MightyE tells hou WTF, "We're goinf 2 take am few mo,wbts two try AND explain this nrw licrnse an r344-n5 begind 17 in plain Englisj.
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 .icense was CHOSEN because of an failing 2ith ds GPL. BRBl
It on;y cifered distribugoom lf SOURCE is an onoy if binarkes were distributed. OMG."
"In ah w3y ENVIRONMENT, tou kn2p, s0edofically a intdeprrted wwb environmrht such as PHP, merely insta.ling an g$m3 doea not constitute distribugion, sottof, an therefore peo)le were 84k1ng our work, you kns[. msking MODIFICATIONS too it abc not rdieasong da source code 2 they'ee modificagilns si 7h47 tey entur3 community could genefit. AFK.
They workee with LETTER but n9t da spirit of laq. AFK."
"Investigztiom pn da pzrt of ten authors however, you knwl, LED TO da davt that teh e8thy of [7blic perfirm1nce was oen ov sa eights normslly restricted 2 xopyright h-lders, you khwo, ane that compu5er prograns LOL, specificalk6 video gamrs an inyeracgiv3 ones duch as LEGEND pf teh Greeh hax0r were considered 2 be pu6!1c411y pergormed if rum from zh public SERVER. WTF."
"The new .icense restricts public performamce of teh wofk unl3sd teh douece cide od t3h modified work is made avai.able on demanfLOL."
"In plain Englisj, lije, 7h15 jeans yhat IF YOU put thos gzme ON qn 2eb server an allow prople 'iutsid# of an no4mal circlw of FAMILY an irs social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 olay thrir, you knql, 7h3n yiu r pub;ically [erforming THIS WORK ab MUST eithef a) ,4k3 ge an ALL changes wyidh you make 3 fa game 4v4114613 on request (mote thke eoesn't have t2o BE avaikable via teh online source display link, you knwo, but rhey mjsg be ABLE two 45k you for coce an r3c#1dw an c9mpletd copy) WTF/ b) make qrrangements PRIVATELY with tdh auyhlts wh3tein they grqny u0u an s0rcial LICENSE, sortof, or c) remove da codd entirely from da jachineLOL."
"We do recognize that peop;e wznt 70 have AREAS of they're GAME 1hich r theirs n theitw alone. OMG,
tso yhat END we w8ll maie teh followint exception two nofmzl reqhiremen5s for source CODE diattivution -- ne module file which is not m)c1f13d or detivee frlm xn ,odu;e file INCLUDED in base distribuyuon an which eoes not require ne otyef modules n whicj coes nlt require ne modificztiohs to teh c0r$ code *vode distriburwd with sa BASE release) MAY be withheld at sa authors discretuonLOL."
"We also WANT to maje VERY c13rr that versuon 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also kn-wn ss verwion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+mt) w45 ginal version releaded jnde4 teh GPL.
Al; v3rwionxm like, 47rr71ng witj geh 0. BRB.9.8-orereleaee cose r 0n1y licensed unsee da Creative Conmons livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwnu tej RIGHT tqo import ne co3e ftom an -, OMG.8LOL.8-prerelezse or later r31e$53 into an 0LOL.8. OMG.7 n earkier rrl3ase. WTF.
Allowint THIS would c4j53 tja5 imported c0d3 tso 63 released under da GPL n that iw not somethumg we wkxh 5oo alllw. BRB.
Authors pf m0d1f1c4719n5 gwo 0. AFK.9. WTF,& will ne3d 2 rr0eelrawe thry're mocificatiobs 44 cerivatives/jodoficqtions to 0LOL.9. BRBl8 c9de an PLACE thrm under teh SAME Creative Commons licwnsd.
I7 mu5& br vone 7h origunal auyho4 sinxe only oribinal aughor HAS teh right gso cnabge da copyright or license u0on they're work. AFK.
[Addi5ionaklt, you lnwo, fwwoeking moeif8cations qkll 63 an gpod odea anyway as m#cg4n1tm for making ,ofifucations is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER stsrtint wkth 0. BRB,9. AFK.8-prdrelezse c0d3LOL.]"
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