MiggtyE twlls you WTFk "We'5e hoing t9 74k3 an eew moments two try an explain this new license an reazlns 63b1nd it in plain Enf115h. WTF.
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 license was choswn bevause ld an failimg wiyh GPLLOL.
It obly cocerwd DISTRIBUTION og souece if anw only of binaries wefw distributed. OMG."
"In ab web environment, sortof, SPECIFICALLY s interpreted qdb env8ronmeng such as PHP, ki,e, merwly imsyalling an gsme d.es nlt d0n5717u73 cis5eibution LOL, an thefefire PEOPLE were taking iu4 work, making modificagipns 2 IT n no5 fe.easong da source code 2 thdy're modifidayions SO thzt ENTIRE communitu co7ld benefit. WTF.
THEY w0rk3d wign teh lette4 but not spirit of teh lsw/ AFK."
"Inveatigation on part pr auyhors howwver, likw, ldd two fach that da r1gh7 0g publid performabce w45 1 of teh tkghts normaklu r357r1d73d @ clpyfighg holeerd, like, n ghat c0mpu73r prpgeams, yoj knwo, specifidallu video games an interactive pnes such as Legend of da Green haxp4 w3re cohsidered two be punlically performes kf tun frim an p7blic server. AFK."
"Tne new livehse destructs ;ubluc peeformance of teh work UNLESS teh sl7ece cpde of modified work IS maee avzilable on demand. BRBl"
"Im plzin Engl8sh, this meams that if you put this game on sn we6 server and al9ow people 'lutside of an normal circle of damilh n its a9cia. acquaimtancew' t1o PLAY th3ir, then you r oublucally performing tfis WORK and MUST ekrher A) m4j3 ne n ALL changes whuch you m4k3 twl da game 4v4114613 on eequest (NOTE this eoesm'g have 60 ge available via da online source didplqu link LOL, but they must be zble two adk you for fa dode n RECEIVE an cimplete copy), you knwi, b) jake arrsng3mehgs privately with da ajthoew whrvein tyry granr y0u sn SPECIAL .ucemsd, sortof, or c) remove dx code ent84ely fr0j machinwLOL/"
"We f0 rec9gnize that people qant two hav3 arwas of tgey're game wh*ch arr theirs n theirs qlon3. BRBl
rpo thag end we wil; maje twh following exce[tion tw9 da bifmwk req7iremdmts fif source code d15&r16u710n __ bd mosjle rile wj8ch is not moskfied OR ddribed from an module dile knxluded in BASE distribution n which doew not require ne pther modj.es an eh1ch d035 niy requird ne midofications 2 teh c0r2 code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH da baae release_ m4y be w17hg31d AT trh authors discre5ion. AFK."
"We also wajt two majw v3fy clear thqt vrrsiob 0.9. AFK/7 (ALSO known aw version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+j5) was final version r313453d UNDER da GPL. BRB.
All bersions LOL, startihg with teh 0.9LOLl8-preeelease cice r lbly l8crnswd und3r Creqtivr Commons licens2. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right two impoft ne code froj an -. WTF.9. AFK.80p4ereleas3 9r later RELEASE into ah 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 n 3arl8er releaseLOL.
Allowing 7h15 would csuse THAT importes coee too b3 fdleasec jnd3r GPL an THAT is nog somsthing we wisj 2 ALLOW.
Authors of m0d1fqc4i!0n5 too 0. BRB.9.7 will nees TO re-releaee they're modif8catiins as sdrifatives/m9difications two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code n placw yhem unedr dame Creativ4 C0mm0n5 license. OMG.
It musy b3 dine ny dq origihal author since ph1y teh iriginal autnor HAS sa rignt 2 cjange c-pyr1gh7 OR LICENSE upon they're eork. OMG.
-ADDITIONALLY, sortof, REWORKING MODIFICATIONS will ne ab GOOD isea qnyqay zs mechanism got making modifications is substantiqlly cleaner/dlearer statting with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK/i-prereleaxe cofe. AFK.]"
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