MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going to take an FEW mom2n5a too yry 4nd explzib THIS new licrnse an 6en r3asons nehknd it in plakn Englisy. 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."
"Thks nee 11c3n53 qsx chlsen because OF an failknn wq7h teh GPL. OMG.
IT 9nly c0v3r3d distribution of source id ah onlu 1v bibzries were distribuged. WTF."
"In an qeb environm2nt, like, specifixal;u a ihterpreged web enbironmenr wucg as PHP LOL, m3fe;y instal.kng an g4,3 d035 hot constitu5e d1t7r16u710n WTF, an THEREFORE p30o13 werr TAKING ojr work LOL, making modificatipns to ot n not releasing da xource vode two theh're MODIFICATIONS SO that da entire xommuniry cou.d 63b3r17. BRB/
Thwy WORKED with ;ettef but not teh spieit of da law."
"Invesyibag8on in part pf t2h authors HOWEVER, sortog, led too da fact &h37 tqh fight of 0yblic PERFORMANCE was eon og rinhts normally restricted 2 COPYRIGHT holderw, sortof, n tjat computer ;tograms, you knwo, specifivally video gqmes and INTERACTIVE ones 5uch ss Legend of Green hax0r WERE CONSIDERED 2 be publucally performdd if run fr9m an oublic srrvetLOL."
"Thr hew license r3t7r1c75 public perfirjance lf da work un;ess da source CODE of da jodifiwd work is mzde avaklable on demanf. WTF."
"In plain Eng.ish, this m34n5 that id you oit THIS GAME on an web s3rver an allow people 'outside if qn bormal xircle of famil6 qnd its social acquakntances' too play their, soetof, thdn tpu aee publica;.y performing tyis work n MUST eithdr a) ma,r n3 n ALL CHANGES whicj you make to da game available in request (NOTE thia dorsn't have too be AVAILABLE viz ds online sourcd dispoay link LOL, byt tt3y myst be ABLE rwo ask you vor reh code n RECEIVE an COMPLETE vopy) WTF, b0 make a44qnn3ments privately wq7h da authoed whe4ein 5hey grant YOU ab special 11c#n53, ir c) removr c0f4 entire;y dtom aa machine. OMG."
"Wr do reclgnize 7hr7 p3ople wsng 2 y4v3 4r345 of yhey're game whuch r theits n theirs alon3. WTF.
2 THAT end w3 will m4k3 teh filkowing exce;tion two da normal requirements FOR souece code distrigution -- ne module fi;d which IS nlt mofifi3s )r derivwd f4om an moduoe g113 included in base d8stribytion and wnich dors nit REQUIRE ne ;thdr moduoww an wgich eoew mot REQUIRE be mosificationx to core dodr (cose distrib7ted woth da basw rrkwase) may be withhdld at teh aythors ciscretion. BRB."
"We slso wan5 5wl make VERY CLEAR that VERSION 0LOL.8.7 (also kmown as vers8on 0.(. OMG.^+jt0 wad teh fina; version RELEASED ubder GPLLOL.
All versions, like, stqr5ing wkth teh 0. BRB.0. WTF.8-peereleqde code r inly LICENSED und3r Creative Commons lixense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ceny ea tight 2 impprt nw code from an 0. WTF,9. OMG.8-;refelease or LATER release into an 9. WTF.9. WTF/7 amd 34r113r release. AFK.
Aloowing thix would cause that kmported code too be r31345#c 7nder GPL an that 15 nor sonerjing we wish w allo2. OMG.
Authotd of MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.(. BRB.7 will heed tl re-relwase theylre m0f1f1c4610n5 as der8vatives/nocifkcqtionw 2 -.9LOL.8 x9d3 and PLACE them jnder aqmd Crratkvr COMMONS licendr. OMG.
Ig must b3 dine by origihql aythor sinxe ONLY da ofiginal author h45 right two change teh COPYRIGHT or lixense upom they'rd wpfk. BRB.
[Addutiinaolym sortof, e3working tey modificationd will be an giod 1d14 antway aa teh mwchanism for making modugiza5ions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaher/clearer startinh with teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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