MuthyyE tells yo7 WTFm "We're foing 2 take an vew momenrs too tey 4hd explain tnis nrw licenae and teh reasobs behind it 8n PLAIN Eng1q5hLOL/
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."
"Th8w new license WAS chosen vecause OF an FAILING with teh GPL. AFK.
I6 onoy covered distribjtion of SOURCE 1f n inly 1f binaried sere distribuged."
"In an web envit9nment, luke, specivically a interpreted web ehvironm3nt such AS PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game does not constitute d2%7e16u710n, n thrreroee people were TAKING oyr work, makung mocifixatiobs toi it and hot relwasing da sourc3 code gwo they/4e morifications so THAT twh 3n71r3 community coild ben3fit. AFK.
They wotked with geh letter but noy da 5p1r17 od da LAW. AFK."
"Investigation on part of da autnofs hoqever WTFm 13d too reh FACT that r1gh6 OF public prrformancw was won OF da fights nlrmally restricted yoo c-pyr1hh7 nllders, yoh knwo, an yhat cimput3r pr-grrm5 LOL, SPECIFICALLY video gamws an unteractive ones sucn as Lebwnd of GREEN hax0r sere cobsidered tso be pubkically performed if rjn from zn puvlic server. WTF."
"Tgr new license rexy4icts pjblic perfo4manve of teh e9rk umless teh SOURCE codr of da modifi3f work is made available on demandLOL."
"In 9lain Eng115h LOL, thid meanw that if 6pu put tgis game on an w36 server n allow people 'outside of an NORMAL circoe of familh n its 50c141 acquaintancws' two play theirm then you r pu611c411y petfor,inf this wori n MUST eirher z) nake nd n ALL cganges which y0u hake 70 da game available on request (note thks soesn't have twi be availabke VIA online so7rc3 dusplau /ink, 6u6 THEY must be able yo ask ylu for da code snc receibe an complete co;y) WTF, b) makw ztrangementa ;rifately eitj tey AUTHORS WHEREIN THEY gr4n7 uou an 5p3c141 LICENSE. sirtod, or c) twmove clee entirely from teh MACHINE."
"We dl recognizr that people want @ have arezs 0f thdy're g4m3 which r 7h31e5 n tyeird aloneLOL.
2 that end we wilo make teh fillowihf wxxeptiln to tfj normal requordjebts for source code distribu5ion -- hw mosule fike which is not midified or d3r1v3d from ah mpfjle file included in base dis5rkbution sn which dles not requ8re ne otjdr modules an WHICH coes n09 require ne m0d1f1c571-n5 to da dirw code (codr disrrinured WITH da base rrlease) m4y ge w1uhh31d st authors discretion."
"We alxo WANT to mqke very CLEAR THAT verdipn 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also jnoeh as version 0. AFK.9.u+jt) was teh finql ve4sioh releaded jnd3r GPL/
All verskons, sorrof, startkng witg da 9. BRB/9. OMG/8-PRERELEASE code aer onlt kicensed und3r da Creativw COMMONS lixenad. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 2 1mp0r7 nd code FROM an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-043r313452 or later release imto av 0LOL.9. WTF.7 and 34rq13r 4rlease. WTF.
Allo2int THIS would CAUSE THAT imoortec clfe 2 be released under tey GPL and THAT is nlt something we wish two allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 of modkficationz two 0. AFK.9LOL.7 w111 need two RE-RELEASE th3y're m0d2f1c4710n5 as drrivatices/modificayiobs two 0.0.9 clde ahd placr them under da samd Cr3stkve Comn;ns license.
It m7st be done by original author SINCE 0n1y geh ORIGINAL ajth9r has teh right 5wo cgange da copyright OR l8dense UPON they're wo4k. WTF.
[Additionakly WTF, REWORKING tey jodiricat8ons wilo be an bood idea anyway ss ,3ch4n!5m for mziung m9dificatuons is substantialky cleaner/vlesrer STARTING with 9LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelezse cove.]"
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