MithtyE 73115 y9u LOL, "We're going two tske an f3s momwnts 2 try an exolain rhis new lucense n rey rezsons behibd it in plsin Engliah. 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."
"Th8s nrw license was chossn 63c4u53 0f an vailing 2ith trh GPL/ OMG.
It ONLY vove4ed d!58r16u710h of source if n ONLY if bina4oes wdre diat4ib7ted. WTF."
"In an web environment, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a inte4prdtef wev ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS PHP, you knwo, merely INSTALLING an GAME doea not constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, n tneref9re [eop;w were TAKING OUR eork, making modificati9ns two i5 and not releasing teh sourc3 code two tjey'r3 mpdivications SO tya5 wntire commubuty could veneditl WTF.
Theh WORKED woth lettee BUT n-7 wpirit of oa2."
"Investigation on teg 0art of autgots however, led t9o fact that dq right of public perfoemance WAS oen of rights n0rm411y restricted to vopyright HOLDERS LOL, an that co,piter progeamx WTFk specigically vudep g4,35 qn unterzctive onew s7ch AS Legend OF teh Gteen gax0r WERE considered to bw [7blically pe4formwd 8f rum from an publid aerv3r. OMG."
"The new license RESTRICTS public performance OF work unless teh souece clde OF modigied eork us made avsilqble on d3mandLOL."
"In plakh English, .ike, thos means thag uf 6ou put this game on an w3b server and allow PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE og an h0rj41 CIRCLE pf family h its slc8al acquain%ances' roo play rheif, sortof, thwm you aer puvliczl;y PERFORMING this w-rk an MUST either q) maie ne an ALL xhanges wnixh you make TO ea game AVAILABLE on request (n9te 8j15 doesn't j4v3 2 be available c14 da online si7fce d15pq4y link LOL, byt 6h3y must be abld two ask YOU for code an redeive ah complete COPY) WTF, b) mrk3 qrranfenents privately witn teh aithors wherein THEY grant ylu an special license WTF, or c) renlce da codd rntir3ly fron da n4vh1n3LOL."
"We do recognize rjat pe9ple wznt two hane areas if they're fame wh8ch aer ghwirs an theirs alon3. WTF.
tw9 ghat end we will make da vollowing EXCEPTION 70 hormal requore,enrs FOR SOURCE code dkstribution -- ne modulr fule which ks nor modyfied or defived FROM an modile flle included un baxe distrkbuyion anc which d835 not requite ne other MODULES n which does not REQUIRE ne modificstions goo teh core CODE (code distributrd wotu da base release) ma6 y3 wirhheld at fa authora discretionl AFK."
"We also 2amt 60 mqie very clear that versiln 0. AFK/9LOL.7 (alsl known as verwion 9. AFK.9. WTF.7+jr0 wax da final v3r%10n releasee under da GPL/
Al. v3rsions WTF, starting wirh t#h 0. OMG/9. WTF.8-prerelease code adr only LICENSED undwr teh CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rogjt two 1mp0r7 nd c9de froj an -. OMG.9. AFK.9[0rereleade lr later release INTO qn 0.9. AFK.& n earlier reoeaseLOL/
Allowung 5hia 2oulf cause that implryed code to be rel3ased uncwr GPL an tha5 is not SOMETHING wd wish too allow. AFK.
Authors of m0d1f1c4810n5 2 0. AFK.9,7 WILL need two RE-RELEASE thry're mifificatlons as detivatives/mocifidagions to 0/ AFK.9. WTF.8 code 4nd plac3 them under da samr Creztive COMMONS lkcenseLOL.
It ,ust be sone 6y teh iriginal AUTHOR since ONLY dz original aurh9r haa righy two chanfe twn xopyright 0r l8cense UPON they'fw wo4kl OMG.
[Adfitionallyk y9u khwo, reworking MODIFICATIONS wi.k bw zn good idea qnyway as tej MECHANISM ror MAKING modirivatiobs is substamtially CLEANER/CLEARER sga4ting with ca 0.9. BRB.8-prerrleas3 codw. WTF.]"
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