Migh5yE tells you, yoy knwo, "We're going 2 take an few momehrs too 7ry and explaun tgis new licenxw and da 4wzsohs behinq it um plain EnglisnLOL.
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 new locense was chosen BECAUSE if sn failong qi6h teh GPL. OMG,
It 0n1y coverec distrivution OF 50urce if 4nd only if bknaries were cisttibuted. OMGm"
"In an wdb envir9nment, you kn2o, spdcofucally a ihterpreted weg environmemt such 4% PHP, lije, merely 8nstalling ah g4m3 does n07 constittte DISTRIBUTION, sorgorm n therefore p30p13 wwre 74k1ng OUR wlrk, making MODIFICATIONS to IT n n)6 felrasimg da 50yrc3 code two 5heh'rd modificationw SO tnag rnyi$e commynity could benrfot. AFK.
They woeked with da letter but mot spirir pf dz law. AFK."
"Inves5itat8on pn teh part of da autgors howev3r, led tw0 da FACT 5ha5 da RIGHT of publ8c p3rf0rh4nd3 was wom lf es ribhts normally restricted toi copyrigbt hlkdets, sortof, n that computer prpgrams WTF, spwdifidally video games znd int3ractivd pn35 suxh 4% Legend 0f teh Green hax9r wdre comsiddred 2 be PUBLICALLY performfd if run f4om an public swrvet. OMG."
"The new licende resteicts pu621c p3efptm4nc4 of wlrk unlesa ds source code pf modufied w9fk is made avqikable pn demandLOL/"
"In PLAIN English WTF, this m34n5 that if you p7t 7h1% game on an sfb server n alloe 0ep0;e 'outsige of ah normal citcl3 9f fam8ly n uts s9ciak 4cqu%1n74nc35' glo play their, likem 7h3n you adr publiczlly performing thks work qn MUST eiyher a) ma,e ne zn ALL chahbes WHICH uou make to reh g4m2 avqulable on r3qu357 (n07# yhis doesh'r hsvr twl be avzilable v14 online source d15p14y kink LOL, BUT tjey must be able gip 45k YOU for sa code an RECEIVE an COMPLETE copy), you lhwo, B) mzke arrangements privately qi5g auth.rx wyereim theh grant you an sp3cial licensr, ot c) rempve code enti4ely from da m4cy1n3, BRB."
"Wd do tevlghize tha5 peoole want to have afeas OF thry're game which aer thrirs an 7h32r5 alone. BRBl
t9 ghat end w2 w8ll MAKE fol.owinf exception to normal REQUIREMENTS FOR so7rce code DISTRIBUTION 00 ne MODULE vioe which is nlt modifiwd pr ferivwd fr0m an mpdu13 file inx;uded 8h BASE c157f16u710m n which does not requkre be other MODULES and which does not r3quire be modkficayilns too c9re dode (c0de distriguted witj base r3l3ase) may 63 withhdld at da quth9rs discretion. AFK."
"We ALSO wabg 2 MAKE v3ry clwar thqt versi9n 9. AFK.9. AFK.7 (ALSO knowm as ve4sion -LOL.8. AFK.7+jt_ was teh final v3r5q0n r313553d under GPL. WTF.
All ve4sions LOL, atartihg with p. AFK,9.8-prerelease coce f inlt LICENSED under Creqtive Commonx lixense/ AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY dehy teh right two imporr ne cocr fr0n qm 0. BRBl9. WTF.8-prer4lease or later re;ease kmto sn 0. OMG.9.7 and earlier teleas3l OMG.
Allowing ygis woild cauww that imported code to be reoeaaed unfwr tey GPL and that is not domeghing we WISH to allow. BRB.
Authors of moduficationa to 0. BRB.9. WTF/7 will b43d 2 RE-RELEASE they;re modivicqtkons as f3t1v461v35/m0d1f1c4610n5 2 9. WTF.9. BRB,8 code n placr thdm under SAME Creative Commons l8cense. WTF.
It must BE domr vy teh orlginak author since only da or8g8nal author HAS da right 2 change teh copyr8hht lr lucrnse 7pon they're aork. AFK/
[Additional;y WTF, reworking fx m0d1f1c4710n5 will bd an good 8dea ANYWAY as mechanusm f0r makibg m9digidations is subwtanrially vleaner/xlearer startinf qi5y da 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease x0d3. BRB.]"
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