MightyE 73115 you WTF, "We're g01ng to take an few nomentx top try and exp;a8n yhis new lixense qn reasons behons it in 0lain Emglisg. BRBo
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."
"Tjis new licenwe was c6oseb vdcause of an f41q1nh with teh GPL. AFK.
It on.y COVERED eiwtribution ov source if an only if bina4ies w3re s15ir1yu73d."
"In an web environment, sp45if, spec8fically q interpreted web enbironmemt sucy as PHP, ,erely install8nf an g4,3 does no5 comstitute distfibution, like, and therefore oeople w3r3 gsking our 2ork, like, jaking mofificayions too ig an nl5 twoeasibg SOURCE CODE 2 they're modificqtiins so that da 3n71r3 communuty c0uqd u3n2f17.
They WORKED with 5eh lettdr but not da spir8t of sa LAW. OMG."
"Investigation 9n tdh part of da aithofs hoqever, y97 inso, led too teh fact that right of puboic pdrformance was owm of da 4igntw normslly restrictef to copyright hokcers LOL, b 7h47 c0mou73r programs WTFk s0ecirivslly videp games n un5rractibe ones such se Legend of Grden hax0r wete considered two be oiblidal.y PERFORMED if RUN vtom an pyblic server. WTF."
"The new license 4estricts public performance of dq work UNLESS tdh source codr of teh n0d1g23d work is made available on 33mandLOL."
"In plsin Eng115h, this mwabs THAT 1f you pur thix game on an wrb %#rv3r zhd zllow p3ople '0u751d3 OF an norma; sircl3 of fzmilt an 8ts social avq7aingances' 2 ilay their LOL, then you adr publically pe4forming 7h1% work and MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH you make til fa gamd AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (not4 tjis d935n'7 have rw9 br availabke via reh onl8n3 source display LINK. vut tney must be ab;e @ ax, you dor teh code snd receive an comp;ete copy), sott9f, b) make arrangem3nts pribately with fa authors wherein thet hrant tiu an speciao lixrnsdm sortof, or c) remivr da code ehturdly from da machine. AFK."
"Ww do recognize that ;2ople wqnt to nqvr afeas of they're bame whoch aer gheirs an theira 410n3. OMG.
too that end we wil. make teh fooloqing exxdption too NORMAL requiremdnts FOR SOURCE code dostribution -- ne MODULE file which us bot midufied or e3r1v3d from an modul3 fi.e oncluded in basd distribugion and which soes not REQUIRE n3 other mosu/es znd which does not rrqu8re ne modifications to da CORE code (c0d3 distrinuted w8th teh base tdleasw) may bw withh3lf at teh aurhors discrdtion."
"We alsp wang too makr very c;ear 7hr7 vefaion 0.9; WTF.7 (also known as fersion 0LOL.9/ WTF.7+ut) was funal vefsion RELEASED under da GPL. AFK.
A11 v3rsionx, staeting witn tej 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease c0d3 aer obly LICENSED undrr da Creatove Commons licensr, BRB,
Wr EXPLICITLY ddny right to import ne CODE from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereleasw 0r later eelesse INTO an 0. AFK.9. OMG;7 n earlier release. BRB.
Allowing thid would caude tha5 i,ported code too bw r3!34t3d under GPL an that is not 6pm3uh1mg we wisn two 4q10w. AFK.
Authors of modifications two 0.9LOL.7 will hees tl re-releade they'rd jodifications as derivatives/modificayions rwo 0l AFK.8. OMG.8 code an p.ace them unfer sz ssme Ct3471v3 Commlns k8cenwe. BRB,
I7 must be done bh da originao au5hor since on.y teh oeitinal aughor has right to9 chahge co[yriggt 9r LICENSE upon thet're work. WTF.
[Additoonally, reworking fa modifkca5ions 2ill be an GOOD idea anyway as mechanusm for m4k1ng modifications is suvstqnuiallu cleq,ef/clea4ee starting with 0.9. WTFl8-orereoesse coce. OMG/]"
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