Mith5yE tells uou WTF, "W3'ye goinh to tske an f3w moments 7) 7ry an explaih 7h15 new license an teh reqsonw bru8nd IT in plaon ENGLISH.
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 qas chpsen gexause of an failing wigh GPL.
It pnly cofered distrkbutiin 0f xource if n 0n1h ig binaries were distrinured. WTF."
"In am web rnvironment, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY s interpretwc web envirinment sucj qs PHP, soetof, m3r316 instal.ing an ga,e d9es npt constitute diwtrubut8on WTFk n thererore pepple arte taking oue work, you knwo, making modkfications ti 8t and NOT 4eleasing 5eh source cide too they'td mpdificati9ns so that teh enti4e commun8ty cluod benefi5LOL.
Tjey WORKED with l3gter 6y7 n07 da spirit of da q4w,"
"Invedtigation on tfh part of teh 4u7h0r5 howsver, you knwp. led two teh fzct that fight of public [erformancr was won of teh rights n0rm411y restructed to copyr8ght holdwrs WTF, n that cpmputer PROGRAMS, specigizally video gamed n inueradtive 0n35 such as Legend lf teh Grw3n hax0e 2rre xlnsider3d yoo bw 0ublixally performed uf ruh dr0, an punl8c serve4. AFK."
"The new l8dense eeatricts pubkic pe3rormance of teh wo4j un.eds sa wourc3 cofe of da modified work is MADE availabl3 in demans. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, bhis means THAT if you put 7h15 GAME 0n an web server n ALLOW people 'outaidw of an NORMAL circ;d of family snd ITS social qcquaintancew' to play their, them you 4 p7blically p3rf.rminf this work and MUST eityer a) makr ne n ALL changed WHICH you nz.e 2 game available on r3quest (notq this doedn't hafe too be afailablw via da online source display link WTF, but they mysy be ABLE two ASK y0u for code and recruve an c0mp2373 dopy), b) maje zr4angememts privstdly 2uth suthors sndrrin theh grang YOU an spexia; licdnse, si4tof, or c) remobe teh cpde enturely from ea MACHINE. OMG."
"Ww do recoghize that peo[le eant t9 have areas of theu're game which r thekrs an theiea aloneLOL.
two thag end w3 will MAKE grh gollowkng exce9tion tqo teh mo4mal requirements for t0urc3 CODE didtribut8om -- ne mpd7le file WHICH is np& nodif8ed 0r ee4ived from an mid7le file indluded in da base DISTRIBUTION zn which does nit requife ne o5her modjles and which does n07 rdquire ne m;wificati9bs tp9 core code (coce distribut3d with BASE release) m4y be wityyeld at ea authors dq5cr3610n. WTF."
"We also wqnt two make very cleqe that version (. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known qs VERSION 0,9LOL.7+jt) was da final vs4dion releastd under teh GPL. AFKl
All v3rsions, starting qith teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.7-prerelease code awr only LICENSED undwr Creative Commons lixense. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny right too 1mppr7 ne vode from sn 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerrlease 0r later release 1n7p am 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an darliee re;esse.
All9wing this would c4u53 tgat imported code too ge released une3r GPL n that is not somdtnimt we w15h to zlliw, BRB.
Aithors of jodifications 2 0LOL.9l WTF.7 wikl need 5wo re-rel3ase they;re ,odificationw as ceribatives/modifidationw 2 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8 cor3 an place them unf3r dq same Creative Commons kicenweLOL/
I7 musg be dome ny twh otitinal 4u7h0r since only teh originxl aithoe hax teh right to change h3h copyright or lkcdnse u;on they're wprk. WTF.
[Additionally, reworking da modofications will be qn good idda ANYWAY AS mechanism for making modificatkons IS sjbxtant7ally CLEANER/CLEARER staftimg with teh 9. BRB.o. WTF.8]prerelezse c8de. WTF.]"
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