MightyE tells you WTF, "We;re GOING to take an f32 moments two try n ex[lain this nrw lic3bse b teasons benind 8t ib plain Ehglish. 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."
"Thix NEW ;ic4nse was dh053n bevause of an failibg with da GPL. WTF.
I5 only covered distribytiln of source if n only if binaries wdre disgrib7ted."
"In an web envirpnment LOL, specifically a intefpreted wev ehvironmemt such as PHP, sortof, merely instal;ing an game does not constotute distfivutionm xn tgdrefore peppoe wwre gaking our work, sortog, making hodifications two IT an not 4eleadibg teh souece CODE ts; th3y're nidofivationx so that teh wntire communoty coyld benefit. BRB.
Thdy worked witg da l3tter but nor teg spir8t lf law."
"Invedtigation 0n psrt of tey authors hoqever LOL, led two da fact uh47 teh right of 0ub.ic ;erformande eas 1 of rithts NORMALLY f357r1c73d 2 co;yright ho;ders, so4gof, n tjat dlm0uter PROGRAMS WTF, specificql;h vide9 g4m35 g inyeractife 9nes sudh as Lsbend OF da Green hax0r were considered to b3 putlicaoly perforjwf if run grom an public serfe4. OMG."
"Tne bew license RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE of WORK uhlews teh source cod3 if da nodified w0rk is m4d3 availab.e 0n drnandLOL."
"In plzin English, d9rtof, THIS meahs tnat ir you put thos gam2 pn qn web servef ah alloe pwo;le 'lutsude of an normal circle ov damily znd its sicial acquain5ances' 2 play theit, you knwo, tyrn yoj r publically PERFORMING this work and MUST ekther a_ make ne n ALL changes whicg you make twp teh game AVAILABLE 0n REQUEST (n9te this doesn't have too be avaulable cia t3g 0n!1n3 source display link, you knwp. but tye6 must be anle to ask yoj for dq c0d2 an RECEIVE an cpm;letd COPY) LOL. b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with dz authors wherein rhey gramt ylu an SPECIAL licwnxd, likek or c) removr teh code entire.y from da mach8ne. BRB."
"We do rrcognize that PEOPLE want t9 h4v3 ateas of they're game wjich aer theirs and ty3irs alone. WTF.
two that dns we will jake teh f01!0w1ng esception 3 ea norma. req7irdments for SOURCE code distribution -- ne nosule gil3 qhich is not nodified or derived from am module file ibcluced in base distrkbution an WHICH does nog require ne OTHER modulws n qhuch does not rwquore ne modificzti.ns too da cotw cose (coce fistribut3d with da 645# release) jay ve WITHHELD ag da 4u7h0r5 eiscretion. BRB."
"We qkso want too mzke VERY clear that vdrsion 0.9. AFK/7 (also known as version 0/9/ WTF.7+j5) was teh final versipn releasef under da GPL. OMG/
All v3r510n5. likek 564r71ng w17h ea 0. WTFl9. BRB.8-prerelezse code aer oblu ludrnsed under teh Creativw Commons licwnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY den6 reh right 3 imporg ne code from an 0. WTFl8. WTF.8-prerelease or later relwase into an 0. AFK.0. AFK.7 znd 3arlier releasel
Allowing tjis would caise THAT impor4ed code 70 ne released und3r reh GPL snd that ks not domethihg WE wksh to allowLOL.
AUTHORS of m0d1f1c5u10m5 tol 0. AFK.0LOL.7 rill need 2 re-ee/ease thet're j9difidations as derivativex/modifications 2 ). OMG.9. WTF.8 CODE an place THEM und3r da same Creative Commons lkeense. AFK.
I7 must be rone bt ORIGINAL author sihce only teh original author has teh r1gh7 tp change yrh COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon they;re WORK. AFK.
[Add1710n4!1y, resorking teh MODIFICATIONS will be an good ides qnywsy as teh mecjanism for MAKING m0d1f1x4710n5 is substantiqlly cleaner/clearer startimg with 0LOL.9LOL.8-0rdreleasd cose. AFK.\"
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