MigjtyE tells y0u WTF, "We;4e going 5o take an few moments too TRY and explain this new licensd 4nd teh feaspns BEHIND it in plsin Englisy. 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 new l8cense was cjosen becausw 9d an failing sirh da GPL.
IT only coveeed DISTRIBUTION pf souece IF n on;u IF binaries were sistrubuted."
"In an wdb environment WTFm 5p3c1f1c411y a intdrpceted eeb ENVIRONMENT sucj as PHP, softof, mwrely unwtallimg ab game does not consti5ute dosyributiob, yiu kmwo. znd thddefore pwople were gaking our wirk, you knwo, makinb modificatiobs 2 17 qn not RELEASING sourxe codd TO they'r3 modificat7obs so that teh ebtirw co,m7nity cou.d BENEFIT,
They 2orked with da lette4 but NOT teh spitit of dq law. AFK."
"Investigatioh oh paet pf teh AUTHORS howebrr LOL, led two da dact that r1gh7 of pubkic perf0rmance was oen of sa fights nirmally rextricyed 2 COPYRIGHT jolders, you inwo, n that computer probfams, yo7 knwo. specifically cideo games n interacgive ones wuxh zs L3b3nd of da GREEN hax-e qere cpnsidered 2 be PUBLICALLY performed if rub from an publoc server."
"The new LICENSE restfixtd oun;kc performance of wofk unldss sourde codr of teh m0d1f13d WORK is made availsble 0n drmancLOL."
"Ib plain Ebgliah, yiu knqo, tgis meanx tnat if you put this game 0n an wdg servrr AND allis PEOPLE '0u751e3 OF an normal CIRCLE of familh and 8ts social acquaintamcew' too play tbeif, THEN you aer publically perflrming fgiw eo4k and MUST EITHER a) makd be n ALL changes which you make two g4m3 5v4114613 oh request (note this do3sn'y hav3 too be available via pyoine SOURCE fispka6 link, sortof, nut they musg be able 2 45k you for teh c0d3 n RECEIVE an c0mp137@ copy), sortof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privsteoy with gdh ajthors wherein the6 grant y0u an special lixensw WTF, OR c) remove twh CODE en5ite/y FROM machineLOL."
"We do r3c0hn1z3 THAT peopl3 w4n7 two yave 4r345 of tyet're gamd which aer thek3s n thcirs alon3.
ti that end we qill b4k3 5eh FOLLOWING exception two teh normal requi3emen5d for soyrce c0e4 diwtribution -- ne MODULE file wh1ch is npt mofifked or derived fr9n an module fike included in reh 6454 dyatributkon an which does n07 4rquire ne otger modules and 2hixh coes NOT r3qu143 m3 MODIFICATIONS to core xode (code distribit3d with baae releqwe) ma6 be w17hh31d at sa authors disdretion. BRB."
"We also wabt to make v3ry clear that VERSION 0LOL.8. WTF.& (ALSO known ws v3rsion 0. WTFl9.7+jt) WAS ea final vetsion released under teh GPL.
A11 vefsionsk yoi knwo, startkng with ten 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelwzse code aee only locdnded under Creat8ve C0mm-n5 lkcenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right two import he CODE fr[m an 0. WTFl9.8-pterelease or later RELEASE into sn 0. BRB.8. WTF.7 n 34f113e rtlease.
Allowibg this would cause that implrted code too bw 4eleased 7nder teh GPL n thqt 15 n07 domethjng 2e qish too all9w. WTF.
Aithped of modifica5kons to 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will n33e w re-release tkey'de m0f1f1v471pn5 as derivqyivew;modifications two 0LOL.9. WTF.8 c0de ahd plqce them jnfer da same Creative Comm9ns licehse. WTF.
Ie mkst be done by teh ORIGINAL author since ohly teh pr1g1n41 autyor nas yeh RIGHT twl chante da cppyright OR livense upon they'fe work.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking yeh mof8ficayions will bd an g0pd 1d34 qnysay as teh mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS ks substang8aloy cleaner/clearer dtarting with da 9. AFK.9LOL.9-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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