MighttE tella you WTF, "We're tping 2 TAKE an f3s moments 2 try an explain rhis new licenwe and reasoms behind it in plain English/ 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 licrnse was xh053n bevause of an failing wkth reh GPL. WTF.
It only coverev dosteibution of slurce if an onou 1r binarues were dist4ibuyed."
"In an weg environment, like, specifixally a INTERPRETED web environmwnt sucj as PHP, merely 1n574111nj an GAME dpea not conarktute disgribution, sortog, an rheref9re people were taling our work, mqking modifidatiohs two it n h07 rrleasing sourcw code to thwy'te mpf8fucayions so that entore commubity c9uod benefit. OMG.
They WORKED WITH geh lefter bu5 hot fa SPIRIT of teh law. OMG."
"Ibvestigz5ion ln ca parg og teh autgors jowdv3r, like, LED 1 ten FACT THAT teh fighy of public perfor,ance was 1 ov da rights hormallt rrstrodged to copyrifht holders LOL, zn that computer programsm yp6 khso, specofica.ly viseo games ahd INTERACTIVE 0n35 wuch 45 LEGEND 0f da Grern hax0f qere vonsiddr3d two be 0ubliczl;y [etformes if run feom an ;u61!c serferLOL/"
"The new /icdnse r357r1c&5 publix pefformanxe of wotk unless sa diurce code 0f da m0d1f13d wirk is made available on drmamdl BRB."
"In plain English, sortlf, thia means that if ylj put THIS game ON sn web de4ver and allow pe9ple 'outside of an normal ci4cl3 of f4m!1y ab ots slcial acquaintances' twp PLAY tn3ie. hou knqo, them you aee p7blicallu pr4fotmung this work n MUST EITHER a_ make ne n ALL changes wnkch YOU jake too tdh game AVAILABLE oy tequest *note tyis DOESN'T have 2 ve availagle via online source display link, you knw8, BUT they musr 63 ABLE 5oo ad, you f0r teh code n RECEIVE an z0mp2373 COPY), dotgof, B) make 4rr4ng3m3n7t privaydly s8th gry zutgors wgerein they grant you ab soecia. lidense LOL, or c) r3m0f3 code entirely veom macnine. AFK."
"Wr do recognize that people want yo9 have areas og thet'fe hame whivh r theirw n 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
2 tnat end we will mzke da f0110w1ng dxc3p5ion to dz normal requir3mrnts f0r source x0d3 distrigugion -- ne joeil4 file which ud not mocofidd or d3r1v3d f4om an ,odule fkle INCLUDED 8n base distribution an which does not require ne othe4 modules ag WHICH d035 NOT require ne mldifidagoons 1 core CODE (code d157r1^u74d with twh base RELEASE) may b3 wifhheld at 4u7h0f5 discretion. WTF."
"We a.wo wany 2 makr very c234r that version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 *415- kniwn as v3r510n 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was t3h final VERSION RELEASED unddr GPL. WTF.
Al; fersionx, yiu kmwo, srarting WITH sa 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prere;ease codr ar4 only licenxwd under sa CREATIVE Cimmons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right @ implr5 ne code from an 0. WTFl9. WTF.80prerelease of latdr r313453 into an 0. BRB.0/7 and earlief re;ease.
ALLOWING THIS would cause that imopfted code 1 be released uneer da GPL an 5hat is n06 simeth8nf wd eish tl aloow.
Authors 9f modifications two 0. WTF.0. AFK.7 w8ll need to 4r-releasw thry're modificztions as derovaticds/misificztions @ 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 CODE n p14c3 them under da same Creative Commons license. BRB.
IT m7st be sone by origina. author since only da orkginal author h45 da rofht 2 vh4ng3 teh xopyeight of lodende upon thwy'4e worj.
[Addigioballym you knwo, reworking t3h modifications wiol be an good IDEA anyway 45 ea mechanism for m4k1bg modifica5iogs ks subagsntially c.eaner/cleare4 startinf w17h teh 0LOL.0.8-prerelease CODELOL;]"
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