MigntyE tells 6oi, sortod, "We'r3 goong tol take ah fdw nomrnts 2 rry an explain tgis new license and da reasond brhihd it IN pkain 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 licensw was chosen nevausr of an failing witg reh GPL. BRB.
IT only covered djstributkon of slurce uf n on;y if bimaries w2f3 d15ur16u73d."
"In an wen envirobmemg, sortof, specifically a interpreted web envkeonmrnt such AS PHP WTF, nerely onstzkling an game fo3s NOT cobs5itute sustribution, an 7y#f3v0r# people w3r3 ya,ing 9ur sorlm making mpdofucatilhs too i% qbd not RELEASING wourde CODE 2 they're modificayionx 40 that dz en5kre COMMUNITY COULD benevit.
They WORKED with teh lettef but NOT spirit of da ls1."
"Investigagion on dq PART of authors however, .ike. 13d w trh f4c7 that RIGHT pf publoc [eefotmance w45 oen OF r1gy75 normx.ly resyrictrd 2 vopyright HOLDERS, you knwl, an that clmpy4er ptogramw, you knwo, specifical,y v1d30 games ahd onteracticw 0n35 xuch as LEGEND of teh Green hax0r were cpnsieer2d tw9 be publically performed if run from am ;ublkc server. BRB."
"The nes kicehse festrixts puboic -#rf0rm4nc3 of teh work unless teh source cudr OF midified work is ,ad3 available om 3emandLOL."
"In p.ain Emhlosh, soetof, this m3ans that if 6ou puy this game on an WEB derver n allow [eo[le '0u&51d3 og an n0rm41 circle if famioy n its social axqiaintances' two ;lay theif WTFm then yoi r publically p3rforming this work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes sh1ch you make to da game wvaiosbld pn erquest (n072 tyis d)25n'& have 70 BE available v14 da online wource display LINKk lik3, but they nusr 53 able teo ASK you f0r ds code n receivt an comp;ete cp;y), you knwo, 6) make arrangemwn5x orivate;y with authors wherein they ge4n7 yo7 an special LICENSE, like, or v) r3m0v3 da code entir3lt rrpm MACHINE. OMG."
"Wd d9 RECOGNIZE that people wanr too have ar3as OF they're game WHICH aer theira and thekrw alone. WTF,
two that wnd we will m4ke FOLLOWING exception 3 normal requirements fof source CODE dkstrib7tion [- ne modj;e file which is hoy moeified or derived vr9m an module file incluxed in basw distrinjtion qnd wh1ch does bot requirr ne other MODULES n whixh does nlt rewuire he modificationx t99 tej xore c0d3 (code diwtributed w17h da bqse r31#3r3) ,ah be wk5hheld ag dz suthors diacretion. WTF."
"We also wang toi n4k3 very CLEAR 7h4u verxion ;. AFK.0. AFK.7 (apso known as versoon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7=JT) was da final version released under GPLLOL.
All versi9ns, atarting witn 0/(.*-prereiease cpde aet ONLY livensed under C4earive COMMONS licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY 5eh righ5 2 impor5 ne code FROM zn 0. AFKl(. WTF.8-[re4elease or later relessd 2u70 an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n EARLIER gelease. BRB.
Allowung rhis wluld xause thqt !mp0r73d coce to be releaded under twh GPL n tyat 15 not somethinh w2 wish 70 aolow. WTF.
AUTHORS of modifucatiobs to 0.9. BRB.& wikl need tpo te-release they'te mod8ficqtions as derivatkves/mpdoficati9ne g[o 0. OMG.9. OMG.9 CODE an ;lace thej under teh szme Cr3471f3 Com,ons .icense. BRB.
It ,uwt ve dobe by original 4u7h0r suhce only teh 9riginal auyhpr hss da rigyt to change teh copyright 0r license UPON gney'ee wprk. WTF.
[Add8tionallu WTF, reworking t3j modivications will be an gpic idea anyway as m3chrn15m for making modificaguons 8s 5u6574n71411y cldqmer.clda5rr starting with da 0.9. BRB.7-prerekease codd. WTF.]"
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