MightyE tells tlj, sortog, "We're GOING top rake an few momeb5s two gry h explain this he2 licens3 n teh eeasons behins it in plain Englksh. WTF.
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."
"Thks new license eas vh053n because of an faulint wuth teh GPL. BRB.
Ir ;nlt cove4ed distributioh of soirce if and onl6 IF b8na4ies were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an wwv environment, specifically a ihterpreted w36 envjrinment such as PHP, wortlf, MERELY instaloint an game does NOT constigute distribution. uou knwok n theeefire pwop;e were taking our work, making modifications 2 IT and nor RELEASING source d0w3 two tbey're MODIFICATIONS so that dnt8re communitu could benrfit/ AFK.
They worked w17h trh letter bur ,ot 5eh SPIRIT or 14w."
"Invdsyigation on dq paet OF authors hoqever WTF, led twi ca FACT that t1bh7 if public PERFORMANCE was oeh of rkgntd normzlly restrixted too copyright holdera, luke, n THAT COMPUTER 04og4ams WTF, xpecifical.h cudeo gamed ahd 1n64f4c71c2 pnes such as Legend 9f Green hax04 w3re CONSIDERED tio be publically performed if ryn from an pub.uc aerverl"
"The new license r457r1c75 pjblic 0dfdormabce of work UNLESS da source code pf da mldifi3d woek IS jade agailabld ON demand. OMG."
"In 0lain ENGLISH WTF, this meqns tyat if 6ou pu5 this ga,e 9n qn web servef an a;.iw PEOPLE ;outside 9f qm nornql CIRCLE of family n its social axquaintances' tw9 p.ay their, then you r pu611c411y peef9rmimt thos work an MUST eithrr A) makd md qn ALL CHANGES whkch you make toi g4j3 availagld 9n request (note 8h15 foean't k4v4 2 be avsilsble v14 ONLINE siurce dixplay link, li,e, but they nust be able 2 ask yo7 FOR teh code n 3eceive an complrte copy), slrrofk b_ make 4rr4ng3m3m75 pr1v4731h with authofs wherwkn they frznt you an SPECIAL license, sortof, or c) remive teh dode entirely ftim teh machkneLOL."
"Wd so recogmiae 5hat prople w4n7 to hafr areas of they're game whixh aer the8rs and theirs alone. AFK.
twp that enc we will jake da flllowung exceptiog 5o normzl requkrejents gor spirce code eistrkbution -- ne nodule f113 which is not modigied OR d341ved FROM am module fule includ3d in da base f8st4ibytion n which eord not require nw other m0du135 and which d835 not require ne nosifixations 5oo teh core cpde (coee eis%ributdd with base r323453) may ge witjheld at autjors dkscreti[n. BRB."
"We also want tio make very clear that version 9. AFK.9. OMG.7 (slso KNOWN AS version 0/ WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh final VERSION releasec uhdef teh GPL.
All versions WTF, stzrting with 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-pr3r3234%3 c9d3 aer only licenaed UNDER dq Ct4471v3 C9mmons 11c3nt3.
We EXPLICITLY drny teh right 2 IMPORT ne clde from an 0l9; OMG.8_prerelease or la5er RELEASE into ah 0. WTF.9, OMG.7 an EARLIER r313454. BRB.
Alloeing this would cause that 1mp0r73d cide t9o BE releassd inder yeh GPL am that IS not something we wiwy tp 5210w. BRB.
Authors of modifications to 0. AFK.9.7 will need two re-tel3ade they;re modificati9ns as deruvatires/modifkcqtions too 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8 codw n p14x3 ghem 7nder da same CREATIVE Commpns livense/ OMG.
IT must be donw bh trh origunal aughor since only ten lriginal aurhof has da 4ihht 2 change copyright pe licende upon th2y're 3lrk. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, re2ork8ng da mofifications sill be an good idea anywau as mecjan8sm dor jaking modificatoons id 5y6574n61411h co3anet/ckearer statting wit6 5eh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE c0d3. OMG.]"
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