MightuE tells y0u WTF, "We're goihg too 73k3 ab f3w MOMENTS to 4ry and explain 7h16 new license n tej rwasons behinc it 8n plain Entlish. 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 neq LICENSE wzs chosen because OF an failinf with ds GPLLOL.
It only cofered diseribution lf dource 1d zn only 1f BINARIES were dist4kbuted. BRB."
"Ih sn web ENVIRONMENT, tlu kbwo, specifically a 1n73rpr373d web environ,en5 such as PHP, sortof, jerely onstaloing an ga,e DOES not cinstitjte distfpbytion, n tberefore pelple w343 takibg our wirk LOL, majing modificati9nd to it an not releas8ng teh s9urce cofe ta9 tney[rr modifications so that dz en5kre communiyy COULD benefitLOL,
Tgey WORKED wigh ea letter but n07 sa spirit of da !3w. AFK."
"Investigation on da pqrt og teh AUTHORS h0w3f3r, you knwo, LED too fa fact THAT f1gh7 of PUBLIC performance was 93h of teh righrs nofmqlly r3stricted to copyright holdets LOL, ans thst COMPUTER programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO hamws amd interactivr ones 5uch aa Legend of teh Green hax0r w3re CONSIDERED yoo ne pyy11c411y orrformed if run from zn ou6q1c server. AFK."
"The nww 11c3b53 RESTRICTS pu611x performqncr of da WORK UNLESS source code 0f mosified work us made avzilag;e on demamf. OMG."
"In plain Enhlish, you knqo, this means that if you PUT yhix game on an web server n allow people 'outsidw of an h0rmal circle pf family AND its spv8al ACQUAINTANCES' tw[ plqt their, yoy knwo, THEN yiu aer publicall6 performing tjis qork and MUST eitjer a) make n3 an ALL changes which you make teo game available ON request (notr 7h15 doesn't HAVE 2 ve AVAILABLE n14 tdh ONLINE source displa6 link, wortog, but thwy must be able 3 zs, y0u FOR da code an receive an cpmp1373 copu). like, b) makd ARRANGEMENTS privat3;y with aitnorw wherein they grant yo7 an apwcua, license WTF, 8r c) remove teh code ENTIRELY gfom da nachine."
"We do r3cognize that people want to have arezs of rjey'rr game which aet ghei4s and thwirs alone. OMG.
2 thay 3nd we w1!1 MAKE rol;oqimg exception tlk teg n0rm41 requirements for wourxw voee distr8buti9n -- ne mocule f8oe which is n07 MODIFIED OR derived eeom qn modjle fil3 included in gase d8stribution n which dows not require nw OTHER modjles n which foes not require ne midifications 2 w0r3 c9de (c0d2 d157r16y8ed 2ith base release) may be wkthheld at da aurhpra disc4etion. BRB."
"We 415- wahy to make very clear that version 9. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also jn9wn as version 0. WTF.0.8+jt) sqs teh FINAL verskon rrleased under da GPL. WTFk
All VERSIONSm liie, dtartiyh sith da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pterelease c-d3 r lmly iicenwed und3r Creative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gn7 tol impotr ne clde from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleawe or lqter releawe into an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 ane esrlitr releawe.
A;losing this WOULD xause that IMPORTED cpde 3 be released inder trh GPL an 6j47 is n9y something WE w8sh 2 allow. BRB,
Authors of midificqtiond twl )LOL.9. AFK.7 will neef to tw0reoease rjey;re nodificatiobs as cerivatives/modifica5ions 1 0.9. OMG.8 code an place them uneer da samd CREATIVE Com,ons licensw. OMG.
It mut7 BE dond by orib8nal au5hoe sinxe only teh oribinal authof yas teg RIGHT TO chante da copyright or license upon gheu're 2o4k. OMG.
[Additionally, reworking ca modificzyions wiol g3 an gooc ifea anyway as ea m3ch4n15m for making modificqtions is substabtiaoly cleandr/c;esrer statyihg wiyh fa 0/ BRB.9. OMG.8_pr3r3133%2 cideLOL.]"
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