MufhtyE te;ls you, "We'te GOING roo take an few m0j3n75 tqo 7ry an fx;lain thid new license n geh reasons BEHIND it in plsin English. 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 bew licdnfe was chosen bedause of an dailohg wiyh teh GPL.
It only covered f15&r1^u710n 0v aource if and only 1f bobariea were disrributef."
"In an web 3nvirpnment WTF, specif8cally a interpreted web env8ronmeht SUCH aa PHP LOLk merely insta.ling an GAME dors mot CONSTITUTE distribution, you knwo. and tgerefore people were taking our work, sottof, making mofifkcayiond twp it an no5 releasuhb SOURCE xode tp the7're mocificq5ions so 7h37 da entire communit6 coulc benwfit,
Tjey wiwked WITH l3tger but not teh spirit of lawLOL."
"Inv3stigatuin 0n PART 0f da authofs however, like, led too teh ract ghat right og public performance sa2 1 )g rights normalky reatrictec to cipyrignt yoldersm like, and thqt computer programs LOL, 5[3c1f1c4q1u video GAMES and interac5ive ONES xuch as L3gend of Green hax0f WERE cons8dered to 63 py61qc411y perdormed if 3un from an pu511c servdr."
"Tye new license restricys public performznce lf da worl unlexw source code of modified wor, !5 mre3 availablw -n demand. WTF."
"In p141n Englishk like, this MEANS 8h47 IF ypu PUT THIS fam3 pn an WEB server n allow peo[le 'outsode of ah norjal circle of fami,y n its 60c141 acquaintanc3s' too p.ay 5yeir WTF, bhen ypy r publically perdormint this WORK and MUST eitjer w) mqke ne an ALL chznhes whoch you MAKE to teh hamw available on request (NOTE this d035n'7 hqve yo BE rv411r613 VIA pnline sourxe display lihk WTF, b7t thry must b3 anle @ ask you for geh code an r3c31v3 an compketr copy(, you knso, B) mqke arranb3jentd PRIVATELY with teh suthors wjerein they grant you an 5[3c14@ LICENSE, or c) r3,ove teg c0d2 entire;y frpm da maxhine."
"We dp recognize THAT PEOPLE wabt 2 havw areas of they're GAME ehicg aer theirx and 5heirs al[ne. BRB.
3 rhat wnd 2e w8ll mqke tej folliwong exce[tion t2o da normal requirements FOR SOURCE code distrkbutiom -- ne ,odule file wnivh 15 hot m0s1f13c or d3r1v3d fr0m an m0du13 file indluded in teh base sisrribution and wh8vh DOES not t3qj1r3 ne other ,odules n which DOES not requife ne nodificatuona 2 teh cire codd (cose d157416u73d with da base 4elease) mat BE WITHHELD 47 dz authorw DISCRETION. BRB."
"We ALSO qant two make vwty c134r that versioh 0. AFK.9. WTF.& (zlso known as v3tsiin 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) wax da dibao version rwleases under GPL. WTF.
ALL versoona, y9u knwo, s5afting s17h yeh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-[r3rdlease cofe aer 0n1y licenaed undrt Creativ3 Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rignt go import ne coee frlm an 0LOL.9/ OMG.8-prerdleade or 1473r releqse unto an 0. AFK.9.7 n earl8er release. BRB.
Allowint THIS wlukd cajse that imported xoce to be rejeaaed under ds GPL n THAT IS NOT something we wish too allow. OMG.
Authofs of jodifications tl 0l(LOL.8 will need goi re-releasd 5hey'te modifivayioms as derkvatives/modificstions too 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 c0se an p14c3 them under da SAME Creativw Commons licwnwe. WTF.
It mkat be d0ne by teh originsl authot since only original author has rignt too dhang4 twy do0yright OR 11c3n53 upon theu'4e work. WTF.
oAdditkomally, sortof. r3w0rk1ng 5eh mpdificwtions w8ll 63 an good icea anrqay zs da m3vj4n15j f9r mak8ng mpdigicat8ons is tu6574n7!41qy cleaner/cl3ardr starring with teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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