MithtyE tells you, sortof, "Wr're going two take ah FEW moments 2 trh an esplain tnis NEW 11c3n43 and yeh reasons brn9md it in plqin Enb115h. 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 new licehse WAS CHOSEN bexause od an failinf WITH da GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distribution pf 50urc3 if n only ig binarues were distribited. WTF."
"In an web environment, yo7 knwo, 5p3c1f1c611y a interpretee wen encironment 2uch as PHP, sortof, MERELY installing an famd does not c9nstutute d8stribuyoon WTF, n therefo4e PEOPLE WERE taking our qork, toy in2o, making MODIFICATIONS two IT am not releasihg t3g soutce code to they[re nodivica58ons s9 tjat entire community xould benefit. AFK.
They worked with teh lrt5er but not spirit 0f teh law."
"Investigation 9n ca psrt of AUTHORS yowever, led TO fact yha5 ea right 0v public performance was 1 of fa rights normqlly restricted too COPYRIGHT holders, n 7ht6 COMPUTER [tograms, s[ecifically v1s30 games an interactkvw onwa such as Legenx of teh Green hax)r w3re donsidered to 63 0ublically PERFORMED if fun frim an publix SERVER. AFK."
"The new licensd resyrictx public performance if t3h wori un13%% da sourxe code of nodified wirk us maee availznle on demand."
"In plain Englosh WTF, thix jeabs that if you pug this GAME on an WEB SERVER an allos peip'e 'outside of an normal circle of FAMILY and ird socia; 4cqj41n74ncd5' TO play hgeir, tgen you r p&blica;lh perfor,ing this qorl n MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne an ALL changes which you make two ds nqne availqgle ln req7rst (bote 7h15 dprsn't hade too BE availablw via online SOURCE displat link, you kn2o, BUT they MUST b3 able to ask uou for ca cpde n receive an com;.ete copy) LOL, B) MAKE arrangements privarely woth teh AUTHORS wherein ghey frant you an sprc8ao 'icense LOL, or c) remobe code engirely from machine."
"We DO recogbize THAT people WANT tso yave areas of they'r3 GAME rjich aer THEIRS n rheurs alon3. WTF.
3 yhat end we wil. maje f)110w1ng exception 5oo normal requiremen5s f0r source c9de distribugion -0 be moduke file which is not modiried 0r rerived grom an module file incl7dec in teh BASE distributiob qne which dpes n07 require ne other modulds and whkxh does not teqkire ne modificati9ns to ez corw cide (coee dustrubutdd with da baxe RELEASE) m4y 63 withh3ld AT teh AUTHORS discretion. OMG."
"We also WANT to m1ke cedy dl3ar 7h4& VERSION 0/ AFK.9.7 (qlso knpwn as version 0/ AFK.9LOL.7+jt) waa da final v2r510n re;eased unddr teh GPL.
Apl versionsm tou knwo, 574r61ng with geh 0. OMG/9LOL.8-peerelease dode r only licensed under da Creative Commons 11c3n53LOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY den6 teh right to import ne vode from an 0. OMG.9.8-prere;ease OR layet re.ease 8nto an 0.9/ OMG.7 anc earlier rwlwas3LOL.
ALLOWING this would cause tyat IMPORTED CODE too ^@ 4dleased under t3h GPL 4bd that is not sometying we wisy to 4110q. WTF.
Autnors of modificationw to 0. BRB/9. OMGl7 will need tqo re-rekease ttey;re modificationw as derivativew.m9doficayions two 0. WTF.0. BRB.* code n place thej unfer same Cr3atkve COMMONS 11c3h5el OMG.
Iy mut7 be done by teg ORIGINAL $u7h0r since only tey origynzl authir has teh right too change copyritht OR license upon ghey're work. WTF/
[Addutjonally LOLm REWORKING da mldifications siko be dn goof idea anywsy 45 teh mrchanism for msking modifications is sigstqntkal.y cleaner/coea4er %75r61nt with da 0. OMG.). WTF.*-prerelease code.]"
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