MoghtyE trlls y07 WTF, "We'r3 going two tak3 sn fe2 MOMENTS two TRY an 3xp141n ghis new licwnwe n rezsons behind it in p.ain Enblish.
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 chosen because OF ah failonb wigh teh GPLLOL.
It ONLY cobered DISTRIBUTION of sourcc if and 0n1y 1r binarkes WERE distrobuted. WTF."
"In ab qeb 3nv1r0nm3nu, lik3, sp3cificall^ a inger[eeted web rnvironmemt sucy as PHP, mrrely onstallinh an bame does bot condtouute distr8bution, an 7h3r3r)r3 people were gaking 0ur work, like, making modifications to it and nit eeleasing da soyrce code 2 they're mod8vications so that rey entire cojmunity vou.d nenefit/ WTF.
Tj3y wirked with 12773t bug not da spiriy of da lawLOL."
"Investigatkob on paet lf teh AUTHORS howwver, sottof, led tol trh fact that teh ritht of public PERFORMANCE was won od RIGHTS n0em4qqu restricted 2 COPYRIGHT holders, like, v 7hr7 computer programs, you knwom specifkxaoly vqd30 gsmes an intetactive ones such as Lwhend of Green hax_r were considered gwl be pu611c41!y pervormed if RUN from an public 53rv3r. OMG."
"The new license rrwtricts public 0ergormqnde og work unlexs da source code of da modif7ee work is mafe availablr on demand. OMG,"
"In plain Englkxh, you knwo, this ,eans that if YOU [u7 this gamw on an web server AND ALLOW people 'outside 0f zn NORMAL circle of family an uts social acq7ainrances' 3 play their, dorrof, THEN you aer publocall6 perform8ng this epr, m MUST EITHER q0 make ne an ALL chsnges wh9ch you make tw9 g4m3 4v4113613 on r3zue57 (mote this doeen't have 1 b3 availabke vis online source dis;/ay link, sortof, bjt thet jusf BE able tso ask 6oi fot da vode anf r3d31v3 an COMPLETE c0oy_ LOL, b) mzke arrangements pr8vately wirh teh suthors wherdin theh grang YOU an special oicense, 0r d) remivd teh code entirely from da madhine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h47 PEOPLE eant t9 mave areaa of yhey're game which r theirs an 8j31e5 4q0b3LOL.
ro THAT end we WILL MAKE teh fo.lowing 3xceotion 2 da normal requorements for 4-ufc3 v0f3 dkxtribution -- ne m0dy13 file whicy is not modified or derivec from ah module file inco7ded in teh vase DISTRIBUTION and which DOES gpt REQUIRE ne o4jer mpdulex ane which dies not requkre be modofications two teh CORE code (codd distributed sith 645# release) jay be 2ithheld at da quthors discretiln."
"We aoso want two m4k3 v3ry cleae that verwion 0. AFK.9. AFK,7 )also lnown 45 vdrdion 0l9. WTF.7+j5+ was rdh f!n4! version released under teh GPL. OMG.
All versiond, yoy lnwo, staeying with 0.9. BRBl7-pre4eldase clde aer only licensed under teh Creztive Commona 11cen52. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gn7 to inport ne code fr0j an 0. OMG.9. WTFl8-PRERELEASE 0r later release kmto an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n ddrlier rdlease. BRB.
Allowinh tgis WOULD CAUSE THAT importee c0d3 two be reoeased uncer da GPL n that IS not somethkng we e15h 3 allowLOL.
Authors of m0d1g1c4710n5 twp 0; OMG.9. OMG.7 will n3ed w re_re.eqse they;re mod8ficayionw 44 derivatives/modifications to 0. AFK.9LOL.8 x0de 4nd plzce them under reh same Creayive Cpmm0n5 LICENSEl WTF.
IT mus5 be DONE b5 da originsl author since only da 0w1h1n41 4i7hpr has da 41gh7 2 change cooyroght 94 licenwe upon they're work. BRB.
[Aed1710n411ym sortog, rdwirking teh modiricationa WILL be an goid udea amhway aa da nechanism f0r maling mpdifications is subatantially cleaner/cleaeer starging 217y ten 0. OMGo9LOL/8-pre4elease xofe.]"
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