MightyE teols YOU WTF, "We're g01mt t2o takd zn few momeh5s 2 try and ex;lain ghis new lkcense am r345pn5 behind it !n p141n Eng1q5hLOL.
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."
"Th8x NEW license was chosen b3cqusw of sj failing w1uh teh GPL. WTF.
It )n1h covered distribu6kon of soufce if h omly 1f binatu2s w#r3 d157r15u73dLOLl"
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOLk SPECIFICALLY a ihterpreted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS PHP, merely onztallung an f4m3 does NOT CONSTITUTE didttibution. like, ah thererofe people eere taking our work, yoy knwo, making modificati9ns 2 ir and not releasihg alurce code to they'te m0s1f1c4710n5 so 5hqt teh 3n71r3 COMMUNITY couod BENEFIT. WTF.
They sorked wo5h teh letter byt n07 sa spirit of teh law. WTF."
"Investitation ON teh part of authors hlsever, like, ;ed two teh fact that trh right lf PUBLIC p3rformance qas oen of trg rights NORMALLY 4eatficted to coptrigj5 holcers, softof, ah tgat computer programs LOL, s]eckfically VIDEO games n knteractive ones such zs Legenf of Green hax0r wer3 considerdd ywo nr [jbkidally perfprmee if tun from an public 5erv3r. BRB,"
"Th3 mew lic3nse restricts public PERFORMANCE of da work UNLESS sourcr dode of modified e9rk is made availqble on d3mand. AFK."
"In PLAIN English, sortof, ghis means that uf you put ghis tame ON an wwb setver b allow peopkw 'outaide of an notmal circlw OF familh n its SOCIAL 4cqu41n7$nx35' 3 play their, then you a3r 0ublically oefforming this slrk an MUST eith3r 4) MAKE ne an ALL chanbea WHICH you make to game availavle on rwwuewt (note rhia d035n'7 HAVE 2 be availablw VIA reh ONLINE SOURCE display link, sirtofk but THEY must be avle w ask upu for da vlde n receive an comp;ege COPY), sortof, b) maje a4rangements prkvayely with teh autg9rs wherein th3y hrany YOU ah s[ecia; license WTF, 9r c) ewmobe da clde 3htirely from dq m4ch2ne."
"We eo decofnize that people w4n7 too gave areaa pf they're game 2j2ch qer theits amd theirs alome/
tio tjat end we will make da fillowing excdption 2 m9rmzl rewjirements for sourcw cove cistribution -- ne midild file which is not nodified or d3r!v3d from an module gile inclieec in reh bqse diwtr8butiot an wnich DOES nlt require ne pther modules n which coes NOT rwquire nr ,idifications 2 t3h cote code (code dishribuyed with vase relezse) may be w17hy32d ah da authors discretion. AFK."
"W3 al2o wamt tio ma,e very c134r thay berwion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (zlso kn0wn as version 9LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was da fimal vwrsion released und3r GPL. OMGl
All versipns, s9rtof, stq4ting with da 0. OMGl9. AFK/8-prere.ease coer 4 only licwnsee uhder da Creative Co,mons ;ucense. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny tey right 2 impor5 ne CODE fr9m ab 0. AFK/oLOL.8-prerelease or later releasr intp an -LOL.9. AFK.7 4nd earlier 3e;eas3. OMG.
A11)w1ng th8s WOULD cajse that impprted code 2 be rwlrased UNDER GPL and that IS mo5 so,ething we wiah to allowLOL.
Authoes of modificqtions to 0l WTF.9. AFK.7 will ndec 2 tt0rrlease 5hey'4e MODIFICATIONS ad serivatibex/modificati.ns TO 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code n place 7h3m under fa same CREATIVE Commons 1qc3n63. WTF.
IT must be f0n3 by da origina; author simce onlu teh original author HAS da right ti chabge COPYRIGHT or licenae up9n they;rd w0rkLOL.
[Additionally, rwworking modifocarions wi;l be zn good ifeq anyway aw teh jechanism fof making modifoxations is substant8ally cleaner/clear4r starrimg with da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease cod3LOL.]"
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