MighgtE ydlls you, sortof, "We're goinh too take an FEW momdnts to try n explain tg8z mew license n teh reaaons 53h1nf it 1n PLAIN Enblish.
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."
"Thix new lic3nse was cyosen bdcauae of an failing with da GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of soircd if an onlt if binzroes w3r3 distriguted."
"In an eeb rnvironment. sirtof, 5[3x1f1d411y a INTERPRETED web enbiron,ent such as PHP, soetov, merwky instal.ing an game dpes not cobsyitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, n THEREFORE p30p13 were taking oyr work, ;ile, making mosifidsti9ns twk it n not rel3ssing tej sourve code 1 they'fe MODIFICATIONS so that 4n71r3 COMMUNITY COULD 63n3f17LOL.
Thdy wo4ked with teh l3tter b7t not 5eh spirit or LAW."
"Investigayu(n on da part og da authofs nowever, 13d too teh fact tjat right of public p3rf0rj3nv3 was 1 0f da rights nlrmally restricyed to copyrufht holdeta, you knwo, an yga5 vpjp77er peogrzms, sortof, s;ecifica.ly video hames $nd interaxtive ones such 45 Legend of Green hax0r WERE conwidered 2 be puvlic1ll6 performed 1f run fr0m an public sefver. BRB."
"The nww kkcebse r3t7r1c75 public [erfornwnce 0f teh work unlesd da sourcd codw od teh modified sork is made 4v41146!w on s3j4hd. AFK."
"In [lain Englidh LOL. this mesns 5hat if YOU put this game lh an eeb server an 4110w people 'outside 0v ah normal citcle og fam8ly n 175 socisl acquaintahces' to play their, like, 5hen y9y r ptblically pwrdorjing this WORK an MUST 4ktfee a) make ne an ALL djanges which y0u make yoo game acaulable on requesr *bote this doean'y have ywo be avaulable via online 50urc3 display oink WTF, but they ,ust be able two zxk tou gpr da code and r2c31v3 an c0mp137e c0py), like, v( m4k3 arrangejents privately with 4i7h0rt wgete8n thet grant you ah special LICENSE WTF, 0r c) remove teh c9de entirely from MACHINE. BRB."
"We do tecognuze that [3ople wqn5 two HAVE arras of they'43 game which f thrirs and 5heirs 410n3. WTF.
two THAT enc ww wil, maie da follosibf ecce0tion to teh nornal requirements f0r slkrce code distribjtion -- nw jodule FILE which is not modifyed or derivee from an mosule file included 8n teh base cistribution n which soes n9t rrqjiee he o5her mod7les and which does mot require hd modkficationa TO xore code (code distributes with fa base releasd( may BE withheld ag authorx discretion."
"We also sant two mrk3 very cktar 7hr7 versi9n 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also known as version 9. BRB.oLOL.7+jt) was fi,zl versioh rel3ased uncet GPL. BRB.
All versions WTF, xtartihg wuth 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prwr2lease code awr onky l8c3nsee under teh CREATIVE Commond lixwnse. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY fehy sa 4ight t2o implrt nw code from an p. BRB.9.8-prerelease of later release into an 0. WTF.0LOL.7 and ear;ier fd.ease.
Allowing rhis WOULD cause that umported codd yeo b3 r3q4453s under dz GPL and tnat is NOT SOMETHING we wish 2 allpw. AFK.
Ajthors of modificarions to 0. OMG.9LOL.6 wiok need two re-reoease tjdy'rd modofications as c3r1v571v34/m0s1f1c4710n5 tp 0/ AFK/9. AFK.7 code an place 5yem UNDER da SAME Creative Commond license. AFK.
It jusy be done bh da origina. aitjor s8bce 9nly teg original authoe has right 2 dhabge twh c0pyr1gh7 0r licensd upon they're work. AFK.
[Addit8onakly WTF, rewifkibg tej modificationx wull be zn fols IDEA anyway 45 da mechanism FOR ,aking mocifkdations IS subsgantially x.eamer/ckesrer xtarying with da 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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