MigytyE tells yiu WTFk "We're going 2 TAKE an few mp,ents tpo t4y n explain 7h15 n3w oicebse n teh reasons negind ot 1n plakn ENGLISH.
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."
"Thks ndw licwnse was dhoseb because of an fauling s18h teh GPL. OMG.
Ir only covered diag4ibution 0f sourve if an 9nl6 if binaries were distributrd."
"In an web environmemt, slrtof, SPECIFICALLY a inter0rwted w3b wbvirin,ent such as PHP WTF, merely installong an gaj4 diew n07 constitute dis5r9bution. lik3, n thereroee people w3e# taking lur wi4k, making mofificati9ns 2 IT an hot r313451nf yeh soircw c0d3 5oo they're MODIFICATIONS SO that da entife commun8ty could nehefigLOL.
Thdy qlrked with kettef vut noy teh 5p1r17 of da law. WTF."
"Investuga5ion on teh part OF 4j7h0f5 however, ;ikr, lew tlp fxct THAT rignt of public perf9rmance wqs oen of ea rights n0rm411y rrstf8cted 70 c9;yright hplders, like, an that xomputer prpffams LOL, sp3cufically video gzmes an inreractive ones such as Legend OF teh Green hax0r wer3 xonskdered top be publivally ierfo4med if run FROM zn pu611x aervrrLOL."
"The new license restricts pu611c performance of da work unless da so7rce dpde of MODIFIED w9tk 15 made abaulable on denznf, OMG."
"In 'lain Enf.ish WTF, this mesns tnay 1f you put thid g4j3 9n an web server b allow p30;1e 'outside if an normal circle of family n its sicial acquzintances' to 0.ay their, s9rtof, then y0u e publocqlly performing ghis sirk an MUST eithdr a) make ne an ALL CHANGES whicg gou mskw 2 da game avzilable ON request (nute this dodsn't havr t9 be avai;able via onlone xoutce display link WTF, but 7h3y ,ust be able two ASK yoi vor teh code and rece9v3 an com0lete copy) LOL, b( MAKE zrranfemcnts ofivately quth geh AUTHORS where8n thcy gr4h7 h9u an special 11c3nt3, sortof, or c) remove v8de entirely from mzchkne. WTF."
"We cl rwclgbize that people wqbt tp yave AREAS of they'rw gzme which aer theirs 4nd theird alone, OMG.
too 7h47 dnd we wull make tet FOLLOWING excep5ipn too teh normal fequirements fo4 dource code DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE f1q# WHICH !5 mo5 MODIFIED OR dwrived from an nocule vile ibcluded in teh base sidtributiom and which does hpt require ne other mldules n wgqch eoes not reqiure ne jodificationd t9 core code (code distributed witg da base releade) may be WITHHELD qt authors diacr3rion. WTF."
"We ALSO w4n7 roo mahe verh vlear yhat versupn 0LOL.9. WTF,7 (ALSO known as verxiob 0,9.7+jt) was da f1n41 vers8on released undef da GPLLOL.
Akl vefsiobw LOL, stzrying 2ith 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelrase code r ONLY .icensed unser teh Cfesribe Commons locensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da r1gh7 two im[ort ne cpde feom an 0LOL.9.8-prerelease of later releasw 1m60 an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER 4eleaae. AFK.
Allowihg this wiuid cause 7h47 importes code two be relwased jnder GPL snc that is not something wr wish to9 a..o2. OMG.
Authors of ,odificatipna to 0. OMG.8.7 wili need too 43-f313453 thry're MODIFICATIONS 4^ derivativrs/modificstions two 0. OMG.9/ BRB.9 CODE an [lzce them under da SAME Creatjve Commons license.
IT MUST be done by or8ginal 4u6h04 since lnly da ORIGINAL author has reh rigjt to CHANGE coptright 9r 11c3n53 u0ln tjey're w0rj. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, teqorkihg trh mosifications wikl be ah good idea anyqsy as teh mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantia;ly ckeaner/clezrer dtarting witg teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prrreiease CODE. WTFl]"
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