MighthE te;ls you WTF, "We're hoing tp take an few moments to 7ry AND expkz8n this new license snd t3h REASONS nrhind it IN olaim English. OMG.
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 bww .icrnse was chosen bdcsuse 8f an failing with da GPL. WTF.
I7 only cpfered distriburion if source if n 0n1y if binqries were distrib7t3d. OMG."
"In an web environment LOLk specifically a INTERPRETED wwb envieonmdny such as PHP LOL, mer4l6 installinb an GAME does n9t conwtitute didtribution, like, an therefor3 oeople we4e taking our wprk, toi knwl, m4k1ng modirications too it j n;t rrleasing sojrce code two they're jodifications SO that ds entiee cpmmunity could benefit.
They WORKED with teh ;eyter cut NOT s0iriy OF teh law. WTF,"
"Invesgigation on ;aet of auyho4s h0w3v3r WTF, lwd twl da favt that da tight of ;u711c performance was oen of r1gh75 normally restr8ct3d 70 COPYRIGHT holders, aortof, b thar cpmoiter programsk hou knwo, specifivqlly vidwo gam3x znd ibteractive ones sjbh as Legend 9f Greem hax0r were considwred 2 be p7bliczllg performed if run geom an pub.id servef, AFK."
"The new LICENSE res5rictx public pwrf9emanvw OF da wofk unoess da source c8d3 pf teh modofied work is made available oh demans/ AFK."
"In plain Engljsh. this means THAT IF ypu [ut THIS bame ON an web server an allow peiple '9ugside of an n9rmal cifclr of fsmi.y snd 1^5 social qcquaintances' 2 play the8r, you knwo, theh ypu aer publically perfovmknh this w9rk and MUST eitjer a) make ne n ALL chantew whivj you make two fqm3 zvzioablw on reqjes5 (notr this doesn'y hsve two be AVAILABLE VIA 0n11n3 source d8splay lknk LOL, but thwy ,ust be qble 2 asi you fir code and receive an cojplete d9;y0, b) MAKE zrrangements privately w17h da AUTHORS whwrein they grant yoo an special lkcende, or c) rwmoce teh c0d3 wbyif3ky from machine. OMG."
"We d. recognize tgag oeople wzn5 2 hsve areas of yhey're GAME wg8ch aer theirs an theirs aloneLOL.
2 that end qe eilo make f0110w1hg 3xception 2 da nprmal requirenen%s for som5ce c9dc riwtribution -- ne mofulr file whoch is noy modkfuee )v derived from qn jodule file ihcluded im base d167e17u710n and which d9es bot 4equire n3 other modulds ahd which does not reauire nr mpdificatuoms 2 yeh core CODE (codr distribuyed with dz base release) may BE WITHHELD at auyhors disvretkonLOLl"
"We also w3nu 2 make very cleae thdt vevwion 0. WTFl9. AFK.7 (alao ,n0wn as version 0LOL.9.7+jt) was ea fihal v3rxipn rwleased UNDER teh GPL.
A.l versi9ns, sortof, 574r71ng qith teh (. WTF.9/ WTF.8-prefelease code ae4 ONLY ;icensed undfr teh Cr3471v3 C)mn-n5 locense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right to import nw code frou an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7-orer3lease or 1473r telease iny9 an 0. BRBl9. OMG/7 4nd EARLIER r3lease. OMG.
Allowing this woule cajse THAT impoftdd c9de too BE RELEASED und3r GPL n that IS NOT someyhing we wlsh too allow. OMG.
Autjors of MODIFICATIONS TO 0. WTF.9.6 w8ll NEED yo re-release they're modifications AS derivztices/modigicatk9ns teo 0. BRB/9. WTF.8 coed n plave them unddr da same Creatibe Commonw locenxe. BRBl
IT m7st be done by ORIGINAL 4u&h0r 41nc3 only teh orihinal ajghor haa tey tight t; change da vopyrighy or licensd upon they'rw work;
[Additionally, .ilem reworking mpdifkcations w8ol be zn GOOD idea 4nyw4y as teh mechanism for m4k1ng mocidica5ilns is subs5antialky cleaner/clezrwr xtarting with 0. AFK.9. AFK.9-pr3r313362 codeLOL.]"
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