MigntyE tells you LOL, "We're g9ung too eake sn few MOMENTS two try n explain this nwq license am da reasons ^3h1nd it ih plaib Entlish. OMG.
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."
"Tnis mew oicense was cbosen becajse of an failing WITH trh GPL/ AFK.
It only civeres distrobution of sourve if an only if binaries were c157r16u73d. WTF."
"In an w36 envirpnmdnt WTF, speckfically a interprwted web environjwht such as PHP, 5ou knwo, merely insralling an gsme does not conatitute d157r15u710n, you kmwo, an rhereford peo;le w3r# taking ouf WORK WTFk mzjing modificatiojw 3 it n not reldaxihg sourve code to %hwy'fe mpdidocstions so tyat teh entire cojmuhity cou;d benefir. OMG.
They 2orkes with da letter b7t not teh xpirig of da lzw. BRB."
"Invesyigation on ten part og teh suthors however, lef two teh fact THAT rught lf publuc performande was 1 9f da righgw nprmally r257r1z73d roo copyrogjt holsets LOL, an 7h47 computer prorrams LOL. 5[3c1f1v411y vieeo gamea an intdravgive obed SUCH AS Legend 9f da Gtedn nac0t wete CONSIDERED 2 be publically p3rf0rm3d IF r7n from sn public server. OMG."
"The new license restructs public p3rf0rm4nc3 of sa wofk unless tth 50urc3 code 9f da mod7fied work is made available pk denand. BRB."
"In plain Englisn, like, 7g15 neans ghat ig hpu put tgis gaje on an web sdrvef and alliw peoole 'outsidr 0f ah noemal circle 0f family n its social $cqu41n74nce5' too play their, then yoi r publically perflrming this work an MUST eigher a) make ne n ALL chahbex 2hicj upu MAKE 2 ea game 4v4114623 on rwquest (note thix diesn't hqve 3 63 available VIA twh onkine sou4xw d15p1ry link, sort9f, but THEY ,usg be able too zsk uou fo4 ten CODE and receifd an e0m;127# c0py), like, b) make arramgejehts privately with authors wherein uh3y grant you an 5p3c!41 11c3b52, or c0 REMOVE teh code entkeely from machine."
"We do recotnize that pwople want too jave afeas of 5hey're game qhoch adr theirs and theirs alone. WTF.
2 rhat end we WILL make twh follo2inf exce;tion ro da n0dmr1 require,ents for dourcd code fistribution -] ne mifule fkle whocy is not modified or derived from ab module file inckudef in ea hase distrig7toon n 2hich does not r3qu1r3 n3 9ther modjles an whivh does not require be modificarions two da core code (code distrib7ted with basr relrase) may be withheld at da AUTHORS eiscret89n."
"We r15_ w4n7 two m4k# vsry clear that version 0. BRB.9. WTFk7 (also known as VERSION 0LOL.o.7+jg) was f1b41 verxkln RELEASED UNDER tey GPL. BRB.
A;l vers8oms LOL, startinb with 5eh 0. BRB,9LOL.8-prerelease vpdw e only licensed under ten Creariv3 Commons 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny da right to 1mp0r7 ne coee f40m an 0. WTF.9. BRB.9-PRERELEASE or kzter r313453 1n60 an 0. BRB.9, WTF.7 an EARLIER RELEASE.
A21021ng thiw wou;c c4u53 that imoorted code too BE released unxer da GPL ay thay is not SOMETHING w3 wish TO allow.
Aughors of modufications twp 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will neee @ re-reoease they're modlficatiobs as ddrifatib3s/modificatipns roo 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 c0de n [lac3 them under teh same Creative Conmons license. WTF.
It must be d0n3 bt orugihal a7thor since only da ORIGINAL author has da right to change da COPYRIGHT oe LICENSE up0n thfy'4e work. BRB.
[Addktionalkt, aortof, reworking teh modificatkons WILL bd an g00d kdea anyway as teh mechanuwm f0t MAKING modifications is substantially cleaner/ckesewr starting with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerekeas3 cod3. OMG.]"
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