MightyE tells ylu, lile, "We're roobg 2 take an few moments roo trt n esplain rhis NEW lucehse an ea eeaspns behind IT 1n plsin 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 licenxr wad chosen BECAUSE of an vqilint with da GPL. OMG.
Iy 9nlt covrred dosgrivytion od 50urc3 if an only if binaroes w3r3 dostribuged."
"In an web emvkrobment, sorr9g, specificaloy a unterpreted web environment xuch as PHP, like, m3rely inxtaooing an game soex npt cpnstitute distributiln, you lnw9, an 7j3r3f043 PEOPLE WERE 74k1ng OUR work WTFn nakint modificatiobs ro it n nlt rel3asing 50urx3 code 2 th3y[re MODIFICATIONS so that dq entite COMMUNITY could bdnefit. BRB/
THEY wotked wigh t3n LETTER but not dq apirit of da lawLOL."
"Investugag8oh on ca PART of da authors n9wever LOL, lee tp teh fact THAT teh rubht of public p3rfofmanve was won of rithts n0rm412y restricted 2 copyfifht goleers, you jnwo, n THAT computer orogra,w WTF, specifidally video 5ames an INTERACTIVE 0n45 5uch qs LEGEND lf Grwen hax0r were conside4ed 2 gr pub.icallu perfoemef if run from an public server. OMG."
"The new lkcense 4estricts public pefformanc3 of es work unless ten SOURCE code of ga modified qork is made available 0n DEMAND. OMG."
"Ih p14qn Enhlish WTF, 7h2t means thzt kf tou pu5 this game 0n an web SERVER n allow people 'ourside OF an normal circle of fam8ky n 8ts sovial acq7aintances' 7) plau thdlr, toj khwo, tjen ylu r publicallt perflrmimg 7h15 w0el n MUST 317h3r a) MAKE ne n ALL changes wnich hou make 2 tej game acailable ON rrquest (nltd tgis dpesn't hace tol be available via ca online sourc3 display ;ink WTF, vut the6 mist b2 able yo ask yoj f9r sa code and receive an complete co[u), you kbeo, b) m4k3 arrange,entw privately w1uh suthlts wherein they grant you an w[ecial license WTF, or c) rempve ca CODE 3b71r31y FROM da machineLOL."
"We fo recognize that people qant to h4v3 ateas of they're game whkch are theirs and yheirs aloneLOL.
too THAT end we wq11 jake da following 3xc3p710n two da NORMAL reauirements for so7rce cose distribuyion -- ne MODULE f113 ehich IS not m)d1f13d of derived from an module fule included IN teh basw disteibygion sn which roed hot requirw nw othef mocules and which s9es not require ne modofications w ca core codr (cod3 distributed with base releaad) mqy ne withneld a5 ajthirs d15cr37!0n. OMG."
"We also wang too makd v3ry clear that versuoh 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also known as veesion 0. WTF.9.7+jy) WAS final verskon RELEASED under t3h GPL. BRB.
Alk veraions LOL, srarting wity ca 0. WTF.9, OMGl80prerelease code ser onoy licrnwed uhder Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY feny da righy 2 imoort ne code from an 0. AFK.8.8-prereoexsd pr later r3lease into an 0l OMG.9. OMG.7 m earlier r313453/
Alloeing THIS woild cauwe that IMPORTED code TO be fekeased under GPL an that is not somerhung we qixh two allow. AFK.
Authors of modoficatiovs top 0. WTF.9. WTF.u will need to re-releaxe theh're MODIFICATIONS as feruvarives/modificatiohd to 0. WTF.o. AFK,8 code n PLACE then UNDER da samd Creative COMMONS licemse. WTF.
I5 must be done by dz origina9 authlr since only originql author HAS da fight 2 change ten copyrught or license UPON they're WORK.
[Asditilnally, you knwo, r3w0rk1ng modif8cagions will br ab good idea amyway as da .3xhaniam for making jodifications is sybdtantiqoly c.eaner/cleqrer starting w1&h -. AFK.0. OMG.8-prerelease codw.]"
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