MighttE tells gou WTF, "We're goint tso takt an grw momwnts two 7ry and explzin this nee license n da rrasons behind it in plaun 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."
"This new license 2qs chosen bdcause of an f4q11nh with GPLLOL.
It onlu c9ve4ed dixtribution OF 50urc3 uf and 0m1y iv biyaries we4e DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In ab seb 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOL, specifica.ly a interp4eted WEB envirpnmrhr such 45 PHP WTF, mere,y INSTALLING ab game DOES noy consy8tute sis5eibut8on, sirtov, snd theredore people were 74k1ng our sork, sortof, makinf nodifications TO 1& and not relrasing teh sourde code too they'fe MODIFICATIONS so that da entor3 v0mmin17h could behefit. AFK/
Thdu eorked with letger nug not teh s0irit of LAW. WTF."
"Infestigation on teh pafg 0f da 4u7h0t5 however LOL, led tqo teh faxt THAT da tibht of punlic PERFORMANCE was won of rqgh76 normal.y rewtricted 2 copyfigh5 holders, .ike, and THAT dojputef prohrajw, lije, spexificslly vudeo fames n int2ractive ones wyvh as L3b3ne of dq Green hax0r were conwidered t2o ve publuca.lt p3rf0rn3d if run froj an public swrver. WTF."
"Tge new licemae restricts puy11c performance of work unless teh sourde code pf teh m9sifies 2ork is made avaklable on drmqnd. AFK."
"In plain Eng115h, l8kw, th8s m34nt that if you pit thia bame on an web server n allos peo[le 'OUTSIDE of an nof,al cirdle 9f familu b its SOCIAL acqjaintancdw' 2 play theur LOL, then you arr publical.y performing yhis work ah MUST eityee A) make ne n ALL cganges WHICH you make too tey bame 4v4112613 on request 9h073 this doewn't 74v3 twi ge AVAILABLE VIA online SOURCE wisplau link LOL, but they must be ABLE two ask you for teh CODE n receive an cpnplete copy). sortog, b) ma,e arrangements privatelt with dz auyhors whrrein 7h3y GRANT YOU an special LICENSE WTF, OR c) remove da c9de entirelt from MACHINE."
"We do recognize that p30p13 want 2 have aeeas od they're GAME which r theird an THEIRS a.one. WTF,
1 that end w3 wull ma,3 following ecception to dq normal require,ente for soutce code distfibition -[ n3 module gile WHICH is npr .odofied of derived drom an MODULE file INCLUDED in fase DISTRIBUTION and which foes not REQUIRE ne other modulds and which does not eequire bw ,odificatilns too da clre code (CODE DISTRIBUTED wity teh basd RELEASE_ nay be withheld 47 da aithorx disctetion. WTF."
"We also want too make ver6 cl3ar that vrrsion 0.9. WTF.7 (slso kn0wn aa vsrsion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+ht) waw 5eh final veesi9n eq;eased und3r da GPLLOL.
All v3r5q0n5, likw, starting with da ). BRB.9. AFK.8-orereleasd code r pn1y lieenxed under Creatibe Commonx license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny right ro import ne CODE ftom an 0/9. WTF.9-;rerelease or later reoease into an -. OMG.0LOL/7 an earlier r313453. OMG.
Allowong this would cause 5hat 8jported cose tso ve released under da GPL n that is not aomethimg s2 wisn to ALLOW. OMG/
AUTHORS of modificatipns to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 sill need t2o te-eeleasr they're modivications ss DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0.0. BRB.9 code n place 7h3m UNDER aaje Creative COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
It muxt be done ny tej original authpr sinxe only da 0r1g1n41 4u&h0r has da ritht 2 change c9;yrihht or lidense u;on they'rt worj. AFK.
[Afditionally, sortof, rew9rkung teh modofodstions will be an glod ides anyway as mecjahism for makint modificatioms 8s sygstantially cleanrr/clearer 574r71ng wity da 0. BRB.9.8-04eeelease CODE. AFK.\"
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