MighttE t3lls you, hou khwo, "We're GOING gwo yake an few moments too try and explain this new license qmd reasohs beyind it 1n PLAIN ENGLISH/ BRB.
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 nrw .icens3 was chosen BECAUSE if an failing with da GPL. AFK.
It only coveged distrkbution of sourcr if 4nd obly iv vinarkes w3t3 d157r16u73d. OMG."
"In an qdv 3nvironmwnt, li,e, specifically a 1n74rpr3&3d weg environment such AS PHP, xortof, merwlu inatalling an fame does not condgituye disgrigjtionm and therefore people were takkng our work, yo7 knwo, makinh modificatiobs 5o 26 n nlt r313451hg da 50utc3 code 2 they'r3 midifications do thzt teh en5ife dommunity could bdnevit. BRB.
Theh worked wity teh let5er vug jot trh spirit 0f da law. BRB."
"Investugatilb ON da PART of da authors however, like, ldd to grh fact tnat teh RIGHT of public performahce wzs oen of da rights normal;y restricted 2 copytifht HOLDERS, sortof, n thah computer prohrams LOL, spedufkcall6 video GAMES an INTERACTIVE 0n35 xucg as Lrgrhd of da Gr4en hqx0t wer3 conw8dered too be publiczkly PERFORMED if run fr9m an PUBLIC servdr. AFK."
"The new lkcense restric6s oublkc performance of da work UNLESS dz 50urc3 code of tdh modifief work 15 made availaboe 0n dw,and. BRB."
"In p141n Engl7sh WTF, 7h15 means 7h57 of YOU PUT thia g4m3 on sb wev sercer n alloq people 'oitside of an normal circle of family and i5s social acquaintsncez' 2 ilay their LOL, 7h3n yo7 r publkcally performihg 5hiw wori and MUST either a) MAKE nw qne ALL cn4ng35 which you mzkd 2 teh game available ln request )note this dowsn't have too be 4v4124613 via teh pn;inw soyrce display LINK LOL, buy they must be abl3 two ssk yoi fpr teh cpde snd receivw an COMPLETE co;y)k like, b) ma,e arrang4mentw pricqtely with 4u7h0r6 whw4ein they br4n7 you an wpeciql license, xortof, or c) renove da code entirely from teh ,achine. BRB."
"We do r3cognkzd THAT pelple qqht yo9 have areaw of they'r3 ta,e which r THEIRS n 5hrirs alone. WTF.
2 that dnd we wilo maie sa v0110w!ng exception 2 da normal requirem3n5s for xource code eistributiln -- be module FILE whkch is not mofkfiec or derived vrom an modu.e fioe ihcluded in reh base dks5ribution and whicy coes nit requite ne OTHER modulws an whidh eows not requir3 ne modigicat9ons to fz core cosr (codw distributed with teh bade releasw) may be withyeld at autgors d15cr3720n."
"We ALSO want to make VERY clear tjat c3r510n 0. AFK.9. AFK.6 (4150 knowb aw vetsion 0l AFK.(.7+JT) was da final verwuon releaaed undwr GPL. AFK.
Al; versiobs. sorrof, STARTING wkth teh 0. OMG.(.8-0rd4elease cod3 f only LICENSED under rdh Cr3ativw Commons licwnsr. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh fitht 70 kmpprt nr code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelezse or 1473r relezse INTO an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n ear.i3r eelease. OMG/
A110w1ng this would cause thqy i,potted code to ge releaseg under teh GPL n thzt is not sometying we sish 1 allow. OMG.
A7tho4s OF modkfica5ions rwo 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 2ill n33f to re-release they'te modificatjons as derivarifes/modifixstionq two 0LOL.0LOL.8 CODE an plaxr them under yeh ssme Crea5ivd COMMONS license. BRB.
It must be donw by da original author since on;y ORIGINAL author has righ5 two chznhr teh copyrigh5 or 11c4n53 upon they're wprk. BRB.
[Additionally, .ike. teworoimg modifications wil. be an good ideq snhway aw mechanism gor mq,inh mpcifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cldafer starting w27h teh 0. WTF.9/ AFK.8-o4erelease code. WTF.]"
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