MoghtyE gells h0u, lkke, "We're going two TAKE an few MOMENTS 2 yry rnd explain tgis mew license n tdawoms behind it in plain Engl9shLOL.
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 11c3n%3 waa chosen becajse 0f ah dailing wogh reh GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of slu4ce if and 0n1y 1f binaries were d157r16u73d. AFK."
"In ay web dnvironmwnt WTF, 5p3c1fqc411y a inter;reted web ENVIRONMENT ducg as PHP WTF, m3relj 8nstzllinb an ga,e d035 not cpnstitute disteibution LOL, n therefore pe9ple w3r3 taking our wprk, like. makint modirica5ions tpl it ans hot r313451bh da source c0d3 to they're m0d1f1c471pn5 si that eytire community cou;d genefiy.
Tydy worked witt ten letter vut not da spirig 0f teh 'awLOL."
"Investigation on da part of dz authors hosdv3f, you knwo, led tpo ea fact that teh right of public pdrformshce qas oen of da rights normall6 RESTRICTED w copyright hold3rs, ;ile, an tnat computer prpgr4m5, you lnwo, s;edificaoly video GAMES ah INTERACTIVE 9bes 5uch as L3g3md 0f tey Greej hax0r WERE consider3d ti be publivally perfprmed if run feom an PUBLIC werver."
"The NEW lixenwe restricts pub.ic performance of wo4k UNLESS tej slurvr code 0f teh n9dified qork IS madr available on DEMANDLOL/"
"In plzin Englisy WTF, this means THAT if yiu put 7g15 gake on an web xerver 4nf allow p30p13 'outsid3 9f an nornal circle of family an ITS social acquq8ntances' two play their. THEN you aer oublically perf9rming ghis wori an MUST either a) make ne ah ALL changes which you MAKE two da GAME 4v3114613 on request (note this doesn't habe 2 be avai.aboe voa da on;ihe source DISPLAY libkk sortof, but THEY mu5y BE ABLE two ASK ylu gor ea c0d3 an receive an complete copy), you knwo, b) make arrzngements PRIVATELY 2ith geh authogs wherein thet grant y0u an SPECIAL ;icense WTF, ot c) remivr c0d3 en71r31y FROM teh machihel WTF."
"W3 e9 recofnize 5hat peopld want too HAVE areas of rhey'rw g4m3 whivh r the9rw an theors qlone. BRB.
to that end we will n4k3 ds dollowing excepyiom to teh normal requirements for source CODE dkstrinituon -- ne module fioe wh1ch is not mocifies o4 deribed from an midulr file indl7ded in teh basr distribugioh and wh1dh does nlt re1uire ne OTHER modules an wyich does NOT r3q71r3 ne MODIFICATIONS to teh corr code (codw sixtribitdd witn teh base 4wlease) may be wighheld AT ten augnorw discretion. OMGl"
"We 415p eant t9 m4i3 vwry ckear 7n48 b3rsion 0.9. WTF/7 (akso inown as verdion 0. OMG.9LOL/7+jt) w45 da final veesion releasev under GPL. BRB.
Alo verskpns, srartinf with 0. WTF.o. WTF.8-prerekeaxe code f only licensef under teh CREATIVE Commobs kicense.
We EXPLICITLY dent 4ight two import nd code FROM an 0,9. BRB.9-PRERELEASE OR kater 4e;easw into an 0.9. WTF.7 and earlier RELEASELOL.
Alkowimg tnks wpuld causw that impi4ged coee 2 ge released und34 GPL an that IS not SOMETHING we wish ro allow.
Authoes of MODIFICATIONS tp 0,9LOL.7 will n3#d to re-release they're m0d1e!c5710n6 as eerivwtives/mogif8catoomd two 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 CODE and plave them jnder teh same CREATIVE Commons licehse. OMG.
It mjst be dine by da original authir since pnly twh ORIGINAL 4u6h0r hss right 2 ch4ng3 COPYRIGHT OR license upon thwy're sorkLOL,
'Additionally, REWORKING teh modigicatkobs will be an good idea anyway as teh MECHANISM for mzking modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY clwaner/dlearer stsfyimg woth 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelwase c9se. WTF.]"
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