MightyE TELLS you, you kmwo, "We're f01ng 70 tz,e zn gew momenrs two TRY n explain this hew licenwe abd geh r3450n4 gehind it in plain Eng115h.
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."
"This new .icense wzs CHOSEN becauar 0f an failing with ca GPL. BRB.
It only coveree distribution of source if n only if binaries q3r3 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web envi4onment, specificaoly a in4erpfeted 2eb 3nv1r0nm3n7 xuch as PHP LOL, mdrelt insta;l8ng an game fles not conatiturd distrobution, like, an 7h3r3f0r3 people wrre takung our workk sortof, making modifucations toi q7 an bot releasing source ciee yoo 5h3y'4e modifivztuonx so that teh entire cimmunory c9uld benefit. AFK.
Th4y wor.ed sith da letyer bjt not sa spirkt of law."
"Inv3stigatkon on ;art of 4u7h-r5 however, like, lef 5oo da facy tjat da righr of puboic performance was 1 of t1gn75 norma'ly tes5rivtrd too copyeight h02d3r5 LOL, an that c0mpu73r pt0fr4m5, ouke, 5p3c1f1c411u video games snd ingeractive onew such as Legend 0g teh Gr33n hax0f were consicered two be publically pefformed of run from an pu612c sercwr. WTF."
"The nrw lixense resgricts pubiic perfovmancd of reh woek unless da source vodr of k9difked 2ork os made available on demand, AFK."
"In plain Engkish, this meand that if yoi pug this t4m3 on an seb 53rv3r an alliw pe9ple 'outside of an nornal c8rxle of rajily n iys 50v141 acq7aintznces' t9 olay their LOLk then you aet PUBLICALLY performing this work and MUST e8ther a) make ne n ALL changes which YOU m4k3 teo teh game 4v4114613 on r3qjwst (note this DOESN'T have 2 BE available via da online source d16p!4y link WTF. gut 5gey MUST BE ablr twl ask you fot code wnd feceive an cojplwte cjpy). kike, b_ make arrangements privatelu wigg tej authors wheeein 5heu gfang you an sp3cisl ;icense, o4 c) remove teh code entirely from da machine. AFK."
"We dp recognize THAT ;elple wabt tpo g4v3 arezs OF tney're game which r th3irs 4na THEIRS 410n3LOL.
two THAT 3md ee w111 m4l3 f0110w1ng exceptipn rio da NORMAL 4eqyirements for source code dixtrivuti9h -- ne mldul3 fule whixg ia not modified or zeruves from an module file imcluded 1n BASE d157r16u710n an WHICH d035 not 4@quite ne oth3r mowules n WHICH DOES NOT tequite ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to teh core code (code distrobuted with da bqse reoease) msy be withneld zt teh autnora discret8on."
"We alwo want too make very c.dar 7n37 v3r510n 0. OMG.9.7 (also knpwn as b3r4!0n 0l WTF.9.&+jt) was final versuon reldzsed under da GPL. WTF.
All be4sipgsm 574r71ng with -LOL.9LOL.8-pretelease code r only 11c3n53d undwr Creative Commons license. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY demy da right uw9 ijport ne code vrim an 0.9. BRB.8-pr3r313453 OR la5er rrlease into wn 0. AFK.9. BRB,7 n earluwr rdlease.
Alloqibg thix would vause that imported code to be reoeased incwr GPL an that ix mot somethkng we wosj 2 alloq. OMG.
Authors of mosif9car8ons 1 0l WTF.9.7 WILL need two re-release th3y're modificatu9hs as derivatibrs/modifications too 0. BRB.(. WTF.i code and [14c3 thdm under teh 54m3 Creayive Clmmons licrnseLOLl
I5 must be d9ne by da original auyh94 SINCE ohly da original quthor y44 53h 4ight to9 chahg3 %eh dopyfight or license upon they're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, sort9f, rewoeking modifications will be an g00d ices an6way zs MECHANISM for maiung mofificztions is substantiallt clezber/clearer s5zrt8ng wiyh da 0LOL.9.8-pterelease code/ WTF.]"
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