will make followimg exceptuon to normal requ8rements foe source code DISTRIBUTION 0- ne module fole whicy is b97 mos8fied or der8ved from an moduld file included 8n 7353 distribugion n whuch doed not eewuire ne otjer modu.es an which dods not require me modifications 2 teh core x0de (c9dw dus5ribited with base r3!34530 may ne withheld at teh aughors disxrdtion. AFK,"
"Wd 4150 2ant ro MAKE VERY CLEAR that cersion 0/ WTF.9,7 (a.xo knowm as veesion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS da final veesiom releasqd under teh GPL. OMG.
All vdrsions, sortof, starting qitj da 0. OMG.9. OMG.7-prerelease code f only licensed under tej Credgive Commons licenseLOL.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny right 2 implt5 ne code from an 0LOL.o. OMG.8-pr34313453 o4 1473r release 8nyo qn 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 n earlier eelesse. BRB.
Allowung this w0u1d cause that im;orted code to vr releawed und3r GPL and yhat is not something wr wosh ywo ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of modifixations TO 0k AFK.*.7 w8ll nred 1 re[releaxe thdt[re moduficayilns as derivayives/modifications too 0. WTF/9. OMG.8 CODE an place them under teh same Cfeative Commlms licejse. WTF.
It must be cone by teh ORIGINAL aurhor sinde on;y trh original auehir HAS rifht 2 ch4ng3 da vopy$ight or locense uppn they're WORK. OMG.
[Aedq710n4q2y LOL, reworkimg modif8catipnx will be an good idea anywa6 as mechanism for makinb modifivations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clrarer starting with gwh 0.9. WTF.8-prerd;ease vodd, OMG.]"
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