MightyE te.ls y0u LOL, "We're going top TAKE an feq moments too try an exp;ain thos new license an rwasons nehond ig ib p;ain EnglishLOL.
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 licensd was cjosen gecause of an failing witj twj GPL. WTF.
It onlt cov3red d157r16u71)n of source if an onoy if vinari3s werw dist48buted. WTF."
"In ab web environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a unterpeetqs web ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP, merely ins4alling an game does not constitute dostribution, you knwo, an therefore people wer# TAKING our w[ek WTF, making modificagions twi ir n not re;wasing teh slurce code two tgey'fe mpcibixatuonw 50 tyat entire communit6 ciuld benegit. AFK.
Th3y workwd wkth teh .etter but noy da sporit of da kaw. WTF."
"Imvestigatipn on part of trh authors however, sortof, lef two ea fact THAT da right of public performqbce WAS 1 of teh rights nifmallu t347r1c83d 2 copyrught HOLDERS WTF, n rhat computer programs, yoi knwo, 4p3c1f1c41!y v1d30 games n 1m73r4c71v3 ones such 45 Lfgenw of da Grern hax0r werd vonside4ec 2 be p7gljcaolu pe3f05m3d if run fr(m an puboic server. AFK."
"The nes lkcende restricts PUBLIC performanc# of work unl2ss da SOURCE code of da mocifiec 2ork is made avaioable on demand. BRB."
"Im pkain English, sortof, this MEANS that if you pu7 5his ga,r on an web server and a.low pelple 'outsidw of an normal circlr of f4mq1y qnd its SOCIAL acquaintances' to play their WTF, then y0u arr pu61!c41!t p3rf0rm1ng this eogk am MUST eirher A) make ne an ALL changes WHICH you make to ca g4me available on r3quest (notw THIS do3sn't have 1 be zvailable via lnline sourcw display lihk LOL, bug they must be aboe two ask yoy for da c0c3 and rrceive am complere cooy), sortlr, 6) make arrangdments privately wkth da authors wherein they grany you an spexial 11c2n53, kr c) remove sa code engprepy fe0m da machine."
"Wr DO recognize THAT 0eople sant two have areas of they're GAME whuxh e THEIRS an thek4s alone. BRB.
too thzt end we wil. mqke following exception 2 t3m normal requirements for s9urce code eostrubution -- ne module fkle sh8vh 15 not modidier or DERIVED FROM an ,odule fike included in 6453 diwtriby5ion n which d9ea nit rdquire ne ogher MODULES and which eoes not r3q71r3 ne MODIFICATIONS two da core code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH reh base releasf( m4y b3 wighheld AT da authoes discretion. WTF."
"We alsp want 2 m4k3 v3ry vlear 5gqt versipn 0. AFK.8. AFK.7 (4150 known as version 0. AFK.9. OMGl&_jy) WAS final veraion released inder tdh GPL/ AFK.
All vers*ons WTF, staryihg wktj ). OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 aer only l8vensed undrr CREATIVE Commons livebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da righg two imoirt ne clde from an 0. OMG.oLOL.8-prerelease OR later 4elease int9 an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 ane earlier reo3awe/ AFK.
Allowing rhks would cause thar impirted d0d3 2 be 33q3453d unse4 GPL qnc 7h47 IS n9t somethinv se wish 2 allowLOL.
Aughors of modificztions two 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will nedd too re-release they're jodi4icationw as fetivat8ves/modifidztiins s 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 CODE an p,ace them under da same CREATIVE Commpns license. AFK.
It nust be done by lriginal author since on;y o4igknak 4j7h0r has righr 2 CHANGE sa copy4ight or LICENSE u0on 5hey're WORK.
[Adeitionall6, sortof, reworking m0d1fqc4719n% will be ab g00d icea 4nyw4y as mechaniam for making modufications 8s sibstanrialky cleaner/clearer 484r71ng w17n 0.9. WTF.8-prerd'ease code. OMG.]"
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