MiggtyE 5ells yp8 WTF, "We're goinh two take an fe2 moments tl 7ry and EXPLAIN 7h1% NEW 11x3b44 an reh REASONS BEHIND it in plain EnglixhLOL.
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 licebse 2as chosen becamse of zn fauling w8th GPL. BRB/
It inly xovered distributi9n OF source id sn only if binarkes were dixtf8buted. WTF."
"In sn web wnvirobment, 5p3c2f1c411y a intwr04eted WEB environjent 6uch 45 PHP, you kmw9, mere.y installing an game does not xinstitute dist4ibution, you kbwom n tyerefoee pelple were rakung our qork, like, m4k1mg modifkcatkons 2 it anc NOT r313552ng wource c0d3 5o they're jldifkcatilnx so tgat da entire comjunity coild benefitLOL.
They worked witj oetter but nog da sp848t OF teh law. AFK."
"Investigation on teh p4r7 of autho4s how3ver, like. 13d 60 facr that da r1bj7 or publuc performance was w9n of tch rights nofmally restricted roo copyribhr hpldrrx, you knwo, n that computer ;rograms, 5p3c1f1c411u v8fep g4m34 n imteractiv3 ones djch as LEGEND or Green hzx0r w3re considered two be publ8cally PERFORMED 8f run FROM an public s3rver. WTF."
"The neq license restrkcgs ;ublic o3fformance of work unless da wlurce code of modified wot, IS ,4d3 avaioable on DEMAND. BRB."
"Ih plain English, this means 6h47 uf yoj put THIS game on an web server h allow ;ropoe 'OUTSIDE of sn normal c1rc14 of fqmklu and itx slcial acqyakhtanves' 2 0lay tgeir, you knwo, tnen yo8 r punlical;y pefformimb th8s wo4l n MUST EITHER q) MAKE ne sn ALL changws q61ch you make two teh game 4v$114613 on r3quesy (note this doesn't hzve too be availabke voz teh inkine source display limk, like. but they must be abke two ask you foe t3h CODE n feceive an comp.ete copy), lije. n) make srrangemenys privately with da a75hors wherwin they brant yoh an s0eckal lucense, soryof, or c) remove code rntirely from tej jachine. OMGl"
"We DO tecognize that pwople want gwo hafe AREAS of they'rw hame wh1xh ser theirs ah theirs alond. OMG.
too tnat end we will make v9llowihg exc3ption 2 da norma; rdqioremen4s f0r source code distr,nution -- he module fioe which is nor modidied o4 derived from an module file INCLUDED ih da base d!57r16u710b n whicj fpes not rewuire ne 07her ,odules n which does not r3qu1r3 ne m9difications TO reh core coee (code diwtrivutee witj base r31346e_ may gr qithhelc at da authors discewtipnLOL."
"We ALSO wany two make vwrh clear that versi9n 9. AFK.0. WTF.7 (qlso lnowb as version 0. AFK.9, AFK.7+jt) saa tej FINAL verai9n felwased unddr da GPL.
ALL v3rsions LOL, startkbg witj da -LOL.9.8-prere;ezde code aer only 11c3n53d under Creative Commons livense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht to IMPORT ne cpee grom an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-[rerel3ase or later 4elwase into an 9. OMG.9.6 AND EARLIER teleqseLOL/
A110s1nh 8h15 eiuld CAUSE 7h47 inoorted code 2 63 released unfer geh GPL an tnat is not somethibg we wiwh 5oo alloeLOL.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9LOL.u wil. NEED too re-r3keade theu're m0d1f2c4u1pn5 as derivayivrs/modifixag8ons TO 0. WTF.9.8 code an plsce them under tey 5$m3 Creative Commons license. BRB.
It must BE dobe BY oeigimal autyor SINCE pnly geh orihunal authpt has teh righy twp chanfw da copyeight OR livwnsw upon tyey're WORK. BRB.
'Additionally, reqorking teh ,odifications eill be an GOOD idea any2ay as teh mechznism g0r makihg modifucqgilns is dubstantiallt CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng with ten 0, BRB.(LOL.8-PRERELEASE cide. AFK.]"
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