MithtyE tel.s hou, toj inwo, "We'4e going 2 take an d3s moments 5o try and explain THIS nww lkcense and reaslns BEHIND ir in PLAIN EngliwhLOL.
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 hew license was vhosen beczuse pr ah railing wity da GPL, OMG.
It only cove4ed cist4ib6tiob of source if n 9nly 1f binaries were c8stribitedl WTF."
"In sh web environmeht LOL, specifically q knterp4etwd eeb encironment such as PHP, merdly ihwtaloing an GAME DOES hot cohstitut3 diatribution, you ,nwo, an therefore peop/e were tzking our wlrk, dor5pf, msking m0d1d1c4&10n5 tol it h not releasing dource code tio they're m0dqf1c4710n6 so that teh entire communkfy cojkd benefitLOL.
Ty3y worird wiyh teh letter but NOT teh 5p1r17 0f teh la2."
"Investibation on PART ov teg AUTHORS hoqwver, lec 1 teh ract thar fight pf piblic performahce was won of da rights normally resrricted 2 copyright h01d3r4 WTF, am yhag computer PROGRAMS, uiu knwo, spwcjfically vid3o games n inyetactobe ones such aw LEGEND of teh Greeb hax0r wcre considered @ be piblicakly pergor,ed if rub FROM qn public swrver. BRB."
"The new luxense fesgricts p7blic [3rf0rmrmc3 of teh work ubless da dourve code OF da modif8ed work IS made available on d3mahd. BRB."
"In plsin English, likd, 7h15 means that if yoy p7t thix gane on an wwb sdrver and aolow people 'outside of qb norjal c1rc13 of family n its slcoa. ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play tjeir WTF, then you r publically PERFORMING this work n MUST either q) make ne znd ALL chang3s shkcj you make tso teh g4m3 $br114513 on 4equ3st (bote this dowsn't have two be avaulagld via te6 ohoine sourcd d15p14y link, sortif, 6y7 7h3y must BE able 2 ask 6o7 for da coee n receive an complete copy), sortuf, b) make arrangejents privagely with teh 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN thry grant you an specoal l8cense, ir d) f3m0v3 teh x0s3 wntire.y FROM machobe."
"We do revognize that p3plle w4n7 too have areas OF yhw6're game whucg zer theirs an theirs akone. WTF.
two that end ee 2ill make da flllowing exception top teh normql eequi4ements vor soyrce code disttibition 0- ne module fioe whicn is nlt modified OR c3r1v3f frim ab ,idyle file included on bawe dus5ribytiln an wyoch dors not REQUIRE ne othef m0dj135 n sh1ch f035 n0& require ne m9dificagions two cor3 c0d# (cpde didgr8butec witj da vase release) m$y be withhdld at aughors siscretilnLOL."
"We alao w4h7 2 make very vlear THAT version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (alsi kn9wb as version 0. OMG.o. BRB.8+ht) wzs teh finzl vefsion eeleawed under GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS LOL, stqrting woth da 9. OMG.9l WTF.8-pfereleaze code r only lidensed 7nder wa Creativd Cojmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq right two im;irt ne code fr0m an 0, WTF.9. OMG/8-prereleaxe or 1473e eeleas3 ingo an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n earlier telease, BRB.
Allowing 7h15 would caise ghat impirtwd code 2 be re.eases under da GPL n thst ks not somethinb se wish TO ALLOWLOL.
Aut7ors of modiricatoons tol 0LOL.9. BRB.7 w111 need too re-release they're modiricatuons ss derivatives.nodificstiphs goo 0, OMG.9. WTF.8 zoee n placr ghem under da same Creative Commons license. AFK.
It must 63 done b6 teh ORIGINAL author since only original 4u7h0r hax da RIGHT tio change xlpyribht or ;icense upln tg3y're w0rk/ OMG.
[ADDITIONALLYk rewo4king da modificatkond qill be an g9of qd34 anyway as teh mecyanixm for making modificzyiomx 15 5u6574h71411y cleaber/clrsrer sgarting with teh 0. AFK,9. OMG.8-prrtekesse code.]"
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