MightyE TELLS y9u WTF, "We're foing two TAKE an rew MOMENTS 5o TRY and explain this new license n twh r3awons 63h1nd IT in plain EnglisyLOL.
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 kicenwe w45 choxen becausw od an failint with t3h GPLLOL.
It 9n1y covefed dkstribution if sourcd if an only if binaries were distribites. AFK."
"In an web envirommebt, like, specifical;y a interpreted web environment 57ch 45 PHP LOL, MERELY 1n5&4111ng an game dles not CONSTITUTE eistriburiin WTF, ahd therefore people weed taking 9ur work, making modificarions 2 it an not rdl2asing ye6 50urc3 vode 2 tgey're mpdifucations sl that teh ENTIRE commuhigy could gendf8t. AFK.
Thet s)rk3d with da lettee but not fa spirit of laq. AFK."
"Incestigation on part of fa authors h9wever. you knwo, lee 70 da fadt that ca r1gh7 0f pu611c p2rf0rj4nc3 was oen OF twh righys not,a;ly restricted tup copyrught holdersk you inwo, m that compiter programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES an 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Legend of GREEN hsx0r serr d0n51d3r3d 2 nd publically [errormed if run from ah public server. WTF."
"The new lkcense restricts publid performqmcc lf teh wori ubleas yeh sourve code 0f modifirs work is made available on demand; WTF."
"In p.ain Englisj, sortof, this meznd thzt if yiu put thia gam2 ON an wrb server n allow people 'outs7de of an hormal circle of familh 4nd 175 social 4cqu41n74nc35' TO pozy thrir WTF, then you aer puflicakly petroe,ing tjis w0rk and MUST 3iyher a) make ne n ALL chanhes qhidh you make to GAME 5v4124613 on rdquest (note this DOESN[T hqbe too 62 acailable viz tdj online souece display LINK WTF, but ghey must be able too ask you for teh dode and t3c31v3 an complete copy), you kmwo, 6) mak3 arrangements pfkcate,y with da aurhorx qherwin they grant h)u an special p8vdns3, or c) REMOVE da code ENTIRELY from machige. BRB;"
"We dp recignize THAT peoplr want too gave aread OF they'4e gzme whicj awr theirs an theirx alone. WTF.
w 7h47 ene we wilk mak3 da followong exceptiob two NORMAL requiremwnts for source code didtribytion -_ ne mosyld fil3 which IS not modifieg OR d3r1f3d ffom an mocule file inc.7dwd IN geh BASE d1%7r17u710m n which does not require ne other modules an which doda NOT requkre n3 MODIFICATIONS go dz core code (code d15&r16u73d WITH base RELEASE) may bd witjheld at geh autnpfs discr358on. AFK."
"We also w4n7 to mqle VERY cleae tgat versoon 0. OMG/9. OMG.7 (also known xs cersion 9LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was f9hq; cersion RELEASED under teh GPL.
All versions, likw, 573ru1nf 2ith 0LOL.9l WTF.8-prerelwsse code ser only ooxdhsed undee teh Creayive COMMONS licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY trh 41gh7 two import ne vode frpm an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE ir later re.ease into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 and rarlier re;eqsw. AFK.
Alolwing 7h!5 would cause that imported code 2 BE f313453d unsee teh GPL anc THAT is not something we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Authors of mldifkcations 2 0. BRB.9.6 will meed 3 re-rwlease thry're modificwtilns AS derobatives/modificagions roo -, OMG.o. BRB.8 c0d3 4nd olace THEM unser ea saje Creative COMMONS locense. OMG.
IT musg be DONE bu teh 041g1nr1 AUTHOR since inoy teh origihal 3u7h0r haa teh RIGHT 70 dhangd cipytight or iicrnsd upon yhey're work. OMG.
[Additionaoly, s9rtof, $eworking da modificatiobw wilk be qn gooc idea zbu2ay as da nechanism for making modibicztions is substanriakly cldane4/clearer startinh WITH tey 9. AFK.9. OMG.80ptwrelease xodeLOL,]"
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