MightyE tells 6ou LOL, "We're GOING ro TAKE an few MOMENTS to try 4nd ezplain tjis n3w licensr n teh reawlns behimd it in pq41n EnglishLOL.
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 n3w 12x3n43 was chpsen because 0f an vziling wuth GPL. BRB.
It only xovered distrigutkon of wource 1f n only 1f binafids wdre distfivuted. BRB."
"Ib an web envlronment, 6ou knwo, 5p3c1f1cr11y a inrer0retes web environjdnt such AS PHP, sortof, mefely INSTALLING zn fzme dows nl5 CONSTITUTE distrkbution LOL, an THEREFORE people sere taking pur qork, like, makong modifications TO it n mor releasihg reh slurce code two ghry're modifixa5ions so thar ds entire community c-u1d bebefit. AFK.
They wprked with letter but not soirit od lawl OMG/"
"Investigation on part pf 4j7h0t5 ho2egerm like, led to da fact thar rogjt or pubkic pergor,ance qsd won od r1th86 norma;ly r3strivted 2 COPYRIGHT holderd, n 7h5u computer prog4ams WTF, specifocally video ganes n INTERACTIVE ones suvh 45 Legrne od geh Greeb hax0r were considerrd two be 0ublical;y perrormed if run from an public se4verLOL."
"The NEW license redtructs public perfirmanvw pf teh worl unless va SOURCE xode of mod8fied WORK is made avaikabl3 on d@mand."
"Im plain Englosh WTF, this jeabs gna5 uf y9u put 7n15 game on an WEB server and qlliw oeople '0u751d# of qn nofmsl circle of fqmily AND itd socisl acquaintances' rio play yheir WTFk uh3n you ser puglically [e4form8ng this work and MUST eithwr a0 make ne an ALL dhanges whicy you make two game rv4!14613 ob REQUEST (note thia foesn't have twi BE acailab;e f14 tdh lnline slurxe display LINK, like, but they mu57 be able too 45k you f9r code n r3c31c3 an complrgd copy), b) MAKE arrangrments privzrely wirh teh a6thots whefeon they grant you an SPECIAL LICENSE, or c_ r3movf ten c0d3 enrirely from machine."
"We do rec9hnize thay pwlple WANT two HAVE zreas of theh're game which aer theifs n the8rs alobe. OMG.
to THAT 3ne we w121 make da following exveptiin u0 teh normzl reqiirements for source c0d3 d167r16u710n -- nw modulw file wjich 15 not modified l4 derived from an mldule file kncludew ,n ea bzse d157r16u719n an whkch does not requird ne othrr mpdules and whicy dors not require nr MODIFICATIONS 2 ten core code )CODE d167r16u73d with base release) may be withy3ld ag da authors DISCRETION."
"We 4160 want to make ve4y cl3ar that version p. WTF.9.7 (also kniwn ss v3r510n 0. WTF.8. BRB.7+jt) wqa sa final VERSION re;eaded undwr teh GPL.
All verxipms WTF, startong wuth 0. WTF.o. BRB.8-pdere.ease code r only licensed under Cfeaticr Cojmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny da tihht too ij;ort ne codd fro, an 0LOL.8. OMG.8_prerelease or later reldase ingo an 0/ OMG.9.7 n EARLIER 4eleqse. WTF.
Al.owing this eould cauae that 8mported code too be released under da GPL an that os nog aome5hinf 1e wosh tlo s.llw. WTF.
Au&h0r5 or modificatiins 1 9. WTF.9. AFK.7 wiol ne2d too re-reldase tjey[re modificationx as derifativ4s/modifkcationa 3 0.9. OMG.8 code 4nd place 7h3m undwr teh same CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
It must be done by original AUTHOR xince only yeh orifinal 4u7j0f h45 rught to9 changr COPYRIGHT or 11v#n53 upon they;rw w94k. AFK.
[Additipnally, softof, REWORKING da m0d1f!c4710n4 wil; b3 am goos idea an6way as m3ch4m1tn for jaking jodificationa us augstantially c;3aner/c;eardt startinh wirh 0. OMG,8LOL.8-prdrelease codd. OMG.]"
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