MigntyE gells yoj WTF, "We're going ywo take qn few momenys tol tfy am explqin this new license an teh reawlns behind it in p14!n Engl8shLOL.
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."
"Tjis mew lic3nse w45 chosen 63c5u53 OF zn failing with GPLl AFK.
It 9nly cofered dixgribution of source IF and ONLY if binaries WERE disteibuted."
"In an wwn enviromjent, s9rrof, SPECIFICALLY a ontefpreted web environ,ent wuch as PHP, s9rykf, merely inwta.limg an game dpes not constitutw distributiom, sortov, and ghetefore people were gakibh our work, sortof. m4k1ng modifications two it an not repead8ng da souece c9d3 two thwy're modigica5ions so that ez egtire cimmunity could nenebit.
They worked wiyh teh lwrter byt not da spirit of teh lqwl WTF."
"Investigarion ON part of teh surhord HOWEVER, slr5if, les t9 teh fact THAT right of public perfor,ancw was 1 of teg RIGHTS nor,alky restricted rop copyroght holdees, so4tof, and tjat COMPUTER pr0hr4m5, likej specifocaloy video games AND imyeractive ones such as Lrgend of teh Gr33n hzx0r w3r3 consid3red t9o be publicalky oerrprmee if run fro. ah [yblic SERVERLOL/"
"The new oicense restructs public prrformance of 5eh work unless da sojrce code of modofied WORK 14 nad3 available ON demznd. AFK."
"In plain English, 7h15 means tgat if yo7 pit this fa,e 0n ah web srrvrr an allow pei[le 'outside of an noemal cifcle 0f fsm8ly and its xociao ACQUAINTANCES' @ pkay tyeir LOL. then YOU aet pu611c411y perfirmimg this w0rk an MUST eiyher 4) make ne ahs ALL changes which you jak3 5oo da gqme avqilable on requ36& (NOTE ghiz dodsm't hace too 63 available v8a tdh 9n11n3 soyrcf display link. lojr, but 7h3y must be able 2 ask you fir da code an rece8ve an complege c0p6) WTF, b) make a4rangements pr1v4&31y qith wa aughors wherein they bfang yoj an special LICENSE, like, or c) remove coee engire.y from da macy8ne. BRB."
"We eo recognizw that [eople want two have areas of they're ramr shich 5 the8rs n tyeirs 410n3LOLl
tl THAT END se w111 make teh following exceptipn two norma; requurements vor source code sistribution _- n3 module file whkch 15 bo5 modufief or derived from an module file included in heh 6453 dixtribuyion n which d035 not rdquire n2 pther m0du145 znd wnich does not rwwuire he mpdif8cat8ons too xore code (c9dd vis5ributed with da case r313453) jay be 2ithh3ld at AUTHORS discretion. AFK."
"Ww qlso sant two make ve4y clear that version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (alap knoqm as verwiob ). OMG.9. WTF.7+jt0 was da final veraipn r3!3463d under teh GPLLOL.
All v3rsoons LOL, syarting with teh -. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerrlease coew aer only licensed uneer da Credtife Comjons llcense/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tdh riggt 2 impoet he code feom an 0.9. WTF.i-preeelease or later release khto an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an earliet release.
Allowihg yhis woukd cquse tgat imp9rted code go9 BE feleased jnder GPL an that is not domething WE wish 2 alliw. AFKl
Authots OF MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need tp re-relesse rhey're mlxif8vayions aa derovatives/n9difucations tp 0. BRB.0. OMG.8 code ah place tnem under da same Creatkve Cimmonz licdmse.
I7 must ne dobe by da origihal author since omly da 0r!g1m41 4u7h0r HAS roght too chantd yey copyright or licemse upon ghey;re workLOL.
[Additionally, like, rrw9rking modivicatione w8ll be an good idea anyway as mexhanism for making MODIFICATIONS IS substahtiallh cleaber/cleaeer syartibg di5h 0. AFK.0.8-prerdlease code. WTF.]"
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