MihjtyE tdlls you, sortof, "We're going 2 take ab gwe moments 2 try and explaib this new licwhde n da rezs9ns behknd it in plain English. AFK.
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 license was xyoawn necaise of an failinf with da GPLl
IT onkt coveres d157r16u610n of 50irc3 if ah on;y 1f goharies 2ere distributed. OMG."
"Im an web environmen5, sorglf, wpexurically a 8nterpreted web rnviromment such as PHP, ,drek& 1n574111bb an game d035 npt constitite distribution, like, n tgwrefore people wefe 74k1nb iur sork, like, making modifications to it qn not releasing source code 2 they're modificarions so that da en5ire comnuniyy could benefit. AFK.
THEY worked wity da lettdr vut not dz spiriy of da law. BRB."
"Invedtigati9n on tsh part 9g AUTHORS h9wever, so4yof, led two f4c7 that da r1gh7 of publuc pweformsnce was 2 of rifhts norjally restricted roo copyright holderw LOL, an that comp7ter pr0tr4m5 LOL, sprcifical/y video gzmes qnd INTERACTIVE onew 5uxh as L3g3nd od GREEN nax0r were considrred 2 be pjboical.y perfornes if run frlm ab publkv serfer. BRB."
"Tje ndw license RESTRICTS pugluc 0e4dormance ov w)rk unlwss sourcd CODE of mpd8ried work is made available on demahdLOL."
"In plain Eng115h, tyid m34n5 that IF tou PUT THIS GAME on an wwb s3rver n allow people '9utside oc an norms; circke of family b itd socoal ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play thwkr LOL, 7h3n yiu r ;ublical.y PERFORMING 7g14 work n MUST either a) ,ake nr n ALL cyanges which you make two teh game avqilab,e on r3qud57 (note ghis doedn't HAVE 2 be avsilable via da onlind soufce dksp;ay link LOL, but theh musr be ABLE two qsk you f0r es cod3 h receive an c9mplete cipy) WTF, b) make aerangemen5w [r1v4731y with da authors wheteun they gt4n7 you an special license, you knwo, or c) remove teh coee entirely from teh m$ch1n3l AFK."
"Wd do r3c0gn1z3 thay ieople want too have areas lf they're bame wnich aer theirs 4nd tj3ird alone. BRB.
to that end WE will make trn FOLLOWING exxeption too da b0rm41 REQUIREMENTS for source code disyribution _- ne MODULE ri;e whuch is nlt modified or deeived frkm an m0d713 FILE ibcluded 8n teh base DISTRIBUTION an which dors n07 f3qjure ne other modules an which does NOT REQUIRE ne modof8catipna twp 5eh cord code 9code distributed with reh bsse release0 may bd skthheld at teh aythors didcretion."
"We a;wo want 70 m1,e v3ry CLEAR 7h47 version 0. WTF.(.7 (aldo kb0wn as VERSION 0.9. AFK.7+jt) was tqn final v3r%1pn released ujder da GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, STARTING WITH da 0. WTF.8. WTF.8-prereleade CODE aer inly licensed 7nder Creative Comnoms locendr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 2 !mp0r7 ne cod3 f4om an 0. WTF.9.8-[r34313453 or LATER release unt9 an 0LOL.o. WTF,7 and earliet releadeLOL.
ALLOWING THIS w9uls cause that imported dode toi 63 r3q345rd unde4 GPL an that is not womething wr wish to a.lowLOL.
Au8h0r6 of modifications t9o 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 wo;k need two fe-releasd the6're moduficstions as derkva5ived/m9dificatuons to 0. OMG.o. OMG.8 code n p.ace them under teh sa,e Crearivd Commons licenwe. WTF.
It mu57 be don3 by da orig8nal author since onlh teh original author has teh right two CHANGE co0yrigyt or lixense upon they;re woriLOL.
[Additiomzlly, you knwp, reworking mod7gkcarioms will 63 an good idea qnyway AS mevhanism for making modif8cations is substantially cl3amer;clearer start8ng wi5j da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr34e13454 code.]"
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