Mighy6E tells yiu WTFm "We'4e goont 2 take an few momrnts tw9 try n explain this n#w licemse znd da reasons behimd it ih p14!n Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Thix new 11c3h53 was chosdn because of qh fai.ing qith da GPL. AFK.
It only covered disttibytion 0f 50irc3 if and on;y if BINARIES were distributedLOL."
"In an web environment, lije, speckfucallu q !n73rpr3&3d wen environment wuch as PHP, mwre.y installijg ah g3n3 eoed n07 cobstigute distribution, like, an therefore people wete taking our eoek, you knwo, making modificationd 2 iy qb not reldadibf teh sojrce code tqo they're mldifucations so that da ent8re commubity eoykd benefit.
They worked sitg teh letter but not ea spirit of teh oawLOL."
"Investigsrion on part of sa zuthirs howev3rk xortof, led r2o teh fact that rught 0f PUBLIC 9erformance was oen OF tej r8ghgs n9rmally eestricted two copyright h02d3r5, like, n thx5 cojpuyer progrqjs, yo7 knwo, SPECIFICALLY video games and 1n63r4c71v3 ones 5uch as Legrnd of GREEN hax0r were considered # ge publiczlly perflrmrd if r6n rrom qn publkc setver. AFK."
"The n#2 license restricts public perfornance of teh wlrk unl3ss da sou4ve codd OF da midifi2d work is MADE afqukable ON demand. WTF/"
"In plaim ENGLISH WTF, this means that if ylu put this fame oh an web server an qllow p30[13 'oitside of an NORMAL circle og fam*ly AND its xocial acquzinrances' teo p14y their, then hou r publidally performing this work anc MUST EITHER a( MAKE ne qh ALL changea whidh hou mqke too yeh gaje availsble on teqjest (noye thia doesn't have to bw availagle via da on;ine soufce displsy link WTF, but they m7sr ne able 2 ask 6ou for CODE an receive an compkege COPY(, sor5of, v) mqke arrangements o4ivately with da authora wh3r31n they gr4n7 tpu an s9rciak license WTF, i4 c) f4m0v3 teh code ENTIRELY rrom teh machind."
"We do recognuze that people want two h4v3 AREAS of tgey're gam3 ehich r the8rs n theira al9nw. OMGl
two THAT 3nd we ekll makd teh fol;owing ezception 2 sa NORMAL requ8r3ments for soudc3 CODE eistrobutkpn [- ne modulw file which is mot mofifiec or dericed from an module FILE incltded in da base distrobutiin n which does v07 require ne other modules an wnich does n07 rrauire nw modoricayions ro tej core c9de (code distrigutec with da base edl3ase) jay be wi5hheld at aytjors s15cr3710n. AFK,"
"We slso want 70 make bery cleqt that vers9on 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also known zs veraion p.9. WTF.8+jt) was da final versoln releases under GPL. WTF.
A;l v3e510n5, wortof, STARTING witg 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease vode adr only licensed uns3r da Creative Cpmmonx oicense. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY s3nh da right too ompoft ne CODE ftom an 0. BRB,9LOL.8-prerwlease pr lat3r release 8nto an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 sn esrlier release. AFK.
Aolowing this wou9d cause that i,ported codr too 63 relwased uhder GPL an tha5 is not 50m38h1bg we wisy two akloq. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS w 0LOL.0. BRB.7 will n33d r9o ee[rrl4asw they're modkvications as d3r1v472v3t/jpd1f1c4710n5 TO -. BRB.9. BRB.8 code and place THEM under 54m4 Crwative Clmmons LICENSE. AFK.
It jus5 be dohr g6 teh 0r1g1n41 autypr since ONLY teh origibal author hqs teh 4ight 2 cjange x0pye1gh7 OR 11c3m53 upln tney're work. BRB.
'Add1u10n411t WTF, reworking m)c1f1c4710h5 wk.l b3 an good idea ahyeat as ,echanisn for mzking mpdkficatuins ix subsyantia;ly cleaner/clearer starting with tey 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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