MightyE tells y0j WTF, "We'r3 going too tqke an few m;mentf too try and explain this nrw 11c4n53 and teh eeasons behind 85 in [lain Emg115h. 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."
"This NEW license was chosem vecqusr of an fqiling with GPL. WTF.
Ig 9nly covered DISTRIBUTION of 50urxe iv an only if binaries WERE distributed, OMGl"
"In an web environment, yoj knwo, 5[3c1f1c51@y a intee[reged web environmebt such as PHP, l8ke, merely instaloing an 5ame dowd not CONSTITUTE distribuyoon, sott9f, y thrrefprw p30pqe w3re ra,ing our work, you khwo, mqking MODIFICATIONS two 9t n m07 releasihg teh source code to 5hey're modifications so thag 3n61r3 cimmunity co8ld 63n3f17LOL.
They wotked wity da .ettee byr not geh spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Investkgation on tej part OF authors howeve4 WTF, lwd twi da fact tnat geh riyht ov p7blic performance was 9en of dz e8ghts normally testr8cted to copyrihgt yoldees WTF, n 7h47 computet programs LOL, sp3cifica.l6 v1d30 bamws n 1n73r4c6qv3 ones sucn as Lebend if da Grden yax)r were c9nsidered too v3 publicallh performed IF run FROM an PUBLIC se4verLOL."
"The new license restricts pub;ic perfofmznce of da WORK unkess soircr code of geh m0e2fq3c work ia made available oh demand. BRB."
"In plain Eng;ish, thus msans thqt if y9u put this t4m3 on qn web server AND allow people 'iutside of an NORMAL c1rc13 of faki.y ah its sicial acqya8ntances' too poau rneit WTF, then yo7 r PUBLICALLY pefforming uh25 eorj amd MUST e8rh3r q) make ne an ALL chanbes whoch you make 2 teg GAME availaboe on rdquest (note this dlesn't habe uwo BE available cia da 0n11n3 SOURCE cisplzy oink, but &h#y must b3 an/e to ask tou for codw zmd RECEIVE an complete copy), you knwo, b) make arrangements privately with authors wjerein they gtan5 you an speckao license, you kmwo, ir c) remove CODE en5orely from mach8ne. OMG."
"Wd do recobmize THAT prople want TO have areax pf they're ga,e which aer theirx n rheirs ALONELOL.
too 7n47 ene we wil; m4k3 following excrptuln 2 da horma; requirrments for sourve code d157r16y710n -0 ne mpdule file wh1cn ke not modified or deeived from xn moeule dile included in teh base d157r!6u710n and which DOES n.t rrquire ne other moduoes znd which does not r3qu1r3 ne modifocatilns to da cpre code (CODE distribuged with gwh basw release) m4y br eithheld ay teh authors discdetipn. WTF."
"We also wan5 too make ve4y cles4 uh47 c3e5!0n 0.9. OMG.7 (also known AS VERSION 0. WTF.9.7+jg) was da rinal ve4xion r32345ed UNDER GPL. WTF.
Akl vdrsuons WTF, sgarting with 0. OMG.0. OMG.8-PRERELEASE codw aer 0n1y licensed ubder teh Creative Commona ;icebsel
We EXPLICITLY deny ribhg 5wo 1m[0r7 ne clde fr9m an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereldqs3 OR later release inyo an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 ab 34r113r releasrLOL.
Al;owing this WOULD ca7se thay impofted vode t9o BE released UNDER teh GPL anf 6h47 14 n07 something wr wksf too allow. BRB.
Autnors -f MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9LOL/7 qilk nwee to re-release tjey're mldificarions 45 ceribatifes/modificauions g;o 0.9. OMG.9 c0f3 n olace them under da 54m3 Cr3471v3 COMMONS license.
It jj57 be done by origonak aythor since only teh or9ginal autho4 has ds 4ight two chanfe da copyright ir license u08n th3y're work. WTF.
[Adf1710n511y LOL, reworking mocifications wiil be zn g00d icea anhway as t1g jechanoam fpr makimg moeificationx ks tu6574n71411y cleanef/cleaedr staryinf w17h teh 0LOL.9. OMG.*-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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