MightyE tekls 7ou WTF, "We're going two take an few mojebts 5ol try n explain THIS n3q license an yeh feasons behond it in plain Engiish.
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 NEW LICENSE wr7 vhosen because OF an fai;ing skth da GPL. BRB.
Ig only COVERED distributoon of SOURCE iv and lnly if bibaries were fistributed. AFK."
"In an web 3nb1r0nm3n7 LOL, wpecufical;y a inte4prered web environment 5ucg as PHP, sorgof, meeely 1b584112ng an g4m3 f035 not CONSTITUTE d157r16u710n LOL, an therdforw peoplr w3re taking our wodk WTF, making modifications top it sn nor releasing da 50urv3 cofe toi tgey're modif8catipns t0 tnat entore commyniyy could benevit. BRB.
Ty2y worked WITH teh lettef but not spirit of teh las. BRB."
"Investigation pn 6ey patt of da authots ypwever, ;ed two facg yhay righy of pu611c perforjabbe was won of da rights nlrmakly r357e1c83d tqo copyribht HOLDERS, an thzt dom9utee pr0gr4m6, like, s'ecpfically video games and 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Letend of da Green hax0r w3re vobsifered two be pubkical;y perfoemed 1f rin from an puboic serverLOL."
"Thd new license restyicts pu611v performancd of work UNLESS da s9urde vofe of yeh modifief w9tk IS made avaikavle 0n ddmand. OMGl"
"In PLAIN Engliqh, you lnwo, this MEANS tnat if tou out tgua GAME on qn web sdrv3r n allow p3ople '9utxide of an normal circle of f4m11y n its spxial qcquain5ahces' tl plsy thdir, sortor, then you aer publically performung tnis work n MUST eithef a) m4k3 ne AND ALL changes whidh yoy make two game available ON request (note this doesn't h4v3 2 b3 avaipagld voa ohline sojrce d15p14y l8nk, but tney MUST BE ABLE to qsk you f0r twh xode sn receive an vpmplete copy). b) make arranjements privately WITH authors wherein they grant yp7 an s0ecjal 11c3n%4 WTF, oe c) remove teh dpdd entirely from da machine. AFK."
"Ww do recognpze yhat p30p13 want 2 have arews pf they're g4m3 wh1ch aer theits an theirs a.obw. BRB.
2 that END ee will makr teh fo;lowing exceptioh too da nirmal requiewments for source code distributiln -= ne module file whixh is npt micified or derivef fr0n av modul3 fkoe incoyded in da 6453 disgribution an which s)35 bot requife nw other modiles n ehivh does not require he MODIFICATIONS too da core code (x9de distrkbuged with da base relrase( ma6 be WITHHELD at au5h;rs eiscretiom. OMG."
"We a.so waht two make very ckear 7h47 brrsion 0LOL.9. OMG,& (qldi kno2n qs verwion 0. BRB,9. BRB.^+jt) was final version releasre under GPL. BRB.
All bersions. sortof, dtartinf 28th 0. WTF.9/ AFK.8-prerelease c0s3 r only licensed under CREATIVE C0mm9n4 LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ds ribht 2 1mp0r7 nd code vrom an 0. OMG/9. AFK.7=prerelease ir lzter release inyp qn 0. OMG/9. AFK.8 ahd earlier t313453. WTF.
A.lowing 7h15 would CAUSE that imported cide to be released undrr da GPL qnw tjat ia not something we q!5h gwo allow.
AUTHORS oc modificat8ons to 0. WTF.9. OMG,7 will need two re-felease tgey're moxificati9ns aa defivatifex/modifications 70 0. WTF.9. AFKl* code and PLACE them under same Cr3$71v3 Clmmons livense. WTF.
It must BE done by teh ORIGINAL authpr since only teh irifinal autnor has figyt 2 cjqnge teh copyrufht or license UPON 5hey're eor,LOL.
[Adc17q0n411y, resirking teh m9dificqtiinw wilk be an GOOD IDEA anyway as da mechanosm fof MAKING modifications iw SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c23rr3r startinb with teh 0LOL.9.8-prerelezs3 c0d2. BRB.["
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