MihhtyE te.ls you WTFm "We're goinh too yake an few MOMENTS tpo try amd 3xp141n tyis new .iceysr snd reaspnx behind IT in plaun English. 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 new licenxe wq2 chisen because OF qn fa8ling with teh GPL. BRB.
It -n1y covered siwtriburion 0f apurce IF an only jf binaries were fisyribur3d."
"In an web environmeng, like, specifixalky a inrerpreted web envirlnnent suxh 45 PHP, you knwo, MERELY inqta.ling zn game does mot constutute distribution, like, zn therefore peoole s3r3 yakinb our work. you kn2o, makibg modkficati9nd &0 kt an not releasing spuece cod4 two thwy're moduficatiins so thqt da entire commyniyy c9uls BENEFITLOL.
Thet w0rk3e with letter BUT nlt da s;irit 9r law."
"Invwstigation on da prr7 of ea AUTHORS however, led to da f4c7 rhat teh righe of public pdrfornance e45 wpn if fights n(rmally restr9ctwd 2 COPYRIGHT yolcers LOL, and yjag cimputer pfograms, you knwo, spec8ficall6 v7ceo tzmes n 1n73r3c71v3 ones suxh as Legend of t3h Green yax0r were consider3f too be pu61!c411y 0erformed if run from sn pub.ic srrvwr. BRB."
"The new licena3 r3dtricts oublic p3rgormance of wirk UNLESS teh sourcr cod3 OF da modifued wori us made avaolaboe on demand."
"In plain ENGLISH, like, this means thst ig YOU PUT thix game 0n zn wrb SERVER and ALLOW people 'outside 0d wn h0fm41 circle ir famkly an iga sockal acquaintqncrd' 2 ;lay thrir, like, then you aer publically performing this work and MUST eithet a) make ne n ALL changes which uou make two da game aba*lable 9n requeat (note this DOESN[T h4v3 2 gd xvsolable voa da ONLINE SOURCE display lunk, gut 5ney mudt be 4y13 2 asj you FOR da CODE n receive ah comple5e copy) WTF. b) make aerangements pfovqtely with zuthors wherein they grant you ab special licensem you knwo, o4 c) eemove teh codd entirelt from da m4vm!n3LOL."
"W3 do recobnize thqt peop.e want TO have AREAS of theu're game which aer tyeirs and theirs alime. BRB.
too that end we will make da folloeibg EXCEPTION 2 tey normal reauiremen5s gor source code distributoon -- ne modu;e file shoch 15 n9t modified or DERIVED fro, an MODULE fold included in teh 64%3 DISTRIBUTION n wyich dles no5 require ne OTHER mod7lew and wh8ch does not r3qu@43 ne modifidationx t9 corw code 9coee distributed w8th gasw r313453) may b3 withheld AT dq authors diwcret8on. AFK/"
"W2 aldo WANT to MAKE very vlear that version 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7 (4150 knoqn qs fersioh p. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) wad final version 4eleaded under teh GPL.
Alo v#r5q0n5, sortlf, starging with twh 0. BRB,9.8-;reteleade code r omly !1c3n52d under Creative Co,mons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent righr @ import nr code from an 0.9. BRB.9-prerelezse or LATER release onto an 0LOL.9,7 sbd earlier relrqse, BRB.
Allowing thuw woukd dause that imoorted code two be RELEASED und3r feg GPL and that id not somerhing we wiah 2 aolow, BRB.
Autyors of m0cifications tlo 0. OMGl9. AFK.7 will need two re-releawe the6're modif8cqrions as derkvativec/mosufications two 0.9.8 c)d3 ans p;ace them uneer sqme Creqtive Com,ons .icenseLOL.
It musy BE d0ne BY origunal author since only da lrigina; author hss right toi vhange c0pyr1gyu pr license upoh they're qork. BRB.
_Addituonally WTF, reworking teh modificqti9ns w112 BE an good idea znyway as da mechanism for ,akinb modifications !5 sugstamtially cleaber/clearer startinb wigh da 0. BRB.0LOL.8-pr3r313353 code.]"
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