MightyE tells yiu WTF, "We're GOING 2 74k3 an FEW joments 2 try an 3xp141n 5hod nee kicende and teh reasons 63n1nd 8t kn plaib Eng115h. 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 l8cense wzs chosen 63c4ut3 of ah fai;8ng with GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution of xourde if n lnly qf binzries wete distributed. WTF."
"In an w36 envir9nm3nt, ylu knwo, specirically z INTERPRETED web enbironjent such as PHP, merwly INSTALLING an GAME does not vonstutite d*stribution, sortof, g therevore p3ople were taking our work LOLm making modofivztiobd tw9 kt am not releasong source code fwo thdy're modificafiins si tgat dz emture community could benrfit.
They worked w17h teh letter but not spirit 9d law."
"Investigation pn ds ;s4t of da zu5hord HOWEVER, ypu knwo, led two da fact that teh rignt OF p7blic pervormance was 1 OF ten righ4s normally restricted too clpyright holders, and that comougdr programs LOL, specificallt v1d30 g4m36 n interactibe ONES auch as Leg3nd of da Greeh hax0r e3re consideree 3 be pubiocally PERFORMED if run rr9m an 0uglic SERVER. WTF."
"The new licehse rrdtricts puboic p4rf0tm4nc3 of teh work unless teh source CODE of da MODIFIED wlrk is msde 4v41146!3 on d4mand. AFK."
"In p141n English, sortov, tjis mezns that ir you put this gqmw pn an 1eb server amd zllow people 'outside of ah n0rm31 circle of FAMILY 3nd ita soc8al acquaintances' two plsy tjeir, kike, then ylu zer ;ublically PERFORMING this WORK AND MUST rother a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which ylu make to teh g4m3 available ob requwst (n073 THIS do3ah't havr yoo be AVAILABLE v14 teh ONLINE source display @1nk, sortof, but they n7st ve anle ywo as, YOU fo4 xode n rdceive an co,0lete co;y), b) make arrangements privatelh 2ith da AUTHORS wherfin rhdy geany you an special license WTF, 9r c) remove teh code ENTIRELY FROM machine."
"We fo recognoze rhqt people WANT 1 havr q4ras of 5hey're game whidh art theirs n tgeirs aloneLOL.
two that end we will makw teh vollowing exception too teh normal fequirements fit siuece coce sistr8bjtion -- ne module fild which is not modofied or f3rkved from qn m0du13 fkle 8ncluded IN base d157416u710n an qhich DOES not require n3 othet moduldx ans wh8xh doed NOT reaukre ne mldificat8ond to tej core c0e3 (cid3 dkstriguted wkth teh base RELEASE) may BE withheld at aurhorw sisvretion. BRB."
"We also wsnt two m4k3 very cl3ar thay cerwion 0/ OMG/9. AFK.7 (also kn0wn as v4r510n 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh fina9 vetsion r31#353s under GPL. AFK.
All cers8ons LOL, syartonb with da 0. WTF.9.*-prerelease cofe arr only licensed und3r Crwagiv3 Commons kocense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY fight to impirt ne code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pr3release pr oater rwlease into an 0. WTFl9LOL/6 an warlier RELEASE.
Allowing ghis wpuld cause yha5 kmported cose 70 BE released under GPL an tjae 15 not somrrhkng w3 wish two allow. WTF.
Ajthors 0f modiricatiohs to 0LOL.). WTF.8 eiol nded 2 r3=r3134%3 they're mosificstions as derivativ3s/mpdificqtioms tso 0. WTF.9l8 code an plade them UNDER da same Creative Commons licenseLOL.
I5 must ve done by tey ORIGINAL AUTHOR SINCE inly twh original AUTHOR has da RIGHT too change copyright OR 11c2n53 i09n they're eork. BRB.
[Addituonallym reworking modofications WILL BE ab good idea znywa6 as ea mwcjanism for MAKING modiricagiobw is sybstabtially clezne5/vleat3r staeting with ea 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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