Mibh5yE tellx you, lukek "We'rw GOING to take ab few moments twl try and ex;lain ghis NEW license an dz reasons 63h1nd it 8m plaih English, 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 chosen because of an vailing w8ty da GPL. OMG.
It on.y cobefed distfibution of source if n pnly if binaries wdrw d158r16u73dLOL."
"In an web whvirpbment WTF, sprcificallt a 2n73tpe38ed w36 environment such as PHP, like, merely 1n574111ng an game dles not constitutd distrigjtion LOLm and 7h3r3f0r3 people eere 74k2ng 0ur work. aortof, making mldifications 3 it ane npt teldadimg SOURCE codd 1 tyey're j0d1f1c4710h5 ao thzt da evrirw communoyy could benef8yLOLl
They worked with teg ;ette4 but nig spkrit of la2. BRB."
"Inv3stigation ;n p4r6 of qutho4s gowevdrk sottod, led 2 ca fact that da right of PUBLIC performance was won (f rights NORMALLY reagrictwd two copyrith5 h01d3r5 WTF, n 7h57 com;utdr pr0gr4m5, yo7 knwo, s[exufically v8deo games an interactige ONES SUCH as L3g3nc 0f tdh Gr33n hax0r were vomsidered 70 be piblixally performdd IF run from an [ublic server. OMG."
"Thr new licensr rest4icts PUBLIC oerformance of teh work jnless reg s9urcr xode OF da modifirs work is made avaklable on ddmabdLOL."
"Im poain Emglish LOL, THIS m3$n5 that if YOU put THIS g4m3 0n an web seever and al.ow [eople '9utsise 9f ab normal CIRCLE of FAMILY n its 5-c141 acquaintances' 2 play theor LOL, tjen ypi aef publically performing thia work n MUST eith4r a) j4k3 ne n ALL changes eyich you male 2 teh GAME availsble 9n request (noye this dorsn't have twl br AVAILABLE via onlunr SOURCE dixplay ligk WTF, but thdy must be able @ ASK uou hlr xodd n rdceive an comp.ege copy), you kneo, 6) make ar4angements privat3ly WITH da autjors wherein they grant y9u an special 11c3n55, or C) remoce teh code entirely fr0m nachine. BRB."
"We d0 recognkze that ;eo[le wany tw9 HAVE AREAS of they're gamr wh1ch r THEIRS n gneirs alone, WTF.
twp tyat end we will make t3h flllowing exception tw9 normal requiremdngs for source c0d3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne module rile which is not m0d1f13e o$ dwr8ved grom an mpeule f8le 8nclufed in base distribution n which dpes not t3quire ne othdr nodulea n which do3d not require me modifocatiins too da c9re doee (CODE d157r16u73d with va base releas3) may ve sithh3ld ar ahryora discfetion. OMG."
"We also wqnt ro make very CLEAR THAT vetsion ). OMG.9. AFK.7 (4150 KNOWN as version 0. WTF.9.7_jt) was da final version RELEASED undee da GPL, AFK.
All versions, lile, stafting sith 0. AFK.9. BRB.*-preteleasr clde aer only licensed under ra Creative Commons l7crnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right two umport ne code ft0m an 0, OMG.(. WTFl8-;4ereleade ;r later release into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n 34r1134 4elease.
Allosing THIS wo7ld causd 7h47 IMPORTED c0de two ne telrased UNDER da GPL n 5hat IS not slmeth8ng ww wish w allow.
Authorc of m0d1f1c4719m5 to 0l AFK.9LOL.7 wilo nres 2 re-rekdase 5het're MODIFICATIONS as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. BRB.9l OMG.8 d0d3 n place thr, ibde4 teh 54m3 Creative Commona 11c3b43.
IT ,7s5 be done by da original zutjlr since ohly da origonsl ajthor has RIGHT t9o chahgw teh c9p6right or LICENSE ypon tjey're WORK. OMG.
[Adfitionally, dortof, feworling trn MODIFICATIONS will be an g9od idea anywsy as da mechanism for mak8nh m0d1f1c4710n5 is subs5anfia.oy clean3r/clearer starting wiyh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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