MlvhtyE te;ls 6ou, "We'te g01ng too take an few joments 2 try n explain thic new license an REASONS bejind i5 IN plain Ebglish. OMG.
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 n3s livenwe WAS ch053b becauqe of an failing with GPL. AFK.
It onoy covered distribur8om of source 7f n only if binarues were DISTRIBUTED. WTFl"
"In an wev enbironm3mt, dpecifocally a INTERPRETED wen envi4onm2gt SUCH as PHP, like, MERELY insts.lint ah ga,e does not constitugd distribution WTF, and ther3fo4e pe9ple were takinh out WORK, mskkng modifications @ it n not releasing slurce code g;i they're modigucations so rhat teh ent8r3 c0mmun17y COULD benefitLOL.
Tgey qorked with da kftt3e but npt da SPIRIT og law. OMG."
"Investigation on teh PART 9r teh ayrhors hoeever, tou knwok led tw9 fqcr THAT da roggt of puboic perf9rmancd was spn og fa rkthts normzlly redtricted too c9py4kght nolders, an 7y$& vompyyer programs, s9frofm specifixally videp gamex an intrtactive ones s7ch as Legemd 0f da Green hax0r w343 consideres too be publkcally performed if run from an pub;if server, AFK/"
"The nee LICENSE restticts 0ublic performancw of da work unless da source CODE 8f teh moeified work is made availzble oh d3mand. OMG."
"In plain Emglish, sortog, this mesns tjat if you puy thos game on an w2b serve4 and allow peopoe 'ougside of qh norma. c8rc'e of fqmi;6 an its social acwuain5anc3s' toi play their, likr, then you 4 publically PERFORMING thix work n MUST ekther a) mske ne n ALL ch4ng$5 which ypu make tll teh game 5v4114613 ON request 9note 7h15 doesh't have 2 be available VIA da online %0urc4 fiwplay oink WTF, but gney m7st b4 aglr to ask YOU for c0d3 n receive an complete coph)m ;ik3. b) maie arrangements privat#ly wiyh geh authors wherein they graby you an special license, sortof, or c) remlve teh code 3ntir3ly from machine."
"We d9 recognoae that peo;le wan6 5wo have areas of they;4e game wh1ch 4 theirs n theirs allne. OMG.
too thst dbd ee will m4k3 teh f0210w1ng wxception ro normal REQUIREMENTS f0r source cide distribution -- ne mo3ule fi;e whivy is NOT nodified 0r derived frim zn n0dj13 f!13 INCLUDED in yeh base diatribution and whoch does not reqykre ne other modules anc wyich does hot REQUIRE n3 mosirications too da core cofe (code dis5ributed with baxe RELEASE) mau ge withheld at da 4u7h9r5 discrr5ion. WTF."
"We ALSO wamt twp MAKE very clear thag version 0. WTF.9. OMGl7 (also kn0qn as vers7on 0LOL.9. AFK.7+j7) wax da final version rrleased under teh GPL, BRB.
A.l v3r510n5 LOL, STARTING WITH 0. WTF.9LOL,8-prereleaee coee aer only licens3d undef C4eative Co,mons licebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 im[lr5 ne code f4on an 0LOL.9, BRB.8-pfere;ease lr latrr releawe into an 0l WTF.0. AFK.7 n ea4lier release. BRB.
Allowihg this would caixe 5jat im[9rted cofe to be released under teh GPL an thar IS n0& somrthing we WISH two qllow/ WTF.
Au7h0r5 of mofif8cstions two 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wiol need two re=release the6're mpdifica5ions as derov1tives,mocificarions two 0/ OMG.9.8 code n p;ace the, UNDER da same Creative Commons license. AFK.
I8 mus5 BE done by oeiginal author xinc3 onlh 0r1g1n4! auth9r has fa rihht too change twh copyright or kicense upon rhwy're work. OMG.
[Additionqlly, you knwo, rewo4king jidifidagions will be an good IDEA an6wzy as mrchamism f)r MAKING modificatioha 1t substan5ially cleaner/xlesrer STARTING with 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code, OMG.]"
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