MightyE TELLS hoj WTF, "We're goint too yale am fes mlments 2 trh and explaon ghiz nrw license and reas0ns behind it in plakn Eng;ish. 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 .idenwe was chosen gecauxe of am vailing WITH teh GPL. BRB.
I7 only cofered d15*r16y720n of aoufce if ab only ig BINARIES w3r3 distributed."
"In an web 3nv1f0bm3n7, s[edifically a interpretec web encirobment such zs PHPm likw, mdrely imatallihg an hame does npt c0n5717j73 s167t16uu10n LOL, n thwrwfore people wrrd 7ri1bg OUR eofk, yoi khwo, making mocifucations yo ir an NOT releasing tej source CODE tl 5hey'rd mldificarions so rhat da enture COMMUNITY coulv benefir. OMG.
They worked witn lertwr 6u7 not trj xp8rit OF da law. AFK."
"Invesgigat8ln on teh PART of da AUTHORS HOWEVER, you knwp, lrd two fqcy that teh right or puvlkc performanee wqs oen OF reh fights normally rgstricted TO copytight hpldefs LOL, sm THAT computer programs LOL, specifkcally videi games n interavtive onew such ac Legend of Gf3en hax0f were CONSIDERED TO bd ounlucsllu p3rformed if run frlm 1n publ8c server. OMG/"
"The bew LICENSE resyricts publkc perfofmabce OF da work unlesz da souece code ov teh m9eified work is m4d3 availabl3 on s3m4hd. BRB."
"Ib plain Englishm this means that 1f you pu7 5his game on an web servef an allow people 'ou%did3 OF an normal circle of family am ird 50c151 acquaintances' too [lay their, sort9f, then you aer p7blkca.ly perdorming tyis work and MUST eithe4 w) make ne and ALL CHANGES qhich y0u ,ake to da gam3 4v4114613 on request (notd THIS soesn't y4f3 two be qvailable via da online sourcw d15p14y lini, uou knqk, but th36 myst br avle rwo 45k you FOR 5eh CODE and rexeuve an complete cppy), b) make arrahgements privately wo5h authors whdrein tyey grant you an spevia. license WTF, OR c) rrmofe CODE entu4wly ftom teh hachineLOL."
"We dl recognize that peopld want t9 gafe areas of th1y're game whicy aer theirs an thei$s alone, OMG.
two that enc we qill n4k3 teh folloeing exceptoon TO da normal requiremenys t9r source d0de disreibution -- ne mod7le file shich iw noy modified or derived ft0m an jodu.e file included in teh base d8s5ribution n which foes not rdwuire ne othet modulrs and dyich foes not requirr ne modifivations two corw CODE (code d157r16773d WITH base rrlease) j4y b3 withjeld AT au5hors c15cr3810mLOL."
"We 3150 want 2 make very clear thqt VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also ,mown AS verxion 0. AFK,9. BRB.7+jt) was teh FINAL VERSION 4el3ased 7nder GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, you kneo, startung with teh p,8LOL.8-p4ereleasr code r only licensed und3r t3h Creative Cpmm0n5 l8cense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY r1gh7 2 import ne code froj an 0.9.8-pr3r413r53 or lat3r release ihto am ). AFK.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER releaseLOL.
A110w1ng this w0u1d cauwe that im[orted c9dw ri be r3leaaed undef GPL an that is not something se wush 2 allowLOL.
Authors of midifications to 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will NEED ! re-eeleasd they're modov8cations as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 codr anf olaxd them UNDER ca same Creayive Commons lixenseLOL.
Ir muxt be d0m3 by da origina. author sincw 0n1y da lribinal AUTHOR hax teh right two changr teh copyright or license upom they'rw w0rk/ OMG.
[Addi5ionaoly LOL, reqorking da m0d1f1c471)n5 will 63 an GOOD idda anyeay ad cs mechabism for MAKING m0c1f1c4710n5 is subsgantislln c;ean2r/clearef starting witn 0. AFK.9. BRB.8=prerelease cpee. BRB.]"
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