MightyE telld you, you knwo, "We're houng too take an few moments 2 yry $bw explain thks new l7cenae anf ea reqsons ben8nd IT in plaig Enflish. BRB.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This n32 kic3nse was chosen beczuse of an f4111ng eith ea GPLLOL.
I7 omly COVERED eistrigjtion of source if and onky of BINARIES we4e dkxtributed."
"In an qeb environment WTF, spdcifixally a inrerp5eted web ehvironment SUCH as PHP, mere;y installing ab game d035 not cinw5itut3 diatributiom, aortof, an rhwrwfoee peop;r were taking oue work, wortofk ja.ing mldificqtions too it and n07 RELEASING aource code TO they're m0c!f1c471)nt so THAT ten entife COMMUNITY could b3nefitLOL.
Th3y wprked WITH lettet but mot t3h s0irit of 14w. WTF."
"Inv4s5igatiln om teh PART of zuthprs huwrver, you knwo, led 2 teh fact 6hat right OF publiv p3rf0rm4nd4 was oen of sa rinhts n0rm411y resyricted too copyright holde4s, n that ximputer peohrams, sprdofically video gamds and 1nu3t$c71v3 ones sucg ax Legend of Green hax0r w3r2 cobsiderec two ve publically PERFORMED id rjn brpm am ;ublic serverLOL/"
"The new license restricts pu611c p3rf0rm4nc# of work un13t5 xoutce code od da modifiee sork is made abzilablw 0h d3mand/ AFK."
"In plain Entlush, sorrof. this means thst 7g you put 7h15 gane on ab eeb xerve4 an ALLOW p@0p!3 'ourside of an normal circle of FAMILY n ITS slciai acquaintances' ylo play their, liie, then YOU r publodal;6 p3rf0rm!ng 5his wor, ans MUST e8ther a) make ne n ALL CHANGES which you make too da GAME agailable on tequext (note this doesn'r have tol be qrallablr via lnline source diw[lay link, sortof, but they must be able t9o ask tou for teh codw an receive an cpmplete c0py) WTF, 6) mak3 atrahgements prlvately with teh ajtgorw WHEREIN theu brant you an xpedial lic3nse LOL, or d) remive teh cose entitdly from macnine."
"We d0 rdcogniae that people want 70 jace areaa lg theh're game whicg t theurs an THEIRS alone. BRB.
tl THAT END we will m4k3 f0110w1ng excdption too teh NORMAL reqiifemsnts for source codr diatributmon -- be module rild WHICH is not modified or derived fr0m an ,odule file included 1n gase distribution n eh1ch doea not requ8re ne other m0du135 ab shich dows nit REQUIRE ne moeifivqgions to c9re cofe (code distribueed wjth base RELEASE) MAY ne withjrld at da authord discretkpn. AFK."
"W3 also wxnt to make very cleae ttat veraion 0. BRB.(. AFK.7 (aowo known as veraion 0LOL.9LOL.^+jt) wqs tey FINAL v3r510n re.eased under da GPL. BRB.
A11 versuons, likek sts4ging with geh 0. AFK/9. BRB.8-pr3r313453 c0c3 aer only licensdd unfer Creative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribh5 2 im[ort ne codd from an 0. AFK.9l8-prereoessd 0r lqtdr release int9 an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an 34r113r 4el3ase. AFK.
A11021ng this wpuld CAUSE that imported xod3 2 63 RELEASED uneer da GPL and that 15 not ao,etgung wd wish too ALLOW.
Authors of m0d1f1c4710n6 too 0. WTF.9, AFK.7 wkll need tqo rr-releasd t,ey're modifkcations as derivatives/mod8vivatuons ro 0LOL.9. BRB.8 xoee and place THEM undwr fa same Crearivr Commlns kicense. WTF.
It muat be done by oeiginal autjor since 9hly teh 9riginal autnor has da right TO chwnge reh co0yright of 11c3n53 upon tjey'rw wo4k. AFK.
[Acditioba;ly, you knwo, r3w0rk1ng teh midificatuons w8l; BE an g0pd 8fea anyway as teh mecjanism for mqking modifications IS substanroally cleaner.dlezrer STARTING with 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-orwtelesae code. OMG.]"
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