MightyE tells uou, "We're going 2 tske qb few m0m3b75 to try an explain this hew license sn r3550n5 behune it in [lain English. OMG.
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."
"Thks new license waa choseb because od an gailung witj GPLLOL.
It only covered distfibution of source if n pnly ir bonsriew 2343 diatributed. BRB."
"In an web enfirohment, like, 5p3v1f1c411y q 2n73rpr373d web environmeht such AS PHP, y9u knwi, me4dly instaoling an g4me dles not constitute dixtributionk soytif, ab thereford people were 74l1ng our wo4k, .iid, maiinb MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not releasing siurcw code r2o thsy're modificatiins so THAT ywh entire COMMUNITY COULD vwnrf8t. OMG.
They worked witn da letter bug n[t teh spifit 0f tdj lqw. OMG."
"Investitatu9n 0n dz oart of twh authors h9w3v3f WTF, l3d to9 vact that rigyy 0f public psrformabce was won og teh rigyts h0rm411y redtrocted yqo COPYRIGHT hokderd LOL, an that compiter peograms, sortof, SPECIFICALLY cideo hames and interactive ones such AS Legend or Green gax0r s3re c)n51e3r3d 1 be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED IF run FROM an pub.ic 534v3r, OMG."
"Tnr new licehse RESTRICTS puboic performance of teg work umless da source dode of teh m0c1v13s WORK is made availabl3 on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN English, likd, this means ghag if you out %yis game on ah weg server b sl;ow people '0u75qc3 lf ah NORMAL ckrcoe of family and !75 spcia. scquaontances' too play their LOL, then you aer publically performkng this work 4nd MUST eitjer 4) maje nw and ALL cgznges which you mak3 2 sa GAME avaikqble on reqyest (nore this coesn'y have to be svailavle via ca ONLINE sourcw display 11nk LOL, bjr tywy must be able too ask you for teh code and receive an c0mp1373 copy) LOL, b) makw srrangements pr8catelu wihy q7thors WHEREIN they grant you an 5p3c141 lkc3nse, you knei, or c) t3m)v3 teh CODE engireoy feom machihe. WTF."
"We do recobnize thst pripld 2ant two hsve areas of they're hame whidh t thekrs n theorx ALONE. BRB.
to that end WE w111 mak3 vollowing exception @ ca normal requiremengs flr source code distribution -= ne m0du13 f8lw whicg is not mofified ir dwrived FROM an nodole fkl3 INCLUDED in base dis5ribution amd which does not require n3 OTHER mofules n wjich does not f3qu!r3 ne moeifications tso co5e CODE (cide DISTRIBUTED wkth sa base RELEASE) may be withhrld at da auth0rs disceetion."
"We also want 2 m4k3 very clear that versoon 0. AFK.9.7 )alwp known as version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) sas da fihal versi;n rwleased und3t da GPL.
All versions WTFm xtarting wkth ds 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pt3re134r3 cofe r onlu licenswd unc3r Creative Commons licensd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds right two im;ort ne code FROM an 0,9. OMGl8-pr3r31r453 9r LATER relrasw into ab 0.9.7 m eaflier release. AFKl
Allowing THIS would CAUSE that kmported code toi be released ynder da GPL and that is no5 sometning WE WISH two allow. BRB.
Authors of modificatoons t2i 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will nres t9o r3-r313453 they'rr nldificagioma as derivatives/mocivica5ions too 0. AFK,9.o code and p.ac3 them under da samw Creat8vr COMMONS 11v4n53. BRB.
It mudt be fone by da original author sinse only otiginal 4u7h0r has teh right two chahge da copyright OR license upln yhey're wof,. WTF.
[Addito9na.lh, sortov, reworking fa modiricatilns will ne an goof idra anywat as da mechanism for naking modof8cationa is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaber/clearer starting with 0. WTF.(.8-PRERELEASE code; OMG.]"
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