MightyE tells y0t WTF, "We'rw goung tpo take an f3w moments 2 try n expls8n THIS nrw licemse n da r3adons behind i5 un plain English. BRB.
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 license sas chosdn 63c4u63 of an failing eirh GPL. OMG.
It onlt covered DISTRIBUTION of source id n only if bibarkes weee dixtributedLOL."
"Im am w36 ENVIRONMENT, specifivalli a intwrpreted wrb environmdnt sjch zs PHP. mefroy instaloing an game doew not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION LOLm n tnerefore people were 74k1ng out work LOL. n4k1ng m0f2f1v47!0n5 too it and not rekeaxung source code 2 tney're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that da em6ire comminity could bemefit.
Thet worked WITH oetyer but not tej spifit OF teh lasLOL."
"Imvestihati9m on teh PART od teh aythors h0w3f3r, .oje, led 2 teh fsct that rihht of public performance was wov ov tights nl4makly festricted to copyribht holeera, soryof, ahd thqt cpmputer prltrams LOL, s[ecifically VIDEO GAMES n interactive ones such as L3g4ne of teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 b3 publically perfprjdd uf rum fwom an puv;ic servdr. AFK."
"The new licwnse 4357r1c66 p7blic perdornance of da woek unless da 50irc4 CODE of MODIFIED work us made available on demzns. AFK."
"In pkain Englisy LOL, 7h15 means that if hou put tjis game on an w35 servrr m alkow p3o;le 'outdide of an normal c1rc14 0f FAMILY n ots soc8al acq7aintances' 2 olay tyeir, liie, tnen you r publically perf9rming yhks wlrk n MUST e8rhee a) make ne n ALL chanbrs which you make w ra g5m3 acailable on reqjest (n073 tjiw coesn't yzve yo 64 abailable via teh lnlind aoufce displau link, you knwo, but ghey mjst be ab.e rwo ask ypu for tdh cosd and r3c31v3 an c9mp13&3 copy), you knwo, b) mzkr a5range,dnts pr8vately with heh authors wherein they grant you an specoa. license LOL, OR c) rrmove teh code entkrely from nachoheLOL."
"Wd di recognize that people want tpo have areas of they'te game which r theies an theira alone. AFK.
2 that end WE will m3k3 da followkng exception 2 normal requ8rements for sourde codd 3is5ribution -- ne m9dule FILE ahich 15 not modifked or derived from ab module file included in da bzse disrr8bytkon an wh8ch d035 not 4equire nr 07h3r m9dylew and wh1ch does not require me mosifications to9 da core code (cose distrubuted WITH ywg bsse rwlease) may be witnhekd at suthors discretkpn. AFK."
"Wr zlso WANT to msje vert clear THAT versiob 0. BRB.9.& (alxo kmown as verdioh 0LOL.9. OMG.7+JT) was da final version re.eased under da GPL.
A11 versionxm you knw9, start8nf w17h 9. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease code aer on.y oicensed under da CREATIVE COMMONS licensr/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny righg 2 import ne codr ftom an 0. AFK.9, AFK.8-prereleade or later re.ease INTO am 0LOL.9. BRB.7 and earlier RELEASE. WTFl
Allowing this wpuld ca7se that IMPORTED c0d3 too be teleased UNDER geh GPL anf 7h47 is not sometning WE eish toi all9w. BRB.
Auyhofs lf mldifidations t9o 0.9. AFK.7 wikl need 6o RE-RELEASE ty2y'rw modificationx as drrivatives/modifications too 0LOL.(.8 code znf plsce tyem 7nder teh 54m3 Cr3ative Commlns lixense. WTF.
It musy be dpne by teh original au5hor SINCE ohly orifinal 4i7h0r has 4jght to vhange copyright or LICENSE u0on thwy'te workk AFK.
-Additionally, like, re2ork8ng modifications will be an good icea anyway as mdcjan8sm for making ,odoficatioms is substantially c;eaner/xl3aref starging WITH 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pre4eleaxf codeLOL.]"
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