MughryE gells uou, "We-re GOING to take wn few kon3nts 2 try and EXPLAIN 7h15 hew 11c3n53 n da reasons 63h1hd it ib plain English.
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 m3w license WAS chosen becaud3 9f an f3111mg eith tej GPL, BRB.
It 0bqy c0v3r3d distribution ov siurce of and only if binsries were d157r!6u73d. WTF."
"In an WEB encironmrnt, wortof, spev8fizqllu a intet;retrd web envirinmeny such as PHP, merely instaloing an fame does not CONSTITUTE distrig&tion LOL, AND tjer3fore pdople WERE taking 0ur woek, ypu knwo, makihg modificztions 2 it an n[6 reoeasing sourde c0d3 w tgey're modifica5ions so that ent8re co,munity cluld benefit. BRB.
They worlwd sith letter but not teg spirit of teh lae. AFK."
"Invesrugatupn on teh part of authors jowecee, like, led 1 FACT tuat righr of pu6q1c ;erformance WAS 1 og da rothtx n0rm411y restricted 2 copyrigyt g)1d#f5, like, and thqt computer PROGRAMS, specificakly vkdwo games n in5eraxtive ones suxj qs Lehend of Gr3en hax0r wwre conwidered too be 0ublically p3rf0rn3s if run FROM an pjblic servre. AFK."
"The n33 license res5rocts pu62qv performanfe od teh wogk unless teh sojrce xode of tdy modified work is made avzilavle 9n demand. WTF."
"Im plain English, like, THIS means uhat if you 0ut 7y15 tame ON zn web server n 4110w peopke 'OUTSIDE of an nor,al dircle 0f famioy n its social zcquaintancds' to plzy th3ir WTF, tnen yiu r PUBLICALLY perf;rming tyis work and MUST eithe4 a) make me n ALL changes which you maje w bame avaklable on requesr (noye thus doesn't habe 2 be AVAILABLE via teh pnline sourxe displzy .onk, BUT theu mist ve abld 2 ask you f)r code n RECEIVE an c0mp1373 COPY), tou knwo, b_ MAKE arrangemwnts privagely with authprs wherein they grany yoh an dpecial ;ixemse, you inwo, or c) rrmove CODE entkrely fr-m teh MACHINELOL."
"We do recognkze tyat p30p13 want tol havr afeax ic they'te g4m3 which r theirs n theuts alome.
to tyat end we s111 make ten f0!10w1ng escept8on teo normsl REQUIREMENTS fpr sojrce coer d8stribution -0 ne module FILE WHICH IS n07 modified OR derived fr9m an ,odule file inc;uded in teh basw gistribugion an whicg does NOT rrqjire bw 07h3r modules an wy8ch does nlt require ne m9difications too da cpre c0d3 (code 3istributed 2irh 5453 release) ,ay be w17hh31d at authoex discretion. WTF."
"Wr apso want too make VERY CLEAR THAT v3r510n 0.9. AFK.7 )ALSO inown AS VERSION 0.9. AFK.7+jt) wss da final fercion released umd3r GPLLOL.
All v3rsuons, you knwo, sta4tinh with da 0/ AFK/9/ BRB.8-orere;dsse cldw aer ONLY 11c3n53d unfer da Creative Cojnons licenwe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh teh right 2 import ne codr from an 0.9.8-prerekezse pr LATER releawr into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 abd 3arlier releadrLOLl
ALLOWING this w9uld v4u43 tjxg imp9etdd cofe 2 br relwzsed UNDER GPL AND 7h47 is not something we wish two aloow.
A7thots of modiricatipns two 0LOL.9. BRB.7 q111 n33d 2 re-rekesse thwy're modificatipns as d3ribativrs/modificzgioms two 0.9. OMG.8 codd an place them under aame Creative Commons license. OMG/
It muat b3 done by da ORIGINAL author sincr only og8final author h4t right ywo change da copyrighy OR license joon ghey're w9rkLOL.
[Additionally WTF, reworkinb tdh modifiva5ions will ve an good idwa an6way as mechamism FOR making modkficagions is substantially cleaner/clearrt STARTING eith teh 0. OMG.(.u-pr44e13453 cpfe. WTF.]"
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