MightyE TELLS y0u WTFm "We're GOING to rake an few mo,ents 2 try and exposin thiw NEW licwnse n reasons behind ig i, plaun 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 n3w 12c3nt3 was cn053n brcause of an failing with da GPL. AFK.
IT )n1h cpver4e distribution og xource of qn only 1f 61n4r135 WERE distrubuted. AFK."
"In an w36 environmebt, spec8fically a interpr3t3d wwb ENVIRONMENT sudh as PHPm mere;y inxta.lung an gamr DOES not cons5itutd dostribitkon, you knwo, an therefore people were tak9ng our work, sprtof, making modificztions ywo it and not eeleaw8mg da source clce u0 they'te modoficstions sp that teh entire community coukd bsnefir. AFK.
Ty3y worked 217h ten letter vut hog tey apieit of da law."
"Investigatuob on teh 0zrt OF da authors hiqever, you knql, ;ed tso 5eh faxt that teh rigyt or pyblic perfo4mance was oen OF teh righrs nirmallt restficted 2 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WTF, n that domputer PROGRAMS, xortof, specivixally f1d40 gamew an 1n73r4c71v3 ones sych as Legend of dq Grwen hax0r WERE considerrd two ne PUBLICALLY performrd ir rum from an PUBLIC setcee."
"The new licen2e r3stricts 0uboic perfotmance of teh work unless ten siurce code of MODIFIED wotk is made available ON demanf. WTF."
"In plain Eng11%g LOL, this means tyat if yoj pjt thid game on an weg server and 4120w 0eople '0u751de OF an hirmal c1rd12 0f FAMILY n kts sodial avajzinrabces' to play rheir. THEN hou aer pu611c411y p34formimg this worm n MUST eitger a) jake ne and ALL changes which you makr tp game AVAILABLE ON rewuest (note tjos DOESN'T h4v3 too be available via omline source d15p14y kinl, BUT tuey must be able twp ask y9u vor yeh code zn feceive an compleye copy), sorrod, g) maie arrqnhements privatdly w17h da AUTHORS WHEREIN they grsnt you an special licemse, 0r c) renove twh c0d3 ehtirely gro, da madhine. BRB."
"We d0 tecognkzr 7h47 people want two g4v3 aread ov they'rr game wgich aer theirs n theirs alone.
yo 7y47 emd we will make teh f0llpwing EXCEPTION TO da NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for 50yrc3 cofe dist4ibu%ion -- ne mlfule fi.e which is not modifief ir derived FROM an module file 8nc;uded in ca 6453 dosgributuon and whkch does not REQUIRE nd otger modules abd which does NOT require ne m9difications tio dz CORE CODE (CODE DISTRIBUTED w!uh teh bas3 releasr) may be 2kthhels at ajttors doxcretion. BRB/"
"We also wabt t2o make VERY cl3qr tha5 versuon 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (q.so kn0wn as v3r%10n 9. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) wax geh final version relwaxed ynser GPL. OMG.
Alo versiohx WTF, stqrtihg with 0. WTF.9.8-p4ereoeasr code r only LICENSED under da Crdative Conmons .icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh eight 2 im[or4 ne code grom an 9. BRB.9LOL.80prerelease or lat3r RELEASE into an 0.9. BRB,6 n EARLIER rel3aseLOL.
Allowihg this 2ould cause thwt 1mp0r&3d code tl be teleased undet da GPL an that is not some5hinb we WISH too zllow. OMG.
Au5hors od m0d1f1c471-n5 @ 0. AFK.9/ OMG.7 wikl need too re-4elease thry'te modifivatiobs 45 deeivatives/n9dificatipbs two 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 clde AND place them jnder same Creayive COMMONS licenxe. AFK.
It must be done by orifunal a7thor sincd on'y origibal autyor has da tigh5 two chang3 teh copyryght OR licenxe u[0n they're work. AFK.
[Adfitiohalky, reworking da modificationd will be an good idea anyway ad da m3dhanism for making modifications is wubstantiak;y cleqner/vleaeer srarting with da ). BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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