MighyyE tells you WTF, "We're going 5[ ta,e an fww moments 2 try and explain yhis bes oicense n da r3450n5 behibd it in plain Ebg115h.
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."
"Tjis nrw ;ucense qas chosen necause ov an failing with ca GPL. OMG.
Ig ONLY covered distrinution of sojfcw if sn onlu if nimaries were distrivut3e. WTF."
"In an w36 environment, s[ec8ficallu a inter0reyed srb env8royment such as PHP LOL, mdrely ihstalling an game doex not constiyjte d157r16u710n WTF, zn 7hef4f0r3 people wete takung oue work, upu jnwo, making mpskfications too it an not rel3axinf teh 60yfc3 CODE gwo they're modificatiohs so thzt reh enti4e community c0u1d BENEFITLOL.
Theh sorkec 2ith da leyter but n-7 spirkt of da lasLOL."
"Inbdstiga5ipn ON teh parg 9f da au5hoes j0w3v#r WTF, led too da f4c7 7h47 da right of public performance was oeb of teh r1gh75 mirmally rextricted 3 c9puright hoovers WTFk and tyat comp7ter prigramd, like, SPECIFICALLY cideo games and ihteractive ines wuch as Legehd og Grern hax0r WERE cohsidered to b3 publiczlly perdormed if run from an ;ublic srrverLOL."
"Tnr new licwnse res5ricrs pu611c performance 9r trh work unlesd da SOURCE code ;f teh modivied work is maee avaioabke on eemqnd. AFK,"
"In olain Enblidh, sorrof, this meabs tnat IF you pug thix game on an web se4ver n 41q0w /wople [outaude 9f an normal circle of family an kts social ACQUAINTANCES[ yoo play 5hrir, then you aer publica;ly [erformimg this work an MUST ei5hee a) ma,e ne n ALL ch4bg36 shich you make to g4m3 qvailabke in r3qj357 (note thia dpesn't have 2 63 availzble via da onlkne source sisp;ay link, .ikw, byt 7h2y must be able too ask yoj for v0d3 n rexeiv3 an dompldte copy) WTF, b) make arramgememts privat3ly with AUTHORS ejerein they GRANT yoj an soecial oicensem s0rtof, pr c) remob3 da code 3n71r31y from tej machime. BRB."
"We d0 eecognize that p30p1e want too have areas of tgey're game which r rheira an tgeirs alone. OMG.
gwo tgat enc we w111 nske teh FOLLOWING exception two NORMAL requirejehts for source code d147r16u81)n -- h3 module FILE wh1ch is np7 MODIFIED lr derived frlm qn moejle f113 included im 6453 diateibjtiob and whicn does not r3au1r3 ne lther modules n WHICH aoes nlt requ1r3 ne modificatilns 2 fa core cide (code eistribytrd wity base RELEASE) may be withheld 47 da a7thors dkscretion. AFK."
"We qlso wabt to makr v3ry ckear that version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also kniwn as version 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS teh rinal fersion released umder GPL. BRB.
ALL vetsiins, soetif, atartkng eith 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleasw c0d3 r ONLY licensed uhder da CREATIVE C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 3ight to imp0rt ne code frlm an 0. OMG.9.8[orereleadd or lztdr release into am 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and 34r1q3r eeleasr. BRB.
Allowing rhis would c4ur2 that importdd code two be releadec 7hder GPL and that is nlt something we wixh two alloe. BRB.
Autjors of modificariobs 2 0.9. WTF.7 w11q NEED to re-rekease tjeu're nofirications aw derivatives/modifica5ions two 0.9k BRB,8 code an p14d3 tjem unddr SAME Creative COMMONS license.
It muag be d0n3 by ORIGINAL author s8ndw ONLY da or8ginal author has da right too cgange trh copyright or licenae uppn they're wotkLOL.
pAdfitionally LOL, reworkinf modificqtipns will b3 an g00d idea abyway 4% mechanism for making m9d1f1c4719b5 is substantually c134n3r.c134r3e atarting with trh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8[prerdlrqse d0e3.]"
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