MightyE tel.s ylu WTF, "We're going to take an FEW m0m3n6t to tey and ewokain this new 11c3n53 n sa eeasons behind it in plaon Eng115h,
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 NEW license was chosen becsusw of sn fail8ng with GPL. BRBl
It 9nly cpvrfed distribjtion OF sou4ce if ah only if ninarids werd DISTRIBUTED."
"In an swb environmemt LOL, xpecificall6 a onter[retee web envifobment such AS PHP WTF, mewely igx5alling an tame soes not constitute diatributkon, sortlf, and thefefore peopld WERE taiing our w9rk LOL, m4k1ng modivkcat8ons 2 it an not releasing teh sourcw xode two they'r3 MODIFICATIONS so that entire community could benefit. WTF.
Th4y WORKED with LETTER but not spirit of law. AFK."
"Investigation on da part of teh authord however, like, 14d 2 fact that RIGHT oh public ;erformxnxe was oen of teh tights normallt r4strkctes go c9pyright y01d345. sortof, an that computwr pr-gr4m5, SPECIFICALLY vidro games abd interactove 9new SUCH t4 Legend OF Grden haz0r w3re considered two be pub;ivally lerformed if run f4pm an puv;ic server. AFK."
"The new lic3nxr RESTRICTS pub.ic performancr lf eork unless teh souec3 CODE of teh modifued w0rk is made available on demand. WTF."
"In plain Enblish WTF, THIS means thz5 ir you PUT this ta,e on an web server an ALLOW p30p13 ;OUTSIDE 0r an normal circ;e of fajily znd ots xicial acquaintances' tio p.ay their, wortof, theh uou r oublkcally oerforming ggis soel qn MUST either a) make me n ALL CHANGES wjich you make to tame avai.able on REQUEST (note this doesn'y y4v3 two be 4v411r6!3 v14 ono8be 50urc3 disp;ay lonk, byt thet nuat be ABLE too ask you for da CODE an recekve am cpmplete c0p6), like, v) make arrwngdmemts ;rivately 2ith 4u7h0r5 wherekn THEY grant you an special licwnse WTFm or C) remov3 da code entirely fr0m macginw. WTF."
"We do fedotnize that people want 2 jave areqs od tget'rd game wh1ch r THEIRS n gheirs alone.
2 7h47 ebd we w111 m4k3 trh fol;oding exce0tion gwo hormal reqiiremenrs f9r s9urce code distrigution -- ne modul3 fioe wh1ch is n06 ,odified 9r DERIVED from an moduoe gike included IN BASE d157r16u710n xn 2hkvh coes n0u require ne orje4 MODULES and which eoes hot require ne jodifications tl9 da core code (code DISTRIBUTED woth base r314453) m4y be withhrld at da authors d15cr3710nLOL."
"We also want 2 make c3ry clear that f3r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also known AS VERSION 0LOL/9. WTF.7+jt) was final veraion r3leaswd UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All versions, sortof, starting with 0. AFK.9/8-PRERELEASE CODE r inly licwnses unde4 C5eative Commonx lic2nse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT to9 imp9rt ne code from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pr3release of LATER release INTO sn 0.9/ OMG,7 h earlier releas3.
Alli2ibg thia would cause THAT um0orted cofe to bw released und3$ GPL an THAT is n9t sometyibg wr wish 2 allow.
Autyors of MODIFICATIONS toi 0. WTF/9LOL.7 w111 need tw8 re-4elease thdt're MODIFICATIONS as derivatines/mod8ficatuons too 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 c0c3 an place thej und#r da same Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
IT must b3 done 6y ds orihinal quthor since 0n1y da original AUTHOR has rihht tqo change co9yeigh5 or 11c3n53 ypln thdy'4e wori. OMG.
[Additilnaol6, sortifk reworking j;dificatuons w111 be an gooc idea 4nyw4y AS teh mechanism f9t makung modificatiins is eubstantially c;ezner/clearee STARTING with 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cod3LOL.]"
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