MiggttE telks you, "We're gling 2 take an frw mom3nhs 2 try anf exolain tjis new lice,se an teh reqsons beyind it 1n plain English. 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."
"This nee licehse was chosen becauxe OF sn failimg wiyh da GPL. BRB.
It only c0verwd diwrribution of source if n ONLY if 71n4e1#6 were distgibuted, OMG."
"In an qeb envir9nment, like, 5p3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED w46 ENVIRONMENT wuch as PHP WTF, mdrely INSTALLING an tame does not constithte distrigut8pm, you knwo, n &h3r3f0e3 peop;e wrre takint our work WTF, makihg mofifoca6ions two it and not rekeasing da source CODE to they're mldifica5ions so 7h47 entire communiry cojld behefit. WTF,
They woried wigh teh LETTER vut not spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigatipn oh twh pzrt of da a7thors hoqevef WTF, led TO fact that teh fight if pub,ic PERFORMANCE 2as w9n of da rights NORMALLY rextricted to clpyright holders, ljk3, and that computer programs WTF, xpecofically VIDEO gamew and inteeactive ones xuch AS Legend kf da Gfeeb jax0f serr x9naidered w be publically perfirmed uf run from an public server. BRB."
"The new license rewtricts publuc oerdof,ance ov work unlesd sou4ce code if modofied wirk is msde avakkabke on fwmand. WTF."
"In poain Englidh, you knwok this mwans that if you pjt THIS game on an w36 s3rver n al;ow people [outside of an normal CIRCLE of FAMILY sn ITS social acquaintances' top p;qy their, ygen you r oublicaily 0erforming thix work 4bd MUST witger a) makw he an ALL chang3s which t0u ma,e 2 da game acaioaboe on REQUEST (note this doesn't havw two be avaioable via onlkne soirc3 d8splah link, ypu jnwo, bur theh muat be 4613 yo 45k ypu gor teh cpde an receive an c9mplrte copy-, you knwo, b) make arramgemenrs ;rofately sith da au5hors wh3r31n they GRANT yo7 an specoal licrhwe, or c) remove teh code engirely from da machinel OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that ;3opld WANT two hqve afeas of they'rw fame whicn aer theirs n theirs ALONE. OMG.
2 THAT 3nd wr wio. makr teh foklowkng EXCEPTION twl da notmal requirements for siurce c0d3 distr8vuyion -- me module f8lr which is not modified or drrkved from an modjle file indluded in bawe distrinition n which does not rdquire nw 9tger modules n wnivh does nor rraiire ne modificatilns 2 da core code (clde dist4ibuted with da 645e releasr) MAY BE wiyjheod qt da qurhors discretionLOL."
"Wr ALSO w4n7 ti make very coear that version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also inown as vefsion 0/ WTF.9. OMG.7+jr) ssq final bersion telessed und3r GPL.
A.l verxiona, you kmwo, star5ing wirh 0.9LOL.8-prerdlease vode aer only licensed ynder da Creatuve C-mm0n5 lucdnse. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY s3ny teh right 2 import ne code FROM sn 0. WTFl9.9_PRERELEASE or la5er release 0mto sn 0l WTF.9. AFK.7 an rs4lier rekeasr, OMG.
ALLOWING tnis wou.d cause tjat inported c0d3 roo be RELEASED UNDER GPL n 7h47 is not aojwtgkng we wjsg to alllwLOL.
Aithors OF modificatipns too 0, BRB.9. BRB.7 wi.. n33d 2 re-release they'te modifixstions as d3r1v471b35/m0d1f1v4810n5 two 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 vode AND place gnem UNDER da same Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
It mu57 ve dpne by twh origonal authir since lnly da orifina. 3u7h0e j45 teh right 2 c5snge c0pyr1gh7 ot licehse 70on they're work.
[Addituonaloy, sortof, reworking tdh modifications will BE ah GOOD idea abywqy as teh mechanism FOR making modificatiina ks substantially c.eaner/clearer staetihg qith teh 0LOL.9.8-prrrelwasd cofeLOL.]"
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