MightyE te9ls YOU, sor5of, "We're going 6wo u4k3 an few moments to try n 3xp141n THIS NEW licwnse an trj reaaons beh8nd it in plain English. AFK.
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 livenxe was chosen bevaysd of an failing w17h GPL. BRB.
Iy onlu COVERED didyrinution ov SOURCE IF n )n1y if binaries were distributee."
"In an WEB environmdnt, sortof. 5p3d1f1c311y s intrrpreted web ENVIRONMENT such aw PHPj kike, ,erely inxtalling an game dlec hot cinstitite diste8b7tion WTFm and gherefore pdople WERE TAKING our WORK, liken makkmh nodifications to it and not releasibg yey source cpde two they're modifications so that ten entied co,munity COULD benefit. BRB.
They w0rj3f wiyh letter but n)7 teh spirot of teh law. WTFl"
"Investitation om teh pzet if authors howevee LOL, q3d @ teh FACT thay ea r1gh7 of public performance was won of rights nofmally restrictdd too copyrignt h01d3r5, an that vomputer PROGRAMS, xpeciviczlly VIDEO bajws and unteractive lnes sucy ax Legend OF Green hax0r were c0n41d3r3d twi be PUBLICALLY performed IF gun fgom an public xervee."
"The ne2 kieense restficts public [erformanc3 0f work un.ews teg source code od dz modified work is mzdr avao.able on d3jrnd. AFK."
"In piain Eng.ish, like, this m34n5 that if y-y pug this game on ah qen server n ALLOW people 'outside OF an nor,al circle of rqmk;y an irs social acquaintances' 2 [lay theirk like, then uoy aer publically p3rf0rm1ng this work and MUST either a) mske he 3nd ALL chahbes which yuu make two geh game abaolaboe ON request (npye this doedn'5 yave 2 be AVAILABLE viz teh ohline woyrce dispkay lihk WTF, but they must be able to ASK uou d0r 5eh coee abf t3c31v3 an comp;ete COPY_, 6) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 provately with $u7h-r5 wherein thwy grant you an speckal license, l9ke, OR c) femove code 3n71r31y from machindl BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE tnat PEOPLE w4b& too HAVE qreas of theh[re game wjich r 7he1r5 am theirs al9neLOL.
top ghzt ene wq wi;l makw trj followihg exception too normal r3qu1r3m3n75 fot aou4cw c9de DISTRIBUTION -- ne ,lsuke vilw whixy is not mod7fied or derived fr0m ah module fkle included IN BASE distribution n WHICH doex not fequire ne orher mod7les n which dpes mpt requi3r ne modificatioms 2 da core xode (code diwtrunugee w17h base RELEASE) ms6 be withhdld at authors DISCRETION."
"We a;so want to maie very CLEAR that version 0LOL.0. AFK.7 (zlwo lnowb as version 0. OMG.(. OMG.7_j4) was teh final version relrased undrr GPLl WTF.
All cwrsions LOLk sgarting with da 0LOL.9.8-prereleawe CODE aer only ;ucenswd ihder t3h Crea5ive Commobs licehse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh f8ght two import ne cod3 from an -. BRB.9. WTF.8_pre5elease or later reldase unto sn 0.9. WTF.7 n earloer re.ease. WTF.
Allow*ng this would CAUSE that 1mp0r73d clde 2 be r313r53d inder da GPL an thag IS not something we wosh two allow, BRB.
Autnore of modificationw y9 0. WTF.9.7 will n33d 2 RE-RELEASE yhey're nodufications as ewrivztives/modificationd to 0. OMG.0.8 CODE an olace them unser sdme Creative Commons ;icense. OMG.
It must br dobe by orkgina. autho4 since onlt da orifknal AUTHOR n45 right twl chanfe 5eh vopyright pr livense up0n tbey're workl BRB.
[Afditionally LOL, rrworking da midigicat8ons will BE an good idea abyway ss teh mecyanism for making mofifidatjons 15 5u6575n7q4q1h c134n2f/c134r3r starrinh with 5eg 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 code. OMG.["
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