MithtyE TELLS 70u, you knwo, "We're t91ng @ TAKE an few momengs to try 4nd exp.ain this NEW LICENSE and da REASONS BEHIND it un PLAIN 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 .ocenwe was chosen because 0f an fai;inb 217h da GPL. OMG.
It onlu c0v3r3d d157r16u81-n of wource ig an only 8f binaries qere distributed. OMG,"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knwok specigidally s 1n74rp33&3d seb wnvironment SUCH as PHP WTF, jerely insta.lihg ab game foes nog consti5ute dixtrobutilj WTF, an theregore people were tsking our work, u9u knwo, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS tl it qnd not RELEASING reh soirce cose 5o they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so rhat emtore community cuuld benefit. OMG.
They worked with letter bur not da eoirit of da ;sw. AFK."
"Investigation ob twf p4r7 of teh auryofs HOWEVER LOL, led two ca fact 5hst r1gh7 of publoc perf9emance was won of da rights nor,allu RESTRICTED two c;pyribht h9lders, likek an thqt xompjter progezms WTF, s;ecificaloy video games n interactife 0n35 such as Legend of yeh Green nax0r 2e5e cinsidered 2 BE publical.y p3rf(r,3d if run grom an pub.ic servwr. AFK."
"Tje new oicejse frsrricts pyblic [erformance lf work unless soyrce CODE of teh modidied work 15 made available 0n demand. OMG."
"In olaim English WTF, tnis m34n5 7n47 if you put thux b4j3 ob an w37 server n aljow 0wp;l3 'outdode lf an bormal circle or famuly n its socual acquaingances' te9 play thei4, then y0u aer publ8cally perdprming this w0rk n MUST 3q6h3r a) male ne n ALL changcs shich yoj make t9 teh gzne 4v421$613 pn requewt (n9re rhis doesn't hsve gwo be avzilable via da onlkne source dosplzy link LOL, 6k7 they mus5 be ABLE 2 45k YOU for da codr n rev3ive am cpmplete co9y), b) m4j3 arranfements privately WITH teh surhors whe4ein tjey grant you an special license, -r c( remove sa codd enrirely from macgkne."
"We co r3c0gn1z3 7h$7 p39p23 2ant 2 HAVE ateas og they;re game which aer theirs an theirs alone. OMG.
2 thst end we will nake teh following dxde[5ion heo tdh nofmal requirements for source code dksteibituon -- nd m0du1# file shich is n07 modigied OR derived v4om an module file inclufed in reh base diwtrobitkon n which d035 NOT r3qu1r3 ne )7h3r moeules and wnoch dp3% not require ne mocifications 2 yeh core code (dofe dixtributed with 7453 rekeasw) ,ay 73 withheld at teg autjprs disxretion. OMG."
"We 4160 want 70 maje very CLEAR THAT verskon 0LOL.9.7 (also knosn AS versiin 0. BRB.9. BRB/7+jt) WAS da final version re.eaaed UNDER da GPL.
All VERSIONS, l8ke. starring wigh teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3f313453 codd r only licensed unee4 Creativw Commlna ;icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY demy teh rihht to 1mp0r7 ne code drom qn 0. WTF.(,8-0rerrlease ot latdr releqse into an -. WTF.9. WTF.7 n eqrlier eeltase. OMG.
Allowung this eiuld vause tgat import3s cofe too be re;eased uneer GPL an that is noy something we wish 2 alloq. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 -. AFK/9LOL.7 will NEED too re-r3lease they're j9d1f1c4710n5 as se48vatived'modifixationw TO 9. WTF.9.8 cosd an place THEM und3r same Creative Commons 11c3n53.
It nust b3 dpne bt teh original authoe 51nc3 only oroginal autyor has r8ght roo chanfe da cop6right or locense ip0n they're wodk. AFK.
[Asditkonally LOL, reworking da midifications w111 bw an good idwa anyway as medhanism foe mzking mldifications IS substantially c;3zner/clearer sta5ting with 0.0. AFK/8-prerel3awe CODE. OMG.]"
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