MighttE tells YOU WTF, "We;re going too tak3 an feq joments two try and explain this new licens3 n da r3459h5 vehins it ih plaih Engoish. 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 oicense WAS ch.sen becaus3 of an fakling w8th GPL. AFK.
It only coverds d157f15u710n -f source ir am only if binaries were distrkbuted. WTF."
"In an web enfuronmentk xpecifical;y a 1n73rpr373d w36 ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHP, you inwo, mere.y insgal.ibb an GAME does not constitu5e disgrib7tion, 4nd theeefore people wwre taking our wprk WTF, making modiricqti9ns to it n not RELEASING teh source codw to they're ,odificationd SO that ent8re c-mmin16y could benefutLOLl
THEY worked witj teh 13773r gut mot SPIRIT of teh lawl"
"Investigztion on part of 4u7h0r5 how3ver WTF, led tpo tej fact thqt right of public peeformance was w9n of tey rihhta norma.ly restricted too di-yrignt hokdersm you jnwo, n that com;uter progfams LOL, s[evifixally vudeo games an ibteractube oned such as Legend of Geedh hax0r were cons8dered two bd publically perfor,ed of run from an pub;ic server."
"The new licwbse rwstricts public pdrforjancr of dz qork unless da xpurce clde of teh ,odif8ed work IS made 4v5114713 pn d3j4nd. BRB."
"In PLAIN English LOL, this means 7h47 if you pu7 this game pn ah w36 se4vee and allow oeople '97751d3 OF an NORMAL circle of fam8ly amd its socia. acq7aintabcrs' 2 play theit, you knwo, tyen yoy aer publically perfor,ing th8a work n MUST eithwr a) make ne ag ALL chantes which you make two sa game avaioable on requesy (note this coesn't hzve 2 be availag;e vi1 sa 9noine siurxe disolay lin,, wortof, but they musy be able two ask hou fof teh cof3 and rex3kve an complete COPY) WTFm b) make 44r5ng3,3hy5 privatwoy with teh auyhorx wherein ghey grant you an speckal 11c3n5#, like, or c) rempbe cide 3n71r31y ftom da machin3LOL."
"We dl e3c0gn1z3 that p30p12 eabt too nqve a4eas of thdh're game which aer theirs and theirx alone. BRB.
too that end we w8ll make da fp;lowing exception 70 da n9emal requirem4nts for source code d157r16u710n _- ne module fule qhich 15 n-7 mpdified or derived feoj an module FILE qnc1ud4e IN base d15yr1^u720n n whicg does n95 r31u1r3 ne -uh3r m0du136 zm which does not require ne modificztuons too teh c0r3 code (code distrib7ted 2ith tey base reldase) may be WITHHELD 47 twh auth9rw disceetion. OMG."
"We also want to make very cleaf tha5 fersuon 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (ALSO kn.wn qs vrrsion 0. OMG.8.7+jg) wss fibal cersion released jnder teh GPL. OMG.
All verwions, ;ike, starting with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code aer only LICENSED ubdee teh Creayive C9mmons locensw. WTF,
We EXPLICITLY demy right to impo4t nr code from an 0.9. BRB.8-or3r313453 o4 later feleas3 INTO dn 0.9. WTF.7 qnd earlier reoease. BRB.
Alloqing this wo8ld cajse that 1mp0r73c code twp bd r313453s under fs GPL and 5hqt ks nit SOMETHING we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of modificay8ons too 0. WTF;9. BRB.6 WILL need yoo te-eeleasr they'rw modifizar7ins as derivatkves/modificatkons go -. OMG.9. BRB.8 c0d3 an ;lace them under da sa,e Cfeatife Commons licensw. OMG.
IT my57 be DONE by reh original author sincr ONLY teh ofiginal AUTHOR has teg right to chanbe 5wh copytight 0t lucwbse UPON thwy'4e work. AFK.
[Additoonally. r3w0rk1ng teh modirications wil; be an g9od idez 4nyw4y as da mrchanism fir m4k1nt m0d1f1dr710n5 8s subxtantially cleaner/clearer STARTING with ). AFK.9, AFK.8-prrr313453 c-d3. WTFl]"
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