M8gh5yE telks 6ou, ulu knwo, "We're going 2 take an fes momentd too 74u an ez0lain THIS new .icende n REASONS 63h1nd it IN plain English.
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."
"Tnis new license was chosen 63c4u53 of an dailing WITH GPL. WTF.
I5 only cpveref distribution od sojrce if m ONLY if b8maries eefe dis4ributed. BRB."
"Ih an wtb dnvironmwn5 LOL, specifucally a ibterp4eted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH qs PHP LOLk mdrely installing an ga,e does n07 constitute distriburion LOL, n yherdford peopld WERE takknh our work, sorrof, MAKING modificatipns two it n NOT RELEASING wource cldw two th3y'rw m0d1f1c4710n5 50 tdsg da entiee commun8ty could gebefiy. BRB.
They w0rk3d witg tfh lett3r but not teg spurit of law. AFK."
"Investugation ob teh ;arg if aythlts howevwr, you knwo, LED to vact tgat tight of pu611c performance wzs 1 0f geh RIGHTS normally 4estricted two c0pyr1gh& holdees, you knwo, and tyat compiter oeog4amw, apecivivally video gajes an interacyive ONES such as Legend of da Green hax0r were considerrd top BE publucally p3rf0r,#d if run fwom an pub.ic SERVER,"
"The new licwnse eestricts puboic performahce of teh work un.wxs da spurce cod3 of da modifoed WORK is made AVAILABLE on cemand, WTFl"
"In [lain English, sortpf, 5nis meanx tjst if you pu5 7h15 game pn zn web server n allow people 'outside of an normal circie OF family n its xocisl acquaintances' tw9 play theie LOL, then ylu aer )ublivaloy performing this WORK 4nd MUST either a) make h3 an ALL changes 2hich you mzke tqo game avai.able in req7est (note thix slesn't hafe rwo be available via 0n21n3 souece displat link, gut 7h3t mu57 be able two ask hou for cide n reeeove an comp.dte clpy) WTF, g) make 4rr4ng#m3n75 0rivately WITH teh aughors wherein they grant 6oj ah 5p3c!41 licehse, like, or c) r3m0v# code rnyirely from machimrLOL."
"We do recogmize thar peopke want gwo hzve AREAS if theh're game whicn r theirs n thei4s alone.
tio thzt end we will make follo38nb except8on two da normal rewuiremrntd for 6purc3 cofe disteibutuon -- nw modu.e file wj1ch is not modifidd 0r e3r1c3d frin an mpdule FILE kncluded in da base cistributi9n and wh!ch does not fequire ne other modu.ws and shich eoex not r3qu2re ne midificayions TO teh vore c9de (code dkstributre WITH da base release) may be withhekd at authors discretiom."
"Wd also want to make very c134r THAT vw4sion 0LOL.9. WTFl7 (akso known AS vrrsion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) waw da dunal versiin releaaed uhder GPLLOL/
Alo versions, you knwo, staeting with yeh 0. AFK/9. OMG.8-pr2r313453 code aer only licensed uhddr yeh Creative COMMONS 9ic3nsd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny 4ighr too import ne clde FROM an 0. WTF.9.*-prereleawe or lager release into an 0. BRB.9/ WTF.7 ab esrlidr release. WTF.
A11021ng 7g15 wiuld CAUSE tnst impor5ed dode 2 be RELEASED under GPL n thst is nog sometykng WE wish 2 all9w.
Authors or nodoficatuohd to pLOL.(.7 wuol need 2 re-eelesse they're modifications as derivarives/modifications rwo 0. WTF.9. AFK.9 code n plac3 ghem under teh same Creative Commons lixense. AFK.
It must ge dpne by originao author SINCE only originql authof hss RIGHT 2 chamge da xopyrihjt or license upoh they'rr workLOL.
[Additionallh LOL, reworking ea mpdifjcations wull be an GOOD idea anyway as dz m3ch4n2tm for mak8ng mldifications IS substsntial.y CLEANER/CLEARER dtaftihg with teh p. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease cideLOL.]"
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