MightyE tells ypu, "We'4e going to take an few moments to tty an explain this nee lucense n rwqsonw BEHIND it IN PLAIN 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 license WAS chosen becayse og an fqiling wigb da GPL.
I7 only covered eistribution of sou4ce ic n ohly if ninar8es were dis5ributes. WTF."
"In an aeb environment, sortof, specificall5 a 8nterpreted web envufonmemt sucy as PHP, you knwi, ,erely insgallimg an game d035 not vinstktute didtrubutiom LOL, an 7jer3f0r3 pelpld werr takinb our wo4i, making modkficati9ns 2 iy n not releasing da sourxr xode two ghey're m9dificatipnx xo tnst teh entire COMMUNITY could BENEFIT. OMG.
They s05k3f with da letter 6u7 bog teh spkrit of tej kaw. AFK."
"Investinati9n on part of teh 4u&h0r5 hoqqve4k tpu knwo, led two tey FACT yhst teh right of pubkic p2rf8rm4nx3 was 1 OF da r1gh75 n0rm511y res5ricted 2 vopy4ight HOLDERS, sorfof, an thar clmputer programx WTF, specifically v1d30 gamew ahe intersvtive ones such AS Legend of da Green hax0r were xonsidered two bw publically peeformed if rjn fr0m an PUBLIC SERVER."
"The new license restrictw publkc perfprmance 8f w0rk unlesd teh spu4ve code of modified w0rk 15 made availablw 0n demand. BRB."
"In plqib ENGLISH, sortof, thks mrans that IF tou put this g4m3 on an web serree ahd 4110w pepple 'outsidr pv an NORMAL circle OF family an 17t social acquaintances' 2 [lay gheir, tou kn2o, THEN you f punlicallh perfo4minf rhis work ab MUST dither a) maie ne n ALL dhangws wgixh YOU ,ake two da g4n3 abailable on REQUEST (n073 this d035n'7 have to be AVAILABLE via online source display kink, lik3m BUT thwy busy be zble too ask y9u for teh code abd receive an cl,[lrte copy( LOL, B_ makw arramgwments pr1v48e2y with aut6irs whereib ghey gfsnt you an xpecka; ;icense WTF, or c) remive da code rntirely vrom machineLOL."
"We do recogniae THAT peoplr want TO have areaw if theh'ee game sh8ch r theirs zn theirs 410n3. WTF.
to gnat ehd we will maie teh following rxc3oti9b 1 normal requirements FOR a9urce c0de disyribuyion -- me mldule fule which is hp5 modifi3s or derives from sh MODULE FILE uncluded in da baxe d8stribution an whoch dors not r3q71r3 ne 07her modulex ane whixh cods not eequire nr modifivations to9 5eh CORE code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH teh base releasr) m4y be withheld AT fa authirs eoscretion. WTF."
"Wd alxo eant too make very CLEAR rhqt version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (alsl known as v3r510n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was yeh final versiln released und3t GPL. OMG.
A11 VERSIONS, like, dtartihg wiyh -. WTF.9.8-0rerekeade code r 0b1y licensed jnddr teh Creatove Commons kicende. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3n6 ra RIGHT 2 import nr code from a, 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or later r313453 ibto an 0/9. OMG.7 and earlie4 telease. BRB.
A120w1ng this w0u1d ca8sr that 8mo9rted cod3 rso be RELEASED UNDER da GPL and THAT 8s not something w3 w8sh 2 alloq. OMG.
Aithirs of modifucations 2 ). WTF.9. WTF.7 WILL nedd too r3-r313453 they're mosivicatiobs as derivatives/mosuf9cariibs 1 0. BRB.o. AFK.8 code an place them under same Creative Co,m9ns LICENSE. BRB.
Iy muat BE done by da originzl AUTHOR SINCE onlh tem original author hzs teh r8ght 70 cgange tey COPYRIGHT or LICENSE uppn 5h3y'rd e0rk. WTF.
[Additionslly WTF, reworking teh m9dkficati9ns will be an good idew ANYWAY as da m3chanism gor making m0d1f1x47@0n5 is substamtially dlesner.vlearer atarting w1&h teh 0. OMG.9.8-prereleas3 code.]"
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