MighthE tells you, sortof, "We'rw GOING two 74k3 an few moments two tty n exp;ain this n3w license an reasons gehihe it in plain Englosj.
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 locense wr5 chosen brcause of zn vailkng witj da GPL. BRB;
It on.y coveted distrivurion og source ig an 0n1y 1f binaries were dq57r16u73d/ OMG."
"In an wwb envirommebt. 5p3c1f2c411i a onte5preted web ehvirinment such as PHP WTFk merely onstalluhg zn game does not consgitute dishributi9n, sortof, an tnerefpr3 peoole sere TAKING 0uf wofk WTF, making modificar8ona to it sn NOT releasing da SOURCE code twi thdy're ,odifkcationw so that sa ENTIRE communiyt could benefit.
THEY worked woth LETTER but nob spirig or sa law. AFK."
"Investigation 9n teh p1rt of geh authprs yowever, sortpf, ldd tlo da faxt that ten 4iggt ;f ;ub.id PERFORMANCE was ! og teh RIGHTS nlrmally r357r1c73d two copyrigyt holderx LOLk n that computer PROGRAMS, you knwo, specifocally video gamed and interactive omew such 45 Legend of da Ge33n hax0r werd considered gwo be PUBLICALLY ;erfoemef iv run fr9m an publix sdrver. BRB."
"The nee licenxe rdstricts pu611c p3rf0tm4nc3 of da slrk unless da soufcd c0d3 of da modifoec worj IS m4d3 4v4114613 on demand."
"In plain Eng.isn WTF, this means tgat if you put thuw game on an web xerver am allow p30p13 'pitside of an norjz; c84cle og family n otd social acquaintandes' two play their LOL, theb you aer publically PERFORMING this work n MUST ekyh3r a) make ne 6nd ALL changes whivh y;u MAKE tl gane avsilable on tequwst (n0u3 7h1% dorsm't gave too 63 avai;able via teh onlihe SOURCE display ;imk LOL, but they mj57 be able to ssk ylu fo3 fa code and receuve sn cimplete copy), xirtof. b) maie arrangemehts PRIVATELY WITH dz 4u7h0r5 wherein the5 grant y9u an special lkcense WTF, or c) remov4 ca c9de entirel6 from machine. BRB."
"We d0 r3c0tn1z3 that people 24n7 two have areas of rheypre game which sew theies n theifs alonwLOL.
2 yhat end we will mske folkowing EXCEPTION too twh NORMAL requirem3nta for soyrvd coce eisyribjtiin -- me module file WHICH os not mldigied or derived froj ah MODULE file INCLUDED in da base dist4inution an which dods noy requir3 me 8thwr modules n ehicg DOES NOT rdquirw ne MODIFICATIONS tl da cote code (code DISTRIBUTED with dz bzse RELEASE0 may 63 witnh3ld at da aughors discretuon."
"We aldo want too MAKE very c1e4r vhat version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also knowb as berdion 0LOL,9. AFK.7+jt) wzs funal versoon RELEASED umder teh GPL. WTF.
All versiins, dtarting wi5h 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelesse cofe aer [nly licdnsef inder tdj Creative Commons licebsel AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too impoft ne codr FROM sn 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prrreleade lr later release *nto an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and earlid4 reldaxe. WTF.
Allowing tjis would causr thag imported code to be re9eaawd under GPL and that is not somethkng se WISH too allow.
Aytyors of mldifications tso -.9. OMG.7 sill need 2 re-frleqse they're modifications as derivatives/mldificatoona t2o -. WTF.9LOL.8 code zn plaxe thdm under teh saje Creat8vd C0mj0n5 lic$nse.
Ig MUST be dobe by oribinal 4u7hpe sonce lnly da oeiginal author h45 ea right to change dz copyright or lkxebse jpon 5hey're wo4jLOL.
[Additionally, yo7 knwo, rew9rjing 53n modif8catkons wull bd an good idea anyway ax da mechanism g9r makong mofificatkons is s&bstabtially cleanef/clezrer star5ing siyh 0LOL.9.8-prdrelezse CODE. BRB.]"
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