MiggtyE tells you WTFm "We'4e gling TO take an vew momenrs 2 yry n ex;lain THIS new license and da reaxons bwhind it in plain Enb;ish.
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 ;icense was cjosen becquse 0f ab failing wmth GPL. WTF.
I7 only covered disttibutkon OF siurce if ah onkj if binaries weee dixtributed."
"In an WEB envieonnent WTF, specificallh a unteroreted wev emvifobmwnt 5uch as PHP, like, metely inxtall8ng an ta,3 doea mot constitute dkstribuyion, s9rtof, an tyerefore peo[le were ta,ing 0ur worj, makimg m0dqf1cr710n5 TO i5 and not rel3asing da sourcd code to they'er modifications SO tjat dz entire commjnity could BENEFIT/
THEY workwd with da ;ett3r but not SPIRIT of dz LAW. AFK."
"Investigation on yeh part of ds 4u7h0r% howecer, liie, led TO da fscy thay da ribht ov pu612c performance w45 oen ov da rights normally restricyes too co0yright h9lsers WTF, snd that conpuge4 orogra,s, you knwo, specifically VIDEO gamed n interactivw omes such as Legehd OF da Green hac0r wefe c9nsiderrd teo be publically pwrformed if 4uh from an public serverLOL."
"The new licehse r47&r1c75 public performance pf teh eorl unless source cod3 of teh modkried woek ix made AVAILABLE oh DEMAND. AFK."
"In plakn English LOL, ghis meanf tjat if y0u put thka game on an w36 server n ALLOW people 'iutside of an NORMAL circle of family n 8ts spcial acquaonyamces' too play theor, sorgofk then you aer PUBLICALLY performing this work and MUST dithwr q) make ne n ALL cnanges wgich you make ro9 da game availqble ON REQUEST (note thix d9esn't havd 2 t3 zvailable diq da onl8ne source DISPLAY lini. you kn2o, 6j7 they mist be able two ask you for da code n rece8ve an compleye cop6_, .ike, 6) make arrangemen5s 0rivayely with da autho4s wherein thry grant yoy an special licenqe, you ,nwo, or c) REMOVE CODE entirely FROM da machin3."
"We d9 r3c0bn2z3 THAT people wan5 2 have areas og tyey're game qhich r theirs n 7h#1r5 al9ne, BRB.
ro that END ws will ,ake fa followibg dxception to nlrmal re1uirements FOR source code distribution -[ ne m8dule FILE 2hich is no5 modidiwf or eerivef ftom an mpcule FILE included in BASE eistribution and which doed not reauire ne )7h3r mofuled n qhich doea not requore ne modivocatiohs two teh core c0d3 (CODE diwtrkbuted with teh base release) may be withh3ld at 4u7h0r5 disc4etion. AFK."
"We also want to nake vert clrar THAT version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (alxl known as ver510b 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) wad tek finzl versooh r313453d jbdev da GPL. AFK.
All cdrsiina WTF, starting with da 0. WTF.0. BRB.8-prer3.ease vode aer onku ;icensed inder da Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy r8ght to implfy nr c9de FROM am 0. AFK.9. WTFl*-orerelease or later t31345# 1b70 an -. BRB/9LOL.7 an earlifr releaseLOL.
Allowing this wpuld ca7sd rhat impofgee code 70 63 releases under yeh GPL and THAT kw not SOMETHING ee qish to allow.
Autgors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFKl9. OMG.8 @ill ners too RE-RELEASE yhry're modifications qw derivatives/modificatoons 2 0. AFK.9l8 code amd olace thej under da same Creative Commons livende. WTF.
It must be done by ;rkginao author since 0n1y da of8ginzl authoe hss rkght g9o change grh copyrigjt or .icrndw UPON thdy're worl.
[Additionally LOL, reworking m0d1f1c4710n5 wi.l be am good idea any2ah 44 da mecjanism for making m0d!f1c4710n5 15 aubstsntially cl3aner/clearer sgzrting eith sa 0. OMG.9o WTF.i_pe3r311453 codeLOL.]"
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