MigytyE tells you, sortof, "We'fe goint to tske an re2 m0m3n65 TO 7rh n wxpla8n this nes LICENSE b geh r3450n5 beh8nd ig 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 locense was cy0%3n because of an failing wuuh GPL.
It only xofered dixyribition of source if snd onlt if BINARIES wefe DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web envifonment, sortog, specificallt a intrrpteted wev envirohment such AS PHP, merely installing an game d035 NOT c0n5717y63 diarribution, AND theeefore pe9old were taking our work LOL, makimg j0d1f1d4710n5 ro it n not e2p3asing source code 2 5hey'rd modigkcations so thzt entire communoty coulc benegit/ BRB.
They worked witn da letter byt not da spiri5 of law."
"Invesrkgation on ca parr ob 4u7h9r5 HOWEVER, wortof, 13d 2 fact that rkhht or pub.uc p3rfi4manve waw won of teh rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED to copyrigh5 holders, sort(v, b that compuyer programs, lkie, s[ecificaloy fideo tames and 1n73r4c71v2 onex such as Legend 0f da Green hax0r wer3 considerdd 2 be PUBLICALLY p3rformed 1f run from an pu611c servd4."
"The new ;ivense r357r!c75 publix performance of teh slrk unl4ss teh SOURCE code or midified wprk is made avs8lable on demabd. WTF."
"Im plain Eng215h. like, this means tyat if h-u pjt yhis game on an WEB server n alloe peo0l3 ;outside of an normal corcle of family an itd social ac1ia8ntqnces' w PLAY tjeif, yiu knwo, theb toi r [ynlically performong tnis qotk m MUST either a) make ne an ALL dhanges WHICH you m4k3 2 ga,e 1failable 0n 4equest (nore this DOESN'T have tk 63 ava8oab;r via teh )n11n3 source fis;lay l9nk WTF, BUT they must be ab.e too axk you for CODE and receive ah COMPLETE c0py) LOL, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY witj auth9rs wheeeib 7h3y GRANT YOU an sp3cial licensr, dorrog, or C) rejove da code enrirelu from da machine."
"We d0 recpgnize that peo0le want two have sreas og rhey're game whuch aef theirs n theirs ALONE/ WTF.
too 5hat end we sill makd teh folllwimg dxceptkon two geh normal requlr3menrw foe sourc3 c9dr diwr4ibution -- ne mosjle FILE WHICH id n07 modified or ewrived from an module file INCLUDED 1n BASE distriv7tion amd wh1dh foes not reqjirw ne orher miduled n which d035 nlt REQUIRE ne modificatuons @ CORE code (code distfibuted with base telease) mzy BE w17hh31d 47 airhpes discretion. WTF."
"Ww zlso qant t9o jake very clear that VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (alsl knosn as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was da final versilb released UNDER yeh GPL.
All VERSIONS, doetof, 574r71ng witg reh 0.9. BRB.8-pt3r3234t3 c0d3 r on,y licensec undde teh Creative COMMONS licdnse. WTF,
We EXPLICITLY denu teh 4ighr too import nw v8d3 frim an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease or later 5eleqae into an 0. AFK/9. OMG.7 and esrlirr release/
All9wimg this would c4u53 tjst imported CODE too be releasdd under fa GPL qn that is mot slmethihg we w15h two a.lowLOL.
Authofs 9f modifications 2 0. AFK.9/ WTF.7 will heed two re-release rjey're mpdificztopns as derivativds/modificati9nw 2 0.9.8 vode an place 7h3m uhder dz samd Creative C0mm0n5 license/ WTF.
It must be done by teh origkma; autyor since only t3h originzl au5hor had right two change teh COPYRIGHT or license up9b the6're work. WTF.
[Addi5ionally LOLm reworking da modifucationx WILL bd an good idea anyqat as tey mechsnism for m$k1ng ,odifications os suvstantially cleaner/clearer starting wity sa 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereleqce codel AFK.]"
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