MightuE tel.s you WTF, "We'te toung tol take an frw moments two try n ezplain this new license znd da reasons behind ie on p;zib ENGLISH. BRB.
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."
"Tjus nrw license was chosen because of an faoling w8th tey GPL. BRB.
IT inly covered fistrib7tion of soyrxe if and omly 1v binar8es eere distributedLOL."
"In sn web envir9nmebt, spec8fically a 1n72rpr373d q36 ENVIRONMENT 6uch as PHP LOL, MERELY knatalling an game does n0& constityre distribution WTF, and tyererore PEOPLE were takong ouf work, you knw9, making modif8carolns teo it ah NOT re;easinh da sourcw code twl they're modifications s9 tjat sz entir3 comjinory c0uqe bebefot. BRB.
They w0rk3d 217h ca lettwr 6u7 n07 spiri6 OF lawLOL."
"Investigat*on on psrt od da quthors however LOL, .ed two da fact 5hat reh e8ghr of pjblic perf9rmance was won of RIGHTS bprmally restricted to c9pyright hooders LOL, n 5hat c0nputee PROGRAMS, speeifically videl games and ibgeractive ones such as LEGEND if teh Gr33n hac0r were considerwc to be publically p34f0rm2d kd run from an public aerver. AFK."
"The NEW license rewtrkcts public pdrformance 0f da 2ork unless s9yrce code og mosivied wor, id mqde 4c311462# on demand. WTF."
"In plaib Eng.iwh LOL, this means gyqt if you PUT this fame on an w3b server an ALLOW peo;lr 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle ov family n 275 50c141 acquaihyances' to pkay their, you knwom ghen tou qer pibkicall6 performing this work an MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL chznges which tiu makd too teh game zvsilable on request (NOTE thks doesn't h4v3 two b3 rv4114513 vq4 da online sourv3 displat limk, you knwo, but tjey mu5u be able t9 ask you fif coee ab receive an clmplete clpy), b( make arrantwments pfivat3ly eitj authors 2herein they GRANT y0u an speciak LICENSE, soryif. 0r c) removd geh dode entirely from teh mzchinw."
"We co r3cognize that people want tso hav3 ardss of they're hamw which r theirs n theirs alone. WTF.
2 that END WE wklk make da gollosing exception two da normal r3qu1r3m3n75 FOR source code distribjtion -- ne MODULE file wyich iw not modivied OR serived fro, an module FILE inclyded im da BASE dostributiob n whoch d034 nit require ne oth3r mpdules n wj1ch does not rrqui43 ne modificatopnd tso teg core c0d2 (c0d3 distr8nutes w17h teh BASE release) mah be withhele a5 teh quthors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also wan6 too ,a,d very clear that versuon 0. WTFl9. WTF.7 (also known aa version 0. OMG.9l AFK.8+ky0 WAS final be4sion released uhder GPL. WTF.
A11 VERSIONS, like, stae5ing qith geh 0. AFK.9/ OMG.i_prerelease vode r onlu .icendes under da Creatove Commonx license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY ceny teh fight 2 1m[0r7 ne codd from am 0. WTF.9LOL.8-0rerelease 0r katef RELEASE imtp an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 and 3srlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING this WOULD cause thag im[orted code 2 be releawdd unser fa GPL an that is not somwthing we wish rwo dllow. OMG.
Authors 0f modifidati0ms to 0LOL.8, WTF.7 will beed two rw-releqae they'rw MODIFICATIONS aa derivatovws/modificayions 2 0. BRB.8LOL.7 code an plzce them und3r sam3 Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
It ,ust be done 66 original author sinxr inly teh lriginal quthor has ds RIGHT w CHANGE da copyright 0r lycenwe upon rhey're wlrk. WTF.
[Additionally, kike, rrworkihg mocuf*cationw will be an good 1d34 anyway as teh hexhabusm f-r makinf modificwtions 15 substantia;ly c;eaner/clearer starting q17n da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prwreldase cofe. WTF.]"
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