MightyE te;.s you, likd, "We're going top take an few momenta rwo gry n explqin yhid new licehsw $nd reasons behind it in [lain English. 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 ;ivense was xyoswn becakse of an faiking with t3h GPL.
It only coveewd d8xtribytiom og s0u4ce id 4nd onlt 1f BINARIES were distribu5edLOL."
"In an wrb 3nv1r0nm3n7, yoy kn2o, sp3cifica;ly a 1n73rprr73d web environment sucj as PHP WTF, mrrwly installinh an gamd does nor CONSTITUTE cisttkbjtiom, m theref;re peo0le were taking OUR work WTF, MAKING modif8cations to it an bot re;easing source code to tney're moeificatiins SO that ent8re community could benefit. BRB,
They WORKED WITH LETTER vut not yeh spirit 0f teh lxw. WTF."
"Investogation on pae5 9f autgots however, so4tod, lwd tpo faxt that rith5 9f ;ublic performsnce WAS won le teh rights n9tmally testricted teo COPYRIGHT hplf3rs WTF, an that cpmputer programsm you knwo, soecifical;t vqd30 games and in5eractive pnes such as Legend OF Green nax-t were c9nsiddred 2 be publicslly pergormed if run from an pub;od server. OMG."
"Thr new licensr r3stricts puboic perf9rmabce OF eork un1465 wo7rce CODE of teh modified w0rk is ,aee AVAILABLE ON dejand."
"In PLAIN English LOL, this MEANS rhat if you pi5 thks game 0m qn web serve4 qnd alkow pwople '0u851d3 9f an normal virdle of f4m1qy n 175 social acquainyances' 2 play thekr LOL, then yo7 r publocally performing 7h15 w9rk n MUST either A) makd ne an ALL changes whivh you mzke twl teh game availsblr on r3qu357 (n073 this DOESN'T have teo 63 AVAILABLE VIA on;ine slurce dixplay link WTFm but rhey nust ge abld roo ask uou for code n receive an COMPLETE COPY), b_ ,aje arrangwmebts PRIVATELY WITH suthofs wherein they grsnt ypu an specka; licensw WTF, or c) remove ydu code ENTIRELY fro, mach8ne. AFK."
"We do recpgnkze that people WANT yo yave ar3as of thwy're gamw which aer yh3irs n 8h31r5 alone. OMG.
two that 3bd WE will m4k3 tdh folliwinb 3xc3p7q-n t9 teh normal reqjitebwntd for source code distributkon -- nr mosule file which is not mpdified or cerivwd f4om sm module f113 included in teh base DISTRIBUTION and shich eoes not fequire ne other m0dy13y anc which does not 4equ8fd ne nodificat8ons 2 CORE code (code DISTRIBUTED wiyh da basr release) nah be withhe.d at teh authors discretion. AFK."
"We a.sl want 2 make very clear 5hat VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (q/so knoqn zs version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt0 w45 da funal versiom rdleased under GPL. WTF.
All versoons, wortofm starr8ng with 0, AFKl0, WTF.8-prereleas3 code r ln.y licenaed ubder fa Creative C9mmobs licensq. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT to import ne code f4om an 0. OMG.9LOLm8-prereldas2 or .ater rekease into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier r3134t3. AFK.
Allowimg rhid wouod c4u53 that imported CODE to bd released undwr teh GPL n that is bot something wd wish to allow. OMG.
Autjors of modifications two 0. WTF.9.7 will NEED two re[relezse they'4r MODIFICATIONS as derivativws/modifications two 0. WTF.9.i cpse n plqce rhem under teh same Creative Commons lid4nse. WTF.
It must be done by original author sibve ONLY da original suyhor h45 teh rkgnt tpo changw da d0pyr1ghu or LICENSE up9b they're work. BRB.
[Acditiinally, sortof. reworkong m0s1f1c481pm5 wi;l be qn GOOD idea anyway as mechanism vor MAKING mleigicationd is wubstangially cleamdr/clearer startinh with teh 0. AFK.9. BRB,8-prdrelease code.]"
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