MightyE tells YOU WTF, "We'fe gp!ng two take an fee moments two trh AND exp;ain this new licemsd an rrasons brhind it in pla8n English. BRBl
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 licensr was chosen becsuse pf an vailing sirh GPL. BRBl
I5 only covered disrributi;n of 50urd3 1f zn only kf binaries were distrobuted. OMG."
"In am WEB encir9nmebt, slrtof, sp3cif*cally a ibterpreted wev envieonmeny such as PHP, soetpf, merely insta.ling qn vane does not CONSTITUTE distrigution, like, n 7h3f3f0r2 people werw tzking our work, sottof, making moeificationa two 17 n NOT releasibf teh SOURCE code w they're m0d1f1cr710n5 so thay entire commlnity could benefitLOL.
Tgey 29rked with da ldtger vut n07 teh spirit of lae."
"Investigation ON teh [art OF auty0rs however WTFk led too da gact that teh r1gh7 of ;ublic performqnde aas 1 of ea righgd nor,al.y RESTRICTED tso copyrighr yolders, like, n 7h47 com0uter ptogramsm l8ke, specifically vidro ba,es and int3ractkvw ones xuch as Legend of teh G5een hax04 wefr c0n51d3r3d too be pyblicaply p3tf0rm3d if run from an public %3rv3r. AFK,"
"The NEW lkcense RESTRICTS pubkic petgormance of teh wotk unless aoufve code ig geh mpdified work is made availablr on demand. OMG,"
"In plaun Enflish, sortod, this means that if you pu7 thox GAME on an web s3rder ab allpw pepple 'outsice 0f an NORMAL citcle if vami;y an its social acqua8y5ances' to play their, ;ikw, then y0j r p7blically pefforming th8x work and MUST eiyher a) m3k3 ne and ALL chanhes ehich tou make w da g4,3 availab;3 on tequesy (NOTE this doesm't have 2 bw AVAILABLE via teh ;nline 50urd3 c1%o14y link. but they must be aboe 2 ask y0u FOR da code an receive an COMPLETE copy), you khwo, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS ptibatel% with da AUTHORS WHEREIN THEY gtant you an special license, hou knwp, or c) rr,ove coee enti4e.y from mscjinw. AFK."
"Wr do recobnize tha5 owop;e want gwo have arras of they're game whixh e THEIRS n theirs alon3.
to tnat ebd we will MAKE da folkowihg exxeption two nornal rdquite,ents for SOURCE code distrkbution -- be MODULE rile wjicg is not mocified OR deeived from sn modile file ihcluded un t3b base eisg4ibut8on n 2hich doea h07 require he othe4 modu;ws and whkch does vot require ne MODIFICATIONS 5wo corw code *c9de eisrributed with da base release) may be withheld at teh qytyors discrrrioh. BRB,"
"We also want too make very clear 7h47 vers8on 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (als9 knosn as verskon 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+mr) waw da final cersion releaeef unddr GPL.
Alk versions, wtarting wigh teh 0. OMG.)LOL.8-pferel3aae c9ce r only licenxed inder Creative Commons lucensel WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righr top import ne code from ah 0. AFK.9.8-prerdleqse ot later relwas3 into sm 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n earlier relrasr. WTF.
Allowing ghia would cquae that imporged code to ge reldased under GPL anc tjat is not something we wish 2 alloe. WTF.
Authora or MODIFICATIONS top 0. AFK.9.7 WILL NEED tol r3_release 5yey're modificatpona as s3r1v471c35/,0d1f!c4710h4 5wo 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 codr 4md placd them und34 da same Creative Commonw license. WTF.
I7 musg be done by originzl autho4 since 0b1y da oruginal AUTHOR hzs da RIGHT too cnange tet copyrught or LICENSE upom tjeh're work.
[Additionally, you knwo, reworking twh modificarions wilo BE ab fooe idda anyway qd mecnabism for makimg modifications is substantialoy c.eaner/xlearer srarting WITH da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-;rdrelezse codw. OMG.]"
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