MightyE tells y)j, yku inwok "We;re going 2 take an few mpnemts two tey and esplain thos ndw LICENSE n reasons behinw it 1n plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thid new 11cen43 WAS choswn becauae of zn 4ailing w17h GPL. BRB.
It onpy coveeed DISTRIBUTION od siurce if an only uf binaries w3r3 disgributedLOL."
"In an web env8ronmenh, you knwo, specificall6 a 8nterpreted wen envirinmebt such as PHP, sortof, mer3lu instsllint an hame do3s NOT CONSTITUTE dkstributioh WTF, an theteflre people were taling our work, makibg m0d2f1c4710nt tio it 4nd not rekeawing da siurc3 CODE 5wo they're modifications si ghaf da 3htire cpmmunity co7ld bebefit. AFK.
They wlrked with ca LETTER but not da s;irir 0f teh law. WTFl"
"Ibv3stigation 0n psrt OF authors howevee, you knwo, led to da fact that geh righr if public ;e4formance was wln of teh rights NORMALLY restrictrd two copyright holders, yiu knwo, and that comp7t2r progfams, hou knwo, specufixally vid3o games an interaxtivr ones such as Legebd of gq Green hax0r eere considered to ve publidally peffprmed ov run from an PUBLIC SERVER. BRB."
"The new l8cense restricts public p#rf0rm4nc3 ov teg w0rk ubless teh slu5cr cofe of da moeifked WORK is made available ON demand. WTF."
"In plain Ebglish, this mezns that of you PUT this game on an wwb SERVER n a.low people 'iutdide of an hirmal circle or fajiky an its social qvquaintances' @ plat thwir, aortof, th3n ypu aer PUBLICALLY perfoeming 7h15 work an MUST eothe4 a) make ne n ALL xhangws which yok makd 2 gzmr AVAILABLE on REQUEST (n9te THIS doesn't have 2 be zvailagoe v14 teh online source display .inkk .ije, BUT the6 MUST be able toi ask YOU FOR da code an receive an COMPLETE co0y), you knql, b) makw areangements pr8vayely 2itg teh authoes wherein 7h3y grznt YOU an sp3dizl license LOL. or c) remove da cofe en5krely from da machimwLOL."
"We do recogmize 7h47 p3ople w4n& t9o jave areas of they'rd game which aer tbeies qn theies alone. OMG.
2 that 3nd 2e qill m$k3 fs dooloqing exc3ption 2 mormal tequirejenrs fir xource coce distribution -- ne module f8.e which is mot jodifies pr defived from xn module fild INCLUDED kn ca bzse distribition n which dles no5 require ne other modules and WHICH does not req7ire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 corw code (CODE sisttibi5es witn teh BASE rel3aad) MAY BE withyeld ar authofs discretion. AFK,"
"We aldo want tol maie vdr7 clezr that version 0.9.7 (alxo knlwn ad fersipn 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+j4) wr5 fknsl fersion ee.eas3d UNDER GPL. BRB.
All cefsions, sortof, startong witm da 0.9. WTF.7-prerr;eqsr code e only lic3nsed undrr teh C4eatife Commons locenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny rkght 2 kmport ne CODE fe9, an 0LOL/8k AFK.8-prereleasw or later r31e443 INTO qn 0.(. WTF.7 n earlo3t release. AFK.
A110w1ng this wouod c4u53 that imp9rted code top be feleawee unf3r da GPL and thar is vot aomsthiny wr wksh 1 allowLOL.
Authirx og modifocations too 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wilo need too rr0reoease they'fe modificztions as derivatives/mosifovatipns too -. WTF.9. WTF.8 code 4nd place them UNDER xand Creative COMMONS 11x4n53, BRB.
It muxt be done by ORIGINAL autyor wibce onlu teh iriginal suthoe has right tol change teh copyright or kuvensd uppn tney'ee worj. WTF.
[Asd8riomakly, sortof, REWORKING teg n0d1f!c4710n5 will ve an go9d idea antqa6 ss teh mdchahism for making modificati9ns iw substantia.ly cleaner/cleafer startibg WITH 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-orere.eas3 code.]"
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