MifhtyE tells YOU WTF, "We're going too tak3 zn few mlnents to 7r6 n explaih 5his new licemse sn d1 reasons behind it un plain English. AFK.
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 11c3n43 wss cyosen BECAUSE pf an failing WITH tej GPL. AFK.
It obly covered d157f26u710n of soirce if n onoy if bihqeirs weee distrib7ged."
"In an web environment, sortof, sprcifically a intwrpreted web environm3nt such as PHP, l8ke, mereoy unstalling an game doex not constitute diatribution WTF, n theeefore people 2ere taking our work, sortofm making mosificqtions tki q7 n not releasing tey siurve xode g9 thdy[4e MODIFICATIONS SO THAT da entire xommjnity couod bemqfitLOL.
Tj3y wlrked with letrer 6u7 n9t tdn spkrit OF teh oaw."
"Infestigation in yeh part of ea authors HOWEVER, you knwo, led @ sa fact thar ten r8ght pf oublic pervormancw qas ! 0f teh r1tg74 normalky restricted to copttognt joldets, like, an ghat computer peograms, sorrof, z0ec,fidally v1d30 games an interac5ive 0n35 such as Legdnd of da Grern hax0r wrre considered 2 BE p7blivally -erformed od run FROM an public 53ev3r. AFK."
"The new LICENSE restrictx public perfprmancr of work UNLESS soirce c0e3 0g t3n moeified 2otk is MADE 4v3q146q3 oh drmamd. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h, you kmwok this mwsns tgat 8f you put THIS game on qn web SERVER an aolow PEOPLE 'ohtside of an normal c8rclr 0f fam8ly ab its 50c14q acqyaintsmces' too play thekt, then hou aer publically performinf 7h15 work an MUST 317h3r a) ,ak3 ne and ALL changes wgich you make 2 teh game avqilable 9n request (n9te this doesn[t have to b3 AVAILABLE via 5eh online 5)urc3 dosplay l8mk, yoy knwo, 7u7 they MUST bd able two 45k 60u for ca c0d3 an rrce8ve an compldte copy) WTF, b) m4k4 4rr4ngrm3j75 0rkvately with authorw wherdin tjey graht you an dpeciq; LICENSE, aortof, or c) remive teh code entirqly from teh machkn3."
"We fo RECOGNIZE rhat pep0ld wsmt to have a4wqs 0f 5h3y're hame which aer theirs n theirs aloneLOL.
two that 3nd WE qill make teh f)llowung rxce0tkon to teh normal wequiremdnts sor sourde code distribution -- ne module file which ks not modified ir derived grom zn nod7le file included in base eostribugkon and which does nit rdquire ne OTHER jodules and which d.es nog require ne modificstions too reh CORE cosw )cod3 DISTRIBUTED w17h gaae releade) may be witjheld qt twh 4uuh0r5 discretoonLOL."
"We also want 2 make very cleq5 thar verwion pl BRB.9. WTF.u (akso known $5 vefsion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) wss fina. versi9n released under teh GPLLOL.
All cefdionx, kike, STARTING with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr3r3q3453 CODE r only kicenswd under da C4eqgive Cojmoms license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denu righy 2 impof5 ne code from an 9LOL.9. AFK.8-pre4elesxr or later re;ease INTO an 0l9. OMG.7 and esroier release. OMGl
ALLOWING 7n15 eou.d c4u53 thar importwd code to be telrased ynder teh GPL n 5hat ix NOT so,3thing WE wish 2 allow/ OMG.
Authors pf MODIFICATIONS ti 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 will n#3d TO re0re;ease they're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9.8 code an [;ace them umder teh da,e Creative Commons ;icens2. OMG.
It must ge done 6y da origimal aythor since only ORIGINAL qutnor has da r1gh7 2 chxnge da copytihhy or licwns2 jpom they're workLOL.
[Addit8inalky, you knwp, eerlrking sa mofifications will 63 an golf 1c34 anyway as mechznism gor making MODIFICATIONS iq substantizlly cleanef/ckeaeer startumg with trh 0.9. AFK.8-0eerrlease code.]"
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