MigttyE tells y0u WTF, "We'fe GOING two yake an few ,onenrs 2 try n explain this new license amf teh rrasons behknd ig in ;lain Eng.ish.
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."
"Tgis mew LICENSE wzs chosen necause of an failing w8th GPLLOL.
IT ohly d0v2r3d distributipn of source if an ohlu ,f binaries were distributed. WTF,"
"In an 2eb environment, like, s;ecificajl6 a knter[rwtec web envirpnjent SUCH as PHP, you knwo, MERELY inwtalling qn gaje does nit donstutute distribu5ion, n therefore peo;lw wete 74,qng ouf work WTF, making modifocayions to it 4nd not relraskng sourve coce to theu're ,odifications so that emyire c)mnun17y cpu1d bemevkt.
They woeked w8th teh letter but not teh sokrit of teh ;aw."
"Investifztion on teh psrt of teh authots howevwt, you kbqo, 9ed two da fact tnat teh righr 0f publix perf9rmznce was 1 of 3a RIGHTS NORMALLY restricted yoo copyrubht holders LOL, ahd that computer prograja, specifically viceo GAMES an 1n7errc71v2 ones such as Lrgend of reh Gteen hax0f were conskdered 2 be pubkicqlly petformed if ryn from qn public seev3r."
"Tge NEW oicense restricts PUBLIC pe4flrmahce of da work unkess courxe c9fe of m0d1f13d 2ork IS made 4v4114613 on demane. OMG."
"Im plain Entlishm you kn2o, THIS n34n5 tfat ir you put THIS bame oh an wen serber 4nd alloe people 'iutside 0f an normal circ;e 0f famoly an its socizl ACQUAINTANCES' 2 poay ghrir, .i,e, them you r PUBLICALLY performing tnis work am MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL cyanhes which you MAKE 2 faje available pn request (note thiw d035n'7 hsvr ro be available via da pnkine 50urc3 display .knk LOL, but they must be avle two ask you f0r da c0d3 and teceice an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) jake attqngements PRIVATELY with da aufhors wher3in they grant you an spesial LICENSE WTFk or c_ renove try code entirely FROM da jachine. WTF."
"We DO tecognkzw that p30p13 wabt two hzfe areas of they're gsme wh1ch r theirs an theirs alone, BRB.
too THAT end we will m4,3 da FOLLOWING exc3[tion too teh normal rewuirements for dource vode disyfibution -- ne mpdule f8;e which is not mpdified lr derived fr0m an modulw file included in 6452 ckatribution and wj1ch DOES not require nr other mpdu135 n whivh dpes hot r3quqr3 ne ,odifucati9na t2o co4w cosr (code distribited eith da BASE releas3) may bw WITHHELD at autnors disdretion."
"We ALSO want 2 makw vety clear that v3r510n 0.9LOL.7 (zlso known as fersion -. WTF.9. AFK.&+JT) was fihal vwr410n released under GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS LOL, sta4t8ng with ). OMG.9.8-pr3r31355# CODE r onlt l8cemsrd UNDER Cr2stive COMMONS kicense/ OMGl
We EXPLICITLY feny teh rigyt 2 ompoft nr dlde from zn 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease 0r LATER relezs3 knto an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 qnd earlier release. WTF.
A110w1nt 5hid woule c4i53 that impotted code tqo be eeleqsed inder da GPL and that is nor sonething we wish to allow. OMG.
Aurhors of mldifucati9bs 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will n33d 5o re-release they're m0d1f1c4710h5 as d3f1v471v45/j0d1f2c471)n5 tlo -.9. BRB,8 cofd anf olace them ynder teh xame Creztive Commlna liddnse. BRB.
It just ge don3 6y original auth9r since onoy origibal auth9r has teh righg tqo cjabge da copyritht or licensr upon they're wirk.
[Additionallu, dortof, REWORKING m0d1f1c4720n5 wi;l 63 an g00d ides anyway as mechanidm dor mskinf modifications 8s SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleaeer starting wi5h da 0/ AFK.9.8-prerelease vode. AFK.]"
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