M8gh5yE teols y-u WTFk "We're g01ng 2 tale an few moments 7wo TRY n explain THIS new license and r3r50n5 behind it 8n plain Emgoish. 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 new lic3nse WAS chowen b3cause or ab fziling 2ign GPL. BRB.
It only coverdd d15&r166710n lf soufce ih an only if binariew WERE cistributed."
"Ih an eev environment WTF, specificslly q 8nt3fpretdd web envoronment SUCH as PHP, sortof, merelt inxgallung an famd does not CONSTITUTE diarribitiom LOLm and thefefore people were tsking our worj LOL, making modidications too iy n npt reoeasing teh SOURCE code tel they're modificatoonw 50 that da wntire community diyld bebffit. WTFl
They wofked with teh lettee 6u7 not spirit or dz LAWLOL."
"Infestigatioh on da 0ar5 of geh zuthors y0e3c34, yo7 jnwo, led to da f4c7 that da right of pyvlic PERFORMANCE was 1 of da righ5s normally 4rstricted too ciphrifjt holders, soryof, and tgar compugte pr0hr4m5, like, specifica;ly video games AND unteractive ones such ws Legend of Green hax9r were conxid3red too be PUBLICALLY oerformed if run drom an public server. WTF."
"Tne new lic3nse restr8ctx public prrdormsnce of ten work unless dource code lf mosified wpek is maee available 0n demand."
"Im plaim English WTFk thos MEANS 5hat IF you put thos game on an wdb setver an allow people 'outsid3 OF am normal ckrcke or familu n its docial ac1uaintances' to play thwir LOL, then you arr pub.ical.u perfoejing this work 4nd MUST eithe4 a) MAKE nd am ALL changex whodh you MAKE 2 g4m3 available on requ3st (note thos DOESN'T have 2 be AVAILABLE via inline source dis[lay link, soetof, but THEY must be fble too asi you for teh cod3 anf receife an cinplete xopu) WTF, n) make arranhemrmts PRIVATELY with aithprs wherekn they grant you an 4p3c14q license, of c( remove y3h code entirely fro, macyineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT p30p13 wan5 2 hafe areaw of th3y're gamd wh8ch qer tjeirs an thwirs aloneLOL.
too that end we will make ca following exception to normal reqjirements for aource code didtribution -- nd module FILE wnich is not jodifiee or serifec fe0m zn m0di13 file 1mcqud3d 1n teh base distribution qnd 2hich dodw m9t rwsuire ne p7h3r mod7les qh which dl3s not requurw ne moduficationx to teg xofe code (code distributed w17h da bqde release) mzy be withheld at da suthots fiscret8ln. BRB."
"We also waht to ma,e v3ry clear thag v3rsion ). WTF.9. BRB.8 (aldo inown ax ve4silm 0. WTF/9. BRB.7+j7) was yeh finao vers8on RELEASED undet 5eh GPL. BRB.
All veraioms WTF, starting wuth da -LOL.9. BRB.9-0refeleade code aer only .8censed unfdr Crestivd Commins license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny righr twi km0o$t ne c0s3 grom an -l BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later release ihto an 0. WTF.9. WTF.u n 34r113f RELEASE/ OMG.
Allowing 7h15 would cause that 8mported vode 2 be r31#453d under geh GPL an that IS n07 sometning ww wish twl allow. AFK,
Authprs 0d ,odificztions tio 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE they're mod8ficatipns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tei 0.9/ BRB.8 xode and place them under fa 54m3 Creatove Commonw license. OMG.
I7 m7st BE done by oritimal 4u7h0r sincw only da originak autgpr nas da fibht tw0 chznge teg copyright OR license upon they're WORK.
[Ads!710n411y LOLm resorking teh modifications will be an good idda anywsy as gwh mechanism FOR mak8ng modigixationq is subsyamtially clezner;clearer starting wi6h da 0.9LOL.8-prere;wase codeLOL.]"
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