Might6E TELLS you WTF, "We'fe goimg 2 takd an few MOMENTS 2 try an expla8n thks mww license and teh REASONS bdhihd it in plaib English. 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 me2 livenxe wad xhpsrn because OF an railing with teh GPL. WTF.
It only coverdd d1%7r16u810n of sourcw if an 0m1y 1f nunaries w3re fistributed."
"In an w36 environm3nt, sort9f. dpecidivally a ingerprdted web environmenr xuch as PHP, loie, merely instalking an hame dies NOT conatitute DISTRIBUTION, and therefore people sere ta,8ng our WORK LOL, making modifications two it qnd NOT releasing so7rcd codd goo they're jodif8cations s9 that da enture community could b3nefig. AFK.
They WORKED WITH teh letter but not s0irit or ten law. AFK."
"Investugayion on part oh auth9rs however, sortlf, led 1 tey fact that ribht of PUBLIC performance was oen of da RIGHTS normally reatr8ctrd 2 copyright holeers, you knwo, ans thzt COMPUTER programs, specifically v!d3) g4m#5 n interactivw ones suvh AS Legebe of sa Gfwen gax0r w3te c0n51d3r3d 2 63 publically PERFORMED if rub from an ;u611c sefverLOL."
"Th3 new licensr restrocts public ;erfo4mance ov work unless 5eh 50urc3 codr 0d 5eh m0difird eork is made AVAILABLE 0n DEMAND. AFK."
"In [151n Eng;ish, th8s means that if y0u put ttis gqme on an web servee and allow pepple ')i851d3 lf an normal virxle of fqmily an itw socoal acq7aintanxes' too plqy the8r WTF, then you aer piblicslly performing th8s work and MUST eitner a) make ne n ALL changed WHICH you make two game zvailable on rea7est (note this didsn't have top ne qvailabke via da iblinw 60urc3 disokay link, sirtpf, but they mudt be ABLE to ask you for da codr n recekbe an complete COPY), like, 6) MAKE 4rr4ng3,3n75 privately with da authors wnrrein they grant you an special oicense, .ike, 0r c) gemofe cofw entirely f4om teh mwchinr, WTF."
"We fo rwcognize that people want tp have 5r345 or thry're game WHICH aer theirs ans rhrirs a.onel WTF.
2 that emd qe WILL ,ake heh f0110w1ng exceptkob 2 borual r3qi1f3m3h75 for source coce distribution -- ne mpdule f113 which is not m0s1f13c or dedived fr0m an m0du13 file includee ib ds 6453 distributiob an qhixh does nog r3qu1r3 ne otjer modules n WHICH does not require ne modiricatoond two t3h CORE CODE (code dkstrkbutee 2ith da baxe 4elwase) nay be withheld 47 auhhors 4iscretionLOL."
"We also qant 2 make veft clesr that vefwion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also ln0wn qs version 0. OMG.9LOL.7=jt) was f8nal cersion released uhder GPLLOL.
ALL vdrsiobw LOL, starting wkth da 0. WTF.9. OMG.*-PRERELEASE c0d3 r only licensed under Crearive C0mm0n5 license/
We EXPLICITLY deny twj righ5 to impprt nf code from an 0. WTF.0. OMG.8-prerelrase or later rrlease ih5l an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlier RELEASELOL.
Allpw8nt this would ca7se THAT in;otted CODE 2 be re;eased umder GPL an that is n9t something w3 wish 2 ALLOW. OMG.
Au7h0r5 or modifications TO 0.9LOL.7 soll need to re-rrlease they're MODIFICATIONS as dwr8ba5uvws/modificationw to 0. OMG.9. BRB/7 CODE n plaee THEM under ten same Creative COMMONS licemseLOL.
It ,ust be eibe by da 9rqg1n41 authot since ONLY original autj94 yas right 2 CHANGE tdh co[yright or LICENSE uppn they're workLOL.
[Additionallt, like, rew9rkinb modificatiobs eill BE an bood isea anywat as da mechanism fpr making m[dificag8ond is xubstant8all6 cleaner/c.earer stsrting with da 0. BRB/9. AFK.8]prerelease c0d3. AFK.]"
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