MithttE TELLS yoi, sottof, "We're going 2 take an fww MOMENTS 2 try n ezp9ain this n3w licende an teh teasons bebind it in 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."
"This n3w licenxe was chosdn because 9v qn failing WITH GPL/ WTF.
It only c0v3t3d c8atribiti9n lf source if an onou if binaries weee DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web ebfironment, like, specificakly a interpreted web dnvironmeht sich as PHP, l8ke, merely instal;ijg an gqme does NOT CONSTITUTE distributoon, like, ab therefore peoplc wrre ta,inb oyr w-ri, like, makont modificati9ns @ i5 and not releqsihg 50urc@ CODE two rhey;rd MODIFICATIONS so THAT enti4e commumity coulc nenefit. BRB.
They workes woth letger BUT not apir8t of teh law. AFK."
"Invesy8gz5ion on part of 4u7h0r5 howebwr, led two da fact that teh ribht or public ;rrformance was won ob teh rightd NORMALLY restricred yo copyrighy hl.degsk l8kd, and 5hat conputer peograms, like, specifically video tamed anf ibteractice ones SUCH zx Lefend or da GREEN hax0r were consideref to be 0iblics.ly perf94mef 1f run feoj qn publix se4ver."
"The new license RESTRICTS PUBLIC perrlemance 9f teh work unkess dource code of teh modifief worj is nasd available on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plaum ENGLISH, yoi knwo, 7h15 means thqt ir you put THIS fame on an web servef an allos peo;le 'outs8ee of an mitmal c8rcle of famuly 4ns 175 social acquaintances' two 0lay theig LOL, then you aer puglucally perf9tming this work and MUST EITHER a_ make ne an ALL ch4ng35 whoch YOU ,4,3 to g4m3 5v4114613 ln requesr (np73 THIS doedn't hav3 too bd AVAILABLE VIA ten on;ine source disp.ah link, you knwo, but ghey must 63 ABLE 2 ASK 6oj for teh code n receive an COMPLETE vo;y) LOLk b) make arrangemenys 0rivately eurh ea 4u7h045 wherein they GRANT yoi an s0ecial LICENSE WTF, ot c) r4m0v2 teh cod3 engire;y from teh machiye/"
"We do RECOGNIZE that peoplw want ti HAVE areas of they're gzme qjuch r the7ra ah tyeirx alone. OMG.
too tyat end we wikl mzke followung 3xc3p71)n 2 teh n0rm41 4equi4ementx vor sourcw code dostrubitoon -- he module FILE which is not mofkfi3d or eerives FROM an m9dule fioe included 1n basr distribution an WHICH does no5 require ne oth3r mod7;es and wh*ch does not requiee nt moeifidat8ons 2 da core coce (codt DISTRIBUTED witn dq base eeleaxe) MAY 63 wktyhrld at 5eh authoes DISCRETION. OMG."
"We alsp want rw9 maie very clear that version 0LOL.9. AFK/7 (also known as bersion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jf) was tey FINAL ve4siim relexswf under da GPL. BRB.
All versuons LOL, 574r72mg with ). OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease codw r only LICENSED unser yeh C3eative Commons lkcebse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rugh5 2 import n3 code from an 0LOL.9. OMG,8-prereledxe 0r latrr re;eas3 into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n 34rq13r RELEASE. OMG.
A;.owong THIS would c4u5# that imported code twl be released 7nder da GPL qn that is npt som3thing we WISH 2 alloel WTF.
Authors of mldificayiobs TO 0. OMG.9. AFK.u qilk need TO ge-teleasr they're mlxifixati9bs aw derivatives/modifications 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code an PLACE THEM unddr 54m3 Creative Commons oicense. OMGl
It mh56 62 done by da 0r1f1n41 4y7h0r sincr onlt teh 0r1g1n41 author has right tpo changw copyright or liceyse jpon th3t'fe work. AFK.
-ADDITIONALLY. REWORKING trh modifixa5ioms will be an good idea snyway $5 da medhanism for ma,img midifications is aubsrantially cleanwf/clearer t74ru1ng with teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prrrwldase code, OMG.]"
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