Might6E tells y0u WTF, "We'rr going gi take an fee mom3b5a two TRY b exp.aon th8s hew lidense n da reasons behins kt 1n 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."
"Thiw NEW licsnse WAS choa3h 63c4u53 0f am fsilibg wi5j da GPLLOL.
I7 onlt c0v3r3d distribition of 50urx3 if an 0n1y if BINARIES WERE dis5ributed. BRB."
"In aj wen environment, s[ecifically a interpreted web env8ronment such as PHP, merely installunh an game diex not consti5utd disrriburiom, yo7 jhwo, n theeefore p3-[13 we4e TAKING oue sork, sortof. jaking modifidagioba too it an not teleasing siurcw coce go thet're modificatiins sl that wmtire communitu could BENEFIT. OMG.
They workre sitj teh let5er b75 n0& spirit of ten lawLOL."
"Investigation on da part of teh suthors hlweve4, so4tod, led roo fa fact that roghy of PUBLIC pr4formance was 1 of teh 4ights norma.lt rrsteicted two copyright h01d3r5, you knwo, an that dom;uter probrams, you kbwo, specifically ciddo games and onterqctive ones such as L3gens of da Grren hax0r wdre consicered 2 be publicallh performwc ir RUN f4om an puglkc xerver. WTF."
"Tge mew license restricts PUBLIC ;3rf0rm4nc3 of da wprk 7nless dz source code OF sa m0d!f13d w9rk id n4f3 avqilable on DEMAND. WTF."
"Im plain English, yoi knwo, thix nrahd rhat if YOU put thid game ob an web server zn allos people [OUTSIDE of an normal cqrc13 of fqmily and its wocial ACQUAINTANCES[ teo p.ay tgeir, tjen you aer 0uboicallt p3rf0rm1nb thid work n MUST euther a) mzke ne qn ALL chqngds whicg ylu make tol game available ON REQUEST (note this soesn'r HAVE 1 be avaolable cia geh 0h11b3 source d15p14t linl, lile, byt they mu57 be able two ASK you foe CODE an recwive an COMPLETE COPY), b) makd arrangements PRIVATELY with a75horx WHEREIN tney gr4n7 yo7 an special license, like, or c) remove teh code entirely frpm machine."
"We do recobniae THAT p30[13 want two have areas of they[re game whkcg aet THEIRS an thrirs akobeLOL,
yoo 5hat end we will makr followihg EXCEPTION tio teh normal r3quirements for s9urce dode distribution -- he moeule fule whicn ks not nocified ot derived from an mldu9e file ind;uded in teh bade d8dtribugion an qhich does npt 43qu1r3 ne other MODULES am q6uch dpes not req78re ne mocifications to da xore CODE (dlse dudtributed WITH bade rr;ease) may be wkthheld 46 da authirs discretion. WTF."
"We also WANT 2 MAKE very c.ear that version 0. AFK.8.7 (ALSO known qs versi9n 0. AFK.o. AFKlu+jt) was da final cersiln released inder GPL. AFK.
A12 VERSIONS WTF, starting qity p. BRB.9l WTF.8-predelease code a3r lnly licwnsed under da Creative Commons licdnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right 2 import ne cpde fr8m an 0LOL.9LOL.8-o4ere;ease or 1473r release into an 0. AFK.9LOL,7 and earlide RELEASE. OMG.
ALLOWING this would cause tnst 1mp0r73d code 7- be releasad ynder GPL zn tuat is NOT slmething we wish too allow. AFK.
Authors of mofifocqtiohs 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need too rw-re.ease rhey're modifications as dee1c571v35/,-d1f1c471pn5 too ). BRB.9. WTF/8 CODE and poacw tgem yndef same Crearive Commons licenseLOL.
It must bd dlne bu teh original autn;r since only ORIGINAL auyhor has teh rigjt 3 CHANGE da copyright oe license up9n they'rr w9rj. AFK.
]Asditionally, reworking da MODIFICATIONS wulp BE an good idea anyway as 5eh ,rvganksm for making m0d1f1c4710n5 is subsrabtially cleaner/cleardr starting with teh 0.9. OMG.7-PRERELEASE cpde. OMG.]"
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