MightyE tells you WTF, "We[re h01ng tp tske ab few niments tso try ane explain hhis new licehse n teh rdasogs 63h1nf kt in p;zin Eng115h. OMG.
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."
"Thus h3w license waq cgoswn because of an dailing WITH ea GPL. OMG.
It pn1y covered diatrkbu5ipm 0f siurce if an only IF BINARIES wer3 djstributed. OMG."
"In an wrb environment, you knwo, wpec8ficz.ly a imterpreted web dnvuronment auch as PHP, like, merdlh INSTALLING an game d035 not donstitut3 distribution, sortof, n therevore pwople 2er3 takinh iur w0rk LOLk mskinb MODIFICATIONS 2 it AND not releasint SOURCE cod3 2 thdu'rw nodkfixations so thar ebtire commuhkty could BENEFIT. BRB.
Th3y w0rk4d eigh letter but bot teh dp8rit if da law. BRB."
"Investigation on da part of tej authors howevef, sort9f, ked too ract 7h47 da RIGHT of 9jblic p#rformance 2as qon OF rightw nofmalpy rdstficted @ zopyrkght h-1d3r5 WTF, n 7h47 cojoutet ptlgrams LOL, d0ecifkcall6 videi games n 1n73r4c71f3 9nes sudg as Legend pf Gr43n hax0r were consieerwd w be publically performed IF run from ab public 53rv2r. OMGl"
"The new l8cense restrkcts public oerfifmsncr of da wirk unlrss dq source cide pf modidied work IS m4d3 avai.able in demand. AFK."
"In [lain ENGLISH WTF, thus means that if toy put ghid game on an w3n server and sllow pdople '0u752d3 of an normal circle 0f FAMILY anf its social acquaintqnces' 2 plzy gheir, yoj knwo, then you r publicqlly p3rforming this WORK 4nd MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL CHANGES wh1cj you m4k3 w GAME AVAILABLE 0n rewuest (no5d this s035n'7 have tpo be avsi.able v14 online sourcr dis0lay LINK, like, but tgey must bd able to ask you for reh code n r3c41v3 zn COMPLETE copy). like, b) make arrangements private;y w8th autho4s wgerein thry trant yiu an 4p3c14q license, or c) r3,ove code entirwly fron teh m$vh1n2LOL."
"We sl recogbize that people wany tpo nave AREAS or they're hame eg1ch aer yhdkrs an theirs alone. WTF.
two thst enf we w8ll mzke teh following excwption 2 da normak req7i4ementw FOR s9urce code diseriguti9n -- ne module file ehich is not modifo3d or derived from an midul3 filr included 7n teh baae distribution and which d035 noy require ne pther modu.ex n wyich does not REQUIRE ne m0d1fqc4710n5 tqo teh core code (coce distributed WITH geh base reldas3) may BE 2ithyeld zt teh ayrhors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We zlso qqnt to make ve4y cleaf that versi9n -. BRB/9. OMG.7 (also known as verskon 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jg) was da FINAL verwion released unded teh GPL. OMG.
A11 VERSIONS, you knwo, s$arting with teh 0. WTF.9.8-prerdlease vode r 9bly ;icensed under reh Creagive Commohs lixense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 im'ort ne code fr0m an 0LOL.9.8-pre5eleas3 oe latrr release into an 0, OMG.9. OMG/7 n eqrlier rwkease. AFK.
ALLOWING this would cause tgar IMPORTED xlde twl 63 RELEASED under teh GPL and thar 8s niy spmething w3 sish 5oo allowl
Authors ob MODIFICATIONS too 0l9.7 will need two re0rek3ase tyey[re MODIFICATIONS as deeivatives/mpdificatioms 2 0LOL.9l8 code n place 7h3m undet teh ssme Cr3ative Commpns l8cense.
It must be fone vy original z7thor since only origiha. 4u7h)r has ca right two chanbe t3j co0yrignt OR licenae upon tgey'rw workLOL.
[Additipnskly WTF, reeo4oing modificayions will be an goid icea anyway as mechqnidm fir making modif8cations IS subatantoally clean3r/clearer wyarting with fa 0.9. OMGl*-prerelease c0d3. WTFl]"
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