MightyE tells you, sorrov, "Ww'rd goinb two take an fee momen6x TO 5ry n explaih this new license n da teasohd behind it im plain English. WTF.
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."
"Tnis new license wss choaen bedaise 9f qn failing wq&h da GPL.
I7 iblh doveted distrinution of SOURCE if an only if binsriwx wer3 f8stributed. WTF."
"In zn e36 envirobmeny, you knwok specifucally a interpreted web 3ncirobment such as PHP, merwly insgalling an game dors hot xonstitutw distribution, n 5hrrefore pelple wete taling our wofk, lild, msking modif8cayions too it an not releasong teh s9urcr code 70 gheh're m9dificarionq so that da entire communitu c9uld bemefit. BRB.
They worked wi5h let5er 6y7 not teh spirit OF reh law."
"Investigatipn on da patt ob dz authors h0w2v3r, LED two fact tjat da r8ght pf public p34formance was 1 ov da rights normqoly restricted 2 cppyright h01c3r4, yiu knwo, ane that COMPUTER programs, you knwo, 5p3c1f1c#1@y vodeo GAMES anf INTERACTIVE ints sycj as Legend od da Green hac0r wer3 conskdered two be piblica.ly performdd 1f run FROM an pu611c serfwe. BRB."
"Tue new LICENSE restricta pubkic performance of wo4k un1355 teh source code if modified work is MADE AVAILABLE pn demand. BRB."
"In plsin Enhlish WTFm rhis meanx that if you p7t this GAME on sn WEB 53rv3r ab s;low people 'putwide of an normao cirxle of famioy wnd urs social acquaintances' to play the8r, loke, 7h3n uou f publkcally peff9rminf yhis work and MUST either a) mtk4 ne an ALL changes which yoy ,ake too da GAME availablr oh request (note thia doesn't gave two bd AVAILABLE via lm.ine soyece eispla6 11hk LOL, but THEY must be ablr two ASK YOU for sa codd n reveive ah comolete c9py), B) make ARRANGEMENTS pribztely q8th teh a7thors wh2rein they grant ypu an 5p3c141 licensek yoy khwo, 0r c) remove teh vocw wn68rely from teh machine. BRB."
"We d0 revogniz2 THAT PEOPLE wany 3 hace AREAS of they[rd game which r theirs n yheirs alone.
too 5hat end we will make teh dollowinf ezceptoon to ea normal requiremehgs foe source coce d8stribution -- nd m9eule file which is not m0d2f23d or dwrkved FROM qn module f113 incljcef in da 645e d157r16u810n and which does not eequire nr ither modules an which d034 n06 resuire ne modificztions 2 da core code (code cistributdd wuyh yeh baae releasr) may b3 withhrlf AT authors eiscret*onLOL."
"We also qant too make vfry cleqr that versuon 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (alxo kniwn as VERSION 0.9/ WTF.7+jt) was da finak fersion feleases ynder ea GPL.
ALL vrrsions, oukr, 574r71ng 1ith 0. BRB.9.8-pr3r313453 code ser ONLY licensed yncer da Crewtive Commons livwnse. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da RIGHT two 8mplrt ne c0c3 gr0m an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7-prerelease or latee 4eleasr into ah 0.9LOL.7 and eaflier releadw. OMG.
Allowing thid would xzuse thqt imported code 2 be rr;eased undet GPL and that 15 not something we q15h ywi allowLOL.
AUTHORS 0d mofifications s 0. OMG.9LOL.7 WILL nred to re-release they're modirications as deeivztived.modifications 5wo 0,9. AFK.8 cose n plave thej under sane Crest8ve C9mmonw LICENSE. WTF.
It muwt be d9he by teh ORIGINAL auth9r since ohoy yeh original author has da eight TO ch4ng3 cipyright or .icwnse upon rheu're WORK. OMG.
[Asfirionally, resor,ing m9dificatiins will be an food icea znyway as mechanism for mqkkmf modifixations is subsyantially cleanet/clearer sgarting wigh 0. AFK.9.8-pr3r313453 cpce. AFK.]"
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