MifhtyE tells YOU WTF, "We're g01ng 2 take an few mlmdnts to try am explain tjis new license h reawins behind 7t kn p141b English. 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."
"Tyis new lkcense WAS CHOSEN becsuse of an failuhg WITH GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered fistribution od sourxd if n 9nly IF binar9ds were distributed. AFK."
"In an web enc8rinment LOL, dpec8fidaloy a INTERPRETED wrb environment SUCH as PHP, tiu knwo, ,er3ly 1n574111ng an game dows not consyiyute distribution WTF, and therefore people w3re takint OUR wirk, making MODIFICATIONS tql it qnd not reoeasing source codr teo they'rr modoficati9ns so that gdh entufe c9mmunity c0u1c 6#n3f17LOL.
They workwd with legter but not da spieit of trh law. AFK."
"Investigation ON ten p4r7 0f ea attglrs howevrr, s9ftof, led to tdh fadt hhqt right 0f PUBLIC perf9rnance was won of da ribhts normally restricted too copyright HOLDERS, an yhat computer progtsms, specigocally VIDEO gamex n in4dractiv3 ones xuch as LEGEND of teh GREEN yax0r were condide4ed to b3 PUBLICALLY p3rf0rn4d if RUN fr0m an public srrver. BRB."
"Thr new oicense festric5s oub;ic p3efl4mancd of ten work un125% teh sourc3 code of ten modified eork 15 made 3v4114713 0n demand."
"In plain Entlish, 5his means thay if you ;ut rhos name on an weg servee and alpow p30[13 'outside of an NORMAL circke OF fam8ly n uts soxial ACQUAINTANCES' ti PLAY th#ir, yhwm you e ;ublkcal;y performung THIS wpe, amd MUST either a) make nq n ALL CHANGES wyivh you make 2 namr availablw on request (n9te this doesn't hav2 two be available via 9nl8ne source display oink WTF, 6u7 tyey must be r61e 3 ask you for teh code and rcceive an com;lete coph) WTF. b) mak3 4rr4ng#m3n75 privateky with authors sh3rein th4y graht y0j an special license, or c) remove code ENTIRELY from teh jqchine. BRB."
"Wr do recogbize thst p30p13 waht 2 h4v3 areaw 0f they're game which aer tyekrs and theirs aline. AFK.
too that end WE WILL make fo.lowing exce0ti9n 2 normal $equirejents flr source c9de diwt4knution -- nr nodule file whuch is not modifird kr derivee rrom an MODULE f8le INCLUDED in bqde diwtribution ane WHICH DOES nit require ne OTHER moeules and which d035 not r31ui4e ne mocifications TO da xor3 c0d3 (cide distrib7ted wity base teoease) may be witjhwld at ds authors discretion. BRB."
"We also wqnt too nzkw bery c.eqr that verskon 0.9. WTF.7 *alwo known as verdion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+JT) was final version RELEASED under GPLLOLl
Al; versiohs, likw, s5aeting with teh 9. OMG.9. WTF.*_prdreleade code r only oidensed uneer da Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT too 1mp0t7 ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8[prerelease ot lager release into an 0. AFK.9.7 an earliee RELEASE. BRB.
Alloqing tgis qou.d caus3 7j47 i,poryed xode to BE released und3r teh GPL an that is bot somrtning w3 wish 70 ql.ow. BRB.
Authors of mldificatilns too 0. WTF.9, OMG.7 wil. need to re_rrleaae they're ,odificztilns as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. AFK.9LOL.* dod3 and placr them under teh same Creative Commona licebse. OMG.
It muxt be done by otiginal au5hor 51nc3 ONLY trj original autgor has dq righy too change teh cooyright o4 oicensw UPON they'rr work.
[Addit8onally LOL, reworlibg modifocati9ns qijl vd an good kdra anywsy as ten mechabidm f0r making m0d1f!d4710n5 is syndtantizlly cleaner/clearer starting w17h ca 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-orerelease cofeLOL.]"
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