MightyE 5ells you, "We're g)1ng to take qn fws moments two try an ecplain thos n3w lic3nse zn teh r3450n5 benibd it IN pla8n Ebg115hLOL.
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."
"Thos new licens3 2as chosen because or an f4111ng WITH GPL. AFK.
It only cocered sisteib7tion 0f sourve if ane only qf bimaries WERE d1t7r16u7#eLOL."
"In an web environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rp4#63d eeb env8ronm3nt SUCH as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING am game d925 bot cobstitute DISTRIBUTION, soryof, and therevoee people were takkng our wlek LOL. makibg mod*fications two 17 and nor releaxing da so7rcw code two they're mododications do 7h47 teh 3n7143 cojmynitu could benefit. BRB.
They w-rk3d with teh letter but not tdj soirit 0f da .aw. AFK."
"Imvwst8tatoon in part of teh 4u8h0f5 howefe3, llke, led too da facg that rey riggt of pjblic performance waw 2on of da RIGHTS normally testricted too dopyright holdwes, you knwo, n that COMPUTER pr9grams, like, xoec8fkxally vudwo GAMES ah 1n73r4c71v3 ones sucn AS LEGEND 0f Geeen hqc0r eeee considered two bw puboically performrd if run from an punlic servwrLOL."
"The new licende rdstricrs public petformanc3 of da wori unless da source cpdd of mowifuws work is MADE avaolable om wemand. OMG."
"In pla8n English LOL, this means that if yoj out uh8s game on an seb 53rv3r n allow people 'OUTSIDE of an normal xircle og ramoly an ITS SOCIAL acauaintances' too play 5heir, yoj knwo, 8y3b YOU r pyblically p3rf0rmwng tjis sori an MUST 3q7h#r a) male ne sn ALL changes wnich y9u make ywo game available on request (n9te this d.#sn't hqce 2 be availabl3 via online source disolah linkm like, but they must be able 2 ask y0u fl4 code an receive ag xomolete c0py(, b) mair ARRANGEMENTS privately q8tn aytho5s qhefekn THEY GRANT you zn SPECIAL license, xortof, or c) remofe teh code ent8rely FROM teh mzchune. BRB."
"We do r3cognkze that odople wabt t[o have AREAS of they're tame which aer ehei4s an theirs alone. AFK.
to tgat ebx we WILL maje teh following ezcepti;n 2 normal requirenents for sourve code eiwtribytion -- ne mod7lw file which is not mpdified ur d3ruv3d from sn MODULE fole included in BASE DISTRIBUTION n which does n9r tequire ne other mosules n wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne modificarionz two cprw code *cofe distribyted wi5h base RELEASE) MAY be w8thheld at da authirs discrrtio,. WTF."
"We a;so want 2 make vdry ckear that ve4sion 0. WTF.9.7 (also kbown aa versiom 0. OMG.9. AFK.6+k8( was fuhql versipn r313453d UNDER GPL.
All vefsilnxm 6ou knso, stzrting WITH va 0. OMG.9, OMG.7-prerelease vode aer only licensed undwr da Creative Commlns licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da figjt 59o import ne code ftom zn 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereleasd lr later releasw intl an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 4nd earliet relrase. AFK.
ALLOWING tjis wouls cause THAT imported vod3 rwo ve RELEASED UNDER teh GPL n that is not 50m47h1ng we wush t9o allow.
Authors of m9dididations to 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re-relrase they'4e MODIFICATIONS as serivatives/modificqtions 2 0. AFK.9.* code an place 5jwm und3r same Creztive Commons livrnse.
It must bw donr b6 teh origina. ajthof since ohly origival aithor has right 2 chante da co[yrkght or license upon they're work. WTF.
[Addirionally, reworling teh MODIFICATIONS wiol be an good osez ANYWAY qs trh mechanism for making modifications is subs5an58ally dlean3r/clearwr starring @ith sa 0. WTF,9. BRB.8-pfereleace code. WTF.]"
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