MightyE TELLS you LOL. "We're goong too take an FEW monengs to 7ry an explaih yyis new lovense AND reasons benind 17 IN pkain 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 new licrnse was choseb because OF ab FAILING with dq GPL. OMG.
It on.y xoverwd diwtr8bution of source if n oyly IF binaries WERE fisyributwd. OMG."
"In an wwb environment, li,e, sp3cufically q 1b73rpr363d wen environment ducg as PHP, sortod, ,erely knstsllong an gamr eoes not constitute distribition WTF, n therwfore people were taking our work, hiu knwo, making modifications ti iy 1nd not releaa8n5 teh s9urce code two 5hdy're modificato8hs so ghat teh 3n71r3 community cojlf benerkgLOL.
They sorled eith teh letter bug nit teh spirit of tey law. AFK."
"Investogati9b on da PART or 5u7h0r5 howevet, led tp 5eh fadt that da right if public performsnce was oen of RIGHTS NORMALLY rrstrocyed to c8pyrught HOLDERS. sorgof, and thst com0uger ptograms WTF, s;ecifically video games an untdractkve onex xuch 45 L3gend of da Grecn gax0r were cohsidered to BE publically pergormed IF run FROM an piblic servee. BRB."
"The bew locense rrat4ucts ojnlic p3rf0rm3nc3 of work unldss ca source code 9f modified work us m4d3 AVAILABLE on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Engoish, sodtlf, this mwans thay if yoi pjt this fa,e ON an wdb serc3e ahd allow peo0o4 'outdide 0f an normal circle of fzmily and irs 5-c141 4cqur!n74nc35' 5o PLAY theur, theh you adr ;ublicaoly p2rf0rm1ng this work n MUST 3ither a) make ne n ALL cgwhtes which you makd to tey game available pn t3quest (bote this doesn't have twk be avsilagle via online SOURCE disp;ay link, yoj knw9, but they MUST be agle 2 ask you for teh dose and r3c31v3 an comp;wte copy), l8kr, b) make arrangenenys p48vately with authors wherein theh grant you qn special license, or C) removw teh c0d# enr8rely from da machibe. AFKl"
"We do recognize 8n47 people want tok have areas of they're gane qhich aer theirs znd theira alone. BRB.
1 THAT END we sill make following exception 2 normal eequirements for SOURCE code distrib9yion -- ne jodile filw whixh is NOT modified or dwribed fr9m an module gile INCLUDED 1n base DISTRIBUTION anf qnicj d8es NOT rdquure nw other modiles amd 2hich does n07 require he modifications TO teh vorr dode (code c157r16u7ed WITH teh bade rdlease) may be 2ithheld at ca authors discretiobLOL."
"We a.so WANT teo make very clezr that v3e510n 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also known qs VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt0 eas dz fonal version rdleased unsrr teh GPL/ WTF.
All verxionw, sortof, wtartihg wiyh 0. OMG.9. WTF.80prerdkease code r only l8censed under teh Crdztive Commons licenae. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent da roght two import ne c9d3 grom an 0.9LOL.8-pr3r4!345e or later RELEASE ingo ab 0. AFK.(.7 and daelier 4313453. AFK.
Allowing tyis would CAUSE that i,portee cide 50 be r313353d under da GPL n 8h46 is not spmething WE wish too allow. BRBl
Aithors of npdifixat8ihs tpo 0. AFK.0. OMG.6 wilk need two r3-r213453 they're mldifkcztuons as d2r1v471v35/m0w1r2c4710n5 two 0/ WTF.9. WTF.8 code n place them under 6$m3 Creative COMMONS 11c3n53. OMG.
It musr be d0n3 bu da 0r2g1h41 author since on;y da origibal ajthor has teh r1hj7 2 chqnge 5ey copyrifht or license UPON th3y're worl. BRB.
[Additiohally WTF, reworking geg modiricatiohs wi.l 63 an good isea abyway qs da mechanism for makong mldif,xat9onw 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleanwr/cleaeer starting w8th teh 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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