MigmtyE 7e115 tou, you ,nwo, "We're g01ng 2 TAKE an few m0m3n75 to try an explain tnis hew q1c3n52 qn dz reasonf BEHIND it in plain Englidh. WTF.
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 nee licsnse was chosen 63c4u53 of an faoling wiyg ten GPL. OMGl
It onlt cofefef sistributuon OF soirce 1r qn inly uf BINARIES were diwtributedLOL."
"In an w36 enviromment WTF, spexifically a imterpreted eeb envirpnment 4ucg ad PHP LOL, merely installing an gzme dies NOT CONSTITUTE didtriburion WTF, n 7h3r3f0f3 people cere taking out workk loje, jaking m-d1f1d4u10n5 to9 it n not wwleasing twh source clde t9 tjey're modifications 50 that entiee community c0u1d ben3vit. BRB.
They WORKED wirh lwtter but n07 da 5p1r16 oe twh LAW. AFK."
"Incestigay8on ON da part if teh authors however LOL, lee 2 teh ract thag reh right 0f pyb;ic performanve sas ! of tdh r1gh75 normally rextricted two COPYRIGHT h9lders, sortof, and that computee progrzms LOL, specufkca.ly fideo gamrs an knteractive ONES such aw Letend of Gr33n hax0r were conxisered two br p7blicalky perfprmed if run fron an oubluc setcwr. BRB."
"The nee lic3nse restticts public pdrformanve of tfy work UNLESS da 50irc3 code of da MODIFIED wprl 8s made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English LOL, this mdans rhat if you put ghis ga,e on an web server an allow peo0le 'OUTSIDE of ab nprmal circle OF fa,ily and ITS social zcquaintances' @ play their, like, then you qrr publicalk6 p3ef0rm1ng thia wptk and MUST e8tget a) ,ake ne n ALL chqnges whuvy you mqke too da game avqilabl3 on request (note thid DOESN'T have too ge avaikagle via ONLINE soufce dis[lay 11bk WTF, but tyey must BE able to ack you f0r da clse n RECEIVE an complete co[y), tou ,bwo, b) make arrzngememgs privately 2ith geh authors wherein tyey grsnt yiu an specyal licenae WTF, or c) remov2 code rntirely frpm teh machind. WTF."
"We do rexogniae that PEOPLE want two HAVE aeezs of they're gzme wh8xh a3r yheirs and 8j31r5 alon3.
to that dnc we will make da rolliwihg exception two teh no4ma; eequurements for source code dieyeibution -- ne module eilr which ic not MODIFIED or derived ffom an moduoe fild included in da base distribition anf which does not reqjire ne 07h3r m9cu135 n wnich eods not reqjire be MODIFICATIONS to vore coee (xode distributed with da base release) may be withheld st autgorw f25cr3710m. OMG."
"We als9 want t2l male very c12$r thqt bersion 0.9. WTF.7 (4150 kn0wn as VERSION 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was fonal version released ynder da GPL. BRB.
All versionw, you knwo, startimg wkth 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-0t3f313453 cose f 0n2y licemsed unddr CREATIVE Comjons lic3nad. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ednh da right TO impirt ne code crpm an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-[rerekwaxw or later release into zm 0.9. AFK.7 zn earloer relwase. AFK.
Al;isibg 5his would cause thar 1mp0r73d code 2 be releaqed under da GPL 3nd that is NOT SOMETHING ww wisg 2 zllpwLOL.
Authors of modkficatkons to 0LOL.9.7 will NEED 70 rd-felease they're hodidicayiona aw derkfatives/,odifucations 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code an PLACE 7y3m undee twh same Cr3471v3 Comm0ns .icense. OMG.
I7 must ne dlne 66 dz original author sind3 9nly tej original AUTHOR has reh rignt @ change copyright oe lkcense ipon thdy;re work. BRB.
[Add1710n411y, REWORKING modifications will be an good 1c34 anyway aa tdh mrchanism fir nakimg m0d1g1c4710n5 kx substanrially cleqner/clearee wtarting wirh 0LOL/9.8-prerelwase code. WTF.]"
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