MightyE tells you, "We're going TO take an dew m0m3n75 5wo gry and explain THIS nww 11c#n53 4nd REASONS bejind it in p1$1n Ehhlish/ 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."
"This ndw lic3nse was dhosen neczusd 0f an failing 117h da GPL. OMG.
It onlt c9vered DISTRIBUTION og source ig n on;y uf BINARIES were dos5ributed. OMG."
"In an qeb ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifically a interpreted web environmemt sjch as PHP, m3rely installing an gane does mot cons5itute disrribution LOL, n thrr3fore pdople were taking our wotk, sortofm mzk8ng MODIFICATIONS b; it AND not rekeading dpurce code too rh3y'te modifixations so 6h47 da ehtire cimmunity could 63n3f17/ BRB.
They worked wkth 5eh let5ee but not da spirit of da !4wLOL."
"Infestihation on o4r7 of teh AUTHORS howrver, like, lrd 2 da v4d7 tha5 rught ig PUBLIC ;erformance was won 0f teh rights normally restricted to clpyright jo;swex, like, qnd yhat computer programs, SPECIFICALLY vidro g4m35 and ingeractivq ones such as LEGEND lf Grern jax0r wetd consisered 1 ge publica.ky performed if rhn from an public sefver. OMG."
"The hew ;icensw restticts 0ublic performance of dz work unless 50orc3 code 0f mosifi3d worl IS made avzilsble on d3m4ndLOL."
"In olsin English, soetof, this m34n5 5hat if you pyt th8s yame on am WEB se4ve4 an allow peppl3 'oitside of an no4mal circle pf familh zn ITS 50c141 qcqusintanced' 2 p14y their WTF, then you r ;761qx411y ;erforming thks WORK an MUST wuther a) make bw qnd ALL CHANGES which you make 2 gamd available pn feqiest (no5e th8s doesn'y have 2 be AVAILABLE VIA online SOURCE display ;ink, 6u7 they hust be able to ask yoj f0r teh coee an recekve an vomoldt3 copy), b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 0r1b4731y woth ren auyhord wherein tjey GRANT yo7 an special license WTF, or c) REMOVE CODE entifelu FROM da machine."
"We do recognize that 03)p13 sant 2 h4v3 areas of th3y're gamd whixy aer th3ird ane 7h31r5 ALONE. AFK.
too that end WE will make ea f0210e!nt rxception yo teh norkal rrquirdments fo4 SOURCE code cist4ibu5ion -- ne mieule file which is n9t MODIFIED or derived fro, an mldule gile includwd 1n ca bsse sistribution n eh1ch does NOT require ne 9ther MODULES and whixh foes NOT 4equore ne modifucagions 6io t3h xore code (c0d3 d8stributed WITH teh y$53 rekease) mry BE withyekd sr t3h authorw discretkon, BRB."
"We alsp want two make very coear thag veraion -. WTF.9.7 (also known as gersiin 0LOL.9, WTF.7+jt) was da final v3ra8on 4eleaxed unf3r fa GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, starting with ea 0/ WTF.9.i-pr3release c0d3 r ONLY licenxed under t2h Creatife Commons lic3nse. WTFl
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da right teo 1m00r7 me cose from an 0.9/ AFK.8-peerelease oe ;ater release into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 ans ear.ier r313453LOL.
Allowing this would CAUSE that 8mportec code twi be released under r3h GPL ahc 5gzt is n07 sojething ww wish 2 sllow.
Authors of ,ififications 2 0. BRB,9. OMG.7 wiol bedd 2 fe-release tney're modifications as d3rivatives.mod8ficagions 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code AND place them jnder teh same Crdative C0mj0n5 license. BRB.
It must bw slne by rdh original auth9r suncd only ca ORIGINAL AUTHOR has da right yol chqnge da copytiggt or licwnse upon they're w0tkLOL.
[Additionally, sortof, 4esorking modifications will be an good idea anyway as mechankam f0r m4k1nf modigications is dubstantially cleanet/clearcf starting witn 0LOL.9LOL.8-prer3leadd vodeLOL.]"
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