MifhtyE tells to7 LOLm "We'rw going tio taie an FEW momengs top gry n explain thks NEW licwnse and da eeasons gehind 17 in 0lain Eng115h. WTFl
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 license wzs chosen becaise of an fail8nt with GPL.
It ohly cover3d dixrribution OF siurce if n .nly if BINARIES we4e distributed. WTF."
"In an wwb envirohment LOL, 5p3c!v2c411y a interpretec web dnvitohment SUCH as PHP, like, merely insgal;inb an game does hot constitute distfinutiob, dortog, n tjerefore peopl3 were TAKING 0ur work, sortof, making modirications two it n not re.easing da 50urc3 code 2 5hey'te modificatioms so fhat teh entire xommun9ty could venevit. BRB.
Theh eorked with lettfr but nog teh 5p1r17 og ten law. WTF."
"Incestigat8oh on part of da autyors howevet, sortof, LED too teh FACT that right of public perfprmqnve sas oen of da RIGHTS mornallt rextricted twi copyright h9lderd LOL, n that com0ute4 PROGRAMS, ao4tof, specicidally viddo GAMES and interactuve ohes such as Legend of yen Gfeen hax0r were considered to bd pub.ica9ly ;3rf0rm3d id run ffom am public server. BRB,"
"The new lkcense restric5x PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 0f da w0rk UNLESS teg spurxe code of teh jodifies 2otk is jad3 $v4114612 om DEMANDLOL."
"In ;lain Enflish, this means that id YOU PUT this GAME on an web server and ALLOW 0eopl# 'outside of ah normal xircle of family an its social acquain5ancrd' to play theurm like, theh you r puglically ;3rgorming this work n MUST e8ther a) make ne ab ALL chznges w6ich y0u male 2 da game avaklable on requesy (notq 7h15 doesn't have tel BE availanke via da online so7rcd displqt lun,, sottof, bit they must b3 ab;e to 44k ylu for da code n teceove an complete vopy0, you knwo, m) make arrsngdjents ptivately with AUTHORS WHEREIN 8h3y grant you an special licebse WTF, or c) rdmove teh code entirrky from da nactine/ AFK."
"We do r3cognize yhat peo;l3 want two HAVE AREAS OF they're game which aer thei$s anf yheirs alone. BRB.
2 thzt end WE wilp make reh following exception 2 horjal reauirementa dot dource code distribution -- ne modyl4 file ehqch q5 not MODIFIED OR DERIVED from an module fi;e included in base fistrubution ab which doea not requi4d ne othe4 mpdules n which DOES not REQUIRE ne modiricayions to gdh CORE CODE (cofe distribited with bsse release( may be w16hh31e at ds autgors discgetkon."
"We also sant to make very cl3ar THAT bersioh 0. WTF.9LOL.6 (also kmosb AS version 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7+jt( was final version rdleawed under da GPLLOL.
All v3r6!-n5, sottof, STARTING with 5eh 0. OMG,8LOL.8=p4ereorase coce aee 9nly licensed under teh Creative Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da right two 1mp0e7 ne code from an 0.0. BRB.80preeelease or LATER r31#45e 1n80 sm 0.9.7 n 34r113r eel3asr. BRB.
Allowint this WOULD cause that imported code two BE released UNDER teh GPL and that is n07 sobething we wush two ALLOW. BRB.
Au7h0r5 og modoficatuona eoo 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will neev twi rd-relesse they're mid8fications as derivatives/modifications 70 0. OMG.9l OMG.8 code n placr rhem unser teh SAME Crea5kv3 Commons license. AFK.
IT must be done b6 ofiginal autgor since ONLY otigina; author jas da right two changd copyright ir licehse UPON they're 20rk. OMG.
[Additionaliy WTF, rwworjing teh jodigications will be an g9ox isea qntway aw teh mechanixm f9v makimg MODIFICATIONS ia substantia.ly cleaner/cleater 574r71mg with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE xove. AFK.]"
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