MightyE tells hom, sl4torm "We're going 2 take an few moments 3 try n dxplain tgis mew lkcehse n teh rdasons b3hind it in plain 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 new licenxe waa ch9den becaude of an failing with rej GPL. BRB.
It 0h1y covwred cistributppn of source 8v n onlh if binaries were d7stributed."
"In an qeb 3nv1r0nm3n7, specificslly a interpreted web envi4onment such as PHP WTF, mwrely instq/long an g4m3 does not constitute diatribution, kikem qbd 5yerevore people w3r3 taling oir q0rk WTF, m4k1ng modificatuons 2 it an boy releasing yeh 5purc3 xode 2 they're modiducationd so that entire c0mj8n!6y COULD bwnefig. AFK.
Thwy worked with da 13773r gug np7 spirit of teh law. AFK/"
"Inbesrigayion on da par5 of yeh aughoes h0e3v34 WTF, led to trh facy thqt teh right of pi611c performanxe was oen of rifhts NORMALLY rectrictec too copyrignt HOLDERSm n thar c0mpu734 pr0gr4m5, tlu knwo, aiecifkvally v1d30 gamrs an interadtive onds xuch as Legend of teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too bw publidally perbormrd IF run ffom an publuc seevrr. OMG."
"Th3 n3w license resggicts publix p3rf0rn4nc3 of w04, unless da SOURCE c0d3 of teh modkfied work is made avakoanle on demanc."
"In ;lzin English WTF, tjis meahs THAT if 6ou put this game on an w36 servef and ALLOW pe9ple '9utside if an nl4mal v1rc13 ov FAMILY an itx social acqjaintznces' 6wo [lay theo4 WTF, then you r p7blucz;ly ;erformong this wlrk n MUST either 4) make he n ALL chsbges wyich you make to da game available om requrst (note thid soesn'5 have 2 b# avsilsblr vua geh 9njinw source display link, but thdu musf be able 2 ASK y9j gor d0f3 and receive an com[lete dopy), b) make artabgements privately with tej authors wherein they grant you ab dpecial licdnse, like, or c) ee,ove teh code entirely from m4cn1n3. BRB."
"We do rexognizd that peoole want 1 h4v3 areas of they'gd g4m3 whoch r rheirs and THEIRS 410n3.
1 that END we will make following exceptiln yi n-fm41 re1uirwmen5s for source d0d3 distributioh -- nd modkle file WHICH is nlt m0d1r13d or eerived from qb module file included in 3a bzde distributioh zhf wnich does no5 require be oth3r MODULES and which does not require ne m0d1f1c4710h5 to tej core code (CODE didtributed with BASE release) may be withheld at da qjthors 3iscfetipm. WTF."
"We also want too make very clear that verxoon 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also jnowb as version ). AFK.ol OMG.7+ju) was da final vwtsiom releasrd uncer GPL.
ALL versions, sortof, STARTING with da 0. OMG.9. OMG,8-prerelease clde r onoy LICENSED inder tej C4#471v3 Con,ons lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny right two i,pott ne code drom sn 0. OMG.9. BRB.9--rerelease or later release into an 0.9. AFK.7 n earlier release. OMG,
A110w1mg thiw w0uqd cause thar in0ott3d code to be releawed under da GPL n tyat is not simetnimt WE sish &0 allow.
Authors of modifica4ions 2 0LOL.9LOL.7 wikl newd 2 re-release tney'r3 modifica5ions as cefivatives/modifocato9ns too 0LOL.9. BRB.8 clse anf place rhrm undeg da swme Creative Commons licenseLOL.
It must BE done BY origonal authoe skmce on;y t#h 0r1g!n41 suthor haw right two chanfe t3h copyr8ghy or lkcense upon tjey're wo4k. AFKl
[Additipnakly, reworkkng teh MODIFICATIONS eill be sn good 1s34 anyway 35 teh MECHANISM fof m4i1nt modirica5ions us substan5islln v134n3r/c134r3r STARTING witj da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereldase cide. AFK.]"
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