MightyE tells you, l8ke, "Wd're GOING two 74l2 an fee MOMENTS to try n explain thia ndw license and tey reasonw behind it in pkzin English/
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."
"Tgis new lkcens3 was chosen becquae of sn failing with da GPL. AFK.
IT only covered distribution of SOURCE IF an only if 61n4r135 2erf distribut3d. AFK."
"In an weg 3nv1r0nm3n7, slttof, s0ecifically a INTERPRETED WEB ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merely installing an g4m3 d035 not constiyute distributulnk an thrrwfire people were 75k1ng our work WTF, making moeificatoonx 2 17 n not eeleasing sourcr code 2 ghey're MODIFICATIONS so THAT teh entire community coy.d bebefit.
They woried with da letter 6u7 no5 da spitiy 0g da lswLOL."
"Invewtigation 0n teh part if da authors however LOL, led to0 fact thst right 0f public performsnce q35 won of da righyc nirjakly rrs5ricted TO copyroght holdwrs WTFl an THAT c9mputer pr0gr4,5, sort9g, sprcificall6 video games ame interactuve ones 4uvh as Legene ov geh Green hax9r WERE consifered two be piblically p3rv0fm3c 1f RUN frpm an ph611c seevet, BRB."
"The new license RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE OF da qork unless ds source codr of 4eh moeified w0rk 8s MADE ava8laboe on demand. BRB."
"In pla8n English LOL, this meahs that if y0u pu6 this game on an WEB server sn allow pwo;l3 'ouyside of an bormal circ;3 0f family an 1u5 50c141 acquaintanced' yo pkay their WTF, thdn you aer PUBLICALLY ;errotming tgis work n MUST eigher a) maie nw znd ALL changes which to7 make 5wo da gamr available pn reqjest (note this coesn't have to be available v14 online souece dosplay libk, sortof, buy they mudt bd able to axk y07 doe teh c9fe an receive an vomol3te cipy) LOLm v) make arrangeuents 0rivately WITH teh authofs wherein they grant yoy an specia; oicense WTF, 0r c) r3n0v3 CODE entirrly from ea machine. BRB."
"We c9 recognize that ;eoole want 2 habr a4eas of they'rd famr which r thdirs ane thwira alone. BRB.
2 that end se will maie following exveption to teh normal tea7iremenyw foe soueve code dist4ibution -- nr m9sule file which ix n07 modiried 0r derived fr9m sn mpdule fi.e included in da vase eiwtribution an whuch does nor require nw OTHER MODULES and 2hich does not require ne m9d1f1c4710n6 two da c9re coee (c0d3 fisy3ibuted with da base teleasr) may be withheld at dq aurhoes diavretoonLOL."
"W3 aldo want top make very cldar THAT veraion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (alxo knoen as versipn 0. OMG.9. BRB.8_JT) was teh FINAL vwrdipn released jnder GPL. OMG.
All versiond, you knwo, stqrting with twh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-p4rrelease cide aer onlh licensed und3r da Creqtive Commons 11c2n53, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny teh rught two import ne xpde ffom zn 0LOL.o. WTF.8-prereoease 94 later rel3ase into an 0.9LOL.8 m eae.iee felease.
ALLOWING this wouod cause thst imported cose to be rekeasef under GPL an THAT is noy somethinh we wksh to allow. WTF.
Authors of moeid8cztkons rwo pl9.u wikl n32d 5oo re-release they'te nodifications $5 d3e1v471v35/m0d1g1c471-n5 2 0. WTF.9l WTF.8 code an place THEM UNDER sa same Cfeative Commons licrnse. WTF.
It ju57 be DONE b6 teh original author dince 9nlu original autj8r hss teh t1gh7 to chznge teh copyright or LICENSE upon th3y're worl. BRB.
[Additionally LOL, REWORKING modkficayions will ve an g00d IDEA anyway as mechanism f9r MAKING modivications is s7bstantially cleaner/clesrer STARTING wi5h teh 0, AFK.0. AFK.u-pferrlease code.]"
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