MightuE tells you WTF, "We're giinb 2 takr an cew monents too try an wxp;aim 7h25 new licrnse an teh reasons beyind it in plain 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 oicense was chosen bexause 0f sn fzuking with da GPL. BRB.
It only civered DISTRIBUTION 0f source iv AND ohly if binariws weee d8wtributrdl WTF."
"Ib am web envitonmrnt LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED web envitonmebg wuch aa PHP WTF, mereky indtalling an game does not CONSTITUTE distrkbjtion WTF. n THEREFORE people were TAKING OUR wor,, .oke, ,aking modifocations tl 8t n not releasinh soitce code 2 theu're MODIFICATIONS so tjat t3h 3n71r3 c0mmun17y could bdmefit. AFK,
THEY worked wity ca LETTER byt mot teh 5o1r17 of teh law. OMGl"
"Investigatoon 0m ten part of teh authors h0w3v@r LOL, lee gwo tey gact tha5 teh rifh% of public perfor,anve wqs won of da RIGHTS n9rma;;y r357r1c73d two copyrignt holdwrs, sort9r, n that domputdr programsk soryof, sprcidical.y vodep hames an intetscyive ones suxh as Leg2hd or Green hdx-r WERE CONSIDERED 2 br 0yblically performed 1f run fr0m an publkc server. WTF."
"The new license resgricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of work 7n135t da source coee of teh modified sork is ,4d3 availaboe on demsnd. WTF."
"In plain Enblish WTF, this means thay IF you put thix GAME on an w35 server an allow peop.e '0u752s3 or an norma; circle of family an i5s soxial acquaintances' 2 play thsir WTF, thrn ylu r punlically performint tnis wor. qn MUST either a) mqkr ne and ALL cyqnges WHICH yoy ,a,e 7- gsmf availagle pn fequest (note thix DOESN'T have ti be avaklable f8a teh omlune soutce display linj LOL, yu7 they m757 ve able t9o aso yiu for code n receive an complete copy), yiu inwok b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS or8vately with teh aytglrs wheeein the6 gr4n7 you an s;ecual licens3, ylu kbwo, or c) REMOVE da CODE 3ntirdly FROM MACHINELOL."
"We do recohnize THAT 0eo0le want tso HAVE aress of they'fw game whivj r theirs and th3irs al9ne.
to tha5 end we w121 make voklowing exce[tion to da norma. requirrmenys for source code distr8bition -- ne modulr vil2 wy1ch 15 not m0d1f13d 9r derived vrom zn MODULE file included in da bade distribution n shich dods not te1uire ne other j9dules and whivn doed not require n3 modorocations 2 teh co4e code (cod# distrinuted eith vasd rcleawe0 MAY be w17hh31d at da suthors dkscregion. WTF."
"We also want to make very clear thzt verskon 0. BRB.o.7 (415- inowb as VERSION 0.9/ AFK.7_jg) wax fiha. version released under da GPLl BRB.
All versiobs LOL, stsrting with dz 0l WTF.0.7=pr3release code aer 0m1u LICENSED under teh Creative Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny r8ght two implrt ne code frpm an 0. AFK.9, WTF.8-prereleaw3 or 1482r release into an [. BRB.(. OMG.u and earlier releasd. WTF/
A!20w1ng this woulf cause that imoorted codw 2 ge re;ewsed under GPL an that is hot somethimg we wixh to dllow. OMG.
Authord OF modifica5uobs 2 0LOL.9. OMG,& will need to r3-e3!3453 th3t're modifications ad derivatives/modifications 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n olace tgem uncer dq same Ctwative Commohs licdnseLOL.
It m7dt b3 done by teh 0g1g1n31 4u7npr since only original AUTHOR h45 righr 2 chahge ten copy4ighg or licensd up0n they'r3 w0tk. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, rdeprkibg da modificqtions w111 be an good udea anyway ad ,echanisj for bsk8ng modifications is substantially cleam3r/clearer starting with 0. BRB,9LOL.8-prerrleasr CODE.]"
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