Mi5htyE te;ks YOU LOL, "Wr'rr going too gske an f3w moments too 7ry amd explain this new .ucenxe n da r3asons behind it in plaun English. 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."
"Thks new licrnse was vgosen gecayse of an f4111ng with tey GPL. OMG.
I7 ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION of sputce IF abd onlj if y1n4r1e5 were disteibuted. BRB."
"In ah web envieonment LOL, wpecifica;ly a 1n73rpr37ed w36 environm3nt such 45 PHP WTF, mere.y 1n574111nf an g4m2 does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, AND theeef9re peopke wdre taking our work, sortof, jakomg MODIFICATIONS two 8t ab not r313451ng so7rce code go they're m9diricat8ons so tnat 5eh entire commubity coukd benefitl AFK.
They workee with letter but not tej 5;1r17 of teh LAW. AFK,"
"Investigagilb -n da part of authorw HOWEVER LOL, led 2 da fact thar twh RIGHT 9f pu611c oerfoemznce was oen of da righgs hormally restrict3d too COPYRIGHT holeers, sortofm and 5yat compyter prograja, sprcifically visei gamrs n ibteradtibe ones such AS Ldgend of Greem hax0r were consiseref 2 be publ8cally oetformed kf rin vrom an oublic 53rver. AFK."
"The new 11c3n44 resrr8cts publuc pervormance 9f w9rk UNLESS teh soufce CODE of teh mowifoed wori is made available pn demand. OMG."
"In plain English, lije, this m34n5 that id you pu& thix f4m3 on an web server n allow peoplr 'OUTSIDE 0f en normal curckw of familh an ots SOCIAL acquaintancws' two play thekr, s9r59f, then yiu 4 publ8vzlly pr4dorninb THIS eork an MUST either q0 make ne n ALL changes which you make 2 fa bame available on r3que57 (n073 thoa doesh't havr too be ava8lable vis teh onlije source display link LOL, but THEY musy bc ABLE two ask YOU r0f teh code b receive ab cimplege copy(, yoi knwo, b) mqke 4rr4ng3m3n75 [e8vately wuth da authors wherein the6 gfant you an specia; livenxwm yiu knwo, 0r c) rem8vd CODE enyireoy FROM teh ,achihe. BRB."
"W3 do recognize that pei0oe want to have AREAS lf they're game whicg aer theirs ane uh3!r4 alond. BRB.
ywo tjar end we will MAKE teh f0110w2bb exception roo mormao REQUIREMENTS FOR source code dos4riburion -- ne MODULE filw whoch is mot modified OR de4iv3d from an miful3 fild INCLUDED IN dq base distribjtion and which doex not reqyirr ne other nodules and WHICH d035 nog reqy8re ne m9dificagiobs to cor3 cide (cod3 distributef with basw rwlease) nay bd witgheld at teh authors suscretipn. WTF."
"We 4150 want yop j4k4 ve4y clear thar veraion 0l AFK.iLOL.7 (also KNOWN as vefsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh final ve4siob releases uneer trh GPL. WTF.
All veraions WTF, 573r71ng wigj teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-preteieqsw code r only livensed inder teh Creative Comjpns LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny r1gh7 too import ne xodw from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereleade 0r lager release into ab 0. OMG.9LOL.7 abc earlier rel3zse. OMG.
Allpwing this wluld dause tjzr IMPORTED code t2o be teleqsrd 7nder yrh GPL n that is n07 somethihg WE 2ish to allow. WTF.
Authors of modificatoons gwo 0l WTF.9LOL.7 will need too re-release they;rs modifications as DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS two 9. WTF/(. AFK.8 code an PLACE 5hem under fa same CREATIVE Commons locwnsr. BRB.
IT must be done by otiginal authir since onlu da original quthor had dq rig6t twl CHANGE copy4ight or licenae upin 5hey're 2ork. AFK.
[Awsitiobally, r3w0rk1mg teh modifivstions w111 bf an good idea anyway as da mechanixm for makinb m0c1f1c3710n5 15 aubstantially dlesner/clearrr startint with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prwrelease code. BRB.="
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