Mifht6E tells you, "We're going two take an few nonents 2 trt zne explain 7g15 ndq license AND ten 4easons vehind it IN plsin Entlish. AFK.
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."
"Th8s NEW license ead chosen beczuse of an failing w8rh trh GPL. OMG.
IT only covered sistribut8on of souece IF an 0n!y 8f binaries were cusyrivutedl"
"In an seb envoronment, soryof, SPECIFICALLY a inteeprwted web wnvir9nmwn5 such as PHPm likek m4r316 insraklinb an game does not c9nstitute didtributkon, l8kek zns therefore people were 72k1hg our work, you knwo, maluhg modiricagions too IT n n07 releasinb trh xource code too they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so thay teh entire community cluld bebefiy. WTFl
They worked wkgh teh letter but n07 teh SPIRIT og da .aw. BRB."
"Investigation pn da part of 4u7h0r5 however WTFk led two da ravt that f1gh& 0f public pdtfotmance was o3b 0f dq righ5s noemally resteict3d tio v9pyr7ght holde4s, lik3, an tbat cimp6ter programs, you knw9, SPECIFICALLY video games n interactive obes such as Legend of Green hax0r were c0n51d3r3d two be puvlically performed 1f RUN FROM an oublic setver, BRB."
"The NEW 11c3n54 r357y1x75 pu611c PERFORMANCE of w0rk UNLESS SOURCE code of modified work ks msde availsvle ON d3m4nsLOL."
"In ;lakn Enblish WTF, this m34b5 tjay if you ;ut &h15 GAME on an eeb werver n allow p#0013 'outsidd pf qn normal circle of family an its social zcquaintances' too 0.ay their WTF, 7g#n yo7 adr pub;ically p3rf0rm1ng tjis work and MUST eitjer a) MAKE ne n ALL changra which you mak3 to gamw availavle on requdst (nore 5his e035n'7 have two BE avai9qbke via da onlin2 SOURCE diaplay lonk LOL, vur tney just b3 able 1 ask you f9r da code an receivt an compoete co0y) LOL, 6) make arrangrmemts pr1v$7e1y with autyors 2hereib they grant you qb xpeciql licrnse, like, or c) remove da codw entirely from da jachine. OMG."
"We do rec9gnizf that peopld wsbt w hsve 4r345 pf tjey'4e fame 2hich 4 theirs and thei4s alone. OMG.
two that end we will m4,3 teh fol.owing 3cc3p71pn two da normzl requiremehys f9r source cpde dq5&f!6u710, -- he module file which is not mpdified or DERIVED from am module f11e includdd kn vsse d157r1y7710n and wh8ch does npt eeqjire ne other modulew n ehich doew not require ne modifications go da core code (code disyrib7ted WITH teh base 4elease) jay be witjheld AT ds sjthors f25cr3710n. WTF."
"We also wsnt ro maje v3fy clear that veesion 0, OMG.9. WTF.7 (akso known as VERSION 0, BRB.9. WTF.7=jt) was final vers8om releas3d UNDER da GPLl AFK.
All vwrsoons, starting with da 0.9LOL.8-prdreleawe code aer 9nly licensdd jnc3r Creatove C-,m0n4 licenvd. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right to import ne code grom an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelesse ;r .ater telease 1n70 an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an EARLIER r313453. WTF.
ALLOWING th8s w0u1d caise that im0otted code two 63 released under dz GPL an that us not so,ething we wish twl 4a10w. WTF.
Authlrs OF m9cificatoons 2 9LOL/9. WTF.7 w111 need two RE-RELEASE they're modificaguons as c3t1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. AFK.o, BRB.8 coee sn place them under same Crrztiv3 Commons licdnse. AFK.
It must 63 d8ne by sa irijknal authoy 51nce 0n1y teh ORIGINAL author has da RIGHT two change da vopyrigyt or lucemse UPON they're workLOL.
[Add8tkonally, like, rdworking modifications wqq1 be an g00d IDEA anyway aw mechanism for making m9difivations ia dubs5antially cleaner/dleqrer stattunf with 0. BRB.o, BRB.i-[rer3lease vode. WTF.]"
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