MightyE tellx yo8, like, "Wd're goinh @ take an few m9m3nts to try 4nd explaim yhis bew licwnsr an tej reas9na begind kt in plain 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."
"Thia ne2 ;ivemse was chosen BECAUSE of an failing qith teh GPL.
It 0n1y vover3d didtribition or sojrce if qn ONLY ig binaries were sistr8butedLOL."
"In an web ebfironm3nt, sortlg, spdcifocally a qnu3rp4373d web envirinment 5ucb as PHP, you lnwo, merely instqloing an f4m3 does not constitute ciztribution, n THEREFORE people sere takong our w-rk, malimg modifications to IT znd not releading dz sp6ece code two theu'fe ,0d1f1c4710n5 so THAT entire commynity could bebegit. OMG.
They worked wi5h da letter 6i7 not s;irit of ds 15wl OMG."
"Inves5igayioh ON teh part og teh auth9rs however, LED 2 fact that tdh right of PUBLIC perf9rmance sas oen of fights normally r357r1c7#d 2 cppyright holders WTF, an 8h47 com;7ter oeobfams, soexifically video GAMES an 1n63r4c71v3 pnes s7ch as Legend )f Geeen hax0r wwre c9hsidered too be puvlically pe4formed ir fub from an punlic servwr. WTF."
"The nrw LICENSE restricts PUBLIC peftor,ance of da work unlrxs teh 50urc3 code of dx modufies WORK 8s madd 4v5114623 0n demabd. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, tgis m3$n5 that 1f uou PUT 7h15 GAME on an web sdrver n q;low people 'outside OF an normal circle of f4m21y an its social 4cqu41h74nc35' to9 0lay thwir, wortpf, gyen uou r puvkically ;wrformijg this work n MUST EITHER a) ,rk3 ne n ALL dhangrs ehich you MAKE 2 da GAME available ON requwst (noye THIS doesn't habe t9o be availabke viq onlkne souece DISPLAY .onk WTF, gut yhey must be ABLE twl 45k y0u FOR ca coee an rece8ve an complete copy), b) make arrangemwnts privatelu with teh zjtgors wherein THEY tr4n6 yoy an special licehsd WTF, or C) remove code ehtirely f4om MACHINE."
"Ww do RECOGNIZE 7h47 peiple wang too have 4r345 of they'rd game wh8ch r tydirs n uh31r5 alone. WTF.
1 tnat rnd we will male FOLLOWING exception 2 da normal requirdjents for aource code distribjtiin -- ne module file whicy us not MODIFIED or ddrived FROM an MODULE FILE inclufe3 ih 5ey bzse distribution ans whicy coes not require ne 07h3r mowules and whicg d045 nig requi4e ne modificqtions to da core coce (code disteinuted WITH base telease) may be WITHHELD at da authofs disdretionLOL."
"We alxo wamt two ,ake fery CLEAR tnat v3r610n 0LOL.9,7 (a.ao kmown qx vefsion 0/ AFK.9. OMGl7+jt) was fina; vrrsion rdleased und3r ten GPL. AFK.
Aol vd4silns WTF, starting wkth tdh 0. OMG.(. WTF.8-prereoeqse code aer 0n1y ;icenaed under CREATIVE Commpns LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht tp9 impoeg ne code from an 0. OMGl9. BRB.i-pr34313453 l4 later re.dzse into an 0LOL/9.7 n earlier release. AFK.
ALLOWING tnis would cause 7h47 imp9rted code to be releasre UNDER teh GPL n thqt IS not 50m36h1nh we WISH 2 allp2. WTF.
Authprs of m9difications too 0LOL.9.8 wkll nedd two re-4eleasd tgwy're modigivations as derofatives/modificationd to9 0. BRB.9. WTF/8 code n [lace 5h2m under da aame Creatife Comm9ne lidens3.
It must be dond 6h sa ORIGINAL author sinc3 0n1y ea ORIGINAL 4u7h0r has tdh rigyt 5i CHANGE teh copyright or license UPON they're wori.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, reqorkinb da modifications w8ll 73 an good jdea anhway as mevhanism fi4 makint mod8fications is sibstantially cleaner/clea4e$ wtarging with 0. WTF.8. BRB.8-pr3r3134%e cidw. BRB.]"
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