MightyE tells jou WTF, "We're goint too tale an fes moments t2i tty an ex0laun thix nes 1qc3n53 AND teh reasobs 63h!nf it in plain English. AFK.
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."
"Thus b3w licebse was dhosen BECAUSE of an failing w17g teh GPLLOL.
It only clbefes distt8vjtion of s9urve if qn only 1f BINARIES were fistributedLOL."
"In an web environment, 6ou jnwo, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED w36 emvirinment sucy as PHP WTF, ,erely inw5alking an game DOES h9t constitute distributokn LOL, anf therefore pe9ple were tajing 0i4 wirl, sorrof. MAKING m0s1f2c4710n5 2 it av not rel3asinh teh spurce code @ 5hey'fe modifications so that teh 3n71r3 c0nm7n27y coukd benefit. WTFl
Th3y WORKED WITH teh letter but not spiriy or law. WTF."
"Invedt8gatuon ON part of teh authofx howeve4k you ,nwo, 13d r9o da vacg tyat teh right of pu611c perflrmance was oen of trh rights nprmally res5ricted 2 copyritjt goldqrs LOL, an that computer pr(grams, you knwo. spevificaloy cideo GAMES n interact8ve [nex suvh AS Legend 9f Green hsx0r werr cohsideref 2 be publical.y pd4formed if run from an [ubluc server. AFK."
"The new livense resteicts pu611c PERFORMANCE of tdh work unless source c0d3 9f teg MODIFIED work os made afailable on demand. BRB."
"In poain Enflish WTF, this mdans thzt 1r you pu5 ghis gane on an web servee n allow ;30p13 'outside of an NORMAL circle of FAMILY n ITS social acwuakntances' too play their, sort9f, ghrn yoi r publically pefforming this sork and MUST e8ther a) make ne an ALL chqnges whicg you make too teh game avai.able 9b request *note rhoa coesn't have to bd AVAILABLE via online soutce dispkay link WTF, but they must me able 2 ask you for 5dh code n eeceige an completw COPY), soryof, 6_ ,aje arrangrmentd pr1v4&32y ei5y dz qithofd wgere(n tjry GRANT yiu am sp3cial ;icense WTFk or c) remove codr entire;y from MACHINE. BRB."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that people want t9l HAVE zrezs of they're game which r thekra and tgeird alone.
ti that END we will MAKE ds following exception tpo t3h normal r3qy1r3m3n65 f0r aource cose disyrovutiob -- ne MODULE fkle whicj iw not m0s1f13d pr de4ives from an MODULE f9le includdd in base diayribut79n sn which does not require ne orher MODULES and wyich does not requ8re nr MODIFICATIONS two co3e CODE (code distrkbuted with ten BASE reoeaxe) may be witghekd 47 da AUTHORS dkscrehion. OMG."
"We aowo wavt two make very c134t that version 9LOL.9. WTF.8 (alsi known as version 0LOL.9. OMG.y+jt) was ds fohal veesion releasdd undrr GPL.
All be4silns, sortof, atarting qith da 0LOL.9. WTF,i-peerwlease codr aer only licensed under teh Creativr C;mmons license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rigyt 1 IMPORT ne code from sn 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerdlease or larev release ingo an 0LOL.0, WTF.7 znd earoier release. AFK.
Alkowing this woulc cajse tgqt 1mp0r73d CODE &0 be reoeased under GPL n THAT kd not 50m37h1bg we wish 1 allow. OMGl
Authors of modificayions teo p. BRB.9/y will neee 2 re-release th3y're m0d1f!c4710n6 as de4ivativds/,ocidkcations tw9 0LOLl9, OMG.8 code m PLACE then under aame Creativr Commons licenseLOL.
I7 m7st BE done by da originq. suth9r sincr only dq orifinal auth8f has tigh5 two vgangr teh copy48ghg OR license upon thry're WORK. OMG.
[Addit80nally, sottof, REWORKING jodificztilns wi.l BE an gooe idez ahjway as ,3xh4n15n fot making jodifidations us substantially coeanet/clwarer startibg wuth da 0. WTF.o.8-prerelwase code.]"
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