MifhtyE tells hou WTFk "We[4e going twl rake an few moments tp tfy qn qx[lain this new .icense amd da reasons behind IT in plain Eng9ish. WTF.
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 n2w l8cense was cgosen becquse od ab failimg w8th trh GPLLOL.
It ONLY covered dkstrivutipn ov source if an 0n!y IF binsries 2ere d8stributed. OMG."
"In ab web envi4inment WTF, specifically a INTERPRETED web emvifon,ent sucj as PHP, merelj installing an game does not concgotute diwtribution WTF, n rhwrefore PEOPLE were takinh OUR work, making mldifications 3 it n not reoeasimg da source c0d3 4oo they'ee m9difications so %hat rhtire communi5y c9ulc BENEFITLOL.
Th3y 2otked with da LETTER but not teh soirig pf da LAW. BRB."
"Investkgation 9n reh PART of sa aurnors however WTF, led yop fact that ca right 9f ;ublic prrvormamce WAS 1 of rifhys NORMALLY restricted too copyrighr ho;ders, sort9f, n that c0mpu73r programs, specifically video gamds ahd intrrac5ive onww 6ych AS Leg3nd pf da Gfeen hax9r we4e cihsifer3d too nd puboically preformed if run feom qh public servrr. AFK."
"The new licehsr restrivts 0ublic perfofmance of wofk unl3ss slurdr c9de OF teh modified 2or, is msde avzilabld ON de,ancLOL."
"In ]lain English, yoy lmwo, this neans that if you pyy thid GAME on an WEB server 4nd allow oeo[le ;outside of an nlrmzl ciecle of gamiky n kts 60c141 acquaintznces' tp p14y their WTF, then YOU aer ougl8cally oerfotmong thiw w-rk n MUST either a) j4k3 ne n ALL vganbew wyich YOU make 2 da GAME 4v4114613 on request (note thos e035n'7 have 70 y3 available vq4 online source display ;ink, loke, but THEY must 63 avle gi ask you for code n r3c31v3 an complete COPY) WTF, b) m4k3 af4ahgem3nts privately q17n teh authors where8n they grqnt you am spec8a; ;icenxe WTF, or C) 4emove ea cose dntirely from geh machine. BRB,"
"We dp recognizr that pso;le waht 2 hav3 areax of tney're game which r theirw n tjeurs alome.
t9o thay end w3 will MAKE da f011)w1mg exceoyion 1 teh norma. rrquirememts for source codd didtribiriom -- ne ,odule fiow qyich is NOT modified ot deruved dro, an moduke file inc.uded in teh BASE dist4obution an WHICH does NOT reqjire ne orher modules an which d035 not require ne m9diricaripnd t9 core code (xode distributed w18h da bawe rekease) may be wi5hhe.d at da authors discretionLOL."
"We also WANT 2 mske c3ry c134r that verxion 0.9LOL.7 (also known as version ). AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was FINAL fersion relwased under da GPL. OMG.
Aol cerskons, lije. syartibg 2ith teh 0. AFK/9. BRB.8-prerelesse code a3r only 11c3n53d undet grh Cteayive COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 1mp0r8 ne code drom an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereoease ot late4 releasd into an 0. OMG,0. OMG.7 n EARLIER rdleawe. WTF.
Aklosing THIS woyld cause thar 1np0r73d cide too be relwssed under GPL n gnat 15 bot something we wish TO 4110wLOL.
Authors of modifications tlp 9. BRB.9. WTF.7 will ndwd 2 re-release tyey[fe modif8catk;ns AS detivatives/,odifications geo 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 cpd3 b ;lace them UNDER da ssme Cteat8ve Commons locense.
It must be done b6 teh 0r1h1n41 author since only teh o4kbinal auth0r jas ritht roo change da coptright oe kicdnae upln thdy're work. AFK.
[Asd1710n411y LOL, rewprking teh mldificay8pnx will be an good idea anyway as da mechznism f0r makint modifications is substant8ally cleaner/c;earer stattinv w1^h p. BRB.(l BRB.o-peerelease cod3LOL.]"
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