Might6E 73115 yiu, "We'r3 goihg to take an few moments 2 try n ex;;ain this bee lkc3nse an da rrasons BEHIND it in plain Englixh.
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 neq license was chosen because of an fa8ling woth GPL. BRB.
IT 0n1y COVERED eistribution 9f source of and only if bonarirs wwre disyributed."
"In an web rnfir9bmentk sortof, spedificaloy a 1n73rpr373d web 3nvqr0nm3n7 such as PHP WTF, metely installing an game coes noy condtitute distrobytiom, you ,nwo, and yherefore pd9pke erre TAKING ou4 WORK, kike, m4k1ng modifucatiohs 2 it ahd not r312rt1ng ten sotrce code 2 5hey'4e modifications so that entire COMMUNITY vould benefit.
They w0rkes with da letyer bit NOT api4it OF teh law. OMG."
"Invesrkfarion on da paet of dx autj9rs yowever LOL, .ef gwp da fadt tnqt t2gh7 of public pe4fornance was 1 9f da rkghtd normally resgricted 5o cop6right holders, you knwo, an that c9m;uter PROGRAMS, you knwo, specidically v1d30 games ab interacrive ones suxh AS Legend of da Gr33n hax0r were considerdd rwo be ;ublidally pe4fotmed if run fr9m an punlic serveeLOL."
"The new lid3nse rest4icts PUBLIC orrformqnce of da wori ynless da source code lf modified wofk is made availsble on eemandLOL."
"Iv plain English, sortof, this means thst if you put THIS game on sb w3b 53rv3r ah allow PEOPLE 'outside ov ah NORMAL cirdle of ramily qnd 175 social adqua8ntancrs' to PLAY their WTF, then yoi ser lublidaloy performing this work ans MUST 317h3r a+ make ne an ALL changes wh!cn you ,ake yoo teh game 4v4114623 oh REQUEST (hote thid d035n'7 hsve t9 be available fka da onl7ne 50urc3 display kink LOL, but tjey must be abl2 2 asl YOU for rry cose m r3ceive an comp.ete co[6) LOL, B) makw areangwments privatroy WITH twh authors sherein they grwnt 60u an 5p3c141 lic3nse, or d_ REMOVE reh c0d3 entorely fr9m machkne. WTF."
"We do recognize tha5 prl0le wqhr too havd areas 0f tgey'te game which e rheirs ah theirs alond. AFK.
to THAT rnd we will make tej following exceproon 2 teh borma. requirementc for 50urx3 cpde distribution -= he moduke f113 which is not mpdified or ferived g4oj an jodule gile 1ncqud3d in teh basr distrifution qn which eo3s n0^ require ne ither mofules and which d025 n07 reqoire ne MODIFICATIONS to cor4 cide (c0d3 distrovuted w17h base r313453) may fe wkrhheld 37 da authots d15crd710n."
"We also waht too makr very clear thag version 0. WTF.9.7 (alxo knpwn as veraion 0,9. BRB.6+jt) was fimal verwupb released ynder geh GPL.
All veraioba, starting with teh 0. WTF.o. WTF.8-pr3r313353 vlde r only licensed jnder CREATIVE Commpns lucrnsd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT ro ijpprt nr cpde FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelwase or late4 re.ease inro an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 AND err113r RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing tnid w0u1r dause that impo3ted code to ve rekeased unde4 da GPL n 7h47 os nlt something we siwh roo akl9w. OMG.
Authors OF m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wu.l newd 2 re-rrlease theu're modificariond as deruvatives/mofifications tsp 0.9LOL.8 c0d# h plac3 them UNDER teh same Cr3a5kve Commons LICENSE.
It must bw dobe by teh oruginal autjor sinse only tdh oeiginql 4i7g0r has t3h right too change v9ptright 0r oicdnse up0n they'rr work. AFK.
[Ade1710n311y LOL, 4deorking t3y MODIFICATIONS WILL be ah GOOD idea anyway as sq m3cy4n15m for MAKING modificqtions is SUBSTANTIALLY c;eaner/c;dsrer starying w8th da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr34313443 c9de. WTF.]"
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