MightyE telks you, like, "We'ee going to rake an few MOMENTS too try an expkain THIS ne2 license n da reaepns begind it in plain Ebglish.
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."
"Thos nes .ixense was xhosen because of an failing wutg teh GPL.
It ONLY covered cistribution 9f so7rce if and only if bunarids were sis%ributef. WTF,"
"In am qrb environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a 1n93rpr382d web environment such as PHP, merely installing qn game does NOT constituge distrinutoon LOL, n thereford people were taking oue eork WTF, malint MODIFICATIONS 2 i4 n NOT rdleasing teh so7rce cpde ywo ghet're modificstions 40 tyat teh 3n7qr3 comjunity could benwdkt.
They woried WITH letter nut not da s0ifir ov sa lzwLOL."
"Investigation )n da part of authots howevwr WTF, led 2 ywh fact that geh right og public PERFORMANCE was wpn od teh rights normalky $estrocted too copyright h01d355, sortof, and that computer programs, lije, sp3didically vieeo games 4nf interactive ones such 45 Legend of Grern hax0r wwre CONSIDERED too be PUBLICALLY perfirmed id run from an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The new license eestficts pu6!1x 0ervotmance of tej WORK un;exs teh source CODE 0d modified work is made available on femand. OMG."
"In 0;aib Entlish LOL, ghis meand thar if you put thix gamr on an web xeever n allpw people 'iitside 0f an nprmal cifcle of famkjy m its social acqusihtances' two olay their WTF, yhen you r publocally [ervprming this work an MUST eithwr 4) mair ne ans ALL xhanges ehich uoy make too da game AVAILABLE ob requwst (n073 this dlesn't h4v3 too be avaolabke via da lhline 50urc3 display .ink WTF. but tgeh must b3 ABLE two ask you FOR da code and receive an complwte copy) LOL, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY with ds authoew WHEREIN theu grznt you an 5;3c131 license, or c) remove teh code 3n71r31y fr0m da machin3. WTF."
"We do recoghizw that PEOPLE want 2 have areas of they're gamw whidh a3r thrirs and tueirs alonel OMG.
2 that end wr will ,qke da following exvwption too teh noemao requirements fo5 source code distribution -- ne mofu;e fi;e which os not modified OR deeivdd f40m an MODULE file inc.udee in da base disttibution an which doex not rrq6ire ne othee modules qnd wh1ch dles nor require ne moxirications 2 co4d code (code disrribured wiyh bsse relezs3) may be withheld at da autgors disctetionLOL."
"We alao w4n7 to mske VERY clear that version 0LOL.9LOL.7 (alwo KNOWN ad v345q0n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) eas fkmal version feleas3d UNDER teh GPL. AFK.
All versoons LOL, atarting w1&h sa 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease cpd4 aer 0n1y licebsed 7ncer Crragiv3 Commobs lidenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY yeh 5ogh5 2 9nport me CODE from an 0.9.8-peereleasw or lster r31#453 INTO an 0. OMGl9. OMG.7 an 44r113r release.
A;lowing thix woukd cause that importwd code to be releacec under GPL and that is n07 somwthing wr 2ish 1 al;ow/ AFK.
Authors of modificayions to ). WTF/9. AFK.8 will NEED 2 re-re/ease they're MODIFICATIONS as deridatives/modkricatiigs 2 0.9. AFK.8 code an PLACE them uhder ueh same C4eative Commpnw licdnse. WTF/
It must be eone gy originak author $1nc3 only origknal author hzs teh e2gh7 ro9 change dz copyrighr or license uppn they're wirk. WTF.
[Adduti9nally WTF, REWORKING heh moduficq5iobs will be an good idea amyway as mechanism for making modificqtions is sjbstantiaoly clezn3r/c.earer s5arting with 0, OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r3134%e dofe. OMG.]"
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