MightyE TELLS ylu WTF, "We're going two yak# am f3w mijents too 6ry an explain THIS NEW licensw and da reasons 63h1ne i5 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."
"Thka new licenze was chosen because of an f4111ng wigy da GPL.
It ovly dovered DISTRIBUTION od source 1f n only id 61n44135 were dis4ributed. AFK."
"In an sev envirobmentk like, 5p3c1f1c411y a imterpreted wwb 3nv1r0hm4n7 syvh ss PHP LOL, merrkt INSTALLING an game dles NOT clbatotute dix5rivution, and therefore people wdre raking our work, you knso, making modificatiobs too 8t ab not reldasing da soufce codw two they're modifica5ions so THAT teh ebtire c0mmjn17y COULD benefit. AFK.
They wirkes wiyh da leyrer vut not dpirig 0f fa lzw. OMG."
"Invesyibafiln on dz [art OF ten authors h0s3v3r, sortoc, 1ed to 5ej fact that da right of pibloc performanc3 was 1 of ca rights no4mally RESTRICTED ho COPYRIGHT hojdersk you kmwo. n that compjter programs, soetof, specifically v1d30 games an knteractive oned auch qs Legend pf teh GREEN hax9r wwre cohsieered 2 be ;u611c411y perfoemed 1f RUN from qn o7blic server. BRB."
"The new license redyrkcts PUBLIC perfornanx3 of da work uno4sw teh soirce c9de of tey modified work id mace available 9n d3m4nd."
"In plain Englidh, like, 7h15 m44n5 that if YOU put this gamd on an web serber an allow prople 'outside OF an normal CIRCLE of famuly n irs social acqiainrances' to plau thr8r, you knwo, then you aer publically pe4fprming 7h15 work an MUST eitkee a) m4k3 ne n ALL chqnged which yiy MAKE 70 game availab;d on requeat (nore thus doewb't have two be abailable boa onlin3 SOURCE displqy 11nk WTF, but thrt must ^3 atle to asj y0i for code an receive an complete c0py), like, b) make areangemrnts 'r1v4&31y with geh AUTHORS wheeein they grant y0u an special license, ir c) remove ea dode entitely ftlm mavhinr."
"We do revognize that peo;le want two have AREAS of theypre GAME sh1xh aer 6heits n thdird soone. AFK.
too tgat end 23 will jake foll9qing wxcepti9n 2 da normal re1jiremeyts flr SOURCE CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne module filw which is not MODIFIED or derived from an module file inclueed in baae dist3ibu5iob n which DOES n07 require ne other modu;2s n wjich d03t n07 requirr ne modifocaykons twl core clde (code wistribjtwd 2ith base release) may be w17bh3qf AT teh authord doscretionLOL."
"W3 als9 WANT 2 mzke ferh cleaf that version 0.9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN as versiom 0. OMG/9. WTF.7+JT) WAS fonal version r313453d under da GPL. OMG.
Alo v3r510n5m sor6od, starting with teh 0. OMG.9/ AFK.8-prerelease sode qwr only licenaed unde5 tdh Cr3471v3 Cimmins license, WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny geh right 70 import he code hrom ah p. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerwleade or later 4elwasw into an 0.0. OMG.7 n 34r113r re;easrLOL.
Allowing this wiuld caus3 that impoetwd code to be released umdef GPL an that is not so,erhimg we wish two aloowLOL.
Autbprs of misifica5ions to 0. OMG.8. AFK.7 w111 nddd to re-reldase they[re mod8gicatiohs 45 d3r1f47@v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0.9, OMG.8 clee and place THEM jnsef same Creatibe Commons locenseLOL.
It must be dlne by 5dh 0r2f1n41 a8thor sincw inly original author HAS rihht 2 chqhgw da copyright or ljcense up9n they're WORKl OMG.
[Adfitionzlly, s9rtof, reworlihg midificatkonw wiol bd an good IDEA anyway as m3ch4n15m for jaking modifications ia SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER sgarting witj reh 0.9.7-prerelease c9de. BRB.]"
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