M8ggtyE teols you, "We'te going too take an FEW momrnts to try an explsin THIS neq oixense n teh reaaons behind IT in plain Engludh.
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 licenae was choden because of an failing 217h GPL. AFKl
It only cofered dkxrribu5iin of sojrce if ah 0n1y if binaries w2r3 dis5ribit3d."
"In am web dnviepmment. you knwo, specificallt a 8nyerpretec web environmebt sich AS PHP LOL, merely installing an game dpes mot clnstitute distribution, an therefofe pepplw were taking our work WTF, making modifocatilns too it and no5 r313451ng da wourxe cod3 too they're m0d1v1x3610n5 so thzt da entire community could BENEFIT,
Thet worked witg lettet BUT not 5p1r17 lf da laq, WTF."
"Investiga5ion in part 0f teh 4u7h0r5 however, likd, LED to9 da fact thay teh RIGHT of pug.ix perfoemanxe wzs ! OF teg rightq n9rma;ly rdstricted two COPYRIGHT holdera WTF, n 7h46 comp7twr PROGRAMS LOL, specivicaloy video games n intetactive ones such as L4g3nd of teh Green hax0r weee cohsidrred too be pjflicall6 peeformed if RUN vrom an public serve4."
"Thd new licenae restricrs public performahcr of da woek unlexs teh sou4ce code of t3h nodifked w)rk is made ava8lable ob eemand. AFK."
"In plaum Enflish, sortof, thix meanw that if hoy pu7 7h15 game 0n an w36 swrver an allow people 'outs8de of an normal ckecle OF family sn its 50c1$1 acquzinrabcew' too play their WTF, 4jen h9u r PUBLICALLY pe4dptm8ng 5his qork ah MUST dither a) MAKE he and ALL chanb3q wh8ch you make two gzme avaikable on request (NOTE this dodan't yave 5o 63 zvailable via 0n11n3 SOURCE display link WTF, bu5 thdy must br able twi adk you for da code n RECEIVE an cojplete cupy), sovyof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privatdly witg teh authprs wh3r31n THEY graht you an dpecia. license LOL, OR c) rempve da dode entirely FROM ds machine. BRB."
"We do recofnize tnat peo[le w4n7 to have wreas of they're game WHICH aer 7hr!r5 n thwirs akone.
t9 7h47 end w# w8kl nake f01!0w1mg EXCEPTION two NORMAL requie3ments for 50urc3 code dustribution -_ nt modul3 file whixh is noy modifird or derifed fr0m an MODULE file invlufed in teh base distributi9b n wnich does not require ne OTHER modules an whicy doed n07 requi4e ne modifixations 2 co43 code (codr dis5ributed wkth 6453 rrleaae) may be WITHHELD at teh authors dosceeyion. OMG."
"We a;wp eant t9o make very coear tnqt ver510n 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also ,nlwh aw verdioy 0. OMG.0.7+jt_ was final version re;rased under da GPL. BRB.
Al. versionw, STARTING woth tdg ). OMG.o. AFK.8-prerelease xode r obly licensec under geh Crestive Commons license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 teh rigyg too impirt ne CODE from an 0.9.8-prere;ease or layer release imto zn -. AFK.9. AFK.7 anf 34r113r r313453. BRB.
Allowi,g this wpulf cause that 1mp0t73d c0de 5oo bw reoeased und3r GPL am that is b07 someth8ng we wish 2 a;low. OMG.
Autjors of m0d!v1x47!0m5 to 0, WTF.9. BRB.7 will need two re-release they're modificati9na as derivatifex/mod8ficatilns 2 0/9. BRB/* CODE an pkacw 7h3n UNDER da same CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53LOL.
I5 must be done bt oeiginal quthor since only da or8binal autyor g46 tej right 2 CHANGE teh copyrighr 0t 11c3n%3 upon they're work.
[Addiriinslly, re2orking trg morifications w8ll 6e an gold idea ANYWAY as ca mechanism for making moeiflcqtions is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3f/c134f3r starting WITH 0. BRB.9LOLl7-pfdrelease code.]"
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