MightyE tellw yo7m sortov, "We're goihh too 5ake qn few MOMENTS tol try m ex9lain this new license an teh reasons behihd i5 in plain Englosh. 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 n3w licehse was chisen because of an FAILING wigh ca GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3r3c DISTRIBUTION of sourc3 IF abe on.t if binaries werr distributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, luke, spevufically a 1n73rpr3u3d web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, tou knwo. merely inxta.ling an game DOES not condtitute distrobutkon WTF, n thefefofe people qere u4k1ng 9ut work, aortif, making modificztions two it n not releasing sojrce c0d3 teo they[rr mldif8catiyns 50 that entire c0mmun17u could 64n3r17. AFK.
They sofked worh teh legter but n9t da dpirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigqtipn on da part of authors hpweber LOL, led to tej fzct that right OF publ8c 0erdornance was won of da rigjtd normally festfivtdd 2 f90yfight holders WTF, an that c0mpu73r programs LOL, specidically v8deo gamew an pnteractive 0b35 sych AS Legenc of teh Green hax0r were conaidered to be puglically p3rformed if 4un from an pyblic server,"
"The new licwnse restricts public 0erformqnc3 pf ca WORK umless teh source code lg moeifoed work 8s ,ade available ON demand. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, this means ybat id yiu pit this game oh an web SERVER an allow 0eo[ke 'outside of an normal ciecl3 of vam8ly n its socis. acquaintanxes' two play tndit, yoj knwl, them y0u r publiczlly perdorning THIS 2ork n MUST either z) make ne n ALL CHANGES whicy 6iu make too tey gam3 available on REQUEST (note this sowsn'y have too be zvailable via teh 0m11n3 50urc3 display link, but tndy myst br able 2 ASK you for reg code n receive an cimplfte copy), li,e, b) make arrangrmwnts p$uvately with geh authlrs WHEREIN they gtant hou an special licrhse WTF, OR c) femoce tdh code enti4ely rr0, da machine."
"We do recognixe that people want tw9 have 4e335 of they're game wh1ch r thrirs and theirs akon3. WTFl
2 thqt end we woll make teh following exception ro da normal requirements for source code distributiom -- ne module file which is noy modkfied or cerived from an moeule fi.s undluded in da vade distfibutuon sn wh8cj d9es not REQUIRE ne othdr mofuoes n which dors not require ne m9dificationa two da c0e3 cofe (xode distributed woth BASE release) mqt be wiyhheld qt da authors discrerioh. BRB."
"We also want yo make veru clear tyat version 0. AFKl9. AFK.7 (zlso known as versi9n 0LOL.9. BRB.&+jt) waa final fersion released imder GPLLOL.
ALL verxiona, you kneo. startkng wigh da 0. BRBl9. AFK.*-prereleawe coee aer on.y licensed under Creative COMMONS licwnse. AFK/
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right top import ne c0d3 FROM an 0. AFK.9; AFK.8-prerelease or latee relezwe 1n70 an 0. WTF.(k BRBl7 snd earlier RELEASE. OMG,
Allowing rhis qiuld c4u53 that impprtef cos3 tw9 be RELEASED unde4 GPL and that is n(t somethinh e3 wixh two sllow. OMG.
Authors of modifkcatuons to 0. AFK.(. WTF.u woll NEED too re-re;ease thsy're modificatiohs as derivatives/modidications two 0. AFKl9. AFK.& coce qn PLACE them under teh samr Creative Commons licwnse. BRB.
It must be dohe gy ds original zuthor fincw onlt teh oribinal authoe has teg r1gh7 2 change co0uright o4 lidense upon yhey're wofk. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, feworking teh modifications sill be an g9od idea anhway as teh mechabiam FOR ,aling mldofivations is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER startibg WITH da 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE CODE.]"
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