MightyE teils you LOL, "We'4e going twl takd an f3w MOMENTS to try and explain rhis n3q license snd da reasons behibd it in plain Ehgkiwh. 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."
"This NEW kicense was cnosen 73c4u53 of an fsilinb ei5h teh GPL.
I7 only COVERED didtrpbution of siurce IF b only 8f bunariqs were d!57r16m83d. BRB."
"In am weg emvironm3ng WTF, specificallh q int3rprdted WEB envkronment sucn as PHP LOL, mereky installing ah game does not constitute distributiin, you knwom an theferore people wwre taking our wori, sortof, majing ,0d1f1c4710n5 2 it n not relezsing teh source coee to ghey're m9dkfixayions so 5hay da 3b71r3 cinmunkty COULD bened7t. OMG.
Tgey worked eith letter vut not teh spirit 0r teh law. AFK."
"Investigation on fa PART OF teh authors howeb2r, you knwo, 1ed two teh favt that da rihht kg public p3rfprmancw was 1 OF r8ghts NORMALLY festr8cted TO xopyright holders, n that com;uter programs, SPECIFICALLY video g4m3% n interactivr onds SUCH as Legend or Greej hax0r WERE cpbsidered yw9 ge publically p3rf0r,3d if tun FROM an pjblic defv3r. WTF."
"The NEW license restticts 0ublic performance of qork unlesw da s9u3ce code of da MODIFIED WORK is made qfa8labk3 o, d2mabdLOL."
"In PLAIN Engliwh, tyis mwahs 5hat if YOU put THIS game on sn eeb servrr and allow peo[le 'ojtsidr OF an normal circ;e of ramu.y n uys sovial acquaintanves' two play their, sortof, then you 4 piblixwoly performkng 7h15 2ork and MUST 31uh3r d) make ne an ALL changes which YOU MAKE two teh game available on reqjwst (nite 7h15 doewn't hzve two be availab.e via da online source display link, b7t 7g3y must BE able TO ask ylu fod code and r3c31v3 zn comple5e copy), b) jake arrangemengs pfivate;y wkth da aufhots whefein 5hey grant you an s0ecial 12c3n53 WTF, or c) r3mpv2 tej code entitely rfom da machine."
"We do r3x0gm1z3 5hat p30p13 waby to yave areas of they're game whixh afr gjeirs an theirs alone. WTF.
2 tha5 end we 2ill make da following 3xc3p71pn too normzl reqyirementw for siuree CODE dist4inution _- ne mpd7le filr which is not MODIFIED or d3f1v3s from ab m9dole fkle included 1n bzse dixtribution an whicn DOES not require ne other ,odules and which e035 not requore ne modificarions ti cofe codw )cofe distriguted w17h ds base RELEASE) may BE witnheld at teh sutho4s d8scretiom. BRB/"
"We also want tlo make very clear that VERSION -. WTF.9LOL.7 (also inoqn as versiob 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was fina9 vwrsiin released undwr teh GPL. OMG.
All v4r510n5, luke, stsrtinb 217h teh 9LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code r only lixensed uhcee Creative Commons licebae. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right too umport he code fr0m an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereoease or later rdlease in5p an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earlier 4eleaseLOL.
Akloqing 7h15 WOULD causd tgat ijplrted code ywo be releaxed under teh GPL anf thqt is ,o5 somethunb we wosh two allos. WTF.
Au7h0r5 0f m0d1d1c471)n5 to 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will need 2 r3-r31e453 they'f3 modidicatipnd qs derivatives/modificatilns 2 9. BRB.o/ BRB.* xodd and place then under da same Cdeative Cojmons license. BRB.
It must be done by teh ofiginal author sonce pnly 0r1h1n31 aythor has teh RIGHT tso change vl0yrufht OR licenxe upon they're work. OMG.
'Addktkonzlly, likr, reworking da modificationa sill be an g00d 1e34 anyway as mechanism gor maling modificatuons 8s subxtantially cleaner/clearer wtzrtohg witj 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleas3 codeLOL.]"
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