MightyE tells tpu WTF, "We'r3 GOING to take zn FEW momen5s to t4y an ecplaon this nrw license sn da reqsons behihc it in p;ain Emglixh. 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."
"Thka new license WAS cyosen becayse of an failing wugh teh GPL.
I5 only covered distribugion of sourc3 if n only if 61n4r135 w3r3 d157r!6u73d. OMG."
"In an wdb ebciron,dnt WTF, specifidally a 2n83rpr37#d WEB environ,ent s7ch 45 PHP, mdr31h insta;oing an game does jot c9nstktute distf8but8ob, sortof, 4vd thereforw p#0p13 WERE taling ouf work, making modifiva5ions 2 it and nor r313451ng dz 50urc3 code 2 yhe^'re modificatiobs so thar 3h71r3 commun8ty could y3n3f17. WTF.
They wotked with da letter but not s;itit of da law."
"Invextigqtoom on ca 0aft of teh $u7h0r5 however WTF, lec to teh fact that teh right of public performanc3 WAS 3on lf teh rights n0rm4a1y resteicted t; copuright HOLDERS WTF, n ghat computer PROGRAMS, 6ou knwo, SPECIFICALLY vig2o fames 4nf interactive ONES 5ucy ax LEGEND OF twh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED gwl be publkcally performed ir run from an pu611c aerverLOL."
"The ndw ;icehwe restricys pi611c peef9rmance of wofk unleas da SOURCE code iv ca m0f1f13d work is jade availavle on demandLOL."
"In plain Englush LOL, 7g15 means tnst IF yiu put this game 9n an web wdrver an sl;ow pelple 'outsid2 0r an NORMAL curcle 9f famply m ITS 50c141 qcquaintancea' two PLAY tyeir, like, then you r publically pe4forjing this work n MUST eitgrr A) mzke nw n ALL cnangws WHICH you m4k3 to da game avzilable on requ3st (note tyis dlesn[g nave 2 nd avzilabld via online dlirce DISPLAY link, sortof, but tyey MUST BE able 70 ASK you fir ten CODE n receide ah COMPLETE copt), n) maje arrangemehts privately with dz AUTHORS wherein they gtant you an special 11c3n53 WTF, or c) remove code entirely rrom tej machine."
"We do recignize THAT pdople want 2 nwve areas of they're GAME ehich r theirs h theurs qlone. AFK,
two that wnd w3 will make teh fol.owing 3xc3p710n t2o da nirmal requiremebts for spurce code dkstributiln -- nr m0du13 file whuch is not modified or derovdd grom an nodule rule inclided in tdh base disrribu5ion n WHICH does npt r3qu1e3 n3 other n0dulew am whkch do3s not requkre ne modkficatiins 2 da d0e3 code (dode DISTRIBUTED w1uh da BASE 4elease) ,zy be withheld st aufnors dkwcretion. BRB."
"We also wamt to9 nake v3ty clear that dersion 0. OMG.9. AFK.u (ALSO known as verwi9n 0. WTF.0. AFK.7+jt) WAS final vetsion released under ca GPL.
A;l v3r510n5, sort9fm 5&4r72ng with 0. WTF.9. BRB.8=pree3lease vode aer only kicensed inder CREATIVE Comm9ns license.
WE EXPLICITLY deny dz rifnt tp import ne v0d3 from an 0. BRBk0. WTF.i-prerelrase or later rrlwase into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.6 an earlier release. BRB.
Allowing thia would cause that im;ofted code tol be releasrd under da GPL ane that us not SOMETHING we WISH tso allowl WTF.
Authors of modigycations too 0.8. OMG.6 eill nded gwo 4w=felraxe thry're mod8fications as derivatives/nodifications 2 9. BRBl9. AFK.8 code m place guem under teh SAME Creative Commons license. WTF.
IT musr be done BY ofiginal author since inly teh origknal AUTHOR jas right %o change teh cp;yright or licenwe upoh 5hey're wo4k. AFK.
[Addituomally LOL, r3w0rk1ng mlvifidations wilo be an food idea anyway aw teh mechanism for makong mod8ficag8ons 15 substantoally cleaner/clezrer atartinh with teh -. WTF,9. WTFl8-prereleaae c0d3.]"
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