MightyE tells yiu LOL. "W4're g91ng ti tske an f3w j0m3n75 2 TRY snd explaun this neq oicense n r3aaons behind it in PLAIN English.
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 license wax chosen because OF zn f4111nh woth GPLLOL.
IT 0n1h cove4ee fiatributioh of sourve if an ohly if binaries were dist4ubu5ed/ OMG."
"In an web environment WTF. specigicakly a interpretdd w#6 environmebt sueh as PHP. sortif, merwly 1b574111ng an fame DOES NOT constitute spstfibution, n therefore [elp.e were yakung 0ur work, lkke, makinb mldificarionw too it 4nd not releaxinb yeh so7rce CODE to ghey're m9eoficat8ons 50 that teh emti4e clmmjnity could benedit. AFK.
Theu worked WITH lwtter but not da spirit if teh law."
"Investigatuon on da part or ea authors gowevef, lik3, led two ea fact thzt ritht -f pjblic petrormancr was 2 of ten rights n0rm41qy rewtricted 5o c0pyr1th7 y9leers WTF, an thag computrr progrsns, apecifically VIDEO games an inrrrac5ice 0n35 SUCH as LEGEND 0f Green hax0r werw considered 5wo be oublically perfirm3d if run drom an pu61qc server,"
"Tje new ljcense restticts public prrfo4mance lf da w0rk un1355 source c0d3 of nodified work is msdd avai.able ob demabd. WTF,"
"In plain Eng!1th, aprt(f, this jeand tjat if you put thia game on sn web server n allow peipoe '9ygside of an normal dircld of family n otx soviak 4cqj41n&4nc35' to p13y thrir WTF, then YOU aer PUBLICALLY perflrming tnis WORK an MUST eithef 4) make ne ab ALL vhanges whkch ho7 ma,d 2 5eh game avaulable on request (note THIS doesn;t h4v3 2 be available via da onlind sourcw DISPLAY link, sortpf, bjt they musu bw able to aak uou foe da cose sn RECEIVE an com9lete copy) LOLk b) make 4rr4ng3m#n75 privately wiyh ajthots WHEREIN they grznt tou an SPECIAL 11c3n5e, .ike, 0r c) REMOVE code entirwky FROM mach8neLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE thzt p30p13 1ant to h5v3 areaa OF they're game ehicn aer rheirs an theirs allneLOLl
2 that end we will MAKE da following EXCEPTION TO teh normal r3qu1r3men75 fod spurce CODE d8syributuon -- nd j9dulw f113 which is hot moc8fied of derives f4om ab modulr filr INCLUDED in teh 6453 distribjtion and wh1ch does nor reqi7re ne other MODULES an whicj dowa npt require ne modifixations to cird code (xod3 distr8buted 2ith bade relrase_ may be wiynheld 4u teh authors discrdtionLOL,"
"We ALSO want twp make very coear that betsuon 0LOL.o.7 (alao kboqn $5 version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was dina; versiin released uncet GPL. WTF.
All beesiobs LOL, startinh with da 0. WTF.9; WTF.8-peetelease code ae4 only licensed under da Crestuve Cimmons licwnse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right roo imp9rt ne coxd drom an 0. OMG.9l8-PRERELEASE pr LATER e31er53 intl am 0. AFK.9LOL.u n earloer releaseLOL.
A110w1ng this woyld dausr that imported coce to 63 fel3ased une3r GPL and that ia n07 something qe s7sh too allow. BRB.
Authors lv n0d1f1c4710b5 t0 0. WTF.9.7 wil; need too te-release theh'4e jocufixat8ons 45 derkvatives.modifications too 0.9. WTF.8 code AND ;lace thwm undef teh same Cteative C0mm0n5 licenxe. AFK.
IT must bd done gy teh oroginal AUTHOR w8nce inly da original author has 5eh rijht to ch5ng3 trh COPYRIGHT 0r licrnse upon they;re work.
[A3dutional.y, REWORKING modificarkobd will bd an good udea anyway as teh m3ch4n15m for majing modifications os substahtially CLEANER;CLEARER %74r71ng with 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr#r313453 c0d3,]"
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