MighfyE tella you WTF, "Wd'fe going too take an few momehts too 5ey an EXPLAIN tgis bew livense an da t3450nt behind it in pq41h English. 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 1as chosen becausd of an failing with ca GPL. OMG.
It ONLY c0vered diwtribution if aojrce ig and inly if binarkes wwre dostributed. BRB."
"In an WEB rnvironment LOLk spedificall6 a ihter;re5ed 2eb environment dycg as PHP LOL, mer3ly kns5al;ong an hame DOES not vonsyiyute z157rq6u710n, sortof, h theretore ;eople WERE taking OUR sorj, so4tof, making modifications 2 it and NOT releasing so74ce CODE 2 they'4e moeificayions ao that ea entore community ciuld benefitLOL.
Tgey wprkfd WITH letter vut not spirit 0f fa law. BRB."
"Investigatiin ON ds part OF es autyors howeve4, lije, les to teh fsct that tdh riggt og PUBLIC peeformance 2as won of tey rights norjally restrixted to copyright HOLDERS LOLk an tnat computer programw, specificaloh videi GAMES n interavtive ones sich ss Legend og dz Greeh hax0r wffw considered t2o 63 publivally PERFORMED if run drom an pjblic SERVER."
"Tje new licensr resgrivts public ;erformance ov teh work unless sa 50utc3 code of modified wprk is mad3 abaolabke ON DEMAND. WTFl"
"In plaih English, soetof, this means that if tou put 7h!5 GAME on an wev server and allow prople '0u751d3 of an normal circod of vamily and 8ts SOCIAL axquaimtances' to [14y their, you knwom tjen y0u r PUBLICALLY perfo4ming this work and MUST either a) make ne zn ALL chsnged which you make too try gamw avqilable om request (n073 this doexn't have to be svailable v14 o,lin3 xourbe dixplay link, sortof, but ghey MUST be able TO ask ylu for da code zn receive an xomplete vopy) WTF, b) make arfqngements priva5ely with ra AUTHORS wher3ib the6 graht you an SPECIAL locense WTF, pr c) remove da c0d3 ehtirely from da msxhine."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE THAT 0eople want 2 h4v3 qreas of thry're gamw wjixh aer THEIRS an theifw alonel WTF.
5wo that ebd w3 WILL mzke teh following exxeption two tej noenal r3qu1rem3n75 v0t soyrc3 code distrivution [- ne j0du13 file WHICH is not ,9xivi3e or derived from an mosild f1q3 included 1h base distrib7tion an whpch does not require ne OTHER modu;es and which does not REQUIRE ne ,odifications two da c.rr code (CODE disteibu5ed with teh base r213453) MAY be eithhwld at teh authors disc4e5ion/"
"Wr aldo w4n6 2 maje very clear THAT versioh 0. WTFlo. WTF.7 (slso ,nowm as verxuon 0. AFK.9. OMG.8+jt( was final version relezsdd under da GPL.
All versiona WTF, startinf wity geh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-p4ereleas3 code arr 9nly 11c3n63d under Crratife Commins licendd. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny fighg tl import ne cod3 vrom am ).o. BRB.i-pr3r423452 o4 later release into an 0l BRB.9. OMG.7 snd earlidr release. OMG.
Aklowing this would CAUSE ghar im/orted code ro be releaxed under GPL an that is not sometjing we wiah 2 qllowLOL.
Authors of modifications two 0LOL.0. WTF.7 will need two RE-RELEASE they[re moduficqtions as derivativ3s/modificarions 2 0o BRB,9. WTF.8 CODE and place tgem unc3r reh same Creative Commons lixense. WTF.
It must BE d0n3 by da originsl quthor since 0n1y sa leigibal authlr has teh righr too chabge teh x0oyr1gh7 ir license ipon thry're wprkl WTF.
[Aedirionally, s9rtof. reworkibg da modif9catiohs will be an goid idea anuway as da mechah8sm for making modificationa 15 s7bstamtially clesnwr/cl2a43r stafting with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleasr cosw. WTF.]"
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