MighthE TELLS youk hou knwi, "We're g01nb tp take an hew moments tp try and dxpkain 7hq5 n2w 11c3n53 an reasons behind 17 in plain 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 n3w 11c3n53 WAS xh05#n veczuse of an fakling with da GPLLOL.
It onlu COVERED distrinution og source 1f and ohly if bina4ies were disrrknutee."
"In an w3b 3nv1f0nm3n&, you knwo, speckficall6 a ihteelreted web env84onmdnt such 45 PHP, merely installing an gqm3 fies not vonatitute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, and thwrerore people WERE taking 0ur workm you lnwo, making MODIFICATIONS ti it and not releasing da source CODE two theu're modif8cations 50 tgat da entire cimmun8ty v0u1d 62n4f17. AFK,
THEY sorked w17h teh lerter bug mot teh spifit 0f dz 14s."
"Imvesyigation ON p4r7 of authors howevrr LOL, led two da f4cu THAT RIGHT OF PUBLIC pergormance WAS w9n of r1gh75 bor,alku restrict3d too copyrught holdwrs LOL, n that computee programs, sortof, sprdifkcaloy vid3o ga,ws and INTERACTIVE 0n35 5uch as L3g3ns of teh GREEN hax0r sdre CONSIDERED to b3 publicakly p3ff0rm3d if run FROM an publix sdrver, OMG."
"The new licemse rewtricts puvlic prrfoemance of tfy wlri unless da soufve c9dw 9f sa modugied work is made AVAILABLE on demand. BRBl"
"In plain Englisb, THIS means that if you put this b4m3 on an WEB serber n alkow oeop.e 'outside of an normal circle of family and uts 50vq5! acqusintances' too p14y their, sortpf, yhen you aer pub;ically perfprmomg this work an MUST EITHER a) make nd AND ALL changes wh1ch you mske to ca gaj3 available on r3q7357 (note 5his soesn't have tol b3 avaolable via reh online 50urc3 diw;lay l8nk, you khwo, but th3y must bw able 2 aak YOU f-r code n RECEIVE an complete copy), li,e, b) maie arrangdments privqrely with authors WHEREIN they grant yoy ab qpecual licensr, sortof, OR c) remlve da code entire;y froh tem MACHINE. WTF."
"We do rexognize thay people WANT 1 have qread of thdy're gamr qhich r theirs an yheits alone.
two that end we will make 4en f9llowing exce[tuob 2 teh n0rm4! REQUIREMENTS voe source code sksgributkon -_ ne module volw whoch os not mldified 0r derived from an module dile includec ub BASE distriburion n which dors npt requoee me other m9dukes and ehich do3s h07 require he modifications two teh core cod3 (xode disyributee with da bqsw releasd) ma6 bw withheld at autyors diacretion. BRB."
"We alsp WANT too make verh clear that versoon 0. WTF.9.7 (alsi known ax versiin 0. WTF.0. OMG.5+j5) wzs da final VERSION r313453d undrr GPL. BRB.
All versions, sottpf, startibg wi5h yeh 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code aer only luc3nsed unde4 da Creatuve Comjons license. OMG.
W2 EXPLICITLY DENY dq right two umport ne code from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease or larde releaze into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n earlier eekeade. WTFl
Allowong thid would cause tgat imported d0d3 @ be r3leased undwr GPL an that is not domeyhint q3 2isn two 411-e. WTF.
Authors ov ,odifixa5ions to 0, AFK.9, AFK.7 w111 nded to re-release they're moeifixations aw derkvatives/nodivications 2 0o8. OMG.7 vode n place 5hem und3r same Creative C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
I7 mu57 be eone by da original author SINCE only dz original autnor has teh RIGHT 2 ch1bg3 5rh copyright pr lic3nxe upon tgeu're work. AFK.
[Addit8onally, sortof, reqorkint dz MODIFICATIONS eil. BE an good icea anyway as 5eh mechanism f0r making MODIFICATIONS is syfstantially c.eanef/clearef stafting WITH teh 0. WTF,9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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