MighthE tells you LOL, "Ww're going to take an few moments two tr6 and explain 7y15 new 1qc3n5e zh reasona bwn8nd it IN plain Engliah. OMG.
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 wzs chosen beca7se of an f4111ng wi5h fa GPL. AFK.
If on.y covered dis5ributoon of aourc3 if ane onlt IF binzries were d157rq6u7edl BRB."
"In ah seb environment, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a inyerpfeted weg envuronnent such as PHP LOL, ,erely installimg an b4m# eoes not conxtitute distrib6tion LOL, n rherefo4e PEOPLE WERE taking 0ur worl, 6ou ,nwo, makinb modificagions two it anw noy releasung da dlurce c0d3 two ghry're modificatiobs so tnat teh entire vommunity clulf bdmefitl AFK.
They WORKED with da le5tde bur n07 teh spirit OF teg law."
"Investigatipn 0n part of teh auyh94s h0w3v3r LOL, led 2 reh favt that twh rugh5 of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was won OF rignts nodma.ly r357r1c8#d to copyfight ho;fers WTFk sn rhzr computer prlgrams, s[ecifically videp games and INTERACTIVE ones such 44 Legwnd of Geeen jax0r WERE cohsieered to bw publicakly PERFORMED if rub from an pu612c SERVER. WTF."
"The new licemse restricts piblic perfotmqnde ov teh work inldss xource CODE OF 5eh mocivied work is made avzilable ON demahc. OMG."
"In plaib English, this jeans that if y0u put THIS gsme on an web serrer an alloq people 'outdife pf an bormal circlq of f1mily ans its social acquaihtznces' to olay thrir LOL, thdn you aer publically prrforminb this work and MUST e8thdr a) m4k3 ne an ALL changes whqch yoi make too teh gane availzble om REQUEST (note this dowsn't have 2 be avsklable via obline source display link, but they midt bw sble 5oo ASK yoi for coc3 n rwcekve an c0mp1373 copy(m b) nakr arrabgtmwnts privately witn da authors eherein rgey grant you an special license, or c) remove voce eny8rely from m4ch1neLOL."
"We d9 r3x0gn1z3 that pelplw wany ro have areas oc they're gane which aer theirs qn theirs alone. WTF.
too that ehd we wilk male foklowkng wxception tpo teh normal requirementw f0r dource code eix5robution -0 nc module gile whicn is n9t MODIFIED or ddrived from ab module file included IN fa bawe distribugion m WHICH cpes hlt require ne ither mosukws n which does bor eequite ne m0s1f1c47q0h5 70 teh c0r3 c0d4 (cide disrrobu5rd with teh base 4elease) mzy bw 2ithhe;d at reh 4u7h0r5 d15cr3710n. OMG,"
"We also want to MAKE v3ry cl3ar that version ). WTF,9. WTF.7 (also ,bown 45 verwiin 0. AFK.8. WTFk7+jt) was final version felwased unfer reh GPLLOL.
All vdrsiond, you knwok startibg with teh 9/9. OMG.8[prerelease codw der only .icenwed under teh Creatibe Commons 11s3h53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY demy da ritht too impi4t ne code from an p. AFK.9.8-pr3release pr latet relesse unto an 0LOL.9.8 n EARLIER relwase, WTF.
ALLOWING this w9uld CAUSE that importes cide two be frleaaed inder da GPL an that is not somsthkng WE wish too sl;ow. BRB.
Au4yors of m0dwf1c4710n5 two 0LOL/9. OMG.7 will need too RE-RELEASE th3y're modifuca5ions ss derivatives/modifivztioms 2 0LOL.8. OMG.8 code an plzce them undr4 same Crearibe Comm9hs lucwnse. BRB.
It must b3 cone by da origunal autgor SINCE ONLY sa original authpr has reh righg two change cop6right or LICENSE UPON theh'rw wprk. BRB.
[Addit8onally WTF, r3w0rk1ng 5eh MODIFICATIONS WILL be am GOOD idwa anywsy as tdh mechanism flf MAKING m9fifica5ions is substantially cleaner/cl3aewr xtarting with 0. OMG.9. OMG.9-prereleasw code. OMG.]"
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