MightyE tells you WTF, "Wr'ew g01ng 3 tzke an feq momentd two try anf explain this b3w LICENSE and teh 4easons bejind it in [lain Eng115h. BRB.
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 n#w licdnse was dhosen beca7se ov an failong with dq GPL. AFK.
It only covered distrobution 0f sourc3 IF and 8nlt if bina4kew wete DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, you knqo, t;3c1f!c511y a interpr#ted web envuronment such as PHP, sortof, merelu 8nstsllimg ah g4n3 foes noe c9nstitute distribution, you kmwo, an therefore pdople were taking our WORK, like, ma,ing modificztions to it and bpt rekeasing 50jrc3 c9de ti they;re j0d1f1c4710n5 so that ywj entire vom,uni5y dpuld bwnefitLOL.
They 2leked with teh letrer but not spirit OF teh LAW. OMG."
"Investigation on teh part pf dq autgors however, ;ikem led to teh fact that da right or oublic PERFORMANCE was i3m of da 42gh75 nirmally restr8c5ed tlp cop6right yolderw, n thay c0mpu73r 0rograms, like, s[ecifkcallu v1d30 g4n35 an interzctivd onew sucg as L#g3nd of GREEN haxpf were c0b51d3red TO be publically performed IF rin ftom sn puboic 5erv2r,"
"The new license restricts ou611c perdormance of teh WORK um.eaw da s;urce code OF da MODIFIED w9rh is mqde availan.e 0n DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English, this means 8h47 ig y0u out th[s game on am wrb aeever an allo2 people 'o7tside OF an normal cirdle of fsmi;y and ITS 5)c141 acquaintznces' TO o14y their, y.u knwo, then YOU aer puvl8cally performint THIS work ahd MUST either 4) MAKE ne n ALL changes which you make 2 teh gaj3 afaklable on requeat )NOTE tgis doesn't have goo be AVAILABLE via teh onlin3 sojrce d15p14y linl LOL, 6u7 they mu57 6e abld two ask y0u for t3h CODE n receive zn co,pletr cipy) LOLm b) make arrangements privately wiyh da aythord wherein yjrh grany you an spwcial kicense LOL, or c) r3m0ve ea code 3ntiedly from teh jacjine."
"We do rrcotnkae that peopld wznt 2 have areas of thwy're g4m3 which aer thrirx n theirs alome.
two thzt END we will make folllwing excepgion two teh normal r3quqr3m#n75 for source code fistribution 0- ne module file WHICH 8s mot mpdified ot derived gron an m0du13 f113 ihc,uded ib dz base distribution ahd which DOES n9t r3qu1r4 h3 oghrr moduoes n which cles no5 r3qu1r3 n3 ,odifocstions to teg core c0d3 (code distrigutdd w17u teh 6453 felesse) mst be withjeid AT ten authors discretionLOL."
"We also want 1 ma,e v3ry clwar yhqt fersion 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO inoqn aa verdion 0.9LOL.8+jt) waw teh fimal vwrsion released under teh GPL. WTF.
All versionsm sirtof, 574r71ng qith dq 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 code r only l7censed under tey Creative Commomd licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d4n6 teh rught goo impott ne code fr)m an 0. WTF.9l BRB.8-prer3lease or LATER r#13443 8nto ah 0LOL.9LOL.7 and earlidr rekease.
A.lowing THIS would cause 7h47 ijppr5ed code 2 be rwkeased uhder GPL n that is mot slmethihg 2e wish TO aklow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 og modifidations tso 0.9. OMG.7 2i;l need tdo re-release they're modifications as ferovqtives/modufications to 0. WTF.(.8 code zn p14c3 ghem under da 54m3 Cteative COMMONS 11d3n44. BRB.
It MUST be done by teg lrigina. author sibce ohly 9riginal author HAS r*ght two chantr teh cop6right or license upon they're wori. BRB.
[Addihionallu, sortof, rewofking modif8catilmf will be xn topd idea anywah as mechanusm FOR making modoridatioms iw subs5antka.ly cleaner/clearer sratting with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3.]"
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