MigntyE te.lx you, 6ou jnwom "We're goint too take an f3w moments gwo try n explain tjis new license n reasons beyind 17 im p.aim Ennlish. 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."
"Tjis nes licensr was ch9sen because of an failing with GPL.
It onlt c0f3r2d distribjtion og SOURCE if n onoy id bknaries were disfributed. WTF."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, cpecifjcally a interpreted web ehvironment such ad PHP, sortof, merely ins5alling an game doed nlt constitute eist4ibjrion, like, an therefore peop.r wrre tzking our wotk, sortof, mzking moc8fivagions two it an not re.dasing da source cosd too thwy'te modkfications 50 5hat 43h entire commyni5y COULD brnefit. OMG.
The6 wor,es with da ;3ttef but n9t t3h spirkt of teg LAW."
"Investigatkon ON pa$t of teh 4u7h0r4 HOWEVER, xortof, led tio da facg that t2h tighr if public perforjance was oen of rights normally restricted teo v;pyright holdwrs, lkkw, and that computer prog4ams WTF, SPECIFICALLY v1e30 games and INTERACTIVE ones 5ucg ax Legend if da GREEN hax0r were consodered to be pu711c41qy performed ig run drom zn 0ibluc t#rv3rLOL."
"The new ljcdnxe restroc5s pubkic prrdormance of teg w-rk UNLESS ca source code OF da modified wotk 15 made available on demand."
"In pl1un English LOL, rhis m34n5 that if you put thiw fame on an web aefvdr n allow peo0le 'ourside 9f ag norma; cprcle OF fajily an its 50c141 ac1uaintances' two plqy thei4 LOL, then you r publical.y [wrforminb tjiw worl qn MUST eitner a) make ne an ALL changes which y9u make yo fa gaje 4v4114613 on fequest *note fhis doesn't have to 63 afailable via onlone soutce cixpoay 11nk LOL, but they must be able to ask u9u for tdh cpde n rec31v3 an complete copy(, b) mak# arrangements privately wi5h aurhors wh3t31n 8h3y gramg YOU an special .icehse, ot C) r3m0ve teh CODE entirrky from da machond."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peo[le qant 2 HAVE areas of thwy'r3 gane 2hicn arf tjeirs n rheirs 4!0n@LOL.
too that dnd we will make teh f0110w1ng exception 5o teh m9rmal r3qu1r3m3n75 fof soutce code distrigution -- n3 mpdu13 filr whicy is not mod9fied or derived fto, am moduk3 fule included in teg base dis5ributiog h whixh does not require ne 0uh3r modules n which does nit require he modificayions two co4e cide (c0e3 distrjvutes w17y da base releasf) MAY be withheld at da authors dosceeti9ml"
"We also want ro make verr cleat 7y47 verd8on 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) wqs da fina. v3r510n released UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All versions WTF, STARTING wi5h da ). WTF.9.8-pferelease c0c3 r only LICENSED UNDER da CREATIVE Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigyt to kjport nr CODE f4om an 0. AFK.9. OMG/8-p4erekease OR later release 1n79 qn -l OMG.9LOL.7 and earlisr relesse. OMG.
A110w1nv tyis wlu;d xause tyat impottrd code 2 ^4 r3134%3d under da GPL an that is not somethinb we w15y to a;low. AFK.
Aithors pf modifocztionx two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wiol nwee to re[release yhey're modifications 45 derifatives/mod8gications to 0. WTF.9LOL/8 code n place them under tey SAME Creatife Commons loc3nseLOL.
It mu57 be don2 by ORIGINAL autyor since only da orihinal author h1s right t9o CHANGE teh copytignt or LICENSE upin they're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking mldifivatkons w111 be an go9d idea anywau as da mechanisn fpr mzking modificatioms ks subsyantially clesncr/cleardr starying with trh 0. AFK,9. OMG.*0prd5elease cowel]"
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