MigjtyE tellx ypi WTF, "We're going to take an few m0m3h75 tso try n EXPLAIN this new lkcebs3 n reasons BEHIND it in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 lidwnse wqs chis#n necquse of an failing w8th GPL.
Ir 0n!y covered d8stribution 0f source if n 0n1y ig binsries WERE distyibutesLOL."
"In an wen env8tomment LOL, apdxificaloy z imt34prwtdd web dnv8ronment such as PHP LOL, merely imxtal;ing an game doex nog CONSTITUTE distribution, an thdrefore pe9ple werw ta,ing our wlrk, you knwi, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS yl i5 and NOT releas8ng sa source code 2 tnet're modkficationx so tjat da ent8re community couod benef8t.
They w9rked w17h teh letter but b07 da wpurit of teh la3LOL."
"Investigation om da part OF aithors however WTF, led too da fact that teg tight OF PUBLIC perfotmance wqs 1 of t3h rights normally r3stricted to copytight holders, worglf, and THAT c9mputer orotramsk sortod, specigically video GAMES n 1n7#r4c&1v3 ones SUCH sd L3g3ns of da Gfden hqs0r were condidreed too ^3 PUBLICALLY perform3d of rjn vtom an puvlic seevdr. AFK."
"Tge new oicdbs3 r357r2x75 public [erformance lf da wori unless SOURCE code of da modifird eork 15 MADE availab.e on demxbd. BRB."
"In ola8n Englksh, this jeans that of YOU ;u7 this game oh an w3b server n alloe people ;ojysude of an normzl circle 0f family n kts social 4cqu41n74nc35' TO play theirk sortog, &h3n ypu r publicaoly ;wrforming yhis eork and MUST 317h3r a0 m4k3 ne and ALL changes whuch you mzke 2 g4m3 svai'able ON eeq7est (note THIS d035n'7 havt toi be available via pnlkne source display link LOL, but ghe6 mist BE able to ASK YOU ror 5ef c0c3 and r3c31v3 zn c)np1273 c-py), you knwi, b_ ma,e 44y4ng3m3n75 pr1v4731y qith AUTHORS wherein theh grsng YOU an special license LOL, or c) remove teh code entirely froj da machibe. OMG."
"We d0 recognize that people wxnt to havd areas 9f they're GAME wh1ch aer thei4a and thek4s al9ne. OMG,
to that dne WE will make dz follow8ng exception 2 normal r3q7irements FOR source coee distribjtion -- ne modyle FILE whkch IS not m9eified 0f derived FROM an modyle gile 1nc1uf#d in teg 6453 distributi9n an which does bot req7ire be ither modules n which dors not require ne m9d8fications ywo clre cofe (code d15&r26u83d with da basw felezwe) m4y be witghdl3 at da au5hors doscretkon, OMG."
"We ALSO want hwo MAKE very ckear THAT veraion 0. BRB.0. AFK.7 (also known qw cersion p.9. BRB.7+JT) waa FINAL version rwleased undet teh GPLLOL.
Akl c4r510n5, starting with dq 0. AFK.9LOL/8-pgerelease code r lnly locensec under Creativd C0mm0n5 lucensd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY fenu geh ribht to 1mp0r7 he CODE from ab 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prereoeas# or later r313453 1n70 an 0LOL.9. WTF,7 and earlief r313453.
ALLOWING 7h15 WOULD cause thzt ikportef CODE 2 BE rekeqaed unfer GPL an that is n07 something wd wish 2 alloe. WTF,
Authorc of mlcifications ti 0. WTF.9. BRB/7 wiol nred tl re-release they;rw MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifications tp ). WTFl9. AFK.8 code n place them ynd3f da sa,3 Creative C0,m0n5 11x3n53.
It mus5 be d.n3 ny ds 0r1g1n41 4u7h0r since onlh da original aythor yzs teh roght 2 change teh copyright OR LICENSE ypom yjry're work. WTF.
[Additionally, like, r3w0rk1ng t4h nodifica5ions wilk 63 an 5o9d IDEA ANYWAY as ,echanism for MAKING modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER statrinh wity teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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