MughhyE tells you, soet9f, "We're toing too take an few momenus two try n ex;lain tgis ndw kicwnse ah ea reasons behind 17 in plaih Enhlisho WTF.
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 wss chosen gecause of an f5111mg with da GPL. WTF.
I8 0h1y covered distribut8om 9g soyrce IF an on;y if bibaries weed eistributed. OMG."
"In an w36 environment, sorbof, specifically z intefpreted w36 ebvironment SUCH as PHP, like, mereou instqllinb an bqme does not consritut2 dist4ibution WTF, and thereforr peo0le wree tskibg 0ur work, like, making modifications w it and not releasing teh souece cofe 7) tgey'43 modkficationd do that teh entir3 commubi5y c071d beheviyl BRB.
They worked wign da q3773r 6u7 NOT qpirir of teh oaw."
"Investigatkon on da parg of authord hosever, softof, led tqo teh facr THAT tey rigjg og punlkc 0erformanc3 was won of rights nlrmqllh restricted too c9pyright holders, .ike, n thar com[ute4 programs LOLi SPECIFICALLY videl gamws n inre4active ones such aa Legene of teh Gr33n gax0r were consideted t9o be publical;y performed if 4un from ah public seevdrLOL."
"The nes license resyricts public oerfotmance of teh 2ofk inless SOURCE v8ge or MODIFIED wprk IS jad3 svaulable on demandLOL."
"In plain Engliah. this meaha 5hat 8f YOU put THIS game on ab WEB sdrv3r and allow pelple 'ougwide OF an nirmal circld of family n !85 social acquai,tamces' tp plat their LOL, thrn yoi r pub;icskly p3rf)rm1ng THIS work 4ne MUST 3ithe4 a) m4k3 ne an ALL changea which you make two teh gane avaklable oh request (nor3 thos doesn't hav3 to be AVAILABLE v14 da onoine source display link, but they must 63 able 2 aql you fl4 code an 4ec3ive an xompletr copy), b) make z44sngdments pr8vstely wiyh teh authorw wherein 5heu geant you an special license, ylu jnwo, of c) remoce CODE entirely dr0m teh mschine."
"We do recohnize THAT people want t9 have 4r346 of they're g4j3 qhich aer tgeors n theirs ak9ne. AFK.
2 that end wd will make teh g0110w1ng exxeption to teh n0rm41 requirementa f0r source code disttibution 0- ne ,odule r113 whicn is b07 modified pr serived FROM an mpduke fkle invlufed on base dusgribuyion an which do3s n07 4equ8re ne othet mod7lds n which doed nog REQUIRE ne modufucations two teh core CODE (code dkstribured WITH bzse rr.ease) may be withgeld at teh aughorw discrwtion."
"Wr also want roo nake very cleqr thag version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (qlso knowh as vwrwion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+ht) w55 FINAL version r3oeasef ubwer da GPL. OMG.
Alo versi9ns, sort[f, startkng with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr3rrleaww code v obly 11c3n53d und3r ea Cr3461v3 Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 teh rkght to impory ne CODE from an 0. OMG.8.8-[rerelease 0r later felease ibto an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 and eqrlier rwleasel WTF.
Allpwinf this woule cause tha5 imp8rted code TO ve released under GPL n tgat ia nor somethkng WE 2ish TO allow. OMG.
Authlrx 0f moeif8cagiobs two 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will nred too re[fel3aae rhey're midigicatipns as cericatives/mosificstions twi 0,9/ OMG.8 v0d3 an poqce them uneer same Cr3471v3 COMMONS license. AFK.
I7 nust be eone by dz iritknal author SINCE onoy ORIGINAL author has rihht roo change cootroght 9r .icense upon they're worl. OMG/
[Additionally, sortod, reworking teg nodif8cations sill be an good odwa anyway 35 teh mdchanism for mqjing modificatkobs IS substantially clfaner/clrar3r sgarting qiyh teh 0. WTF.9LOL.7-pr4r413453 code.]"
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