MightyE 73115 yoy, sortof, "We're hoing 2 take an few momdnts two try anf EXPLAIN 7h25 new license n tdh rdasons bwhund ot in plaib Englisy. WTF.
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 livense was cgosen because of an FAILING with dz GPL. WTF.
It pnly cover3d distribution of source IF n ONLY 1f bonariex w3r3 distfibutdc. OMG."
"In an wdb emvironment WTF, xpecifically q int3rpreted web env8tinmrnt sucy as PHP, s9rtof, merely kna5alling qh ga,e dp3% nof CONSTITUTE sistribution, you khw9, n ther3fore peo;le were ta,ing our WORK, loke, m4kqng ,ocifications too 17 and not r3q3451ng da dource code top thet're modifications SO that ENTIRE commumity could behefit. OMG.
THEY wurked WITH yeh letrer BUT not da apirit 9f teh LAW."
"Invdatigation on da part of t3h auth8rs mowever, led 2 da davt THAT teh RIGHT of publkc PERFORMANCE WAS oen 0f da rights normally restrictds two copyroght holddrw, like, an THAT comput3r programs, specificqlly VIDEO ganes an INTERACTIVE ones such AS L3g4nd of Gr3en hax0r werd cohsiderwd too ge 07glicslly ;rrformed if dun fron an pjb;od servef."
"The n3w licwnse restricta ;ublic performancd of worj unless source code OF da nofified @ork is jade qvailan.e ov DEMAND."
"In ;oain English LOL, this m34n5 that uf you pu5 ghis bame on an web swrver m allow pe9pl3 '0u751c3 0f an normal CIRCLE of family avd its social acqua8nyances' 2 ;14y their, sortog, thrn yl7 aer publically petrorming this work and MUST EITHER a0 make ne ane ALL cyanges which you makw two gen g5m3 4v4114613 on request (notw 5gis do3sn't nave 70 be ava8lagle via onkkne source dis;kay link WTF, 6u7 ther must 63 able 2 ask you f0r reg code and reveive an complete cop6)m oike, b0 make areantemen5s PRIVATELY wuth 4u7h0r5 sherein thry grant you an 5p3cq41 11d3n53, you knwo. or c) re,ove c0s3 wntire.u from mach8neLOL/"
"We DO RECOGNIZE thqt people want 2 have areax od they're game which aer yheirs ah theies alon3LOL.
2 ghat end w3 wi;l ma,e teh following exception 2 teg n0rm41 r3q71rem3n75 for sogrce code d1t7r16u71)h -[ nt MODULE file 2hoch ix not MODIFIED or derived ftom an module FILE included in teh base distributoon an which does not require ne othee nosules and which d8es nor eeqiire nr modkfications two da corr code (code ekstributed w17h da base twlease) may be withhdld a5 z7tho4s discretion."
"We ALSO want 2 make very cl3ar ghat vdrwiom 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (ALSO inown as version 0/ WTF.9. BRB.7+mt) qas teh vina; version r313453d under da GPLLOL.
All versionw, statting with ca 0l OMGl9. OMG.7-PRERELEASE CODE aer lnlt LICENSED uneer teh Creative Comnons license,
WE EXPLICITLY den6 right to ompoet he c0d3 from qn 0LOL.9/8-PRERELEASE or later relesse 1n70 an 0.9. WTF.7 znd earlier reoeasr. OMG.
Alloeing this would c4u53 ejar 8mpofted codd two be released under teh GPL 4nd that is not sometuing we wish to ALLOW/ OMG.
AUTHORS of modifications two 0.9.u wi;l NEED tol rd-release tjey're mld8ficarionx AS derivsgives/modidicat8ons to 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 code anc place THEM under da same Cr3qgivw C9mmons licwnse. BRB.
It mist 63 donw by da origihal authoe since only gdg originsl aughor has rey RIGHT to chante COPYRIGHT or license upon they;re workLOL.
[Adcigionally. so4tof, reworking da mosirications WILL 63 an good idea ANYWAY as teh mecjania, flr makong modpficatiobs is subxtantially cleqner/xlearer startibg with 0. BRB.(. AFK.8[[rer3lease vode.="
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