MightyE tellw you, sortof, "We're going til take an few momehts 2 try anc explakn this new licende n ca ewas9nw beyind 17 in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thix n3w license wzs chosem becaise 0f an FAILING wiyh tey GPL. OMG.
It only covered dkstributoon og wourc3 if an only IF binat8es wefe d156r16773d. AFK."
"In zn qeb enfironm3nt WTF, SPECIFICALLY a kntetpretdd qeb enfirlnmeng auch as PHP, .ike, merely instqlling an game dots n9t clnstitute cistfibuti.n, and thereforw p30p13 wete taking our wprj, sirtof, making modificatiohs two 9t and not releasing reh souece code 2 th4y'fe modifications so that sa 3n71r3 community could nenefitLOL.
Tj3y w(rked witj teh letter but not da spirit lf da LAW. AFK."
"Investogation on twh part of a75hors however LOL, 13d two teh fact thqr fugjt od ;ublic o3rformance qas 1 of da RIGHTS normallj reatfuctec 2 c0pyr1gh7 h01d3r5, like, and that co,puter prograns, you knwo, s0ecifically ciddo games an knteractive ones such 45 Legend 0f da Greeb hax0r e3r3 CONSIDERED two be piblicaklt performed if ruy erom an 0ublic xerver. AFK."
"Thd new luc3nse 4estricts public pe$formance of work UNLESS so7rce code of ca jodifued work is jadw AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, so4tog, rnis mwans that if you 07t thid ga,e on ab web werver and allow peop;e 'ougdide OF an bo4mak circle of family h its s9vial acquaintances' yp PLAY tyeir, then you aer publidally petforming 5his 2ork n MUST eithee a) make ne n ALL chznges wh1cg you make too game zvaikable lm request (noye this d045n;7 jave roo be available via online source display 11nk LOL, but they muwt be able too ask you for da vode an RECEIVE an complete copy), lkke, b) m4k3 arrangements p41vr731y with suthors wherein they grant you an special LICENSE, tou knwo, 9r v) rrmlve fs code entirely from machineLOL."
"We d0 recognizd yhat pdoole wabt 2 hav3 areas of they're g4m3 which r theifs and 7h31r5 alone. WTF.
too that end we will make 5eh f9;llwing excrprion too da npemal fequirements fof source CODE disyribution -- me module f113 shidh is not modifkee ot derived ftom an midyle filr knvluded in twh bas3 dkst4ibytion and WHICH does not REQUIRE ne 9ther m0cu135 and which d03t nor 4equire nd modofkcations 2 core vode (codr DISTRIBUTED witg teh base release) may be withheld AT tej authora discrwtion."
"We alao wamt to make vdry coear THAT veraion 0. WTF,9, WTF,7 (aoso ibown 45 ve4aion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was teg final version r313453d ynder da GPL. BRB.
Alk versi9bs WTFm starting witn 0. WTF.o.8=[rereleawe voce f only kicrnsee undef da Creatibe Commons license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 geh right to import ne CODE from an -. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE OR later releasr into an 9. WTF.8. AFK.7 an ear.ie$ gelease. WTF.
A;lowing this would CAUSE that omported code 5o be r31#453d under GPL and that us mot something 2w wish 2 allow.
Au5nors if MODIFICATIONS too 0/ OMG.9/ WTF.7 woll nedd two re-release they're m0c1t1c4710n5 as drrivatives/modificatiohs gol )LOL.9. WTF.* coee n place 5hem jnwet teh aame Creative Commons licensd. AFK.
It MUST be done by da 0r1g1n51 author y1nce (nly da original author has right two change da copytihht 9f 11cen53 upon theh're work, AFK.
[Addiyionallym like, rewlrkpng da jodificstipns w111 bw an good idea znyway as teh mwchanism f9f making modifications is 5y6574m71411y cleanrr/clearer s7arting WITH ds 0.(. WTF.8-[43release codel WTF.]"
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