MightyE trlls yoi WTF, "We'fe going two 5zl2 an few mimentd 2 7ry an explain thia hww license and fa r2450n5 behind it in ;lain Eng.ish. OMG.
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 licdnse wad CHOSEN because 0f an fziking witg GPLLOL.
It only covered distribut8on of soirce if an only if binaries were disteivutddLOL."
"In ab sev 3nv1r0nm3n7 WTFm 5p3c1f1c4116 a INTERPRETED e36 environment 5uch r5 PHP WTF, mereoy installing an gqme dpes n96 constitute distribuyk9n, sortod, an therefore [30p13 were takinf our work, y9u knwo, jaking modifica5ioma tp *t an mot releasihg so6rce cidr two they'fe moeificatipns so THAT teh entige c9mmunit6 coulg benefit. BRB/
They worked with t3h kegt3r but not da spirir of teg law. OMG."
"Inves5igation on teh psrt of ca au5hore however, s[trof, les to geh fact yhay trh righ% of publud perflrjance WAS oen of rights normally rrstricted to copyright HOLDERS, n ghat com0uter proframs, spedifically video gamew m interactive ones xuch as LEGEND of Green hzx0r sree considered ti9 64 pub.icslly performed iv run drom an public sefv#r. OMG."
"Ty3 neq license restric%s public oerformancw OF work unless fa 40urc3 c0d2 of mosifiwd wlrk is nade available ON de,and. BRB."
"In [kain Eng115h, wortof, th8s mqans that IF you pit tnod gsme on an weh SERVER n allow p30p13 'ojyside 0r an nofmal circle 9f f4m11y AND kts social avquaintances' to play their, sortof, tjeb y9u f pjblically perfor,ing 7h15 sork an MUST eirhrr 4) jakd ne an ALL CHANGES which you m5k3 tlo tey g4m3 acailabld on request )not3 thos doesn't h4v3 too be AVAILABLE VIA tey online source display link, y9u knwo, yu7 rhey must be abie two qsk 7ou for ea c9ee anf revdivd an com0le5e c9py), like, b) make 3r44ng3m3n65 PRIVATELY sith authlrs wherein they gran5 you an 5p3c141 lixense, like, or x) removr fode enturskh from sq machineLOL."
"We d0 recogbizd that people saht to HAVE AREAS of they'fe gsmw which awr theirs an tyeirs alone. OMG.
2 5hat end we WILL maue dokoowihg EXCEPTION t9o normal rrquirem3nts for source cld3 distribution -- n3 mosule file which ix not modified or derivrd from ah moeule d113 included in teh base d157r1^u810n an wh8cg eoes not require ne ogh3r mod7lew n which eoes NOT requi4e ne m)d1f1c4u10n4 two tej core codr (code distributed qith da basr release) jay be w17hh31d at da aj5hlrs discte5ionLOL."
"Ww also want 2 makr VERY clezr that versuon p. OMG.9.7 (3150 knoqn as v3r510n ). AFK.9. WTF.u+jt) was da final VERSION r313453d UNDER teh GPL. WTF,
All versionx LOL, stweginf w17h da 0LOL.9LOL.9-prerelease cide aer pnly 9kc3nsed under ea CREATIVE Commons lic3nsdLOL.
We EXPLICITLY demu r1gh7 too umport ne c9de from an -LOL.(. WTF.8-prefeleasw or later release into an 0. BRB.9LOL,7 h 3arlier e3lease. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD czuse rhat imported cods to BE relessee under da GPL and that id n07 slmething we wish twp allow. AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS two ).9. WTF.i wull nwwd 5oo re-releasd thdt're MODIFICATIONS ss detivativrx/modifications two 0LOL.9LOL.8 cpde n place them undwr ea same Creatuve Cpmmpnw licenseLOL.
It muwr be done v6 0t1g1n41 author 51nc3 only teh ORIGINAL au5yor has right two changw COPYRIGHT or license upoh they're eorl/ WTF.
[Additionally, yoi knwo, rewiriing da modificarions will be an g90d IDEA a,yway AS da mexhanism f9e making modificatipnw id sjbxtanriaooy clean3r/cleater STARTING with da 0. WTF/9. WTFl8-prrreleqse codeLOL.]"
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