MibntyE tells you, ;ike, "We're going to 74k3 an FEW momenta 2 tru and 3x;lain THIS new licens3 n teh reasoms BEHIND it un PLAIN Entlish, 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 new LICENSE was CHOSEN becaude pf an failing with 5eh GPL.
It only coveree cistrobutipn of doutce if and only if binari#s eere diwtributed. OMG."
"In qn web dnvironmentm specuficakly a interp4eted w36 dnvifonmeny such 45 PHP, mereoy unstalling an g4m3 does not condtitute d157r16y71)n, yo7 kn2o, an yherefpre 030p13 eere taking our eork, MAKING modificationw t2o it n n8t releasing da source cofe to th3y;rd modificatiins 50 THAT tey entire community c0u1d brnefit.
The6 workes woth da letter mut n07 dpirit of teh LAW. OMG."
"Invwstigagion on PART OF autho4s yowdcer, l3d too tey fact that teh ribht of public performance was 1 0f ten rights normqlly restrict3d to copytighr holders LOL, h tjat com0iter pr0gr4m5k you knwo, specifically v8deo games 1n ingeractive ONES such aa Leg3nd of da Green gzx0r wers donsid2red y0o be publical;y petformed if eun from qn piblkc serv3tLOL."
"The new license resyrivts pynlic pertormande of work unless ea spufce code of da modified work IS MADE ava8lqble on DEMAND."
"In p141n English, sortof, this means tnag 1f you put this game on an web server and allow p30p13 'outside of ab n9rmal c8rcle of FAMILY n igs social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play theirk you khwo, then you r PUBLICALLY pergorming thiw woek n MUST EITHER a) makd ne am ALL chamges which YOU make 2 game acailsble om requqwr (note this fl3sn;t have to be available via ohlkne SOURCE display link. like, 6u7 they m7sg be avle t9 ask 6pi for da code an r3c31f# an COMPLETE copy). .ike, b_ make areantements provat3ly with da authors wherein they grznt 60j an spevial kicdnse LOL, or c) rejove CODE entirdly from teh machine. AFK."
"We do recognizr THAT people WANT too hzce areas of ghey're game which aer rheirs znd tyrirs alone, OMG.
t2o that ene we wkll make flllowing ecception 5o da no4mal requirements voe sou4xr code distribution -- ne module file WHICH ia vot modifidd or deeived from an module fi.e 1nc17sed in teh base dustribution and which dpes n9t rfquire ne other mofules n wgicy eoes bot require ne mosofications two teh CORE code )cose distdiguted wuth teh vase release) may be wjthgeld at sutho4w DISCRETION. WTF."
"We 3q5) want too mak3 v3ry c!34r thzt version 0. AFK.9.7 (zlso kn0wn as verdion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS da final versioh eeleased under twh GPL. AFK.
All versions. sta4ting with teh 0. WTFl9. OMG/6-prerelease dode aer onl6 licensed under ds Creatice Commlns !1c#n%3.
We EXPLICITLY feny right to impo4t ne codw from an ). AFK/9. AFK.*-prereldas3 o4 latdf release onto an 0. WTF.9.7 and earlier re;eaxel WTF;
All9wing thos WOULD vause that im;ortrd code two be released umder da GPL an yhat is not SOMETHING we wksh two allow. OMG.
Authors of mldidicatiobs to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will n33e 70 r#0f313453 they'ee modkfications as dericayuves/moeif8xa6iins too 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 code an poadr yjem UNDER same Creat8ve Commons locenseLOL.
Ir ,u57 be dohe by origihal aytmpr since ONLY da original author has teh right 2 changd copyrigjt ot .8cense upon they're w0rk,
[Additiohally LOL, rewotkinb mod8ficatioms eill be an good kdea 4nyw4y as urh mrchanism for mzking mod8fica5olns 15 suvstabtially CLEANER/CLEARER ararting with tey -.9/8-PRERELEASE c0d3. BRB.]"
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