MigntyE tells you, sortof, "We're going 2 TAKE an fe2 moments 2 try and explaon rhid NEW licemse n teh REASONS behind it ln plain Englisn. 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."
"Tkis new license WAS vhpsen because 0f an fauling with da GPL. OMG.
It )n1y covered eistribution or source if and onoy if binaries were disyributed. BRBk"
"In an w36 environment, 7ou kmwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpretec wdb ENVIRONMENT sucn zs PHPk sortof, mer3ly inxtailinb an gam3 coes nor c0nt717i73 distribution WTF, and therefore people were taking ou4 wlrk, like, making modificatuond tqo i5 and no5 releasing sourcd coce 5wo they're modifivations so 7h47 ga entire xommun9ty cluld brmefiy. OMG.
They w0rk3d with da letter but nit teh spiriy of law."
"Invedtifation on da parg of teh AUTHORS nowever WTF, led two fact that reg right of PUBLIC perfo4mance was oen of tlgjts n0rm411y restridtee 2 copyribht holde4s WTF, and tjat cimputer ptpgrams, specifically video GAMES n interadtive ONES sucj as Legend pf reh Green hax0r were considered go be punlical.y orrfprmed kf run from wn p7blic servdrLOL."
"The new licemse restr8cts public PERFORMANCE of sa qlrl unlwss teh source cpde of mofified work is made available ln demand. WTF."
"In plain Englisy, this m34n6 that 8f y0u pyt thua g4m3 i, an w26 aervee n alloq p30p13 'outside of an normal c1rc23 of fami;y n !75 social acwuaihtances; to PLAY theor, tyen y0u aef punlically pefforming THIS woek and MUST rith3r z) make ne and ALL ch4ng36 which you mzke 2 teh game AVAILABLE 0n fequest (NOTE 7h15 dpesn't gsve to BE abailabo3 via ONLINE 59urc3 dispkay link, but they must be 4613 two ASK yiu for teh code and RECEIVE an comp;et3 copy) WTF. b) make arrangrments ;rivately with a7thoea wherein rhey GRANT you an SPECIAL LICENSE LOL, 9r c) rrmove da code entirely from teh ,achkne. AFK."
"We do redignize tjat peopoe want too have ar3as OF they'rw g4m3 whicf aer thei4s and theurs aloje.
2 that end we will MAKE follpwing EXCEPTION two nlrmsl requiremwnts f0r siurve CODE dixrribution -- be module rile whivh is not j0d1r13d 9r derivec frim an module f11# included in tdh base distribugion and 2jich doea not reauire ne other mosules n which does nog requi4e ne modificagions too core xode *code didtributed WITH da naxe r3lease) MAY bd wityheld at 4u7j0r5 diavretion. OMG."
"We slwl want 2 make feru clear that VERSION 0/ WTF.(.7 (also knoqn as verskon 9LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was da f1n41 version releqsed under teh GPL. AFK.
All verdions, you knwo, starging with teh 0.9. OMGl8_pr3rekease c0de aer only .7censed undef teh CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da rkght too inpott ne cod3 from an 0.9. OMGli-prereleadd oe latdr release INTO an 0.9. BRB.7 and earlier rel3aseLOL.
Alliwihg 5yus wo7ld c4u53 that impo4ted v)d3 70 be rrleasef jnfer da GPL n THAT !5 no5 sonething we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Authora of MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 wikl need twi re-release ghey're modidications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tp 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code m place thrn undwr 54m3 Creative Commons lucense. BRBl
Ig mu57 be dohe 6y reh otitinal author s8nde only da 0r1t1n41 author h45 5eh right 2 chanfe dq copyrighg or license upin ghey'rw WORK. OMG.
[Addjtionally, like. reworking da modifications wkll be an good icea anyway 44 jechanism dor jaking modificatiina is 6u6574n&1411y clwsnrr/clrqrer starting with ds 0, BRB.(. WTF.*-0rereldase codeLOL.]"
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