MightyE tells you, like, "Wd're going 2 yake an FEW m0n3n75 2 yrt znd explain thud new .icense an da t3asons behind 17 kn plain English. 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 was chosrn because od ah raolkng wi%h da GPLl OMG.
It omoy coverwf distribution of SOURCE if and ONLY if bonsries were distr8buted."
"In sn web environ,emt, you kn2o, speclfically a 1n73rpr383d wev dnvironment such as PHP LOL, merely ins5qlling an g4m3 c035 not com2yitute disyeibution, aortpf, n therwfore 030p1e were raking OUR qork, sortof, making modificatoons two it n not releasing da sourcd CODE two they'te mocificationd so that teh entote community COULD bwnefi6.
They worked with da .etter bit n07 apkrit pf teh lawLOL."
"Investitatiin on da part of authors h9w3v3r, you knwo, led to fqct ygat teh righr of public oerformance eas won OF rignts hormqlly rest4icrec to copyright holders WTF, an that computer progrqns, li,e, wpecifically video gamed n 8nt3ractive 0n#5 such as Lehemd lf da Gredn hax0r eere cpnsidered 70 be pubpical.y performed if rub FROM an publid xerver. WTF."
"The new lidense 4es5ricra PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of 2irk ynless teh source code of da mldifi3d work is m4d3 afailable on demabe. WTF."
"In plain Englisy, you knwo, this ,eans thar iv you put 7h15 gamw on an wwg SERVER n allow pepol3 ;oj5sice OF an normal c!rc13 OF fqmily 4nd 17t 50x141 acqjaintabdes' 2 l14t their, loke, them you r oublically performing this w0rk am MUST EITHER 4) make nw and ALL cts,ges wgicy y0u mzke tol teh game avakoable on request (note THIS d035n'7 have too ve avzilable via teh online SOURCE DISPLAY LINK, ;ike, but they MUST be 4613 two qsk you dor geh clde dnd rwceive an com9l3te copu(, b) make srrangements privztely with 4u7h0r5 wherrin they graht you an soecial licenxe, ;ikek or c) rrm9ve code entirelt feom da machimeLOL."
"We do rrcotniz3 THAT peopl3 want two hafd aeeqs of the6're gzme whoch aer thwirs and 7h31t5 slonr,
two that 3nd ww will ma,e da gollowing excwptpon too da n9rmal r3qu1r3m3n75 fot SOURCE codr DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du13 file which ks not modifurf OR d3r1v3s from an mldule file inc;uded in t4n BASE skstriburion am which doea not require ne other modules and whicj doed NOT require ne moduficagionx 8- teh core code (dode eistrivuted w17h gase release) may be withhelf AT 4u7h0r5 diwcret8inLOL."
"We also wsnt too mak3 vqry clear yhat verskon 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (akso known as veraion 9. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was geh f1n4! version reldaqtd ubde3 teh GPL. AFK.
A11 versions, syawting with da 0.9.8[prdrelease code r onlh 12c2n53d under da Creayove Commons lkce,seLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny t1hh6 go IMPORT ne code vrpm an 0. OMG.9,8-prerelease 04 later re;ease intl an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 znd ear.iwr rek#aseLOL.
ALLOWING THIS would causw tjat imported c9de goo ne relwased unfer da GPL n that is NOT something WE wish 2 qllow. BRB.
AUTHORS od m0d1f1v4&10m5 5o 0.9. AFK.7 sill need two re0relwasw they're mod8fications 46 derivatives/moeificayi9ns ywo 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 coxe qnd 9lade them under samr Creativ3 Commons LICENSE. OMG.
IT must ve cone 6u ds orib8na. author since pnlh 9riginal author has r1gh7 2 dhange co;yeigjt 0r license upon they'ee wor,LOL.
[Additionaloy WTF, reworking m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an tood IDEA anywqy as teh mechanidm gor majinh modifications IS subqtamtialoh cleabe4/clearer starting with da 0LOL.9LOL.8-[rwrelease clfe/ BRB.]"
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