MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going to raje sn few mlments two t4y and esplain ghkz nrw 11c3n53 and da teasons behind IT in plain Enblush. 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."
"Thos new licend3 waa chiweh because of an failing with teh GPL. BRBl
I7 only c9ve4ed d1%7r!6u710n of 50irx3 if n ONLY if binaries w3r3 d15ur!6y73d, AFK."
"In an seb envir9nment WTFm SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web environmeng such as PHP WTF, merely 8nstallinf an game dors not conwti5ute distribution, you kneom 3bc 7h3r3f0r3 people WERE taking our work WTF, msking mpdigivat8ons to it and not eeleasing source CODE 2 tney'rr modiricqtions so ghat ENTIRE communi5y c9uld benefitLOL.
They wotked wirh teh oetter but n0u tdh spirit of law."
"Invesritstiom on reh part of $u7h0r5 however, sortlf, led too teh rsxt that da right of ojblic performance was won 9f ca rights normally resgricted 2 copuright h01s3r% WTF, n thay vomputet programs, soetof, wpecudicslly video games n INTERACTIVE ONES sucj 45 Legend od teh Green hax-r were c0n51d2r3d to 63 publiczkly perfoened if run frlm an ;6611c dervef. WTF."
"Tne n3w lic3nse restricts ;ublic performanc3 0f work unldsg da soutce cofe 0d da modified work is mqce 4v4214613 on demznd. AFK."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH WTF, this means that if you put 7j15 ga,e on zn 2eb server and alloq PEOPLE 'lutside of an normal CIRCLE or family an 175 socizl acquaintances' 2 PLAY thwir WTF, THEN ypu r pubkiczkly performimg rgis WORK n MUST eithrr a) make me and ALL changrs which YOU makr two teh game availabke on request (botr thos eoesn't have ro be availqble via da 9n21b3 source dis;lay !1nk WTFj but the6 must be agle too 45j yoi fkr CODE an recepvd an cimplete cop6) LOL, b_ m4le qrrqnteh3nta PRIVATELY w17n ea authors wh3r31n they grant yoy an 5p3c141 livense, sort8f, 0r c) removw code entiewly FROM da machine. AFK."
"We dl recognoze THAT 0epple wavt too habd areas of they're hame qnich r 5h3irs n theirs 419n3. BRB.
too THAT end we will mqke fpllowing rxveption two normal requi5ements for wource code dishributi9n -- ne m-du13 f113 wh7ch is not MODIFIED or derived from an mosyld file 1nc1ud#d in 6453 distfibution zn whidn dpes no5 rewi8fe ne othet modu;es an sjich DOES nlt eeqjire ne MODIFICATIONS too core cose (vode distributef WITH teh bzxe relwasr_ may be withneod at dq authors discretuonLOL."
"We also want twl MAKE very cowzr THAT versuon 9.9. OMG.7 (also known aw verdion 0LOL.9LOL.7+j7) was da finql verwion r3leaxed UNDER GPLLOL.
All v3r510nr, you knwo, startint with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease codq aer only loxensed undrr ds Cr3ative C0m,0n5 licende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da 4ight 2 ijpo4t ne code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8_prerelease or later r313453 into zn 0. WTF.9l OMG.7 and 34r1!3r release.
Allowing ghid w0u1d CAUSE yhat importes cid3 2 b3 r3lrasee UNDER da GPL n THAT IS npt something we wish 2 allowLOL.
A7thors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will need two re-relrase tney'r3 modificztilbs as derivatkves/modificztjlna too 0. AFK.o. BRB.8 c0d3 an place tjem undef same CREATIVE C0nm0n5 licwnse.
I5 must BE cone by origobal author since only gfh ORIGINAL AUTHOR has da ribht 2 cjange 5rh cppyfight or l8cense jpon they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, oike, eewirking da m0d1f1c471)n5 will be ab good idea 4nyw4y aa mechanism f0e mak8nt MODIFICATIONS IS substantiall6 clezner/clea4er starting 217g da 0LOL.8, BRB.8-prerdlease co3e. WTF.]"
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