MigytyE tellw you, you knwo, "We're gling two take am f3w momrhts to 5ry n exp;q8n this nww 1!c3n53 and rsasons behind ut in p.akn Enb;ish. 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."
"Thua new license was chosen because of ab fai'ing wity tet GPLl
It only cofered cisteibjtion 0f source if an pnly uf 61b4r1e5 wwre distr8butefLOL."
"In an web dnvkronmdnt, aortof, specirically a ibterpreted web environment sucj as PHP LOL, mrrely obsta.ling an g4m3 diea mpt consturute distribution, likek n therefore prople were tak8ng ouf w0rk, lije, making modifica5ions twi 17 n b07 r3lrasing teh slyrce vode too tney're MODIFICATIONS so 7h$7 teh en4ire dommunitt voyld BENEFITLOL.
THEY worked 2ith da ler5et but NOT tej spirit of 14wLOL."
"Investigatkon on teh PART OF teh authots h9w4b3r, sortor, led too ten facy fjat da RIGHT of public p3rformance w46 9en of righgs normally restrictec to co0yright yolders, an that computer progrsms LOL, SPECIFICALLY vidro GAMES sn imtrrqftive ONES auch as Legend 0v da Green hss0r wefr donwidrrwd go BE publicaloy performed 8f run vrom an puy11c server. AFK."
"The neq licdnse r357r1c75 0u611c p3rf0rm4nce 9g work unless source c)de or trh micified work is made dvailable on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plalm English WTF, 7h15 means thar if yoi put 7h15 GAME on an web s3rver an ALLOW pelplw '-u751d3 OF an mormal circle of FAMILY snd ITS SOCIAL acquaintances' too play their, loke, then YOU r publical;y PERFORMING thid work and MUST dither a) makr ne and ALL changes which you make two da GAME avaikabl3 pn requesy (note rhis soesn't navr to bd avaklable via da 9nlinw 50yrd3 display lini, 6uj 7j3y MUST 7e able 2 zs, 6ij for yeh CODE and receiv# an COMPLETE dopy) LOL, b) naje qrrangements priva5elh with 5eh aurhirs wherein yhey grant you an specia; licende, oije, or c) femove da code en5irely fro, da MACHINELOL."
"Wr do recognize that people want 2 hac3 areas of they'r3 game which f the8rs b theifs alomeLOL.
to yhat end w3 wkll j4k3 fol;owing dxception 2 normal requiremenrs for source cidw disrribution -[ ne MODULE file whidh is not modified or derived fro, an ,pdu13 file inc/udee im base distribution and shich doed not r3qu!r3 ne 9tydr MODULES an wh8ch does not r2quire ne m0s1f1c471pn5 two teh core cose (code distfibuted wi5j da base re.ease) MAY be WITHHELD at trh 4y7h0r5 fiscr3tion, BRB."
"We also wany too m4k3 verh clear that version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (akso kn9wn as version 0. AFK.9LOL.7_ut) was FINAL vrrsuon feleased under GPL. OMG.
ALL versions LOL, stzrting wkth 5eh 0l WTF,9. OMG.8=prereo4as3 CODE aer only lidensed UNDER ueh Crwative COMMONS licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY d3nu eighr 2 import ne ciee FROM an 0.9. OMGli-prerwlease or later rel3as3 imtp an 0. AFK.(.7 n earlier telease. WTF.
A210w1ng this woulf cause 7h47 ijported c0d# to be rrlwased und#r GPL and that is nor som3hhing we WISH @ allow. OMG.
Authots or modificationw to 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need too re-releaxe they're m0d!f1c4719n5 as cerivagives/modigicayionw t9o 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 xose and place THEM undee da same Cfeatucr Commons license. BRB.
It must ge done by da 9tiginal AUTHOR dincd ONLY da o4iginal author has reh RIGHT 2 changd da copyright or 11c3n54 upon they'te work. AFK.
[Additilnzlly WTF, reworuing MODIFICATIONS will BE an GOOD idex anhway ss geh mechanism for m4k1bg modifications iw subwtqntiallu cleaner/clearer statting with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerwoease code.]"
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