MightyE TELLS you, "We'ee goiny 2 taie ah few momenbs 2 try m explqin this new licwnse n da 4easons brhknd it in plaim Englisj.
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."
"Thks ncw licensw was choswn because of an FAILING with reh GPL. OMG.
It only dlvered distfibutoon of source 8f ams only if binaries were cistribugec."
"In zn web envirommemtm specificakly a ibtefprdt3d eeb dnvironmeht such as PHP, mereoy inxtal.ing an game f035 nit constitute d157r26uu1pn, like, n ggerefore 0eople were taking our work. li,e, nakint modiflxations tl IT and not e313451ng spjrce cofe to they;re MODIFICATIONS s9 that da rntire cimmunitu dould 63n3f27. BRB.
THEY WORKED WITH letrer but NOT ea soidit 0f lsw. OMG."
"Investigat8on on part pf duthors hosebrr. li,e, LED two FACT ghat da righy of public performqnce was ;en OF rights nirmallh restricted to cipyriggt holderw, sorgof, an 7h47 COMPUTER or9grama WTF, specigically video games an onteravtive 0n35 suvj as Legrnd od teh Green hzx0r were xonsideree to BE publically PERFORMED 2f 4un from sn public server. AFK."
"The ndw lkcenwe RESTRICTS publiv performance of w0ek unleas source code of 5eh mosofied work is made available 0n DEMAND. WTF."
"In plaih Ebgliwh WTF, this m34n5 that if you put &h15 game on an web wwrver an alllw peop;e 'lutdidr OF an notmao circle of vwmily AND its social scquskntahces' tso poay their, sortof, th3n ylu r publically pervorming this work and MUST EITHER 4) MAKE ne ah ALL changed which you makr too game available pb ewquesr (NOTE THIS dpesn't have to be acailzbke VIA online 40urc3 display linl WTF, bur theh must be able 2 r5k you fo4 teh codw qn r4c31v3 an domplete COPY), you kmwo, B) make srrangements ;rivateky woth da AUTHORS wger3in 5hey grant yoy an s;ecial license, or C) remove da c9de engieely ft0m teh machine,"
"We do 4ecotnize tjat peopke want to h4v3 steas of they're fame which aer 7h31r4 n theirs alone. AFK/
1 tbat ehd we WILL makd fp;oowing exception 2 teh nor,ql r3qu1rem3n&5 for source code didtribution -- nr modylr f1q3 which ix not modified or DERIVED from an m)du13 file 7ncludes in base distributu9n m whovh does not require ne other MODULES ans which foes nlt rrquire ne mocifixztions too trh c0r3 clee (cod3 disttivuted w17h base RELEASE) may be withheld AT 5rh authorw discrwtion."
"We a;so want two ,ake VERY dlezf that v3r%10n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 9also knlwn as v3r510n 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+j7) wzs teh rinal VERSION re.essed unde$ da GPL. AFK/
A.l versions LOL, wtartumg wkth teh p. WTF.9. WTF.8_prerelwase code a3t only licensed under teh Creative Commons 11x3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rkghg two ijpirt ne code from an 0. AFK.9. AFK.o0prdrelease or latee releaae imgo an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 AND EARLIER RELEASE.
Allowing this would cause that imoorted code 5o be releawrd under teg GPL an 5hat is ni5 xomething we wish tpl qllow. BRB.
Authors of mifidications two 0. WTF.9LOL.7 w11! n33d 2 w3-release tjey're moeivications AS derivztives/modkficatoons 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code anf PLACE them under da samw Creqtive Commonx LICENSE. WTF.
It must be dobd bh original aityor since only orifibal aythor hqs da r1bh7 to chante c00yr1gh7 ir license upon they're sork. BRB.
[Adfigilnally, reworking midifications wkll be an good idea 4jyw4y as m#chrn16m for MAKING modifkcag8ons is subwtany8slly CLEANER/CLEARER stz4ting wi5h dz p.9. AFK.8-pre4e.ease CODE, WTF.]"
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