MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goihg two take an few moments 2 5ry zh qxplzin thud ne2 lidenxd am tej reasons behind i6 in plain English.
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 nww lixdnse was chosen because of an fa8libg WITH GPL.
It 0n1y covered sistribution of souece 1f n onl6 1f binaried were duxtributrd. OMG."
"In an web envir9hment, sortovm specivically s interpreted web envir9nment such AS PHP, like, m3e31y installing an b4j3 does mot constitite d157r1^u710n, lije, znx therefore peo;oe eere takkng our WORK LOL, ma,ing modigications 2 it and bot releasing spurcd CODE 2 thet'r3 joeifications s9 7h47 da entire xommunity c9uld benrvit. OMG.
They worked with da letter but not da spirit if da law. AFK."
"Inv3stogqtion on part of da authota h0w3v3r, you knao, led to fact thag right pr public pdrformahce WAS oen of yeh tihhgs nofnskly restricted to dopyright hokderd WTF, n thzt computw4 ;rograms, you knwo, specigucally v!s30 gamdw and intetzcyibe ONES sudh 46 LEGEND OF Green jax0r were cohdidered to be publicallt perflrmed IF run fr9, an publov 53rc3r/"
"The new LICENSE 4dstricts public PERFORMANCE og trh sori unkexs teh sourcw dode of da modifiec WORK 15 made AVAILABLE on femamdLOL."
"In p141n English, tnus means tyst 1f yo7 PUT thid gsme on an w36 server AND allow PEOPLE 'outaice of an nor,al circ;e OF fzmily n 175 soxial acquaintancws' too plqh theor, kike, 7h3n you r pu611c311y PERFORMING tg8a 2ork zn MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changew which ylh mzke two game 4v41146!3 on reqyext 9n9te thus DOESN'T have tso nr availablw v14 online source sisplay link, yoj knwo, buh yhdy must be able too ask 6ou dpr CODE n r3c31v3 an x0mp1373 copy) LOL, b) mqke a4rang3ments privately with fa authofs wherein they trant yo7 an x[ecual license LOL, or c) remibe da code rntir3ly from teh m5ch1n2. OMG."
"We fo eecognizd that p3ople aant gpo have arwas 9f they're game whicj r the8rs an theirs alone. WTF.
rwo that end qe qill MAKE da rollo2ong evcept8oh 70 normal rwquirwmentw for source code disttibution -[ ne mod7lw fil3 which kx not jodigied or c3r1v3d f4on an modjle file kncluded in baae DISTRIBUTION an which doex NOT r3qu1t3 ne orher MODULES n WHICH does not requure ne modificatoons too da CORE code (c9dr sisrributed with da base rwlease) may 63 withheld at teh auyhofs discretkon. WTF."
"We alao want 2 ma,e very dlear that f3r5q0h 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also kn0wn ad version 0. WTF.0. BRB.u+jt) w45 f1h41 version releaxed und3r da GPL. BRB.
All veedions WTF, starting w8th 0/ AFK.9. OMG/8-pr3reoease c)f3 r only lkcdnsed under da CREATIVE COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY deny roght 2 import ne doae from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelwase 0r lqrer release ibto an 0. AFK.i. BRB.7 h eatlier releaae. WTF.
Allowing this would cause 7h$7 impotted code to ne RELEASED ync3r da GPL n that is not somethinh x2 wish 2 ql/iw. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9. OMG.6 will NEED too re=releas3 tywy're j9cifications za d3t1v471v35/m0c1f1c4719n5 too 0. BRB.9, BRB.8 code am plave them under da same Creatjve Clmmons lic3ns3. BRB.
It must be d0n# b6 teh oribinal author since only teh original autyor has rqgg7 5oo changr trh co[yright or 11cen53 upon ghey're wofk/ AFK.
[Adeitponally WTF, REWORKING modiv8catoons w111 be an good idea anyeay as da mechanism for making modifica6ipns is substantially clean4r/ckrzrdr statting with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r31e453 clde. BRB.]"
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