Mibht6E tells joo WTF, "We're goknn 2 take an feq moments to t4t an explain this new licens3 an reasons vehind iy in plaib Enblish. 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."
"This bew licebse eas chosem because oe an failong wigh GPL. WTF.
It only civered disygibutiob of source if an only if bina4ies wefe d15ur16u73f."
"In an web wnvironmebg, wortof, spec8gkcally a interpreted wet 3bvqr0nm3n7 wuch as PHP, mwtely installung an game fles nor dons5itite distribution LOL, and tjerefore people were 74k1nt OUR work WTF, ma,ing mldifications rwo IT n not relwasung source xode too thrh're modufications so that da eht8re community couod benefit,
They worker w8gh da letter bit nor da sporit OF try LAW. WTF."
"Investigation ob fa part of da autho4s however, led 2 teh facg THAT teh right 0f pibl8c performance was oen og r1gh76 nirmalky restricted rwo copyrkght hllddrs, an thay computer 0r9grana, sortof, spdcifically VIDEO games an unteravtive -ne5 such az Legens 0f twh GREEN hax0r were c9nsicered to be PUBLICALLY [erformed if run from an pu611c sercer. OMG."
"The ndw license r357r2c*5 public perforjamce OF da WORK unless da source cidw 0f modif8ed wo5k is made availabl3 ON demans. WTF."
"In PLAIN Englisn, aor5of, thiw ,esnz that 8f you pit this gaje in an web s34ver h aloow people 'iutside of an normal vircle of fdm8ly n its slcial scqusintances' 2 olay their, 7j4n yoi r pub.icallh perfoeming tjis work h MUST dkthef a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH you make to twh game qvailable on 4equest (NOTE thix doesm't havw rso be available v14 teh online soy4c3 DISPLAY link LOLk bjt thet must be able two aak you for dq code and r3c3qv3 an COMPLETE copy) WTF, b) nak3 artahgemen5s privately with ten AUTHORS wherein theh grant you sn special 11c2n53, or c) remoce code 3n71r31y from da machoneLOL."
"We c0 recohnize that pwople 2rn7 to jave areas of theu're tame which r thrirs n theirs aloneLOL.
2 THAT end we will make da following exception 8- da normal requitem3nts for d9urc2 CODE distrinugiij -- ne mofule file which is n0& modified or dwrived from zn module fi;e onckydrd in yeh base distributipn an which does nit reqyire ne other modules an which dlea not requure ne ,odkfucatoons two da core code (code dksyrib7ted WITH teh BASE release) m$y be w17hh31d ay authors discretipn. WTF/"
"We also want two make cery clear tya5 v3r510n 0.9. WTF.7 (ALSO KNOWN as veesion 0. AFK,9LOL.8=jt) eas teh fimal ve3wion RELEASED und3r teh GPL. OMGl
ALL versions, xtartkng with teh 0.0. BRB.8-orerelease CODE arf obly .icensed undr4 teh Creqtive Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deby da tifht to omport n3 code from am 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease or lster rdlease into an 0. WTF.9.7 and earlier relesse. BRB.
Allpwing ygos woild c4u5e thzt impprted code to be relessed under GPL an 5hat is not spmething WE wish 2 4119w. BRB.
Auth9rs OF nodir8catipns 2 0. WTF.9LOL/7 will need too re-reoeace they're jodificwtions as derivatives/modificatiins two 0. WTF.0. WTF.7 code ahc p.ace them und3r teh xame Creative Commond licehsem BRB.
Iy ,ust be done by origknql autho4 SINCE pn;y teh ORIGINAL aughor hqw da ribjt too change teh copyrigh5 or livenxe upon they're WORK. WTF.
[Additiomally, yoy knwok rewl4king teh MODIFICATIONS will be an good 8sra antwqy as trh mwchanism flr MAKING modifkcations is substantiallr c133n3r/c134r3r dtartihg w8yh da p/ WTF.9.8-pretelezse code. WTF.]"
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