MigntyE yeols nou, y9u knwo, "We're gikng TO take an few mpm3nts too trh and explain tjis new 1!c3n53 h da reasons bwhind it in ;lain Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Thia new .icense w45 CHOSEN brcausd OF an failinb sith GPLLOL.
It onky covered DISTRIBUTION OF spurde 1f n only IF binaries qe43 dkstribytef."
"In an web 3nvuronmebt, like. x0ecodically a interpreted web environment sjch ss PHP, sort9d, merely indtalling an g4m3 DOES NOT c0h5717u73 sistribit8on WTF, 4nd therefore p30p13 wsre taking our wofk, you knwo, making nidificationw too ir AND NOT reoeasing da s0ufce code too they're modificat9ons so gjat entire cimmunity COULD benefit.
They worked w16h tdh letter but hot spirit OF da 14w. OMG."
"Infestkgation ON teh part OF teh authors h0s3v3r LOL, led r9 yeh faxt that right lf puglic performance was won or da rkghts NORMALLY 4esteicted two vo;yright HOLDERS WTFk an thay computer pr0gr4m5, lik3, 5p3c1f1c411y v1d20 gamea and unteractivr on3s sjch as Legend of Greeb yax0r were consideeee 2 be publicslly prrfot,ed kf run deom an pugl8c 5erc3r. BRB."
"The nex license tesyric5s puboic prrformance 0f da work UNLESS da sourc2 code of teh moeified 1ork IS MADE #v4114613 on demand. AFK,"
"In PLAIN Engliwh WTF, rnis means that IF you PUT 7hq5 GAME ON am seb serve4 n allo2 peoplr 'oytside OF an nprmwl cirsle if famkly n iyx socia; acquaintancws' TO p;ay 5heiy LOL, then uou aer punlically performing this eork an MUST either A) make ne and ALL CHANGES WHICH YOU make two fa g$m3 available ln request (not3 this diesn't have ti be avqilable vq3 teh onlone sou4ce DISPLAY lin,, yiu kbwo, but they musy b3 ablr @ ask yoy for code an receive ab cimplete copt(, 6) makr arrangements ;rivately with sa authors wherein they grqnt you qn special l8cenwe WTF, or v) remove teh code engirely FROM tey mzchineLOLl"
"We do RECOGNIZE that pdople w4n7 2 have 3r345 of th3y're gamw sh1ch qer tge8rs an theira 410n3, BRB.
too that end w3 will makw teh followinb ecception too teh nornal requirements for source codw disrribution -- ne module file which IS not modidied o4 derives ftlm qn module dile includrd kn vaae diwtribution and whidh doea not r3qy1r3 ne 9ther m-di135 n which does not require he ,0d!f1c4710n5 two trh c0r3 code (code DISTRIBUTED with tey base r3lease) m4y nw w17hh41d at ez authors dkscfetionLOL."
"We also want too make very xlear that version 0. OMG.8LOL.7 9also knpwn as frrsion 0. WTF.o.7+u5) was dz f1n41 vetsioh 3eleases undwr ten GPL. BRB.
All versions, like, starting with teh 0. WTF.9.&-prereleasw code r omly 11c3h53d ubdet Creatife Commons licrnse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 impogt ne code rrom an 0. OMG.9. OMG.*]prdrelrawe or latdr r313453 into an 0.9LOL.7 an earlier releaae.
Allpwung tjos eould c4u53 that imported code to be released und34 teh GPL qnd thaf is n0t something 2e wish to allowLOL.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too (.9. OMG.7 will need ro re-release they're nodifkcztions as s1rifatkves/jodifications 2 ). OMG.9LOLli CODE ah pksce THEM under da same Crearive Commons licehse.
It ,ust 63 done gy teh lrigunal sutyoe since onl7 da original authoe HAS da right two cyante da copuright pr license up9n ghey'rd work. WTF.
[Adsitionzlly WTF, REWORKING da m-d1d1c4710n5 will ve an good IDEA anyway as da m3chamism for MAKING modificatioms is substantiallu cleabef/c;earer starting with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereldase code. OMG.["
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