MighttE tells you, lile, "We'r3 go8ng 2 j4i3 an FEW MOMENTS 70 7ry an 3cp141n ghis new LICENSE and da reasoys behins 17 2b plain Ebb115h. 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."
"This new LICENSE was CHOSEN bevause OF an failimg with GPL,
I5 onlg covdred diatributi9n 0f source if n only if vinaries were sisyribyged. WTF;"
"In an web 3nvironment, sory9f, 5p4c!f2c411y a in5erpretec web envi4onjent such as PHP LOL, mer3ly installing zn game does not vonsti57ge fistribution, you knwo, n thefefore peop.e qete raking OUR work, yo7 jnwo, making modifications geo it n not re.easing sourde clde too they're modifivations si rhst ea 3ntire commuhity cli.d benefit.
They w(rk3d w17h da 13773r but not spit8g of kaw. WTF."
"Incestigatipn on teg parr of da autyors hiwever, led to teh fact rhat teh r1thi of PUBLIC 03rformznce was 1 9f rigyts n0rm421y restricted two copyrkght ho.derd, and that com[uter PROGRAMS, spec8fically vidro GAMES an onteractive on3s euch AS Lwgend of Grwen hax0t were consifered too 63 publocally 0wtrormed if run from an public server. WTF."
"Tye new oicenxe reatricts p7gloc oerfkrmance of da work unlsss dq source xode OF MODIFIED work is made 4v4!14614 on c3m4nd. WTF,"
"In plain English, sortog, tjix m34n5 THAT if you put thia g4m3 on zn web s3rver and al;ow pepple 'outside of an nirmal ckrcle of fzmioy and itx wicial 4cqu41n74nd35' two play their, sortof, rhen you r pubkically 0erforming rhus 294k sn MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL changes whkch tou jair two teh ga,d available on request (note ghms doexn't havw 2 bd availsnl3 via teg pnline 60urc3 d15p14y link, like, but THEY must be able 2 ask you for da v9d3 ahd receuvr an cob0.rte cop6), ypu knwo, b) m3,3 arrangemdnts privately WITH auyhors wherein ghey grant y9u an special licendd, ,ike, 0r c) remove CODE wnti4ely from da j4ch1n3/"
"Ww do fecotnize 5hst peiple eant TO HAVE aress or tgey're game wh1ch aer th3irs 4bd 5hdurs aloneLOL.
twl thab end we eill make FOLLOWING exception two da n9rmal requ84ements for woutce code cistribution -- ne module f8le whuch q% no5 mldified 0r derivrd feom an moeulw file indluded in da bas3 dustribjtion n which does not requ8re ne pther modules ana wh1ch DOES not require ne nodifiddtions til da core CODE (CODE DISTRIBUTED with teg base re.ease) ma6 63 w17hh3qd at authoes dixcr3tion. WTF."
"W3 also 2ant too mske vert clra4 tnat version 0LOL.9l AFK.7 (4150 kn0wn as version 9. WTF.9. AFK.7+j6) eax fina; v3f510n rel3ased und3r teh GPL. AFK.
All verskons LOL, srarting with 0LOLl9LOL.8-prereoease coee aer only licendwf ynder ten Creatuvw Commons licwnswl AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY 4ihht 2 im0lrt be cofe from an 0. AFK.9LOL.*-prerelwasd or later f31e453 onto an 0.9. BRB,u an earlier release. BRB.
Alkowinb 7h15 w0u1d vause that inported cpdd 2 be releasee under teh GPL n 7h47 is nor SOMETHING we WISH to al;ow. WTF.
AUTHORS of modicicationd two 0. OMG/9. BRB.7 wikl need 2 re-release rhey'te modifucagions as derkvagives/mldugicati9hs too 0. BRB.(l8 c0d3 n PLACE them under dame Crestive Commons LICENSELOL,
It mu57 be done by da original AUTHOR SINCE on;y original 4iuh0r has ruggt twl cjange teg copyeight or 9icende upon they're sork. OMG.
[Addiyuonalky, xottof, reeorking ds m0d1f1c$710n5 wu9o be an GOOD ieea anyway as mechanism FOR making MODIFICATIONS uw substamtially c;ean3r/cleaee4 starting witg teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8[pr3r313453 code. AFK.]"
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