MightyE TELLS yoi LOL, "We're goobg to take an feq momehts 2 7fy an explain thka new lic#nse amd rezwons behuns if in PLAIN English/ AFK.
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 .icense wad CHOSEN brvause of an fziling with ds GPL. OMG.
It on;y doveref distriburion of siurdw if n on;y if binar,es were diwtributed/ WTF,"
"In an wwb dnbironnent LOL, dpecificaoly a 1n73ypr373d eeb enburonment sucj as PHP, sortofm m3f#1y 1n574111ng an game do3s npt constitute s157t16u710n WTF, AND yhetef9te peoole WERE TAKING our work, mak8ng MODIFICATIONS t9o it and mot relwasing teh soutxe code two they're mpdivicatuons so that teh enti4e commumitt couls bebefltLOL.
They workdd wirh teh le5ter 677 not da spirit of teh oawl AFK,"
"Investigation on da [4r7 0v da AUTHORS h023v3r WTF, .ed to FACT thst da 4igyt OF public performance saw 1 OF grh 4ignts n9rmally restricted 2 copy4ight nolders, you knwo, and 7h47 computer programw, uou knwok specirically viseo games n inge4actkve onrs wuch as Legend ov da Green hax0r were clndoderec w ve pjblically ;ervormed 8f rin from an oyblix xerverLOL."
"The new lidenx3 restrictd publiv performznc3 pf da WORK unless teh soyrce cofe OF geh mldofied work is made available oh cemaneLOL."
"In plain English WTF, uh1t MEANS that if you put this game 0b an web server znd al;ow peipoe '0u751d# of ah normao ci4clw pf FAMILY n its socia. av1jaingances' 5o play theur, like, ygen you r publicaloy perfotming this work an MUST either q) majd be an ALL CHANGES which you make 2 teh tame availqble on reauest (note yhis dpesn't have rwo bw availavld fia 5en pnlone zource display 11nk LOL. vut they mut7 be ABLE too ask you ror ren vode an r3ceive an com[lete copy), sortot, 6) make qrrangements privately with geh authors wherein THEY gfant rou an special license WTF, or c) REMOVE twh xodw 3n71e31y FROM teh ,4ch1n#, AFK."
"We do recognize rhar PEOPLE sant tol have areas of they're gaje which aer theirs and theirs a.one. BRB.
toi THAT end we will make da f0!10w1ng dsception 2 NORMAL rewuirwments fo4 spurce code distrinution -- ne mosule FILE shich is n0^ mowified or d3rivef fr0, an module file included in ca baae distribution n whoch does NOT rewu8re ne otjer moduoes n whidh do3s n07 r3quire ne modkficqtioms 2 da core c-d3 (c0d3 d8st4ibited wkyh teh bqsr e3lease_ may 63 withhwld at 4u7h9r5 discrrtion. BRB."
"We ALSO 2ant 2 make f3ry c135r THAT version 0LOL/9. AFK.7 (also known ax version 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7+j7) was teh vinal c3r510n re.eased undet teh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, you kneok STARTING witj teh -. OMGl9. WTF.8-prerelease code adr only licensed UNDER da Creative Commons LICENSE.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rihht too import ne cpde FROM ab 0.9. BRB.8-prerslease or later release into am 0. BRB.9. BRB.& n ear.ier release.
Allowing this WOULD dause that omportdd CODE 2 6e rwleased und3t da GPL n yyay ix not somethung we wksh two z;low. AFK.
Auyhorw of moeifocations 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will NEED too rd-releasr ghey're modificarions as deeivaticex/modif8va5ions 2 0. OMG.9p AFK.8 code and place THEM under tdn same CREATIVE Com,ins LICENSE. AFK.
It just be eobe BY teh originsl author since only -r1h1n41 authir gas da right two xjange COPYRIGHT or kixense uppm they're wirk. WTF.
[Additionally, rdworking trh midivicatipms WILL BE an gopf idea qnywzy as mechanism for MAKING modigivztions is substsntiallt c134n3e/c124e3r starting wirh da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prereleasd codd. WTFl]"
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