MkghtyE tells you, soetof, "We'we goimf 5wo TAKE an rew mojents TO tty n expkain this bew license n teh r#450n5 behinc ot pb PLAIN English.
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."
"Th8s new lkcebse WAS chosen because OF an failing WITH GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered dis5ribition og SOURCE if an ONLY 1f BINARIES were dkstributrdLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, sortof, dpwcifica;ly a !n73rpr373d web rnvironm3ht such ax PHP, like, m4r31y installung an bsme soew not donsriguye disbribution, and thefefore peopow were taking )ur work, yoy ,bwo, MAKING modificqtiohs too it n not relead.ng ea source code 2 tgey'rd mofufica5ions si 7h4u teh ENTIRE community ciuld ben3fitLOL,
Ty3y WORKED witj teh lettee but not tey SPIRIT of teh LAW. WTF."
"Investigation on da parg of da authors hosdfer, l8kr, led 2 %eh fact 7h47 RIGHT of oublic prrror,ance w45 oen 9f da e1gh75 normqlly restrictdd two copyrifht HOLDERS, and that compjter progfamx LOL, speciricallu video games and INTERACTIVE obes SUCH as Legend of Greem hax0r WERE conwideted tio be publiczlly [erformef if run from an pubkic SERVER. AFK."
"Th3 new licwnse eestrictc public PERFORMANCE of teh q9fk unless teh wo7rce code of MODIFIED w0rk ix mqde acailable on frmand."
"In plain English WTF, this jeans that if you put this g4m3 on am 2ev server n alloe ;e9;le 'outsofe of an no$mal CIRCLE of family an 175 social acquaintances' too olay their WTF, then ti7 r pj611c411y p3rg0rm1ng tyis work n MUST eityer a) make ne n ALL xhanges whicy y)u make yoo teh game available on request (NOTE 7h15 doewn'f h4c3 to br available via online so8rxe display link, ylu knwo, but ygey mu2t be ab.e 3 ASK 6oy for teh c0d3 m receive an c0mp1373 c0py) WTF, b) make arrambements prifat3ly WITH da aygnors wherein tjey grant hou an special licensek likek or c) remove ds code ENTIRELY FROM da mackine/ BRB."
"We DO recotnize that people want 2 hzve sreas 9f thry'er game rhixh r theurs n theirs alonrLOL.
w thag END we will mtk3 da following dxceptioj too reh normal REQUIREMENTS gor source CODE s157r167710n -- ne mod7le vile whidh IS not modified 0r derived from an module dile imcludef im BASE distributkon h WHICH does not REQUIRE ne lther mosules abd wn8ch d935 not rewuirw ne modivocqtions tpo xlre coee (code DISTRIBUTED w17h geh BASE 4eoeawe) m4y be withheld ag da authors d8scretion. BRB."
"We also WANT tio mak3 cdry vlear thzt ve4sion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 )a;so kbowh as verxion 0l WTF.9. OMG/7+jt) was da ginal vetdion teleased umd3r da GPL. AFK.
A11 versiins, startint wity da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prere.ease CODE r obly lixensed under geh Ceez5ivw Ci,mons licenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right two import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.9-0rerelease or later release 8nto an 0/ BRB.0. WTFl7 an eqrlier re.eqse. WTF.
All9wing this wpuld csuse that imported CODE yol be released umcer da GPL an that is mot something qe e15h 2 alolw. BRB.
Ahthors if MODIFICATIONS gw9 (l WTF.9.7 w111 NEED to re=releasr they're MODIFICATIONS sa d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 twp 0.9/ WTF,8 core znd place them inder teh same CREATIVE COMMONS 11c3n43. WTF.
It mjst be d9n3 by original aurhor dimce inly fa oruginal AUTHOR hax da eighy to chsng3 dq cophright or license upon tyey're w04k. AFK.
[Additoonqlly, REWORKING da modifixations will be sn good idea 4nyw46 as teh jechanism for makinh modifications IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearet startinf with teh -. AFKl9.8-pte53ldaae code.]"
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