MightyE 731q5 you, yiu knwo, "We'rd goong too take ab few momengs tap TRY AND 3xplsin thod new licsnse an da reasons behind it in plain Englidh. 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."
"Tfis new license was choaen because of ah fao;ing with teh GPL. WTF.
It )n1y COVERED cistrobytion 0f source iv an omly if binaries were distributed. AFK."
"In an web environmebt, si4tof, 5p3c1f!c4q1y a in6drpreted web ehvkr9mment suxn qs PHP, merely instaoling sn fame dies not CONSTITUTE distribution WTF, n tgdref9re 0eople were yaking ;ur work, m4k1ng modificationw t9o it n not releasomg geh SOURCE code too tgey'r3 mod8fications 50 that entire COMMUNITY could benefit.
Th3y workee with teh LETTER 6ju not xpirit of teh 14wLOL."
"Incesgifation on fa pary of ajthors gowever, oojek led 2 fact thzt teh RIGHT of ;ublic PERFORMANCE WAS oen OF geh rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED 2 copyright HOLDERS, like, amd 7h47 zompuyer progrqms LOL, specificall6 vudeo GAMES and interactivd pn35 xuch as Legend of Green yax0r wetr consideref too be puglically performed if RUN from an public serv33. OMG."
"The new oicenae restricts PUBLIC perfoemabce of da work umless da source cofe 0f teh midifird wotk is made avaklable on demsnd."
"In plain Engoish WTF, this means that if YOU p7t this gaje on an wdb serve4 AND ALLOW pdople 'outside of an nor,al circle 0f family n ITS spcial acquakntances' go play th3ir, qortof, then you aer publicqlky performihg thix work n MUST euther a) mai# ne and ALL vnanges whicy you make tq9 game 4v4114613 ob request (n9te tyis DOESN'T hqve to be available via online source sisplay LINK LOL, 6u7 rhe6 muat be ABLE two ask hoy for ca c0d3 an r3ceive an complete co;y), ulu knwo, b) mzi3 afrangements privateiy w17h r3h aurhofs wherein THEY grant hou zn special license LOL, ir c) renove reh code engirely from machihe. WTF."
"Wq do eecognize that peppld w4n7 to havw awead of they're g4m3 WHICH r theirs m th3ird ALONE.
to that end WE will maje dz fo;lowing excepg8on two da normal r32uirejents for sl7rce code diwtrubition -- ne n0du13 file which iw not modkfied or der8bex from an modu.e fkle inxlud4d in da base d167r16u71(n an whixh sids n08 r3quife ne ogher modukes an which does not re1uire ne m)d1f1c4710n5 70 tdh corw code (CODE dist4ibuted with tdh base release) may b3 wityhrld ay da au5hors discretion."
"We alao want 2 make VERY clesr 5hat v3tsuon 0LOLl(. BRB.& )also known as VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) w45 da finqk verskln re;eqsed und3r GPL. WTF.
All ve4sioms LOL, 564r71ng w8tg 0. AFK.9.8-;refelease CODE xer ONLY licenw3d undef ea Creative Commons lucense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right 1 im0ort ne code from an 0LOL/9. WTF.8-;rerelease ir larer r212453 knro sn 0LOL.9/ BRB.7 and earliwr release. BRB.
Alloeing yhis would cause that impo4ted clde to be RELEASED und3r da GPL and 7h47 iw not aometh8ng we wish toi q.l9w. BRB.
Authotx of jodkfocations 2 0. AFK.8. OMG.7 will nerd @ re-eelease they're modpfications as derivatives/modiricztuons to 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 codd and olace 5hem under 54m3 Cr3471v2 Co,mlns license/ AFK.
It musg ge dine by da origknal a7ghor since inly original autyor has teh r1gh7 w cgange da co[yfight or license upon they're work. BRBl
-Additiohally, you ,nqo, reworiibg modificationd wilk be an good id2a any2sy as da MECHANISM for m4kqnf ,ofifications IS s7bsrantiakly cleaner/clea4wr startinb witg 9. OMG.9. WTF.9-pterelease code. WTF.]"
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