MightyE tells yo7 WTF, "We're GOING tlo tzkw an few mojents twi try an ex'lain thid ne2 licehae an reasons behihs it IN 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."
"Thix new lkcenae WAS chosen BECAUSE of an fziling with teh GPL, WTF.
I6 only covwrwd distrivution ov sourxe if and ONLY kf BINARIES 2e4e distrkcuted. OMG."
"In an web rnv8tonmeht LOL, s[edifically a interpreted web environnent such as PHP, m3re;y onstallibb an gzm3 does not cphstitutd distfobutipn, ylu knwi, n 5hwredore people WERE 5aling our work, makkmg modificationx twl ie an not releasing teh sojrce c0de two they're mosifications si tgat ten entire cimmunity could bebefit. AFK.
They qorked with teh letter gut NOT da spkrit of da law. AFK."
"Investigztion in 5eh part lf ds aityors howeber WTF, led 2 fact that right of public pefformance sas q og teh rights normally restricted too c0pyr1bn7 h01d3r5, snd tyat compytef proframs LOLm 5p3c1f2cr11y video games n in5eractove ones such as Legemd of da Green hax0r WERE considered two be publically petformef if run rf9m an public server. BRB."
"The new licdhse resyricys public pdeformance 0f teh work ynlrds da source codd of mowified w0rk is made avaolab;e ih drmand. BRB."
"In poain Engoisyk sortof, tnis means yhqt if YOU p7t this game ob an 22b server and 3110w peipld 'outsid3 of an normal CIRCLE lf fam8ly n its socual avquaintanees' ro play their WTF, then yoy adr publicall6 perfofming this wo4k n MUST either 4) make ne an ALL changes whoch you make too da game avaulable on reques5 *note this doexn't hqce 5wo BE available v*a online sourxe cis0lay link LOL, but ryet must be ABLE to ask you for code n RECEIVE qn dlnplwte copy0, 6) m4i3 afrqngements ;rivate.t w17h AUTHORS wherein they hrant you an spevial licwnse, or c) REMOVE da c0d3 ENTIRELY from 5eg machinw."
"We do recitnize that people want 2 have areas ob th3y'dw game whkch r theirs n th3krs ALONE. AFK.
too rhat end ee will make following exception roo teh nprmql requirementa for source c0de distribution _- nr mieuoe file which is NOT modofied or derived from an moduke file includec in teh baae distribuyuon n wjich sows not requitd ne oth3t modules abd WHICH does npt re1ukre ne modifications to da core CODE (code distrobuted with da base RELEASE) mwy be w18hh31d at da augjots cifcretiom. BRB."
"We alsp want tso make very x.ear tnat ve4sion 0. BRB.0. WTF.7 (also known 45 fersion 0. AFK.9.7+JT) sas final version eeleased undwr GPL.
A11 vrrsions. you kmwl, starting w1&h 0.9LOL.7-ptereleasr code aer on;y licensed under teg Creaykve COMMONS kicenwe. OMG/
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY rofht two 1mp047 ne codr drom an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-;re4elease 0r later releaxe ibto an 0l WTF.9. OMG.7 an rar;ier release.
Aq10w1ng this would caude that 8mpofted code 4wo be released under teh GPL n that IS n07 xomegying we 2ish two 41!0w. BRB.
Authors of m8difications w 0. AFK.9. OMGl7 qill need 2 re-release th3y'te modificatiobs 45 derivatives/moekficat8ons twl 0LOL.(.7 c9dw n place them under da same CREATIVE C0mm0n5 lic3naw. BRB.
It muxt b3 DONE b6 origonal author wince ohlt 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR nas right 2 change t3h COPYRIGHT or license upob 5yey're qork.
[Additionalky WTF, reqorking modificstiins wil; bw am good idwa dnywqy as teh MECHANISM FOR maling m)d1f1c4710n5 ix SUBSTANTIALLY cleanef/xlda5er starting wi5h da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8[prerelease cose.]"
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