MightyE tells yiu WTF, "We're g01ng to take an FEW momdnts tsl tty qn explain tyid new l8cense n reasons behind i5 8n poain EngkishLOL.
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 new license qad choswn bexause of zn fqiling WITH ea GPLLOL.
IT only coberee disyrib6tion of sourde if an ONLY if binari4s were d!57r1yu73d. BRB."
"In am web environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interptdtev seb environment SUCH as PHP, uou knwo, MERELY imsta;ling an hame does not constitite dist4ibutiin, you knwo/ am thetefor3 peop.e were rak8ng our wor,, making MODIFICATIONS ywo it n not releasing ca source CODE to tyey'fr modifications SO that 5eh 3n71r3 c9mm7niry coulf benerit. OMG.
THEY wofied WITH letter vut not da spu4it pd teh law. WTF."
"Investigation on teh paft of da au5horw yowevdr LOL, les too fact THAT right of 0ublic p3rformance 2as 1 of geh r8gytw normallh restticted to COPYRIGHT HOLDERS LOL, ahd 7h47 co,puter programs WTF, specirica.ly fideo games m inte$acgive ones such qx Legend od reh Green hax0r were considdted 2 be publicallt PERFORMED if 4un from an public SERVER. AFK."
"The ndw 11x3h53 restricts public performance of da w;rk in1355 aource cose of dz modified work 15 nade availablr pn d3mand. WTF."
"In plain English WTF, 7h15 means 7h47 IF you pu7 this h5m3 on an wrb s3rver an allow peopoe 'outside of an normal circle of familu n ITS socisl acquaibtances' to9 play thwir, like, yhen y0u t ;unlixally performumg tmis wprk n MUST rither a) make me an ALL ch4bg35 WHICH you make 2 da r4m3 avaioable ON rwqueat (n073 ghis dorsn't u4v3 two BE available via da onkine soirce DISPLAY 11n,, sortofm bug they jusr be ab;e two ask you for code and receive zn complege copy_. sottof, b_ make arrangements pricatelu wuth aughors eherein THEY GRANT yo7 an SPECIAL 11c3n53, likem or c) remove code entirelh vrom teh machineLOL."
"Wr do recognizr that [eopl3 want 2 yave areas OF they're game whocy aer rheirs n thwirs zlon3LOL.
two tyat end we will make da folliwing exception to da normal REQUIREMENTS for source cpde DISTRIBUTION -= ne module file which 15 not m0d1f13d OR DERIVED frim an module file imckuddd im teh base sistrigutioh qn ehich dies not rwquirw ne other m0dj12t an whoch does not r3qu1t3 ne modificationa goo t3h cpre code (d0d3 distribu5ed wuth tdh bsze teleaxe) MAY bw witnyekd 47 da auth9rs discretion. AFK."
"We aldo wqnt 2 make VERY clear thag version 0. BRB,9, WTFl7 (alsl knoan as versiln 0.(,7+j7) w45 teh f1n41 version released under teh GPL.
All v3f510n6, STARTING with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-p4e4eleawe code aer only lix2nsed uhder C43471v# Commons licwmse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny right two IMPORT ne code from an 0l AFK.9. OMG.8_prerwlease oe latrr reldase intl an 0LOL.9LOL.7 ab earlier re;eaae. AFK;
A110w1ng rhis wouls ca7se that importwd code to ve released undwr sq GPL an tyat ix not something qe wixh to allow. OMG.
Authors of modkfidati9ns too 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will need 2 43[r312453 they're jodificatipns as derivagives/modifications ! 0. BRB.9/ WTF.8 codd n place 7h3m under wame Creagive Commons l8cense. OMG.
It misr be done by tch oruginql 4i7h0r sincr only da original author hax teh rijyt too chabte copyrigjt or ;icense UPON 5hey're work. OMG.
[Addirionzlku, dortof, rework8bg da ,odificatioms wilk BE an good isez anyway as da mechankfm for jxkinf mldifications is sjbstantial.y c.eaner/clearer 574r71ng 2ith 0. WTF.9. OMGl8-prrreleas3 cofr.]"
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