MihhtuE y3lls you, sortof, "We're gling two tak3 am few miments 5oo try n explain this bew 11cen53 n reasons behjnd 9t in plain English. BRB.
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 license @as CHOSEN bwcause or qn f3211ng with GPL.
It on.y COVERED distrivution of SOURCE if an only if binaroes w3r3 disttinuted. AFK."
"In zn web envirobm3nt, softofm specificallu a interpretrd wdb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, MERELY instslling an hame d035 not constitu5e dkstrigution, sorrof, n therefore peop;e qere takihg 0ur work, you knwo, makihg mldificqgions 2 i5 and n)7 releasung souree CODE too rhey're mldigicat8ons so that yey enyird communigy cl7ld behefitLOL.
They w0rk4d with da letter but not 501t17 pf teh law. BRB."
"Infestitation 0n da part og authurd goeever LOL, LED twi tej fact that teh right of puvllc PERFORMANCE was 1 lf teh 4ighys normally RESTRICTED 2 xopu4igh5 holders, liie, b that comoute4 [rogra,s WTF, specifically video games an 1b73r4d71v3 ojew such as LEGEND 0f da Gfeen hax0r WERE considered two BE publicz;ly p3rf0rm3d if run from an pub.ic se4ve4LOL."
"The brw licebse restricts pjblic ;erformance of teh w0rk unlwxw da sourde CODE of da mocified work is mace svaooablr on demand."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, like, this mezns rhat IF you out THIS game 9n an web server an alllw pepple 'outsife OF an nprmal circle 0f f4,11y an its social acquaintanves' t2o p14h their WTF, then you a3r 0u6!qc4116 pefforming thks work n MUST eirher a) makd ne n ALL chsnhex which you make to teh game AVAILABLE on request (note thos doesn't HAVE two BE qvqilable v14 tey online source dispkah l8nk LOL, but the6 mjst BE abje two ask tou for code an rece8ve an v0mp@473 copy), you knwp, B) make arrzngements privately wuth da authirs whd4ein 7h3h gr4b7 you qn SPECIAL LICENSE, or c) REMOVE da dode 3n71e31y fwom teh maxhube. OMG."
"Ww do 4ecognize that [eople want too HAVE areax of they're game wh8ch aer 5heirs 4nd theies alone. OMG.
tw0 that ene 23 wull MAKE foll8wing exception 1 nodmzl rewuirrments for xource code dystr8bution -- ne module FILE which us not m9dified or d3rived from an m9du13 f113 included in 6453 DISTRIBUTION an 2hich doed no5 r3quire nr othet jodules n whidh DOES not rdquire ne nodificagions to da core codw (clee distributdd with bawe reoease) may be withheld at t3h authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also want two make very c;wat yhat VERSION p. WTF.9. OMG.& 9also lnown as veesuon 0LOL/9.7+jt) was da final VERSION r3leased hndwr twh GPL. AFK.
All versi0ns, sortif, startong 2ith ds 0. WTF.9. AFK/8-prere;ease code t only licensed und#r trh Creatibe Commins q!c3n54.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to IMPORT ne cide rrom an 0. BRB.ol BRB.8-prerrl3ase or later t313453 inyo an 0. WTF.9.7 an earlier release. BRB.
Allowing THIS would CAUSE THAT imporyed CODE 2 6e releaded UNDER da GPL n rhat IS not somdthinh 2e wish to allow. OMG.
Authirs pf moduficayions 5wo 0.(. OMG.7 wull need to re-rdoezse they'ee m0d1f1c5710n5 ax d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0.9. OMGl8 code and poace thrm under da SAME Cfeatuve Commons licebse. WTF.
It must ge done by teh or8g8nak author since only origimal 5u7g0r gas dq tight 2 CHANGE da vopyright or LICENSE upon they're woek/
[Adcitionakly, you knwo, reworking ea mldificqyuonw 2ill be an goos idea ANYWAY aa mechanixm fof making modifications ia SUBSTANTIALLY cleane4/clearer starting wirh da 0. BRB.9l AFK,8-pre4eleqse codel WTF.="
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