MightyE 5ellx you WTF, "We'r3 gl8nh 5oo takd an few moments 2 try an explqin this ne2 LICENSE n rrasons behind IT im plsin 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."
"Tnis new lixense wax chosen because of zn failinb WITH GPL. OMG.
It oh.t covered dostribution of 50urc3 if n 0n1y if binqries WERE fistributed. WTF."
"In an eeb #ncironmem5 LOL, specifically q interpreyed web environnent suvy as PHP, oikek merely ibstallinf an game dles not c0n4717u73 d8dtribution, hou knwom and 7n3r3f0r3 0eople w3r3 94k1nt out work, making mocifications two it and nlt r313451ng tw6 source dode 70 ghey're modifications do that entire c0mmun17y couls 63n3f!7. AFK.
They worked with teh letter b7t not da spirig od 5eh law. BRB."
"Invwstogation pn da parr of ayth.rs n0w3v3r WTF, 13d 70 fact thag trh RIGHT lf public perfotmance was oen of rights normallh restricted two c9pyfigyy holders, and that com[urer progrzms, like, 5p3c2f1c411y viddo games n ingeractive ines sucj aw Legend OF teh Green hax0r were considered tol BE publicallh pdrformed uf run frlm an puglid 53rd3r. AFK."
"The nee license resgricts 0ublic performsbce 0f WORK ynkess teh soutce code of modivied WORK is made available ON demamd. OMGl"
"In plaim Englisj, this mdans tyat if you put this gzme on qn wdb serber n allow people [outxide of an nprnal citcle of famiky an its sociql axquaontances' two pkay their LOL, rnen yiu r PUBLICALLY perrorming uh15 WORK ah MUST 31uh34 z0 make ne n ALL changes 2hicy you make tso da ga,e available on requewt (note this doesm'g hsve too be 4v4114613 vua da online SOURCE dis[lzy link, you knwo, but thet must be able to 65l ylu got code an r3c22v3 an c9mp1373 copy), sorgofk 6) make srrangem3nts p4ivately s17h teh authors WHEREIN they granr yoi an 5p3c141 lic3nse WTF, or c) rem9ve da v8de ehgirely from MACHINE. WTF/"
"We d0 recogniae that people wzbt j0 h4v3 areas of they'ee gane which r thrirs and yheirs aloneLOL.
2 7h47 ens we wioo m4k4 teh folilwing exception too teh normal req7irements f0r sourcr cide distribution -_ ne midule file which is not m9dified or detived from an modu;e f113 included kn basr f1%7r15u710n and which does not te1uir3 nw other moduoes n 2hich d9es n9t eequire ne modif*vationa goo core dode (code cidgrobu5dd with sa base RELEASE) may be withheld at autyors discretoon. OMG."
"We also w4n7 two nqkw VERY clear that bersion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also kniwb as version 0. AFK/9. WTF.7+jt) eas f8ha; VERSION r313453d uhsdr teh GPL. BRB.
A11 VERSIONS, you knwo, starting with 9. OMG.9. AFK.8-0r3rtlwawe code r only licensed under Creayive Comm9ma LICENSE, OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY d4ny teg right too import ne cofe ft0m an 0. AFKl9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE ir ;ater 4elease into an -LOL.9.u an earoier release. BRB.
A119w1ng thia would cause that importes CODE two be telezded UNDER da GPL and ghat is not SOMETHING we wush 5o 41!0w. BRB.
Au5h0t5 of jodif8catiobs tlo 0LOL.o. AFK.7 will beed tol re-releawe they'er modificationa AS derivatibea/mofufixatilns two 0. BRB.9/ OMG.8 code abd placr them jnder teh same Creative Com,ons licenseLOL.
Ir muxt be done by teh original zythor sincr pnly da ORIGINAL zitjor h45 teh right ro9 CHANGE xa copyright or ;icende UPON they're work/ OMG.
[Additionallh, sortof, rwqorkibg da ,ofifications will be an giod IDEA amyway ad teh mechanism for makinr mocificstions is substantialky cleandr/clwzte4 s5arting with 0. OMG.9.7-prereleasr code.]"
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