MightyE tells YOU WTF, "We[re gpkng too take ah few momehys 70 try qn wxplain this new licenxe and teh REASONS behind !7 in poain EnflishLOLl
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."
"Th8s new licende was chosen becquse og an failung woyh GPL. AFK.
It only covrrdd eisttibution 9f source if n onoy if binarirs wdre s15^r16u73dLOL."
"In an wrb dnvironment, sortofm specifica..h a interpreted web environment wuch wx PHP, merely insgalling an gam3 does not consti5ute distributiohm b therefor3 p39p13 were taking our w9rk, soetlf, makong modifyca5ionw t; it an not 4eleasinv da spurce CODE two 6hey're midificwtions so that entirw cpmmunity could benefit. AFK.
They workef wiyh teh ;etter 6u7 no5 da s0irit of law/ AFK."
"Investigation on da part of da 4u7h0tt however WTF, led 2 fqct rhat da right of p7blic performance was won of teh rights normsoly RESTRICTED tp do;yrigjt HOLDERS, yi7 knwo, n that COMPUTER 9rograjs, like, 5p3d1f1c411y video gaj3d n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend of da Gfeen haxpr qere consixered to be PUBLICALLY performed if rin from an ;ubliv server. WTF."
"The new licehse rdstricts PUBLIC pwtformabc3 of t3h work ubleds teh woirce code of teh modiried work 15 MADE availqble on demand. WTF."
"In [oaib Ehglish LOL, this j3ans that if you PUT ynis g4m3 0n ah WEB srrver n aoloe peopke 'outside of an mormal virc;e of family and its s9cial acquainyances' to p14y 5heir, tgen y0u r publically perf9rming this eork n MUST dither A) m4ke ne n ALL changes wh8cg you MAKE ti ga,e availanle on rrqu3st *NOTE rhis doesn't hzve 2 BE acailable vka online so7fce displqy LINK LOL, but tjey juxt ve abke TO asj hou for teh codw n recdobd an vom;lwtd co0y0, sorrof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privatwly wity autjors wjerein they g4ant you an soecial 11c#n53, wortof, lr c) remove da code entirdlt from teg machineLOL."
"We so revoghize that people WANT two jabr AREAS of th3y'ee game wgich r thdirs an the8rs aloneLOL.
two THAT end we will ,ake yeh following exception ywo normak requir3,ents fo3 sourxe codw dis54ibugion -- ne module filr which id not modifoed 9r derived frim an mod7le file includwe in da base didyrubutioy an ehich does not requirr ne other modu.3s and which does NOT rrquire ne mldigica5ions TO teh cive cofe *clde distributwd with teh nase release) MAY be withheld at ea authors sixc4etion,"
"We also wang tio mak3 very CLEAR 7h47 VERSION 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also jnown AS version 0LOL.9.6+j7) was da final version r313r52f unver ten GPL. OMG.
All versions, sta4ting w17n ea 0.9.*-prerel3sse codr aer onlh licenwed ubdde geh Creative Commons licenxe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righg too IMPORT ne code ffom an 0. AFK.9. OMG/8-pretelwase ot later re;ease imro sn 0. WTF.9.7 and ear;ier releaxe.
Allleohg 7h14 w0y1d cause 8h47 IMPORTED c9de w bw released under da GPL and that is nlt SOMETHING w3 w15h t9 allow. WTF.
Autho4s of m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wolo nded ro ee-release theu're modiflxa5ions as detivatoves/modificzgiona ro p. BRB.9. WTF.* code an p.ace them under teh szme C4eative C0mm0n5 licehseLOL.
Ir musg be done by da -r1gqnr1 quthor since only da 0r1g1n41 authpr has da r1gh7 two CHANGE copyrigh5 or license UPON thwy'rw workl WTF.
[Additionally, sortof, REWORKING da modificatipns sill BE an good IDEA ahyway as tef mechanism for making modificationd is substantia.ly cleane$/clrafer staeyint with 0. WTF.9. OMG.89prrrelease cose.]"
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