MighttE TELLS yo7, "W4'4e hoing to 7rk2 am few mom3nts two tey and esplain this new LICENSE znd da rwasonx 63h1nd it im plain EngliwhLOL.
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 was cgosen becsuse of an failing 2ith teh GPL. OMGl
It onoy covwred distribution of s9urce if n only if 51n4r135 were d158e16u74d. BRB."
"In an web ebvirlhment, you knwo, specif8calky a interpreyed web ebcirlnmenr SUCH 45 PHP, lile, merely instz..ing ab game d035 not constiruge DISTRIBUTION, you knqom and tgefefore p30p14 were taiing OUR qork LOL, making midificatoons to it an not releasibg da soutce cid3 ro thwy're nodifications so that dq entkre comnunity coulc benefit. WTF.
They worl3d wity ldtter 6u7 not da spirit or lzw. AFK/"
"Investibstiln on p4r7 of da authors HOWEVER, sortof, led two 6eh d4c7 tyat right of public peefo4mance WAS oen og da rights nlrmally resttuxted 2 c9pyr8ght h01d3r5k n thqt clmputer ;eograms LOL, soecificaloy video bajea and ihgeractkve ones such AS Lehene of da Green gac0r eere considdred TO BE publocally perforjed ig run FROM qn [ublic server. WTF."
"The n3w license rwatricts public 'erformzhce of ca work umlrss da source dpde og teh mpdified work is made available on demand."
"In plain English, this m34n5 tjat if you put tgis fame ln an web seever anc allos peopld 'outside of an NORMAL vitcle 0f fqmily and 175 focual acquaintances' toi llay their, you knwo, fgen you r punlically oerflrming thid wotk n MUST ekther a) mal3 ne and ALL chanbes wh1ch you MAKE too da fa,e availabl3 on r#1u357 (hore THIS coesn't have tlo be AVAILABLE via twh 0n11n3 sourcd DISPLAY link, you knwo, but yhey must be able ro ssk you for t3h v0d3 an recwive an xomolete c0py), you kbwo, b) make arrabgementw privately with autnors WHEREIN 7u3y trant YOU qn speciql licrnse LOL, 0r c) remuv3 code 3n71r3!y FROM m4cn1n3. AFK."
"We do r3x)fn1z3 THAT people wany roo have ateas or theu're g4m3 WHICH r thw8ra and gheirs alonel AFKl
tio that end we wi.l make da following excepti9n two teh n0rm42 eequiremwbgs fo4 soyrxe fode DISTRIBUTION -- ne moeul3 dioe which is nog modified or cwr8vdd FROM an MODULE file includdd in teh base siwtribution an which does not r3qu1r3 n3 othdr MODULES an WHICH does not requirr ne modifkcqrions toi xpre cofe (code distriv7te3 wigh ^453 release) ,zy be WITHHELD at teh AUTHORS disvretion. BRBl"
"We also want to mwje VERY clesr that version ).(l BRB,7 (qlso ,nown zs version 0. WTF.0l WTF.7+j7) was fknal version rsleqsed umder teh GPL. WTF,
Aol versions, starting wiyh 0.9/ WTF.8-prefelease coce r inly 11c3nt3d unde4 da Crestive C0mm0n5 ;icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh riggt too impor4 ne code f40m an 0. BRB.9/ OMG.80PRERELEASE or .a6wr releawe 1n70 ah 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 zn EARLIER RELEASE.
Allowing this w0u1d cause tha5 omportes xode tw9 be released under twh GPL and tgat is not something we WISH to alloqLOL.
Authorq 0f mod8ficationf 2 ). OMG.(.7 w111 need 2 re-release thdy're .odificatiohs as der8vat8ves/m9dificationw 2 0. OMG.9.8 c0d# and [lace them under same Creative Comjons LICENSE.
IT must ge done by t3h origima; author sinc3 only teh o4ihinal sufhor has right tp cgange copyrigyr or locense upon yhey'rd work, OMG.
]Asditionallh LOL, r3w0rk1ng mod8fivations will be an good idea anysay as da mechamism fpr mqking moduficatipns is substantiall6 cleaner/clearef starting wity da 0LOL.9.8_prerelezde c0d3LOL.]"
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