MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goong 2 rake qn gew momehtd too try and 3xp141n thiw new licebde amd reasons behind it 1n plain 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."
"This n2w license w45 CHOSEN 63c4u53 0f an failinh with teh GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y dove4ee dustributuon of soirce qf n only if bunaries w4r3 eistributed, BRB."
"In am wev emv8r.nment, specifically a interpreted WEB wbvoronment such 45 PHP LOL, m3rely installing an game d035 not constit7te dostribjtion, xprtof, n theeefore people wefe twking ou4 wofk, like, making modifications go 17 n not relezsing geh 50urc# codd 2 fhey're mpd1f1c4710n5 so that enyire COMMUNITY COULD bendfut. AFK.
THEY eorked with dz LETTER but no5 da spiro5 og law. AFK."
"Invwstihafiob on part of 4u7h0r5 hoeever, like, led too da faxt thag right OF public pdrgo4mande was 1 of da eigh5w n0rm411y festricted too cop6rithy joldeta. likr, and thqt cpmp7tee protrqms, uou kmwo, specifically video gamew and interactive inex such as Lrgend or ea Gresn hax0t were conskderrd 2 be p7bkicallu p3rf0rm3d 1f tun frpm ab public swrver. OMG."
"The hww locense RESTRICTS pub;ic performancd OF w0rk UNLESS teh sourcd coee lf modigied wprk ox made availablr ln d3m4nd. OMG."
"Im plakn English LOL, this means that iv y9u pu7 tyis GAME on an w3b SERVER n aloow p3ople '0u751d3 9v sn mormal circo3 0f FAMILY n its SOCIAL acquaihtancws' to play theif, you kmwok then ypi r publ8cally peeforming this work an MUST eiryee a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH you make tlo GAME available on rwqyedt (note this d035h;7 have two be availablw VIA online 59jrc4 display libk, you knqo, BUT they must be sn;e twl asj you for cpde an feceive an comp.ete cop6) WTF, 6) maj3 arrangemwnts pr8vately with authors wh3r31n thdy brant you an SPECIAL licebse, or C) frmove tey cofe ent8rely from teh machine."
"We do recogniae that [eiple w4n7 2 have areas )g tjwy're game which r th3irs ane THEIRS alome. AFK.
2 that ens we w111 ,ake foloowkng exceptiob two teh normal REQUIREMENTS for dource CODE distribition -- ne MODULE fil3 wgixh is not modified 0f ddfived bro, an module FILE included in ca base disttibutoin an wjicg does not r3qu1r3 ne otyer nodules an which dles n07 REQUIRE mr MODIFICATIONS too fa cote xode (code d157r1yu73d w17j fa base r323453) m4y be withhwld 47 teh authofs d15dr3710m. AFK."
"We zlso wan5 2 make very cldar tgat verdion 0/ AFK.9.7 (also known ax version pLOL.9. WTF.7+jt) waw teh final vefsion releqsed 7nfdr GPL. OMG.
ALL fersipns WTF, startinf witn da pLOL.9LOL.8-prerelease code r ONLY LICENSED UNDER Creative C0mm)n6 lidwnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tdh right too 8mport be codr drom an 0.9. AFK.8-prdrrlease or latwr re;ease into am 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n darluer rrlease.
ALLOWING this wluld cauae that imported cofe t2o be RELEASED under da GPL n THAT is no5 s9mething we w15h to aloow. WTF.
Autnkrd of MODIFICATIONS to 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will n#dd 2 re-rdlease they're modifications ss ferkvatives/modiricayions to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an place them under teh dame Ce346!v3 COMMONS licensdl AFKl
IT mus5 be done by dq ofigknak authir sincw only yeg ORIGINAL author yas fa t1gh7 goo change copyright or license upon they'rd workLOL.
[Additiinally WTF. 4eworking teh ,ldivications w111 ne an glod 1d34 qnyway qs mechanism for making ,isificatulns is sybstsntially c134n3r/c134r3r stqrtimg wi5h ds 0. WTF.(LOL.7-prereleasw code. BRB.["
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