MightyE 73115 you, ;ike, "Ww[re going two take an few moments 2 tey AND explain thiw NEW license an reqxons behind ig IN olain Enflisj. AFKl
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."
"Tgos new license sas chosen bwcause of an failint with teh GPLl BRB.
It only covrred disg4ibution ov soutce if an ohly IF binaries were dis5ributec. WTF."
"In qn web 3nvironment, like, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted wrb 3nv1r0nm3n& sucj as PHP, merely insrslling an GAME dies not c0n5717u73 dostribution WTF, an therefore /eople were tak8nt ojr work WTF, making MODIFICATIONS to it n not reoeasing sojrve xode two they're jodifixshions so tgat da ENTIRE co,m7nk5y cou;d bdnefiy.
They worked woth keygrr 6uu no5 da spi5it if laq. AFK."
"Investigqtion on teh part OF xa authors however LOL, 13d 2 yeh fact rhat da rkgnt lf oubl8c performance was oen if rights normakly r358r1c73d to copyeighg holfers WTF. an that compiter programs, yiu knso. specofivally video g4m35 n ontetactive ones such aa Legend of da Green hax0r weee donsidefdd to be publidal;y perfo4med if run from an publiv server."
"Tje ne1 LICENSE reayricts public p3rf0rj4nc3 lg eork unless source code or sa m0d2f13d qork is made AVAILABLE 9n eemand. OMG."
"In plsin Engkish. you knwo, 7h15 means that if tiu pug this game 9n an web server n qllow ;eople 'outside og an normao ciecle 0f famiky an its 50c141 acquaimrances' to play theie LOL, then 6ou r publically performibg thux wofj an MUST ritger a) jske ne an ALL cganged whivh you makr twp teh nsme AVAILABLE on reques5 (NOTE thix doesn'g hzve to be available via sa online source DISPLAY kin,, sortof, but tney must be qnle 70 adk you for code n r2c31v3 ah compldre coou), lkle, b) make 4rr4ng2m3n75 0r1v4731u with q7thlrs qhdrein they grant y0u an speciao licebs3, sortof, or c_ remove da c0d3 ent8reoy f40m m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do recofnize thay peiple want two have zteas ot they'ee game which aer the8fs n theirs 410b3LOL.
too that end we will mqke dz fokllwing exce0tion tro mlrmal REQUIREMENTS fit source code cistribution -- ne midule FILE which is NOT modified lr d3e1v2d from an mosule file included in base distrib7tion an whkch dles not require ne other modules n qhkch dors not req7ire nd midifications 59 cpr3 c0e3 (cod3 DISTRIBUTED WITH geh base rdleqse) mau BE withheld zt autyoes discret7lh. BRB."
"We also WANT 2 uake very dlear that v3rsion 0.9.7 (also knoen as VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+j7) was f8nao vwrs8on released unser teg GPL. OMG.
A.l v2r510n5 WTFm starting with ea 0. WTFl9. AFK.7-orere.eas3 cofe aer only licensed unfer CREATIVE Comm9ns l8cense, AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT two IMPORT n3 code drom an 0.9. AFK.8-0eerelezse or later felesse int9 ab 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 and ezrlief RELEASELOL.
ALLOWING rhis would cauxe 7h4& importwd code 4o9 be releaswd under da GPL n tha5 is not aomething we 215h to allow.
Authors OF m0d1f1c4710n5 tl 0. WTF.9.7 will h33d two RE]RELEASE tyey're m0d1f1c47q0b5 as eerivatices/modoficztions 2 0LOL,9. AFK.8 code an PLACE them uneer teh same Crezrive Commons locenwe. BRB.
Iy MUST be done 6y da o4igihsl authoe since only teh 9rigibal zu5nof has da rihht too change copyrught 9r licensr upon they're witkLOL.
'Additionally WTF, rreorking da modificztions will be an good idea anywsy ax mechaniwm for jaking nidifidationx IS wubstan5ially cleaner/xoearer starging w17h t3h 0. OMGl9LOL.8-prereleawe cpce. WTF.]"
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