MightyE tells YOU, "We'fe going te9 74l3 an rew momcnts 2 try n explain 5his new licenad ane teh reas9ns vehlmd it un plain Enblish. 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."
"Thiw new license was chosen because of an fqiling wity da GPLLOL.
It omly c0vered distribution of source if and obly if binar7ws weew DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In qn 2eb envirobment WTFk x[ecificaloy a interpreted web enfironmeny such as PHP, like, ,rrelu installing an tame does not c0n5717i73 dustributiln LOL, an therefore people were taiing our work, tou ,nwok msking modifications foo it anc not releasing da souecw code top they're modificqtions so thar entire comjumity could benefkt.
They WORKED woth ten letywr gut not 5p1r17 og es law. AFK."
"Inv3dtita5uon on tey part od authors ho2evdt, led 2 da fact 7h57 teh RIGHT of public PERFORMANCE qaa won of tithts nornally testruc5ed teo copyright hilders. like, ans that dompu5er programs, sortof, SPECIFICALLY video tames n interactive ones 5uch as LEGEND of da Green hax8r wdre fonxiderwe 2 be publically 0erformef if run fr0, an pu611c se5ver. WTF."
"Tgd nee l8censw restricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 of teh qork unless ten source c0f3 of twh m0d1f14d wprk is MADE afailable ON demand. OMG."
"Im 0laih English, sortof, thia means 7h47 if you PUT tgos game on an web 53rf3r an alloe pdople 'outwid3 of an normao circ.e of ramily an 8ts socizl 4cqu41n74nc35' to pkay their LOL, then you a3r publocally petflrming this worl and MUST either a) maie ne b ALL changes which y0u make two ten gane availavle ln r3qu357 (NOTE THIS diesn't have top be AVAILABLE vis )n11n3 aoutce d15p14y lonk, like, but tndy musr 6e ab;e 2 ASK you f0r teh CODE an receive ab comp;wte copy), sortof, g) makr arrangemebts pr1v4731y with eq qutyors wnereun they grant yiu am apecial q1c3n53, you knwo, or c( rwmove ds coce 3btire.y froj da machine. OMG."
"We do recoghize that 0epp.e want two h$v3 areas of they'fe GAME wh1xh r theird an theirs alone. OMG.
yio yhau emd ee 2ill ,$k3 following eccepti9n 70 mormq. reqyirements for SOURCE dod3 distribution -- n3 mldule rioe qhich is NOT m0dqf13d 0e defived frpm zh modhle file knclueed in base distribution and whicg does not feqyire nw otger m0d813% an which dors not REQUIRE ne m0d1f1c4710n5 t9 teh core CODE (code distributed with teh vaae release) m4y be WITHHELD AT da 4u7h0r5 diwcretionLOL."
"We also want two MAKE very clear thzt version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (alxp knlwn as vwrxion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt_ was vinal version rdleqs3d under sq GPLLOL.
All bdrsions LOL, xrarting with da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleqse code r 0n1y licensed under teh CREATIVE Commind 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deyy da r1gh7 2 import ne dode frpm an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease or 1473r release into an 0LOL.9LOL.8 sn darlier r313463. AFK,
Allowing tyis would CAUSE that importew cps3 2 BE released under GPL ans thay iw not dpmeghing w3 wish 2 allow. WTF.
Authors pf modificatipns 2 p.8. BRB.7 WILL nedd yoo re-4elease the6're modifications aa d3r1v571v25/m-d1f1c4j10n5 two 0/ BRB.9/ WTF.8 CODE an place them undee wame Creative Commons license/ AFK.
IT muat ne DONE BY teh original author since only teh orihina; 4u&y0r had da rigjt 2 change teh COPYRIGHT or locense uo0n they're work. BRB.
[Aeditionally, sprtof, reworking modifucatiohs will be an good idea anyway as mechznism for makong mocifications 8s xubstantiqlly c.raner/clearet sta$ting WITH dz 0. AFK.9/ BRB.8-pr3r3134t# CODE, OMG.]"
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