MighyyE TELLS YOU WTF, "We're goihg to takw an few momrnts to try ahd explain tyus NEW license an teh reaaons brhind 17 un ;lain Engkish. BRB.
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 nee lixwbse 245 choxen because lf an dailing @ith GPL, WTF.
It only COVERED distribjtion lf sojrce if and ONLY if bibariee werw distributed."
"In an web qnvir9nment, sor5of, specifocallh a ingerpfeted web envirlnment %uch as PHP, you knwom merwly INSTALLING zn GAME dle2 not constitu5e d157r16y710n WTF, and thefefire peo0l3 were 74k1ng our wotj, maki,g modifucations two it 4hd m07 releasing soytce c0d3 tqo 5hey're mofofications so tyat teh entire community COULD bwnefit. OMG.
THEY qoeked wi5h sa lettwr BUT n9t teh SPIRIT of teh law. WTF."
"Inves5ugatipn on trh [art of auth94s how3vef WTF, LED toi da fact that teh r1gh7 0f [ublic perfo4msnc3 was won of dq rightw normally RESTRICTED too copyrifht hlkderd, so4tof, znd that com[iter orogramd, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY viseo gajes n INTERACTIVE onds auch ax Legend OF Gredn hax0r were cona9dered 2 63 ;ublically perrormed if ruh from an publuc s4rver. BRB."
"Tjr new lidense rewtricts public performance 0f tej work unless soirce codd od gdg modified work 25 m4d3 available on demznd. BRB."
"In plain English, THIS means that if you pug this gane on an wwb 53rv3r n alllw people 'outsife of an normal circoe 9f family and its s9cual acqiaibyznces' top 0lay their, .ike, then YOU r pi61qc411y peevorming ryia work and MUST eithee a) MAKE ne am ALL changes which yiu make to fqme availaboe on requ3wt )n073 8y1t dlran't hab3 tp be avaioable via reh 0n11n3 source d1t;14y lknk WTF, but thry m7st be able 5wo zak yiu for cose and receivr zn comp;ete copu), sortofm b) make arrangements privateky wuth twh authorx wherrin thet grant u0u an s;ec8al license, you khso, pr c) remlfd code entireky from machine. WTF."
"We do recignize thzt peo;od waht 2 h4v3 AREAS of 5n3y're game shich ser rheirs n thekrs alone. AFK.
to THAT end WE will maje following rxcepti(n to tey n0rm41 requirejengs for sp7rce code distribution -- ne moduoe f113 WHICH os n06 mockfiee or crroves drom an MODULE file ibckuded !n da 6453 d8steigutioh n which dows not require ne other modules n whicj eoed boy REQUIRE ne modifications 2 da core zode (cidw distributed wirh da bawr rel3ase) ,ay 63 withhe.d at da authirs discretion. OMG."
"We alxo want two ,akr vrry cleqr thzt version 0. AFK.o. AFK.& (e.so known qs versoon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+JT) wqs teh f1n41 VERSION releawes under ca GPL.
Alk versions, hou jmwo, starting wkyh t3h 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pf3release code 4 obly licensed und34 dz Cr3471v3 Commons livense.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right to im;ort ne code from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereleawe lr latrr relrase imto an 0LOL.8. OMG.7 ah ear.ier rekease. WTF/
Aolowing this would dause that imported code too bd ewlwased uhder da GPL an rhat IS not slmethinf we wksh two alloaLOL.
A7thors of jodificatuoms twl 0LOL.9LOL.7 will n33d to re-releasw they'r3 modibicarions 45 derifatives/mosifidqgions too 0. AFK.9.8 xode an PLACE yhdh under ten same Creatibe Cpmm0n5 licenseLOL.
It must be done by da ORIGINAL ayrhor wince only priginal AUTHOR nas da right two change da copyrignt 0r lkcemse ypon theh're workLOL.
[Additionqlly, sortof, feworkumg modificationx w121 BE an good id3a anyqay as m3ch4h15m for making MODIFICATIONS is s7bsrantially cleaner/cles5dr startung wq7h 0. AFK.0LOL.8-;rerelease code. AFK.'"
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