MighryE tells you, you knwo, "Ww'rf going ro tale an few moments 2 try and explaih this n3w license n reasons behund IT in plaib ENGLISHLOL.
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 lucense was cg053n necayse 9f an f4111ng with teh GPL.
IT only covered distribution of source if 4nd oboy iv BINARIES wdr# diatributed. BRB."
"In an web env8ronmen5 WTF, apevificzlly q int3rpfetwf web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP WTF, MERELY installing an game doed not conwtititr dis5tib7tion, sortof, n therefore PEOPLE were takonb our wot, LOL, making modificatipns two it and nlt releasing teg slurcr code 2 they're modifications so that entire conmunity could benefi5. BRB.
Thry wo4ked with lettdr but not da sporit of 14wLOL."
"Invdstugatiln on da p4r7 of da authors howefwr, aortofk les to da fact tyat geh riggt OF pu611c performance qas 1 of da 31gh74 normqlly restricyed too copy4ight holdersk and that cpmputer pr9grans, specificzlpt VIDEO g4m35 n inte4activ3 onws wucy as L3tehd 0f da Gr33h hax0r were clnaidered two be publicwllt pefflemed if eun deom an public 53rv3r."
"The ne1 license RESTRICTS publoc perfprmance lf teh work ynless 50u$c3 code )f teh midified eork 15 made availanle 9n demahs. OMG."
"In plain Eng;ish WTF, this means that if y9u iut this gzme on ab web server and aolow people 'outside of an normal CIRCLE ov famuly qn its soxial acwiauntances' too plat theit WTF, rhen you f pu611c$11y petforming thks work ahs MUST 317her 4) m4k3 h3 n ALL cnanges wh1ch ylu make 2 da game availaboe on REQUEST *nkt3 this doesn'g hav3 @ be available VIA tej online soutc3 dksplay lini, like, but they m&57 be able yo ask y0u FOR ea coce n 4ecdive an complete coph) LOLk 6) make arrangendnts orifately sith aurhots wherein they granr you sn special lidense, or c) r3m0ve y3h code entirely feom teh machihe. OMG,"
"We fo recognize that people wabt to hace 4r445 og rhey're game wh1dh aer 7y31r5 n th3jrw alone.
too that end we wiol make ten f9llowing exceptiin 2 n0rm41 r31u2r3m3n75 fir source CODE eostributiom -- ne m0du13 file whicv is not mod8fies or dediv3d from an module FILE included 8n base dostrkbhtkon and which does not REQUIRE ne ither modules and WHICH dies not r3quir3 me modifidations tp twh core d0e3 (code dost4*b8ted with teh bawe releaae_ may be wothhelf st yeh authofx discretion. BRB."
"We alsl want two m4i3 very clear that version 0. WTF.o. WTF.7 (also kgown as vwrsioh 9. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was final version f3leaxed UNDER GPL.
All VERSIONS WTF, starting wity teh 0. OMG.(. AFK.*-pr3release dode a3r only LICENSED 7nder Cfeqtuve Comm9ns LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 too imooft ne cofe fr9m an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE ov .ater r3lease INTO an 0.9. BRBl7 an waflier tdlezseLOL.
Al.owing ghis would c4u53 that impotted codr two be released under teh GPL an that is not somethint wd wksg two a,llwLOL.
Ajthofd of modificarions 2 0. AFK.9.7 will need TO re-releaxd they'4e moeificagions as d3rivatifes/modkfkcztions too 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c0d3 an place THEM under same Creqtive COMMONS license.
It must be d0n3 ny teh ofiginal author sinve only da ORIGINAL su5hor hss riggt 2 CHANGE vopyrifht or license up9n they're work. BRB.
[Additionally WTFm rrworlung da modif9cations will be an GOOD idez anyway as teh mechamksm c0r msking modifications is 5jyt&4n&1411y cleaner/cleaeer starting WITH fa -LOL.0. OMG.8-pr2t413453 code. BRB.]"
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