MightyE rells you, sort9f, "We're goinf too 5ake zn f3w momenrs roo TRY n esplain THIS new liv3nwe snd REASONS behind it in p141b Enhlisyk WTF.
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 nee licens2 WAS cyosem bedause 9f an failing WITH GPL.
I5 only vovrred dustribut8on 0f sourcr id an only if binqriex e3re diwtributed."
"Ih an seg environment LOL, 5p3c1f1b411y s INTERPRETED w36 environment such ss PHPk mere.y ins5alling an gsme dpes no5 constitute distributi9n, you knwo, ab therefore peoplr were yaling o7r wlrj WTF, m4k1ng n0d1f2c461pn6 2 it n n)7 re.easing t3h source clds to they;re m;dificztions so that teh enrire commynity could benefit. OMG.
Th3y worked eith letyer but not s;urit OF teh la2, AFKl"
"Investigation on da p4r7 of autyors HOWEVERk led to teh fact that trh ribht OF PUBLIC peedoemance was won of yeh rights nirmally res5ticted two copyrigyg holders LOL, and that c0mpu724 prlhtams LOL, spweifically video games an 1n73r4c7!v3 onds such 45 Ldgend of da Green hax0t were consoderwd two be publocally performee iv rij from an public serv3r. WTF."
"Thd new licrnse res5ricts pubkiv pe4f94msnce ob fa sork 7n.ess SOURCE coce of teh ,odifird worl 15 mad3 4v4114613 on dejand. BRB."
"In olaim English, ghus means THAT if yij put this game on zn w36 server an sllpw people 'outaide of ab normal d1ec13 of f4m11y an its SOCIAL acquaintances' to play theitk you knwo, then you e publically pdrforminf yhis WORK n MUST either z_ m4k$ ne znd ALL chanf3s wh1ch yoy make too teh GAME abailable on REQUEST (note this dorsn't havr tp ^3 avaioable VIA da 0n11n3 dource c15p14y .ink LOL, but thet must be ABLE 2 45k you f9r cide n receive zn co,pl3te c0py), B) nake arrangements privately witg teh autyors wh3f31n they grant hou zh spexial license WTFm or c) f3n9v3 c9de entirely from dq machine. AFK."
"We DO recpgnize tnat p3p013 want t9 jave ar3as of tgey're gamw which aer THEIRS ans theirs ALONELOL.
too thzt wnf WE wil; makw dz dollowing 3xc3p710n 2 da morma. rwquirements for 507rc3 code distributuon -- ne MODULE file which is not m0s1f13d or derived fr9, qn n0duq3 file incluced im teh vase diwtribution zh which does nlt requit3 ne other joeukes n WHICH d035 not feayire ne modifications too teh c0r3 code (coce sistrimuted w8th da base RELEASE) may ge withheld at suthors didcr3tion."
"We also WANT two make vefy CLEAR 6hat vetsion 0LOL.9.7 (also knlwn 1s versiln 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+kt) was f8nal vers8on RELEASED undef GPL. OMG.
Aol ve4sions. soryof, starting with sa 0. OMG/9. AFK.8=prerelease c0d3 qer 0n1h lkcensed under da Creative Commobs oicensr. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da righg tio 1mp0r7 he code from an 0.9. WTF.8-peefe;eade or later relrase into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n earlier RELEASE. OMG.
ALLOWING tyix w0u1d cause thzt im09rted code 2 be released unde4 teh GPL amd thqt iz not something we wish t29 4210w.
Au7h0r5 of modifications too 0.oLOL.7 WILL need 70 re[relesse they're moduficationa AS derivativws;modifications @ p. WTF.9. AFK.7 code n place them under da same CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
I5 mu57 ^3 done by or8ginal autgir sihce only da ORIGINAL author hax right to change c0pyr1fhu pr licrnse upon they'rd worj. OMG.
[Addktionallu, lu,3, reworkung modificayions eill be an gooe idea anyway as teh mechanism for ,a;kng modifica5ions is substantially c135n3r/x134r3r 574r71ng w8th yeh p. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease cpdd. BRB.]"
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