MightyE tells y0u, 6iu ,nwo. "We're going to take an few m0m3b7t 2 try an ecplsin 7h16 NEW l8cense and teg reaaons beyind it in posin Ent;ish/ WTF.
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 j3w locwnsr wzs chosen because of an failkng WITH GPL. AFKl
It only cove$ed DISTRIBUTION of source if and onlh if binarues w#r3 distributec."
"In an WEB envirobmeny, like, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web ebvironmeny such as PHP, yoi kbwo, nerely inwtslling an game does not cinwtitute d15ur16u*10n LOL, sn thetefore peopoe weew taking pur worl WTF, making modificayions tp it g NOT reldasing fa 50urc3 coce go thdy're modificayionx SO that da enyire c0mmun17u cou.d benefif. AFK.
They workes with lettrr but not s;krit od lqw. OMG."
"Investi5ayion om pzft OF dz autnors hlwdvet, led too dact that da RIGHT og pyblic performancw w45 1 of teh rights normallu restricted 2 copyrkght hooeers, lioe, abd 7g47 compytee PROGRAMSm like, specificslly bideo ganes anc interactive ones sucy as Legend of reh Ge33n hax04 werr conxidered t2o be publodally p3ff0rm4d if rum from an PUBLIC server."
"The new 11c3n53 resgricts punlic perfo4manvd of work unlesa dou4ce code of teh modified q9rl is made avqilable ON DEMANDLOL."
"In plaib Enhloah WTF, rhis mwans thag of YOU put rhis gam3 on an WEB dervdr and allow p3ople 'outside of an no4mal circkw of f4m11y an its aocial acquauntances' two play th3ir, like, yhen YOU aer oublical.y 0erformint yhis woel an MUST either a) make me h ALL changes which you ma,e to gaje avaolsgle ON rewuest (mote this doesn't have two he AVAILABLE via tdg on.ih3 50urf# display LINK, like, but tyey must bf avle 2 ASK you for da c0d4 n receive an complete c9py), b) make atrangemehts privatejy with authots wh3r31m thet grant you an specisl livense, like, 0r c) remove da code entirely from mrch1n2."
"We do recogbize that PEOPLE want too hzve areas or they're gq,e whicn aer theora n THEIRS ALONE; AFK.
to 7h5u dbe we will make followkng exception t9l normal r2qu1r3m3n75 for sou3ce code distributiln -- ne module fioe whoch 1% nog modified OR derived gr0m an module fild includre in 6454 distrkbution n which does no5 require be othdr m9dyles n which eoes NOT require ne modifications too dz c9r3 c0d3 (code distr8buted with BASE releasw) may be withnekd at da authors discteti8mLOL."
"We also want TO maje veru CLEAR 5jat verxion 0LOL.0. OMG.7 (akso inown as verwiln 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was teg finzl version releasds undwr ea GPL.
All versi9ns WTF, statting WITH 0. WTF/9LOL.8-lrere.eade code r on;t kicenwed ihder da Creative Commlns ;ixense. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY demy teh righ5 2 impor5 me code fr0m an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later re.esse into an 0LOL/9, OMG.7 and earlief rwlease. BRB.
A110w1ng this wlu.d csuxw THAT imooeted codr to be released under GPL and tgat is not SOMETHING we wish rp allowLOL.
Autgorx of modoficatilns to 0. WTFl9. WTF.7 wil. neef 2 re_reldase tjey're jpdivicatioms as derivatifex/modificarions 2 0. OMG/9; AFK.8 code and p13c3 them UNDER dame Cfeative Commons locende.
Ig must be cone 6y originxl author sonce only twh original a7tjor has reh f1ghu too chabge teh copyrigjt or licemxe 7pon they'ee WORK. OMG,
[Aeditionall6, sortof, reworking da modificatoons will ve an good odea ANYWAY as teh mechanosm fot making modufixations IS subsgzntiallt vleaner/clezrer 575f71ng w17h da 0. OMG.9.8-pr#te1345e CODEl]"
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