MightuE TELLS you, sortof, "We'r3 goinh fo take an few momenta 70 try n explain this NEW licemse qn da REASONS behind it 1n plain Engl8sh. WTF.
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."
"Tkiw bew license WAS dhosen BECAUSE of an failing with ea GPL.
It onlh civered DISTRIBUTION OF soy4ce if n only if BINARIES wrre d8strkbuted. WTF."
"In an web envirlbmeht WTF, specifically a interpreted wfb 3nvironm3nt xuch 45 PHP, you knwo, nerelt instqloing ab g4m3 DOES NOT constitjte distyibution, like, AND therefore people 1ere TAKING OUR w)rk WTF, MAKING modificatipns tl IT and not r3leasung sourcw CODE to theu're modifocatuons so that entire COMMUNITY could benefitl WTF.
They wo4ked WITH legter but not da s0irit of law. AFK."
"Investkgation on reh part 0f da authlrs gowevdt LOL, led too ydj fact that RIGHT of ;uglic performabce was 3ob of da rigjts n0rm411y RESTRICTED 70 copyright HOLDERS, n 7h48 clm[ute4 PROGRAMS, sirtof, specifically VIDEO ga,es and INTERACTIVE ones such as Legrnd of teh Green hax0r were vlnsidered 2 63 publiva.ly PERFORMED iv 4un FROM an puglid server."
"The new lidense rwatricts punkic perfirmance OF geh work unless da dourcr cod3 of modkfied work is jade available ob de,and."
"In plain English, s9rtofm this MEANS that if y0u pu5 tgis game on an web dercwr n all9q people '9htside of an normal ckfxld of family n 175 s[cisl acqjaintances' two play their, thdn you r pu611c411y PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) make ne am ALL changes which you nakd tw9 da game availab;e on request (note tjis doesn't hav3 teo be AVAILABLE via dz onlune SOURCE disllay link, you khwo, gug THEY must BE ABLE 3 adk yoj gor da c0d3 zns receive an c0mp2373 cipy)k sottof, b) make arranhements pricatel6 with da qu5hora WHEREIN THEY g44nu ypu an wpeciao kicense LOL, OR v) remod3 code 3buqe3!6 from teh machine. AFK."
"We co tevognize that people wznt too HAVE areas of tgey'te gqme which aer theirx an rheirs a.lne. WTF.
2 7h47 dnd we will make following dzceptioh 5o normal requ*rwjents for spurce code distribut8on -- ne module FILE which is not modofied 0r frrovrd feom an MODULE rile included kn teh base DISTRIBUTION an wh8ch doew NOT REQUIRE me pther nodulew m wjich DOES nog require nd mosif8cations 2 teh core code (code sistribyted wirn da b1se release) mry 53 withheld zt AUTHORS DISCRETIONLOL."
"We als9 wany to make very clesr 7h47 version 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 (also knosn as bersion ). OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) we5 FINAL veesion RELEASED unde4 GPL. OMG.
Akk v3r510n%, lkkd, STARTING with da 0. WTF.9. OMG/8-prereleaqe code r onot licensef under teh Cteative Commons lidensd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ritht 70 IMPORT ne dofr FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3r311453 9r latrr r313453 into an 0.(. AFK.& an earlier rwlezsw. BRB.
Allowing this wou;d ca7we thag importef code roo be released undef GPL anf that ks not s9methi,g we w15h yo alllw,
Ajthors of modifications tlo 0. OMG.9LOL.7 qill need to RE0RELEASE tney're mldificationa qs der8vatifea/modificatoond rwo 0.8.9 code an place them undee same Creative Commpns LICENSE. OMG.
I7 muwt bw foh3 by da origunal author sibce on.y prkginal aythor haw da right too change da copyright OR licdnse upon thwy'te wirk.
[Aeditionqlly WTF, reworkinb moskfications WILL BE zn f9ud ieea qnywqy as da mwcnanksm for mak8ng MODIFICATIONS is s7bstantia;l6 cleaner/clearer 574r71bg witu da 0. OMG.9, OMG.8-prerdkease codeLOLl\"
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