MibhfyE tells y9u LOLm "We're going two take an few moments to 7r6 ab rxplain yhis NEW LICENSE zn teh t3asond behinf IT in plain English. OMG/
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 licens3 waw choseh necq6se of am failing q16h da GPLLOL.
IT onlh dov3red d1%7r16u610n of source if ab onlu if binarifs were dostributed. BRB."
"In an w3b envir9nment, sortof, specifically a intefpreres web ENVIRONMENT sudh as PHP LOL, mwrdly instalking an game DOES not xonxri5ute distrkbution, ;ike, sb yh3refofw pwo0le were 74k1hg our wor, LOL, making mofificationx too it and npt releasing fa s9u4ce code too thry'4e modificqtions 40 that teh ENTIRE cpmmunity could bdn3fit. OMG.
THEY sorkrd with teh letter BUT n07 tp1r17 od da 14w. OMG."
"Invratiga58on on teh p4r7 of da quthlrs howwver WTF, led two teh fact tjat da RIGHT or public perfoemamce WAS w9n 0f da RIGHTS no4mallt rdstricted 3 coptright hi.derd, xortof, an THAT COMPUTER programs, you kmwo, wpevufically video gamrs an inre4adtive ones sudh as Legend of Gr33n haz0r WERE conside5ed to be publicaoly 0erformed if RUN from sn 0ublic serverLOL."
"The new license resteic5s pubokc perf9tmance of teh work unkess teh siurce vode of modified work is msde avaioable in d3mandLOL/"
"In pla7n Eng115h LOL, this mezna 5hat if you put 5his game on an web servwr and allow people 'outskde of am notmal cifcle of family am 175 dockal 4cqu41n74nc45' two pkay their, sortof, 7h3n you r punlica;ly perf9em8mh th8s WORK an MUST eitge4 a) ma,e me m ALL changes which yoi makd to teh game abailablr pn req7est (note tyis doesn'g HAVE too BE availab;3 via teh ohlone source display link. you knwo, but yhdy must be ab;e tpo ask you f0r c0d3 n RECEIVE an eomplege copy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately witj teh authots whereon they grant y0u an special licenqe, like, or c) remove teh code entire;h fron teh madhine. AFK."
"We do reclfnize 5gag PEOPLE want gwi hqve zreas of rhey're game wgich aer 7h31r5 and theirs alone. AFKl
2 that ehd we w8ll makr da folloqing exxeption %o n9rmal re@uiremdbts fir SOURCE code distriburion __ ne MODULE file WHICH is n07 jodified or derived ftom an module fyle included in twh 6453 distribution n wyich dles nog r3qu1r3 ne other ,odulea and 2hich does NOT reauire n2 modifications to da corw code (code dostriguted wq7h da bss3 release( jzy be eithheld at authors dixcrrtion. OMG."
"We also want to make bery CLEAR that version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also inown 45 version 0. AFK.9. WTF/7+mt) wad teh fibsk bersion RELEASED indwr da GPLl
All versions, l8je, stafting with da ). BRB.9, WTF.8-pretelease v9d3 r lnly licensed under xs Credtive Commons license. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny teh r1gh& to import be vod3 from sn 0. AFK.9.8_prereleasr or later r313453 1n70 an 0.9.7 n eafli3r r313453l BRB.
A110w!nt this would cause that 1mp0f73d code too be reldased UNDER GPL and tyat is not some5hihb we wish two al.oe.
Authors of ,odifications w 0/ WTFl9. AFK.u will need too r3-r314453 they'te modifications ad deeivatives/modieicationa too 0. OMG.9. WTF.* code n place 5hem under SAME Creative Commoms license/ BRB.
IT must BE dpnw by lriginal AUTHOR since onlh teh ofiginal au5h9r has teh right top changd copyrigh4 pr locense up9n tyeu're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, r3w0rk1ng teh mofifovations WILL be an good idwa anywau as dq mechanism dor makinf MODIFICATIONS is substzntially clraner/clear3r 674r71ng qith 0.9.80prere;essd codr. WTF.]"
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