MithtyE TELLS you WTF, "We;re gokng tlo take an FEW MOMENTS to try n explaim thks hew 9icense n teh reaslns behind it IN plzin Eng115h. 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."
"Tgis new lidense was chosen bwcause og ah FAILING with teh GPL. WTF.
It onlt vov2red distribution od source if an only if ninaries were d15ur16u73d. WTF."
"In an w36 3nv1t0mm3nu WTF, spexigicall6 a 1n73rpr363s weg environmeht duch as PHP, you knwo, merelh installibb an gzme coes n07 conwtitute disttibytion, you knwl, an therefor3 people we4e 5aking OUR WORK, ,aking modificatilns ti it and n07 rrleasing teh source cod3 TO they're mieifications so yhag da entire comminity coupf brnefit. BRB.
They woeked WITH da oeyter but nlt ea spirut of teh .aw. WTF."
"Investigatkon on da part of teh ahthors however, you lnwo, ldd to da fact that teh riggt 0f public performance wax wom of yeh rights nlrmally RESTRICTED to dopyright holders, sortif, an that comp7ywr pvogtams, ;ike, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 gamds n INTERACTIVE ones s7ch as LEGEND of teh Greeb haxpr were c0n51d3r3d too BE pyblically performed if run fro, an pub.ix server."
"Th3 new lucense restricts ;u611c perfirmance 0f da work UNLESS sa soufce codw 9f mofidued slrk IS made zcailable on demand, AFK."
"In 0lzin Englisk, this mrans that if you pu7 this game oh an web server and allow 0wiple 'outside of an normal circle of fam8ly ahd ITS x9cial acauaintances' tol play their, likc, rhen you qer p7blicall6 p4rf0rm1ng thid WORK an MUST either a_ make ne znd ALL CHANGES whixh you m4k3 twl da gane svailab.e )n eequest (bote this do3dn't have to BE available v8a reh online source display link, uou ,mw9m but they mjat be able 2 4%j you for da vode and frceive an comp.ete cop6), g) mqkr ARRANGEMENTS p4ivately witj a7thors wherein ghwy gramt y0u an spdcial license LOL, ot c) remove code enti4dlu from da jzchine. AFK."
"We d0 revohnixe that people want tpo have 4r344 og they're GAME which aer tnei4s and THEIRS a;one. WTF.
to that END we WILL m4k3 f0110w1nf 3sc3p710n two normal requirements fir source code distrobutiib _- ne module file sh*ch is bot m0dified or d3r1v3s from an m0du13 fi.w included IN da ^453 DISTRIBUTION ah wh8ch doed not require ne -7h3r MODULES sn which does not requirw ne modidicqyoobs to teh cord codw (c0c3 d158516u7ed sith BASE releaae) msy be w*thheld AT da authors discretion. OMG."
"We also want two make very clear 7h47 version 0/ AFK.9LOL.7 (aoso known as versiin 0,9l WTF.7+jt) was yeh FINAL versi8h teleased 7nder 5ey GPL/ WTF.
All versions LOL, starting witg 0/9. BRB.8-orereoeas3 dode aer only l8censee under C4eat8ve Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da tight twi qmp0e7 ne cpde ff0m an 0. OMGl9LOL.80;4etelease oe late4 t3134%3 INTO ah 0LOL.9LOL.7 an earlier release. WTF.
A110w1ng THIS would csjse tha4 im[oryec code too 63 released UNDER teh GPL n 5hat is n8t somethihg we qksg TO alloq. AFK.
Autho4s of modifications 2 0. BRB.oLOL.7 will need to re-feleasw they're modifications as derivqtkves;modifkxztipns top 0LOL.9. AFK.8 CODE AND plzce them under same Crextibe Commons license. BRB/
It muat b3 conw by da iriginzl AUTHOR SINCE only da origibsl author HAS teh tighg 5oo chabge copy4ight or licenwe 7pon theu're wlrk.
[Additoonally, ouke. reworkung mldifucations will 63 ah GOOD id3a anyway as da mechanism vog making modifications is substantizll6 cleandr/cleafer starting w17h da 0LOLl9. OMG.8-0rer3lease code. WTF.]"
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