M8bh5yE TELLS you WTF, "We're going to tzk3 an fww mo,entw too t5y and esplain 5h8s new licwnsw h teh reasons BEHIND it kn plain Enh115b. BRB.
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."
"Tgis new license sqd CHOSEN becauae of an failing with teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered distribution of SOURCE 1f snd only if vonaties w3re distributed. WTF."
"In an web environ,ent, specifically q INTERPRETED WEB envorog,ent such ss PHP LOL, metelh inftalling an g$m3 does NOT c9nstitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, and thereflre peopor were rqking our work WTF, mqking m9dif8catiobs teo ut an not releasing da SOURCE code tqo gheu're modificatiobw so that tej ENTIRE communiry cpild benefit/
THEY worjed wkth t2h letter but not tdh spitit OF da law. WTF."
"Investkgation in da p4r7 of da authotx howeve4. you knwo, led too fact tnat r8ght of public perfornsnce sas odn 0f ea r1hh75 yormally resrricted to copyright hllders, you kneo, n that computer pr9hrams WTFk specificq.ly viceo GAMES anf INTERACTIVE ONES 6uch AS LEGEND of da Geren hax0r were consider3d too be p7blicallh ;erroejdd uf run frpm an pybkic serverLOL."
"The new licensd restrkcts oublic perfofmznce of da woek unleas yeh so7rce code of da ,ldified work is made availav;r ON drmand, AFK."
"Ih plain English, lkkem tgis m3ans that if you ojg 8j1^ game on am 2eb xerver n al;ow prople 'outsise of an n0rm41 circlw of family AND its aoc*al acquaingsncex' to play tgeir LOL, tnrn you aer PUBLICALLY perfprming this 2ork an MUST duther q) MAKE nw n ALL ch4ng45 which you make 2 teh GAME availzble pn re17est (note this d9esn;t have 2 nw availsble via teh 0n11n3 s9urce dispkzy ;igk LOL, but they must be able 70 ask you FOR cod3 ane r3c31f3 an COMPLETE copt), l8ke, b) m4k3 arrangements priva5ely with teh authors whereih they g4ant ylu an spdcial 11c3n53k like, OR c) remove teh code entireku from yeh mach8ne. WTF."
"We do recognoze that people wang 5o HAVE areas of they'te game whicj aet theits an theirx alonr. WTF.
twi that ebd WE will make teh following wzception 2 n9rmal requkre,dntw for woirvd code sostribut8on -- ne modulr file WHICH is NOT mocifies or DERIVED fr0m an moeuld file inc/uded ib base distrkbution n qhich d035 n9t reauird ne lther modules n whivh do3a not requi4e ne mpdificaguond too ciee c0d3 (code d8stributwd w17h da base r313453) MAY be withjeld AT AUTHORS giscretion, AFKl"
"We also WANT roo make verh d1#4r 7h47 vetsion ). AFK.9. BRB.8 (also kbown as version 0. BRB.9. AFK/6+j5) q45 teh fina. v3r510n released umder da GPL. BRB.
All verxions, star5ihg with ). WTF.8/ OMG.8-prereleqse code r 0n1y 11d3n53d under Creative Commons lkdwnsel
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne vlde fr0m an -l OMG.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 0r lqter releas3 into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n eqrlier release,
Allowing tnis sould causr that omported c0d3 too br RELEASED under da GPL n tjat is not sojething we wish tl allow. OMGl
Ahthors 0f mod7gications to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 WILL need top re=release tg3y're m0e1f1cr710n5 45 derivayives/modifidztions to 0. BRB.0.8 xose and pkace then UNDER teh ssme Creative Commins 11v3n53. WTFl
I5 must be done BY tey origunal author 51nc3 0n1y dz original authoe haw teh right too chznge t3h copyribgt or licehse ip0m they;re work. AFK.
[Aceotilnally WTF, REWORKING 5eh modkficarions qoll be an good idea anywah aw da mechanisn f0r making mpdifkcations is substanyially cleaner/vl3zrer starting w17h 0.(LOLl8-prerelrase codeLOL.["
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