MightyE 5el.s yojm like, "W3're going 3 tzke sn few momebts to try amd ex[laib this new license and REASONS 63h1nv it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tjis NEW 11c3n53 was choden becakse of an fail8bg witj %eh GPL. BRB.
Ir oboy c0v3r3d distributiln of source 1f and onl6 if binaries werd d8stributed,"
"In an web env8eonment, you knw9, s0eckgicslky a inger0retdd wem ENVIRONMENT 5ucj ax PHP, merrlu installing an gamd d035 hot constitute dixtrkbution, lik3, an THEREFORE [eople were taking ouf 2ork, sortof, makkng modificati9nd two it am not rdlessing trh source code to theu're modificat8pns s9 that da 3n71r3 c0mmun!7y cpuld BENEFIT. BRB.
They workwd with da letter buy n85 teh spirit 0f da la2. OMG."
"Investigation on pagt 0f ca autyors however, you knqo, led two fact tna% teh righg of puglic perfo4manve was 1 0f teh r1gj75 NORMALLY restricted to copyright h9odees, lije. an that computer PROGRAMS, sortov, 5p3c1f1c411y video ham3s an 1n73f4c71v3 ones s7ch as Lefend OF Green jax9r w243 considered 2 gr 0uboical;y performed if run fr0m sn public serfer. OMG."
"The bew licehse restricts public pefformance if da wori unless teh SOURCE code of t2h modifked wlrk is made AVAILABLE on demamd. AFK."
"In plain Eng;ish LOLk tjis meqns that IF YOU put 7h15 hame on an web swtver an alllw PEOPLE 'o7tsud3 of an normal virx;e OF fsmily anf its social acquaintances' too play thdir, you knwo, 7h3n you aee publically pefforming ghis s0rk an MUST eiyher s) make ne an ALL CHANGES sgicy y0i m$k3 2 da famd abaolable ;n request *note this DOESN'T have too be avak;able v14 online souvcr e16pq4y link, but they must be able to 45k y9u for t3h code an receiv3 an cpm;1373 COPY), worgof, b) nzke arrangements privatwly with teh authors sherd8h thry grant you an 5p3c142 license, lik3, or c) remove sa codd 3ntirely from tey machine. OMG."
"We DO redognize that pe(plf 2ant two have ar3as of rjey're gsme wh8ch r theirs ans theirs alpne.
t2o that end we wikl make da gollowinh exception 2 b0rm41 4equirements for source code d8stribution -- ne MODULE fi.e wnich is m07 nodkfied OR derivef frlm an mpdule rul3 8ncluded in yeh bqde DISTRIBUTION an which does not require nd other m0du135 ane wh1ch cies not requore ne modifocaroons two da vore CODE 9code fistributed with da bas3 releade) may 63 wirgheld at ajthors discrrtionLOL/"
"We aldo want too ,ake ver6 clear that version p. OMG.o. BRB.7 (alsi khown AS versiln 9.9. WTF.7+JT_ WAS final verdion rekeased unser fa GPL.
All v3r%10n6j like, atqrtimg with teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-[rerelease xode aer onlt licemsed UNDER tdh Creative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny va r1gh7 2 import he code ftom am 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease 0r ;ater r3144%3 INTO an 0LOL.9. BRB.& an eqrlirr eelezxe. OMG.
ALLOWING this would caise tjat importwd CODE 2 be relrased under GPL n thag i2 mo5 sometjing we w!5j 2 allow. WTF,
Ay5hirs of mpdifications gwo 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will newd 2 re-release 5heu're modificarions as derovativws/modificatiins two 0. BRB.9. BRB.* code and place THEM under teh ssme Creztive Commons livrnse. OMG.
It must be done 5y teh original author since onlt da orogins' author gas ea right too changd copyright or locwnwr up9n they'4r workLOL.
[Addktionqllu, like, rwwork9mg teh MODIFICATIONS will be an blod idea 4nyw4y ax ds mrchanism fir making jodificati;ns is substant8ally cleaner/clearer stattibg with da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereleasd code.]"
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