MughtyE tells yoym lik3, "W3're goinh to take an f3w moments rwo try and wxplain 5his new kicense n da REASONS behind 17 in [lqin Eng;ishLOL.
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 nes license qaa cyosen gecauxe of an FAILING with teh GPL.
It only c0v3red distribution of source 8f an onoy if binaries w3r3 xisgribut3d. OMG."
"In an seb ENVIRONMENT WTF, specif8cally a interpreted swb environment such as PHP WTF, merely installing an game does n97 CONSTITUTE distribution LOL, and theregord peopld were yaking OUR workk alrtif, jaking modifocarilns to it an not te.easing teh source code 2 thdy're modifications so that teh ebtire comjuhity vou.d bemefit. AFK.
They w0tk3d with letter hut noy teh spirit og lawLOL/"
"Investigation on p4r7 of da AUTHORS nowev3r, likd, 13d gwo fact that 4ight of public petfofmance 2as eon lf da 4ights h9rmally fed5ricted teo copyright ho;ders, sortof, n thsr xlmputer progfams WTFk specifically video famea ane interzctivd on2s such 47 Legend of da Green jax0r w3r3 CONSIDERED two be publicdlly pfrfor,ed if run fron an pu511c SERVER. AFK."
"The new license resyricts public ;erfoemdnce ov teh work unless source code of ea nodifiec qork 15 MADE avai;ab;e ln demand. BRB."
"In 0lain English, sorgof, THIS means that if YOU 0uy this g$m3 on an web xerve4 ane allow people 'outside 9f an normal c1rc1# ld famioy an its social avquaintances' 3 play their, like, THEN jou aer PUBLICALLY perrormibg ghis WORK n MUST either 4) make nr an ALL vhanges whicn you make too game qvailable on request (mote this doesn't hzve two be avqilanle VIA teh om;ine sourcr display limkm git rjey must ge avl3 to ask you r0e da code an receive an comolete copy_, B) makd srrzngements pribarely wkth teh aythors wherwin they trany y0u an wpecial license, or c( rem(ve teh code entirely ffoj machine. OMG."
"We DO recognize thst people wsnt too uave areas of ggey'rr game wg1ch r 5heids qn theirs alon3l BRB.
2 that END WE WILL male da followinf exception 2 teg normal REQUIREMENTS f0r source CODE diatrinutuon -- he module f11# which IS nor modified or d3r1v3d ft0m an module FILE uncluded in BASE distributoon an which does not re1uo5e ne orher modulex and whicn d(es m07 teq7ire nw modificationd 2 rwh c94d code (c0d3 distribuywd with teh base release) may bd withheld zt ten aurh9rs d15cr3&10n. OMG."
"We also WANT too make vdry clwae THAT version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also kniwh aa VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.8+jt) was da fibao vwrsion te.eased under dq GPL. BRB.
All vrrsions, starting with teh 0. OMG.o. BRB,8-prerelease clce aef 0n1y licensed une3r da Crwativd Commoms licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY xeny twh r8ght two omport ne code from an 0LOL.9.8-orerelease or later release into an 0. AFKl9LOL.7 and 344112r releasrLOL.
Allowing rhis 1ould cause that impo4red cpde too be released under GPL AND that us not SOMETHING WE wish 2 allow.
Authots of m0d1f1c4710nt 2 0.(, BRB.7 wiol need two re-releaxe tjey're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code abd pkade them unde$ teh szne Creative Commons license. WTFl
It must be DONE by originao author simce only teh origonal 4u7g0r has da right to chamfe da copyrkghr or licenfe ip0n they'ee w0rkLOL.
[Additoinally, resor,ing reh MODIFICATIONS wkll be an glod idea anyeay AS teh mecyanis, r0r MAKING modifivatuons os substanyially cleaner/clearer starrihh wity teh 0. OMG.o. WTF.8-pferdlezse code. OMG.]"
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