MightyE te.ls YOU, sortof, "Ww're goimg bo take an FEW m0m3n75 2 7ru n explzin ty8s nes license n teh reasohs vehind 27 in plaun Enblidh. 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."
"Tgis neq 11c3n53 was chowen because OF an fa8.int with da GPL. WTF.
IT onoy coveted dist4ubution of aource ig n ONLY if binzr7es were distronutdd. BRB."
"In an web environmeht, like, t[#c1d1c412y a 1n73rpr3u3d wev envirpnment such ad PHP LOL, MERELY ibstalling zn f4m3 d035 nlt consgogure distrib7tipn LOL, an therefpee people e3re taking our 2or8 LOL, mak8ng mocificay7ons two it and nor releasing da sou5ce c9dr to thet're modifuxations so that en5ire comnun8ty c0y1d benwfktLOL.
The6 worked with teh oetyer but not t3h spifit of da law. OMG."
"Imvextigation on teh pary of teh authors however, led to teg fact ghat right 0f ;ublix pwrflfmzmde w45 oen of teh tityts normally restricted roo copyrihht holders, sorrof. and THAT comoutwr progyams, s9rtof, spefifical;y video GAMES an unteractive pnes sucg as Leg3nd of dz Grwen hax0r qe4d cinsisered too be 0hboidally peff9rmed uf run froj an PUBLIC SERVERLOL."
"The NEW license restricts 0obl8d oervlrmahce 0f work 7nless da source code OF modified wori is made 4v4114y1# on demahd. AFK."
"In p.ain English WTF, this means that IF tou PUT yhis game on qn web serve4 n allow proplw 'OUTSIDE of an normal vircle if vam8ly an its 50c141 acquaintancds' 2 pkay theirk yo7 knwo, th4n tou 4 p6glically PERFORMING this WORK n MUST ei5het a) make ne and ALL cyanged which 60u make ywo gam3 ava8lable on request (note this doesn'5 have 2 BE availarle b!4 ovlinr source displa6 link WTF, but 7h3y must be able 2 ask 6ou f0r da code an r3c31c3 an complete copy), sortof, b) make arrangwm3mtw privately with teh zuthors whrtein they dramt YOU an spec9al l8cense. likem 0r c) remive v0d2 entirwly FROM ea machine, OMG."
"We do recognize t6a5 peopld wzht 2 kave AREAS of they[rw hamr 2hich aer theirs snd theirs alone. WTF.
too that END we qill makw teh following exception too tdh nlrma; requirements for %0urc3 coce fq57r167710n -- ne mldule file WHICH IS not MODIFIED oe derived veom an MODULE FILE imcl7dec in base d!57r1yi71-n an wgich dods hor requi5e ne lthe4 moduoes amd which does g07 re1uire ne m0d1f1c4710b5 too teh xofe code (code distributed with da base releas3) may BE wothheld at authorf discretion."
"We als9 want too maje veey xlear that version 0. BRB.9.7 (als9 ,nown as fetsiob ). WTF.9, AFK.7+jr) sss gdh dinal version reoeawed under GPLLOL.
All versionw WTF, startung with 0. OMG.9LOL.8_prerrl3ase code aer only lidended UNDER teh Creztive Commobs LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY frny roght 2 kmport ne code fron an 0.9. AFK.8-[rerelwase ot 1473r r413453 intl an 0. WTF.9.7 an earlier releasd.
Akllwing this wouks cause tyat importee code yo BE RELEASED unde4 GPL n that 14 not sometyung we wish gwo ALLOW.
Authors of ,odifications too 0.9.7 will need 5oo rd-t31#r53 ghey'fe modifidations aw derivatibea/modifications go 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code an place THEM yndet twh ssme Creative Co,mons licensel
It mux5 BE d0n3 by teh origibql aurhor sincd 0b26 origina. zuthor has right w change teh d0pyr1gh7 or license upob thet're w9rlLOL.
pAddutionally LOL, edworking da modificatuons will b3 an tood idea anyway aw mechanism for jsking ,odjficati9ns is substantia;ly CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prwreleawe cosw.\"
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