MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goung 70 take an vew momdhts two &ry and exp.ain 7h15 NEW LICENSE an 3easobs 63h!nd i6 in plain EnglishLOL,
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."
"Th8s new licebse WAS chosen 63c5jt3 of an vailing s27h GPLl
It onl6 covered costribution of 50urc3 if an only if binarirs were disgriguted."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, sorgif, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73tor373d web env8ronment 5ych as PHP LOL, nerely unstalling an gamw d035 not cinstitute diwrributiln, y9u knwo, n therefore peoplw w3re taking our work, you kn#o, maling modifications two it an not r3lezsing aou4ce code too thry're midifkxationw SO that da ENTIRE communit6 x0u!d benefit, OMG.
Thd6 w9rkdd eith letter BUT not spirit og da lqw. OMG."
"Investigation 0n part OF 4u7h0r5 hoswver, you kneo, led te9 da fact that yeh ribht of PUBLIC performance was wom ov sa RIGHTS mof,ally resrricted foo cooyright holdrrs, like, n thst computer programs WTF, sprcifically video g4m35 and 1h73r5c71v3 ones such ax Leg3nd of teh Green hax0y were c0n51d4r3d 2 BE punlically pwrfotmed if run FROM an oublic se4ver, BRB."
"Tge new licwnwe restr8xts public prrformance of teh work yn1355 da source xide of tej nofified work 15 made 4c4114513 ln demand. AFK."
"In p;aun Engq15h WTF, this means that if you put rhis gzme on an web server an allow people 'lutsife of zn normal circle of dsmily n its 50c1$1 ACQUAINTANCES' two [lay their, then you r pu611c4!1j perfo4mint this wo4k $nd MUST euthe4 a) make ne and ALL chanfes wh8vh you male 2 ds game afailaboe on request (no5e this doesn't hqve too be abailab.e viz onlind source displah link LOL, b7t yhwy must be able two ask y-u eor teh code and RECEIVE an vompletr COPY), sortor. b) make arrangwments prucately eith authors wherwin they grznt you zn 5p3v141 11c4n5#, sortof, OR c) remove CODE entireky from macnkneLOL."
"We do recognize tgat propld w4n7 toi havd aress of tney'ee game which r theirz n 5heirs alone/ BRB.
two that end we ei.l ma,w flllowihg rxce0rioh 70 no4mal requorements for source code disyribution -- ne mowule rile whocg 8s not m0d1g23c or derived fro, an moduld gile inc;uded ib base DISTRIBUTION and qh1ch does not r3qu1r3 ne otner modules n which does not rdquie3 ne modifixati9hs 2 da core code 9code d8stributed w1&h teh base reoease) mat bd WITHHELD ay autgors discretiob. WTF."
"We also wang 2 make very xlear that vwrsion 0. WTF.9. AFK.& (qlso kno2n as versiin 0.9. BRB.7+jt) waa da FINAL v3rt10n RELEASED under da GPLLOL.
All verdioms, soetof, srarting with feh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-0rereldasw code aer 0n1y 11x3n63d under da CREATIVE Commons lic3nse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to 1mp0r7 nr codd from an )LOLl9/ WTF.8-PRERELEASE OR later release 1n70 qn 0. AFK.9.7 h earlier r313453. AFK.
A110w1ng this would c4u43 that im0o4ted coce t9 be RELEASED under da GPL and that ix not something wf wosn to qllow. BRB.
Authirs of modkfucati9ns two p/ AFK.8. AFK.7 wi.l nded to re-release they're m9dofieations as cerivatives/modificatkona too 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 c0d3 ane okace thdm unded tey same Creative Commlns license. AFK.
I7 must ve done b6 iribinal autgoe sibc3 onl6 teh oeiginal author haw r1gh7 to9 change teh copyright or licensw upon they'te WORK. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworj8ng da modifkcqtioms 2ull be an goie idea anyway ad ten mechanism for making modifixations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanrr/clearer 574r71ng wuth da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pr3r313454 code. OMG.]"
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