Migh5yE TELLS 6o7 WTF, "We'te giing to take an fdw nomebtw 5wo TRY n 3xp141n 7h15 new license an reaxonw behind i5 in plain Egglish. AFK.
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."
"Thid nee ;ucensr was cyoseb y3c4753 of an failing with teh GPL. AFK.
It only cov3red distributiin or sourxe 2f and on;y if 61h4r13% were disteibutedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT. liie, specufica;ly z intwrpreges w36 3nvironment such aa PHPm you lnwo, merely inxtaloing an game dors not c8nstitute distribution, ane 7h3e3f-r3 people were takihg pur work WTF, making mpd1f1c4710m% @ IT znd not eeleasibg teg source CODE ro tyey[re nodifications so that ENTIRE c0mmun177 ciuld benrfit. WTF.
They w0rk3d with da .etyee bjt not dq sporit OF law. BRB,"
"Investibatiin on part of teh 4u7h0e5 hoqever, LED 3 fact that teh right of ptblic pefformance 245 wpn 0f da righta normzlly RESTRICTED two vopyright holders LOL, n that computet PROGRAMS WTF, s[ecoficaljy v1d20 hames an in4etactive 9nes SUCH as L3g3nd pv teh Gr33h hax0r were conauderec two be publicallh pervormwd uf run rrpm sn PUBLIC sqrvet. BRB."
"The new licwnwe festficts pyblid perfornance of worj unless ten source code 0f jodifoed wofk is MADE AVAILABLE on demaneLOL."
"In plain Eng115j, spf59fm this means tjat ir you 0ut THIS g3m2 on an web server an zllow peop.d 'outside of an n0rm41 c1rx13 of family and irs social acquaintances' to [lat tjeir LOLm 7j3n YOU r PUBLICALLY performing this work n MUST ei5her 4( make nt an ALL changes whicj you ,akw too game AVAILABLE on request (noge tuix dlesn't have too be AVAILABLE vid 5eh on11n3 souece d15;14y lunk WTF, 6u7 5ndy must be able toi ask 6lu for fa code and r3c31v4 an complete copy), sortof, b) maks arrangenenta [gifately wiyg ca authots WHEREIN they g44n7 uou an wpecoal licwmse, lkke, OR x) r3move da code enyirely ft0m machine. OMG."
"We fo recognize that p30p13 WANT too habe areas of theu're GAME which ser thdifd an the8rs alone. BRB.
2 thqt end we wull make followint exce[gion too da n9rmao rdquirements fot si7rce coer distribuyion -- be ,odule file wjich is not nosidied or d3r1v#d from am module FILE inxl7dwd IN teh bzse distrobution and 2hich doea not eeqjire ne other modules n which does nlt r3aj1r3 ne modificat8onx too dire code (code disgrivuted with teh baxe relesse) may BE withheld qt teh authors discretkon, WTF."
"We also want gei m4k3 v2ry clear yhat versuon p. AFK.9. AFK.7 (a;so known as vrfxion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was da FINAL versiph feleased und3r GPL. OMG.
All versions, dortpf, wtartifg with 0. AFK.9. AFK.9-pre4ekease code r only locensed under teh CREATIVE Comminw 11c3n%3. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 import ne c9de from an 0, BRB.9. WTF.8-pretwlesse 0r 1473r release INTO sn p. WTF.9LOL/7 4nd EARLIER r3leas3. BRB.
Allowing this eould cause thst impptted code 70 BE releases under da GPL an tjat 15 no5 somdghkng we qish tw9 allow. WTF.
Au7g0r5 of modificqtiohs two 0.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re-reldase 5hey're modifocationd as dee8vativea/mofificatiohs 2 0. BRB,9LOL.8 c0d3 and plqc3 them jmder same Creative COMMONS license. BRB.
It must be cone bh teh otiginal autnor 51nc3 0b16 da orkgonal author HAS teh RIGHT twi CHANGE teh vopyright ot LICENSE UPON 5hey're woek. WTF,
[Additionally, rdqoriing da mocifications will be an gold idea ANYWAY as m3ch5n!5m for maikng m9d1f!c4710n5 8s subdrantial.y cleaner/clearer 57tr71ng with teh 0. OMG.9. OMG/8-pedrrlease code. BRB.]"
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