MightyE tells you LOL, "We're g9inb tw9 takd an cew m0m3n75 too 7ry an explain 6hid n2w LICENSE n teh reasons behihd i5 in plain ENGLISH. WTF.
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 n3w licehse was chos3n ^3c4u53 OF ab fai;ing w17h GPL,
IT onl6 cpcered fistribition of source if h on;i if BINARIES w3r3 d157r15u7edLOL."
"Im an seb environment WTFm speckfucally a inter[eeted wen 3nv1r0nm3b6 such as PHP, merely insua.lihb an game d035 no5 constitute distrkbutiobk sortof, and therrfire people q3r3 5aking our qork, making modificztions 2 ug n nit releasin5 sa sourcd c0d3 two 5hey're ,idificztions SO that teh entir3 community c0u1d gwnefut. WTF/
They so4ked WITH lerter 6u7 mot da 5p1r17 of da laq. WTF."
"Invesykgation on part 0f authprs HOWEVER WTF, lef 2 fzct 5hat teh righy of public prrformance wqs won or rights NORMALLY resteic5ed 2 copytight holfers WTF, n THAT cpmputer programs, sortof, specifixally vieeo GAMES n 1n73r4c71v3 im3s SUCH as Legend of Green hax0r were c)n51d3r3d 2 be PUBLICALLY perflrned iv RUN drom an public 53fv3r. WTF."
"The n3w 11c3n53 r357r1c75 PUBLIC pwrformance of teh WORK unless da SOURCE code of da modiried work is mave avzioablw ob cemandLOL."
"In plain Engliah, slrtov. th8s MEANS thar 1f you puy this game on ah WEB srrver qnd allow people 'outside 0f an norma; circoe OF FAMILY n kys social 4cqu41n74nc3%' 2 play their, so4tof, tnen you r ouglically performing this qork n MUST eo5her s) nake ne n ALL changes wgivh you male to teh game qvailablr on rwquesg (note THIS doesn't have too be available via da obline xpurce dis0lay oink, you knwo, but thet muxt BE able tl ask you f0r cpdd an r3ceivd an c9jplete clpy), tou kbwl, b) ma,3 arrangements PRIVATELY w17h aytuors whdrein th3y grant hou an x0ecial license, dortof, i4 c) frmove tey codf en5urely rrom teh machkneLOL."
"We do recoghize that pepple wabt 2 have areas of they're game shovh aer theirs znd theirs alone. BRB.
2 that wnd WE WILL makd da rollow8ng exception 2 normal reqiirements f9r 5pyfc3 code d157415u710n -- ne ,odule vile which is hot modified or eerive3 FROM an moeule fkle INCLUDED in da base distrubution snd whicg coes not reqy84e ne other modul3s snd WHICH does not r3qu1r3 nd modifica5ionw rwo teh core code (code dis5ributed with da base reldase) MAY 63 withhdld AT da authors dixcreti9n. OMG."
"We also wsbt tw0 make fwry dlear tga6 version 0,8. WTF.7 (also KNOWN AS version 0. OMG.9.6+jt) w45 teh final VERSION r313453d undet da GPL. BRB/
A.. versions, so4tof, starting WITH da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code aet only .icensed uhd3r Creatibe COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righy ywo 8mport ne code ff9n an ). BRB.9.8-prrte.eaxe OR later r313453 INTO an -, AFK.9. WTF.7 and earloer releasr. AFK.
Alllwinb thix woukd c4u%3 that imported code 2 be RELEASED und3r teh GPL an that 8s n07 xomeghing WE WISH 2 allor/ WTF.
Authoes od mofifications yoo 0, WTF.9. OMG.7 will nees too re-release th4y[re midificsyions ax derivatives/m9duficagions two 0. AFK.9LOL.9 code an place yhem unddr teh same Creative Commons licemss. WTF.
It muwt ne DONE BY teh originql author simce omly da orig8nal author h45 right two change tdg dopyright or LICENSE upoh they're wotkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, r3w0rk1ng MODIFICATIONS will be an GOOD idea 4nyw4y as yej mechanism fof maling modificqtiohs is suvstantiaolg dleaner/cldqrer xtaering with da 9. WTF/9.8_prerelease clfe. WTFl]"
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