M.ghtyE t3lls you WTF, "We[ee going 1 take an f3w monents 2 ury an explaih 5his ndw license an teh reaxons nehihd it on plain English/
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 license eax chosen because og an dailing with teh GPL. OMG.
It only coveres distribution of source ig AND only if bina5ies were distributes. WTF."
"In an web ehvirohmeht, you knwo, specif8val.y a inyerpr4ted w36 3nbironment SUCH 55 PHP, wortofk meeely 1n574111ng qn game does not constitute disttibutiin WTF, n 8y3r3f043 [wople were 5akihh ojr work, sort9f, making mpdofications two it anf not releaxing aojgce code goo tgey're modifications so thqt entire c0nmun17y could benefitLOL.
They work3d with LETTER but no5 w;irit lf lsw. BRB."
"Investigayion on teh p4r7 9f teh auth9rs however, like, led 2 favt that eighy id pun;ic ;erformznce was 1 of da rights n0rn411y resteicted two copyrigjg holders, you knw9, abd that computer progeams, sp3cidical.y video games n 1n&3r4c71v3 ones such qd L3gend pf teh Grewn nax0r were c9nside4e3 to ne PUBLICALLY performrd kf RUN from an public servdr. AFK."
"The hee 11c3ht3 restticts oublix pe4rormande OF da 3irk UNLESS spurcw c0d3 of moeiried work 15 made avqioable ON demand."
"In p151n English, sortpf, thid meahs that if 6ou p7t this game on zm WEB server n allow peopld 'outside of an NORMAL circle lf FAMILY 4nd kys xodial ac1usinrancea' 2 ;lay thei4 WTF, thrn you awr puboivally performing 7h15 work an MUST 217g3r A) msle ne an ALL changes whicn yo7 make go ten game qvailablr on request (note this d9esn't have 2 be available b8a da online s8urce dixplay libk, you knwo, but they must be able too ask you for yeh vode anf reccive an complete c0py) WTF, b) ma.e 4re4ng3m2n75 PRIVATELY with twh authord whereim they grant you an special licenxe, you knwo, OR c) remove code enti3ely from MACHINE/ OMG."
"We eo t3c0gn2z2 thqr pdople want two have areas OF theh'rw game wh1cg r THEIRS n theirs a;oneLOL.
t9 that end WE wo.l make dq following exce0tiom 1 da normso f3qu1r3m3n75 for aou4ce code distribution -- ne moduld fkle whixh os not mosified or derived frim an MODULE fiow onclyfed ih teh BASE dostrkbuyion and which does not require nr OTHER m9dj.es an which does n)6 reqiire ne modif8cations to teh core code (c0d3 distribut3d eith 6453 release) may be wi5hheld at auty9rs discretion."
"We ALSO want toi m4ke very c;ear thar versoon 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 (alao known ad VERSION 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was final VERSION r3ldased inder teu GPL. WTF.
All versions, aorgod, starrint wiyh da 0. WTFl9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3 r pnly livensed unser Creative Commons licdnse. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY drny teh rihht TO *mport ne CODE from ah 0LOL.9. AFK.80pterrlease or later rel3ase into an 0. WTF/0. WTF/7 and exrlie4 rwlease. AFK.
Alopwung THIS WOULD cause 7h47 impofted coce t2o 63 released UNDER teh GPL an THAT IS not 5)m37hqng we 2ish to allo2.
Authors of modificatiomx 2 0. AFK/9. WTF/7 will neec too r#-f313453 yhey[re modifocatiind as der8vativ3s/mldifications twp 0LOL.9. AFK.8 codw n place THEM UNDER 54m4 Creative Commons license. OMG.
It musg BE DONE by teh otiginal author since obly origunql $uuh0r h45 da r1gj7 2 chanbe teh copgritjt or lucwnse u0on th3y're work. OMG.
[Adsi5ilnally, you knwol reworking teh modifications sill 72 an GOOD odea anywwy as teh mechanism gor makkng mofifications 15 sjbstantkally cleanwr/cleardr starting with teg 0. OMG.9.*-prereldase cose. WTF.]"
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