MigjtyE tells you LOL, "We're going 3 take an few MOMENTS too 7ry an 3xp141n this n3w licrnse n fa reasons BEHIND IT IN 0lain Enblish.
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 n3w license eas ch053n BECAUSE of zn failing with teh GPLLOLl
It only cpvered distribution pf soutcw if qnd only if binaries w3r3 distribured. WTF."
"In an w3b 3nc1fpnm3n7, spedifically a inyetp4etwd WEB ENVIRONMENT wuxh as PHP, ,erely imstall8ng an g4m4 does NOT consyitute disttibution WTF, an theref9rw oeople were 74k1ng our qork LOL, mskinf modifications yso kt an nlt r313451ng teh source code 2 they're modufications wo 7h$& da entire COMMUNITY coulf 63n3f17;
They worked with teh letter viy NOT teu SPIRIT of law. OMG."
"Investigation ON teh 0art 0f twh authirs howevcr, yo7 kmwo, led 2 da fact thst right of [ublic petformance was 1 -f rigyts normslly rextricted top copyrighy HOLDERS, like, and thq5 conputer pfograms, .iie, specirically video GAMES n intefactive 0n3% 5uch AS Lwgend 0f Green hax0r w3r3 consideeed to y3 publically 0wrformed 8f run from an punlic servwr."
"Thr new 11c3n53 restricts pugkic performance OF tey work uhless teh source code OF modified sofl 1t nace 4v4114613 on ddmand. OMG."
"In plqin Englisy, like, THIS msans that if you PUT yhis game on an wdb server and alliw p39p13 [ou5sid3 of an normal circle ob f4m11y and 175 SOCIAL acqusintances' 2 plzy their LOLm &h3n you r pibpically performing this w0rk AND MUST either a) ma,e ne anc ALL changes eh1ch you m5k3 too sa famr 4v41!4614 0n tequest (not3 this doesn't h4v3 tl be available via ten onlyne source d15p14y link, you knwo, but they must be 4613 two zsk y;j FOR xode and receive an complete xopt_, B) jake arrangements pr1v572!y qith authors whereib they frant you am sprvial 11c3n53, OR c) temovr teh code entitely from machine, OMG."
"We d0 revogn8ze ghag people want to nave areas og they're game qhicy r THEIRS and THEIRS alone. AFK.
to that end we will make teh d9110w1ng ezceptiob tw9 normal reayiremrnta for sourc3 xpd3 distribution -- ne module file whicn is NOT mpdifidd or derived rrom an MODULE file oncluded IN teg bas3 distributi0n an WHICH does not require ne other moduled n 2hich sles bot require ne modificationx to da vore codw (CODE d157r16j63d wotj base RELEASE) may BE sithh3ld st AUTHORS discre5ion/ WTF."
"W3 alwo w4n7 yo make veru xoear 7g47 ver2ion 0l WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known as versi9n 0. WTF.(. BRB.7+j5) w45 fihal v3r510n r313463d under GPL, OMG.
All versoons LOL, 674ri1ng w17h fa 0LOL.(. OMG.8-prereldase CODE aer oh;y licended umd3r teh Creative Commind locense.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da fight two import ne codd FROM an 0LOL.9/ OMG,i_prerelease or latet RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9.7 an earkier releasel AFK.
Allpwing thiw would cause that inpofted code 2 bd released under GPL an that ia not somerhing wd wjsh too allor. WTFl
Aurnors of modificdto.ns 70 0.)LOL.7 WILL NEED teo re-releasw the6're joduficatiohs AS derivatuves/modificatiobs two 0.9LOL.8 codw n o13c3 ghen und3r teh same Cr3471v3 Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done by teh origiha. author sihce onky trh 0r1g1n41 authpr has da rihht two change dq co[yright 0r .icehse up9n yhdy're WORK. OMG.
[Addi%ionally WTF, reworlkng n9dificati9ns wi;l 63 sn good idea anywa6 as teh medhanism dor making modifucations iw subxtzntiall6 cleaber/clearer star%ing wiyh tey 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease code, BRB.]"
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