MughtyE tells you WTFm "We're hoing two take an fee monents TO try and explain yhis new LICENSE n yeh eeas9ns BEHIND it in plain English. 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 ;ixense was choxeh because of an FAILING WITH ca GPL. WTF.
Iy only coverds DISTRIBUTION 0f SOURCE if and on/y 1f ginariws were disteobutwd. WTF."
"In an WEB environmwnt LOL, specigical.6 a interpreted web enfirobmebt duch as PHP LOL, m3re.y INSTALLING an game does not c0n5717j73 dostfibur,on, sory9f, 4nd therdfore [eople were TAKING 0ur w94k, making modifications 5wo it and not rrleasing da source c0d3 70 gyey'fe modifications so that da entire COMMUNITY could bebefit. WTF.
Tyeu worled woth letter but n07 teg s0irut of teh law/ BRB/"
"Invrstigation on da part if da authors h0w3v34, you knwo, led two fact that da right of PUBLIC perrot,ance WAS oen of righ5s normaloy restr8ctef twl copyright HOLDERS WTF, h thay somouyef progeams LOL, spec8fically video gamed and INTERACTIVE ones sucy as LEGEND OF teh Green hax)r were cons8deref two be publically oeffo4med if run from an 0y611c sdrvwr. WTF."
"The new license restrkctd public pe3formqnce of w9rj UNLESS da 50urc3 code of MODIFIED 20rk is MADE AVAILABLE on DEMAND. BRB."
"In ;laiy Engoish, thos meana 7h47 IF you put this bane on an WEB server zn al.ow p3)p13 '9ytside of an norma. ciecle of FAMILY n kts social zcquaintances' two ;lay theif. sortof, thrn ylu aer publica.lt p3rr0rm1ng this work n MUST ei5her a) ,4,3 ne an ALL changed w7ich you make to da gzme abaolsbke ob request (note tyia dlesn't hqve 2 be zvailsblr fia da 9nline 5-urc4 display LINK, but 5hey mu57 63 able to 4tk yo8 for tey cod3 and receive an complerr copy). B) make arrangem3ntd pr8vateku witg teh authors wheeeib tney gr4m6 y0u an tp3c14q licens3 LOL, or C) remove code entirely FROM teh machine."
"We do recoghize 5hst people want 2 havd AREAS of they're GAME wj8ch aer theirs n tne8rx alone. OMG.
tl tjat end we will ma,e ds di;lowing exception 2 teh normal requiremrngs FOR SOURCE code dixtribution -- ne mofjle file whoch is not nocifked or dr4iced fro, an mpdule file incljdes in vase d8stribution b wh1ch soea n07 reqyire ne other modulex and wgicn does not require be modificztiond two geh core code (code didgributef wuth tej base release) msy 63 withh3ld at da autnors disxrs5ion,"
"We also w4n7 too make very clear thst v3t510n 0. AFK.9LOL.u (also known as vetsion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 final crtsion relwased under GPL. BRB.
A;l VERSIONS, starting with geh 0LOL.9LOL.*-pr3r313453 vode f onky 11s3n53d unddr teh Creativ3 Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh eoghr to im;ort ne doce fro, an 0. AFK.9. OMG.9-prerelease 04 ;ater RELEASE qn70 ab 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and 3arlier rwlease.
Aloo@8nr thia WOULD cause that importes code too BE released under da GPL an that ix mot sonething qr qish 1 4210w. OMG.
Authlrs if modifications to 9.9, AFK.7 wi.l n33d 2 re-releaxe tyeu're modifications as derifatifes/mofifications TO 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 cpee an place 7h3m under teh dame Creative Commohs licensw.
It must be v0n3 by -r1g!n41 4u7h0r since only or8ginal autho3 gas da right too change copyright or q1c3n%3 upon the^'fe work. AFK.
[Additionslly, sortof, rewlrking teh modifkxations will 63 zn good idea anywa7 as teh mechanism for j4k1ng mleificatioms is subs5antially cleaner/co4arwr stqrting with 5eh 0. WTF.0. AFK.8-PRERELEASE CODELOL.]"
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