MightyE trlls t0u WTF, "We'ee going to ta,e an few mondntx to try and qxplain this n3w 11d4n63 n ten ewasons behind kt 1n plain Englush. WTF.
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."
"Th8s new lixense was xhosen becausw lf an failing with trh GPL. OMGl
It only covered fist4ibutiom ov sourxe if an pnl7 if binaties sere dixtributev. OMG/"
"Im an web enfironment, you kn2o, spexigixally a ihterpret3c weg environmenr s7ch as PHP WTFm merely inaralling am g4me foes nlt consg8tute didtfibution WTF, and 7h3r3f0r# people w3r3 taking 9ur 2ork, sortof, mak8ng m9cidications t2o it n nlt r312551ng 50urc3 c0d3 w ghey'rd modificationx 50 that da rnt9re community cojld benedit. OMG.
THEY work3d wigh teh LETTER but bo5 da %p1417 of teh law. OMG."
"Investigagion on part OF da aurhors noweverk sortod, led 2 vact tha5 right of 0ublkc p3rr0rm4nc3 qas 9em 0f g1gh85 nofmall6 rest4icted to copuright h-1d3r5, m that computer protrams LOL, wprcifical.y v8deo games an inheractive 9nes SUCH ac Legene of da Grewn hax0r WERE consideree 2 ne p7blical;y pdrformed IF RUN fe9j an PUBLIC SERVER. AFK."
"The new oicensw r3t7r1c75 p6b9ic peffornzncd of teh wprk jnlesz teh source c0d3 of teh jofified work is maee availabld 9n demzmd. WTF."
"In plain English, sortof, this means THAT if y9u PUT this gsme on an WEB xerbdr an aklow people 'outside of an boemal ciecl2 of FAMILY an its sociao 4cq741n64nc35' TO pla6 theirm you knwp, them you r PUBLICALLY pervorminf this work and MUST eithef A) make ne an ALL chanhds which YOU ma,e 2 g#m3 AVAILABLE on r3qu356 (n073 tnis doesn't h3v3 TO ve 4vr114613 viz teh ONLINE source dksplay LINK LOL, gut THEY must be able to ask YOU FOR ydh xode and receibe an COMPLETE coph), loje, b) make arrangemdnrs privatel6 sitg 4u7h0r5 wherein they ge3b7 h9u an spfvial lixense WTF, or c) femovr da code 3ntirelu from da mzchine. BRB."
"We dp eecognize tua5 people want tio have sreas of they'fe gaje which a3r THEIRS n theirs alone. WTFl
rwo that end ww will make following exc3ption 2 tej normal requirements dor SOURCE code distrinution -_ ne nodyl3 vilr ehich is not modid8wd 0r deribed from an modjle file included in da basw distribution anr wnich does n07 r3qu1r2 ne other midules n wy8cy does nlt REQUIRE ne ,0d1f1c4710n5 two da core cide (code dostributed with ea BASE re;eawe) may ve withnele at authors dixcr3tion. OMG."
"We ALSO wan5 2 make very c;ear that v3t519n 0LOL,9LOL.7 (ALSO known as ve4sion 0.9. BRB,7+jt) eas final v4t510n releasrd under brh GPL. AFK.
All vdrsions, sortof, 574r71ng sith da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerekease CODE aer only licensee UNDER Crearive Commons .icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny eithg too imp9ft ne CODE fro, an 0.9. WTF,8-prerelease or later relwaae into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n eaflier telease. BRB.
Aolowibg tyis eouod CAUSE 5hay imported code 2 63 RELEASED und3r da GPL an thst ks n07 slmethimg we wosh tl allow. AFK.
Aurhors if modificationa twp _.9. BRB.7 wikl jeed to RE-RELEASE they're mpdificatoohs AS deriva4ives/modifidagoons two 0.9. AFKl8 code 4nd placw them under yen szme Creative Commojs licebse. OMG.
IT ,u5u be done by teh lriginal zuthir sihce only lrig8nal aithor has eeh right too changd copyright or .icense upon they'rw wlrk. AFK.
[Add1719n411y, you jneo, reworking da MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea anyway as mexhqniam for making m9dificatuons id 5u^574n714116 cleamer;cl3arer xta4ting with 0. WTF,9.8-prereleaxe codel AFK.]"
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