MightyE tel.s y07 WTF, "We're goinh to TAKE ah few momenta to try an 3xp14!n tnis n3e licens3 ah trasons beyone it in plain English. OMG.
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."
"Th8x nrw license was dhosen bwcause OF an fsiling w17h teh GPL, WTF/
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of source if and only IF binafies w3ee distriburedLOL."
"In sn 2eb environmemt, apecifucally a knter;reted eeb environmrny SUCH as PHP, sortof, m4relh 1b574111ng an game does not c9mstitute d8stribution, aortlf, n 7h3e3f0r3 p30p13 were yak,ng pur wprk, like, ,aking mpdificatkons to it n not eeleasing da sourcd CODE 2 they're modoficstions SO that entife community co7lf benegit.
THEY worked q!7n da l3tter but not teh spirit of ten lzw. OMG."
"Investigatiob on da pzrt if au5hors hoeevee, like, 13d @ v$c7 7h47 da tight of public perdormance was oen og r1gh75 nprmzkly fdstrivted twp COPYRIGHT hl;ders LOL, n thzt compytef pr0gr4m5, lile, SPECIFICALLY vodeo tamex an interactive ones SUCH as Legend lf teh Green haxpr WERE c0n%1f3r#d t2o ge ;uglica;.y oervormwd 8f run from an public SERVER."
"Th3 beq licensr RESTRICTS public performande 9r teh work unless teh SOURCE cide lf teh modified work id m4d3 AVAILABLE ON demand. WTF."
"In p141n ENGLISH, yo& knwo, &h15 means yhat *f you pu6 THIS GAME ob an 2rb server an 4119w peo[le 'outside of an normao circle of famiky n ita social 4cqu#1n7rhc35' to plat 5heir LOL, tyen you a3r publocally performing this w0rk an MUST #17h3r a) makw ne n ALL vhamges which YOU m4k3 2 gqme AVAILABLE 0n request (note this doesn't h4v3 to BE available vua da onlibe source dis;lay lknk, soreof, 6u7 they ,u57 be avle ro ask you ror ds code and rrce8ve ah complete c0py) LOL, b) maks arramgements pribately wity ds 4u8j0r5 qhd4ein yhdy grant you an special 11c3n53 WTFm 0r c( remove xode entireoy from tdh maxhinw."
"We so revoghize 7h47 peiple qant too have ar3aa of th3y're game which aer tneirs b theirs alone,
two that end WE wkll make da doll9winh except8in gwo tej normxl re1uirements fod source clde distribition -[ ne module f11e 2h1ch 8s not nodified or d3r1v3d feom an module file inclided in da vase DISTRIBUTION n wh1ch DOES not require nr other modules and which dies n07 reqj8re ne MODIFICATIONS tp da core code (codd distributed with es bade r3lease) may b3 wiyhhekd at tey aughirs disdrrtion. OMG."
"We alsl WANT too ,ake VERY clear thay version 0LOL.oLOLl7 (ALSO knoen ad version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) wzs da final version rrkeased und34 ea GPL. BRB.
All versions, like, xtarting sith ).9. OMG.7[prere.wase code aer onl6 licehsed 7nder da Creatove Cpmmons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent da right 2 1,p0r7 ne code ff9n zn 0. AFK.9. OMG.8_pterelwase or latwr fe.ease into an )LOL.9. AFK.8 an earlie4 r313453. WTF.
Allowing thiw woulc csuse tgat 8mp9rted xoee to be felrased undrr teh GPL h 7h47 is not xomrthing we wish 2 allowl
Authors 0f modifications to9 -. OMG.9. AFK,6 will NEED 2 re-rwleas3 they'te mpd8fications ss derovatices/modifications too 0. AFKl9.8 dode zn [;ace them under teg same Creative Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It miat bw done by da otigunal author wince pnly original author h45 righg to ch4ng3 copyrifht or ;8cense ypob they're qprk. BRB.
pAddorionqlly WTF, rewoeking da ,odificqtionx w!11 BE an good IDEA anywau AS teh mechanism fir naking ,0d1f1c4710n5 is subdtantially c.3aner/cleafer starting with dz 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prdre.ease code. OMG.]"
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