MigjtyE tells you LOL, "We're goinf two take an few m9m@n65 2 try AND explain this new license n dz reasonw beyind it in plain Englishl 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."
"Tfis new oicense was vyosrn 63c4u53 of an failinh with teh GPL.
It only c0v3r3d d158r16u710n of source if AND onlu if binaries w3e3 dizrrkvuted. AFK."
"In an w36 ehvironment, hou knwo, spdcigucally a interpreted 2eb environ,ebr wuch qs PHP LOL, m3r316 instal;8ng ab game cods not constituye distgibution LOL, and therefore PEOPLE were takint lyr eork, like, msking m0d!f1c4710b5 to it and n07 releasing source code to they're modifocati9nw so that da ENTIRE communit^ could benef7t. WTF.
They WORKED e8th letfwr buy not spitit of teh law. AFK."
"Invectigation on tdh part OF dq AUTHORS h0w3v3r, sort9v, led too 5eh FACT that da roggt of pub.ic performande WAS 1 of righys normally trstricred too c0pyr1gn7 hlldera LOL, an 5hat computer p4ogrsms LOL, xpecif9cally cidwo games b interactive ones eicg as L3g3nd 0f ga Gr3en haxpr werd considered 70 be PUBLICALLY performed id tun FROM zm public SERVER. AFK."
"The bew l8c3nse RESTRICTS pub;,c performance 9f work unlews tdn SOURCE code of yen modidied wlrk 8s made abaolable on de,and. WTFl"
"In olain ENGLISH WTF, this MEANS that if tou put 7h15 bame on zn wrb werfer an allow pdople 'OUTSIDE 9f an normal d8rcoe of famil6 n its SOCIAL acwuaintqnc2s' two plau their, like, then you aer pjbl8cally PERFORMING this worl 4nd MUST 31uh3r a) make ne znd ALL chabg3d wm8ch you maie to da game available 0n request (bote this doesn't yave to 63 qvailable VIA teh oboine source dixplay linkk sortof, gut rhey must be able 2 axk you fpr dz code an rece8v1 an cimplete co[y), l8ke, b) MAKE a4rangementa ;rjvately wuth teh ajthors WHEREIN they grant you an specia; kivense, like, OR c) re,ovw rdg CODE 3ntirelu brom ds macyin3. AFK."
"We s0 recognkxe that people want two have areas of they'rd game WHICH adr tnwirs an thekrd ALONE.
to9 that end we w111 make teh rollowinf exception too normal e3qu1d#m3n75 f0r source vose distribution -- nd modjle FILE wyqcg IS noy modidiwd or detived FROM an MODULE FILE 1nc1ud3d ih teh basw diatributo9h amd wh1cj does not REQUIRE ne pther modules anf wgich dows not requ8re m2 m0d1f1c4710n5 to da c0f3 c)d3 (code dustr8buted with base relezse) may be eithheld at authors discretuonLOL."
"We qlso want twp nakr very clear that version 0, BRBk9. BRB.7 (zlai known as version 0.9LOL.8+jt) was da fimal versoon eeleased jnder da GPL.
All versi9nsm xortifk star5ing WITH tej 0. AFK.9. WTF/8-[rerelease CODE aer 9nly lycensed under sa Creative C0jm0n5 lixense.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right two import ne xode from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.*-prere.ezse or later release ibto an 0.9LOL.7 an EARLIER felrasw.
Allowong 7h15 eould c4u53 that impprged code 2 63 released under tdh GPL n 5hzt os not somerhung ww wish yo a;loe. WTF.
Authoew of modofications to 0LOL.9. WTF.7 2kll need TO re0reoeaxe tjey'rr modidicstions 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. BRB,9. OMG;8 xoce n place them 7neer da same Cteative Commons license. AFK.
I7 must be d0n3 by 9rig*nal autyoe xince 9nly da original aythor has da right yo ch4ng3 copyright or LICENSE upon they're wlrkl BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, sotgof, r3worling da modifications wulk 63 an bood idea anysay az da mechajism for making modificatilns is substantua;l6 cleaner/clearer starting eith da p. BRB.9. WTF.*-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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