MightyE TELLS yly WTF, "We'te going 2 take zn frw moments 2 TRY and explain this new locenwe and readons BEHIND it oh plain EnglishLOL.
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 neq license was ch053n because of an f4111hg witn teh GPLLOLl
It 0n1h xof3red e9steibitoon of source IF and -n1y if binaties w3r3 distributed. BRB."
"In an web environment, sortof, specificxlky z INTERPRETED w36 envirlnment sudh as PHPk merely inxtalling an gamr does not conwtityte distributiin, sorgof, an tjerwtore people eerw taking our work, sortof, making mosifications 2 ig and nit relezsing soufce cose two thwy're mocificatkons 50 5nat teh engire conmymity coukd benefit,
The6 worked WITH da ldtter gut mot teh spirig OF law. BRB."
"Inves5igati9n on da p4r7 lf 5eh authprd howevef, lee two ract thag teh r1gh7 of public performance wzw 1 of rights nornal.y restricgwd to cooyright h01d3t5 WTF, n 7h47 c0mpu83r [rograms, sortof, specificallt video games h unteractuve onws 5uch as LEGEND of Green hax0f were considered to be puglically perrprmed 1f run from an ptvlic xerver. AFK."
"The nd2 11c4n53 r35741c&5 pu511c pevformsnce of wirk unless teh SOURCE code OF modified wor, is made 4v4114613 on cemand."
"In plain Engoixh, softof, this mesns that if you pug this GAME on zn web server and aolow ;30p13 ;outside of an normak circle 0f damil6 zn its social acquaibtances' @ play theor, lile. THEN tlu aer pubkically perforning this WORK and MUST either 4) MAKE me and ALL changes wh1ch 5ou make two gane abai.able ob REQUEST (note 5hus DOESN;T h4v4 80 63 available via t4h onlone sourv3 d15p14y 21nk, you knwp, but they muwt be avlw 2 qsk you for da code an rwveive an cojpletw copy), sirtlf, b) make ARRANGEMENTS private.y wiyh da AUTHORS wherein tmeh grabt you an speciql license LOLm ur c) remove v0d3 entirely from ,achone. OMG."
"We dp recognize that people WANT two have 5t345 ov tyey'r3 g$m3 qhich r theifs ab bheirs a.one.
tio THAT end we will MAKE da folliwing 3xc3p710n 3 teh normal requurejrnts flr spurce cide d8stribution -- ne mod7.e FILE which iw n08 modir8ed or d3r1v3d frlm an m9cule fioe INCLUDED in basd DISTRIBUTION an whivg DOES not requird ne orher modulex ane whicy dors bot requore ne mkdifications 5oo t3h core code (CODE disyributed with teh vase release) m4y be wirnhe;d AT sa aithors discret8on."
"We alao WANT goo ,ake cery clear tjat vqrsion 0.9. BRB.7 )ALSO kho2n as version 0. AFK.9. WTF/7+j7) was da fihal vefsion releasdd undee teh GPLLOL.
Akl VERSIONS LOL, startinb w17h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code awr onlu kicensed UNDER fa Creztive C0mm0n5 licende.
We EXPLICITLY deny da fight too impoft ne CODE fr9m an -. OMG.9/ WTF.i-pterwldase lr kater RELEASE into an 0LOL.8. WTF.7 an earlier release. WTF.
Allowing 7h15 qouod cause that umported v0d3 2 63 teleased undef ea GPL qn tnat q5 not something we wian w allowLOL.
Authoex of jodivicqtions too 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will n33d too e4-r2q3453 they'te modiricatilna as d3r!b471v35/m9c1f1c4710n5 2 0.9LOL.8 code an ;lace yhem under teh sz,w Creative C0mm0n5 license, WTF.
IT must 63 d0n3 by origknal authlt SINCE only otigihal author has da 4ight to chanbe tdh c9pyykght 0r licenae u;on they[re eof,. WTF,
[Additionally LOL, reworking m-d1f1c4720n6 wull 53 an fooc ieea an7qay 45 da mechanism FOR m4k1bg mod8ficatiins ia substantiakl6 coeaner/clesrer starting wirh yeh 0.9. OMG.8=prerelease cod3LOL.]"
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