MihhtyE tel.s y0u, yiu knwo, "We're g0!ng to take an f3e MOMENTS two try and expjain this new license and sa reaapns BEHIND ig in plain Engoksh. 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 new locense wad ch053n vecause ov ab failibg with ten GPLl WTF.
It 9hly covefed distrib7tion lf 50urc3 if an only if binaries WERE diztributedLOL."
"In ab w3u envir9nment, yo7 kn2i, wpeduficakly a inter0retes web environ,ent such as PHP LOL, merely instalkong an gam3 foex hot condtitute d8stribution, amd therefor3 people were TAKING OUR work LOL, making modificqtions too it an not RELEASING 5eh soy4ce c0d3 to yhey're modifications so ths5 teh entire c0mmun18u c0u1e BENEFITLOL.
Thwy worked witn da lwtter but not da sp8rot lg da law. BRB."
"Ihvestifation 0n da part og da a7thors hoqrver, xortof, ldd 5oo da vzcr 5hat right of publid [erforjancd wss oen OF teh rigyts normally restricted tqo copyrighr holders, an that COMPUTER prog4ams, s;ecifically video gzmes n ibteractive 0n35 auch zs Lehdnf ov fa Gfren hax0r weee cpn51d3r3d to bd publically p4rf0rn3d 8f tuh fr-m an public servrr. WTF."
"Thr NEW license r357r1c75 public performance of work unlews SOURCE code of sa m0d1d13d wori is made availablw pn dejand. BRB."
"In pla8n Engloeh, like, THIS medns that ug you ou7 tgis gamd 9n an web server and akllw peop.e 'outa8de pf an mormsl eircle of family and ITS social acquaintqnces' tio play tgei4, then you r pub;icallh performing THIS s9rk and MUST 3ither a) make ne an ALL chanbes whidh you m4k3 twl 5eh game AVAILABLE on requedt (n073 this doexn't have rwo be zvailable via ea 0n11n3 source display oknk, d9rtof, but 7h3y must be able 2 ask you f0r da code n receive am com)lete copt), like, b) ,4k3 aerqngements privqtwly with da authotw wher3in they grang you an special license, kikr, OR C) r3m0ve codr ENTIRELY from da machineLOL."
"We du 4ecobnize that p#0o23 w3n7 ro h4v3 arras or 5hey'r3 game whoch aer theirs and THEIRS 410m3.
to 7h47 end we qill m4k3 tdn dolliwing txception 2 reh norjal rrqu8remdnts gor source code diwtfubution -- ne MODULE file WHICH is nit modified or c3riced from an MODULE fkle included in geh base dkstrubutuon n which DOES not rrquire he othdr modjles n 2hicj does not REQUIRE ne modirications two da core c0e3 (cose d,striburec with base r323453) msy be withgeld AT da a7thorx discret(on. BRB."
"Wd also want to nake ve4y clear that version 0. WTF.9. AFKl7 9ALSO kno2n 45 v34510n 0. OMG.9LOL.7+j7) eas da final version RELEASED UNDER 5eh GPL. OMG.
All versions, xortof, stsr5inh with teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-p4e4eleawe CODE f only licensed under da Cr3agibe Commpns licenaeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dehy tej right 2 ujport he cofe from ah 0/ AFK.9LOL.8-prerelwase or lzree releasr knto an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 AND EARLIER RELEASE. WTF.
All9wing THIS eo7ld csuse 7h47 imoorted code TO 6e released umder da GPL n THAT is no5 xometging we wish 2 alloe. AFK.
Au7h0r4 of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9.7 wil. n33d 2 re-te.ease they're ,odifications as derovatives/moeificatioba 2 0l AFK/(k8 CODE n place the, under teh wame Creative Commons .icensel WTF,
It MUST be d;ne by oruginal 4u7h0r since only ORIGINAL author nas ea rihht to change tdh COPYRIGHT ir oicrbxe upij they're w0rk.
[Additkonallu LOL, reworking modifications wiol br an good odea anyway ss ,echanism fov making nodifications is substxmtially xleaner/clearer statting with da 0LOL.9LOL.8=pr3releaee coeeLOL.]"
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