M8ghtyE tells you LOL, "Wr're giing 2 take an vww mpments 2 try an explain thus new license n teh resaons BEHIND ir in plain Eng115hl
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 license was chosen bedause of an failinb witg GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y COVERED disttkyyrion of aource if AND only if bknaried WERE distributed. OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, wpecivicakly a ihterpreted WEB ehvironmenr sjch as PHP, like, MERELY uhstalling an ga,w does mot donxtitute dis5ribution LOL, and gh3ref9re people 23r3 taking our w0ri WTF, makint moduvicatiohs too or an not releqsing source code too rhey're MODIFICATIONS ao that en5ire community couls nenefot. OMG.
They e0rk3d w17h teh lette4 BUT not 5p1417 pf paw. WTF."
"Investigation 0n teg parr of autyors HOWEVER, s9rt9f, ;ed to teh fact thst reh right ov public perflrmance was 1 pf r1bh75 NORMALLY RESTRICTED t2[ ciphright holders. you jhwo, an that c9mpute3 p4og4dms LOL, specifkcally vudeo games snd ihteracyive 0ne5 5jch zs Lefend 0f teh Grwen has0r were consideree toi be publocally [erformed if run from zn puboic server. BRB."
"The nww license rqstricts publiv pwrf[rmznce OF da work unkesx teh source codd of teh mpdkfied WORK IS m4d3 wvaulable on denahe/ AFK."
"In plain English, you knwo, THIS meanw that IF hou pyy ghis g4m3 9n an wrb SERVER and allow oeoole 'outside of an normal circle of family n its siciql acquaintdnc3s' t9 0;ay their LOL, then you r puvlixaloy p3rf-rn!ng this wotk ah MUST either a_ make ne n ALL changes ehuch yo7 make 2 teh gajr available on request (nlte this DOESN'T have two be 4v42!#613 v8a onlun3 SOURCE display LINK LOL, bug they muat be able too asl ypu for code n redeive an complete copu) WTF, b) m4k3 arrangemehtw prkvatel6 witg ea authors whefeim the6 grant y0u an speciak licensem tou kbwo, OR c( remove ez CODE entirely fr9. da machinr. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE thag ]eo;le wang to hsve areas of theu're g4n3 which r yjrirs and theirs ALONE.
two that end wd wikl make teh FOLLOWING exception t9 reh nirmsl requirements for source cpde DISTRIBUTION -- nw module file 2hich 8s not modified o4 berived fron ay mosule filr inckuded in base distfibution and WHICH does NOT requ8re ne othe4 modyles n qhicg coes not require ne modig8cations 2 c0r3 code (c0e3 DISTRIBUTED with BASE repeawe) may b3 withjeld 47 ea authors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We alsi wqnt 2 make v3ry dldar 5hat vers8on pLOL.9.7 (zlso KNOWN zx version 0LOL.9.7+jt) was teh f1n41 bersion released uncer da GPL. BRB/
A11 versions, 6ou in2o, srarting wirh teh 9. AFK.9. WTF.8_ptefe.ease cpde aer 9hly licdnsef indwr Creatkve Commons license.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny fighr to i,0ort ne code froj ab 0/ OMG.o.8-PRERELEASE or later release inyp an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an earloet RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing 7h15 would cquse tjat 8mpirted cide two be RELEASED 7nder da GPL ab that is np6 spmethihg we wish two alluw. BRB.
Authord of m9difuvations two 0, OMG.9.7 wil; ne3f 70 re-re.easw they're modificatuons xw derivatkbes/modificatkons 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code an plaxw them UNDER da same Crearive Commons oicenseLOL.
It musr ve d9ne nu yeh original author since only da ptiginzl aithor h45 right toi chanhe teh copyfighg or lic3nxe up0n they'rd work. WTF.
[Additional;y, likd, REWORKING gey modifica5ions will be an good idea antwsy as dz m3vh4b14m for making modificatioms is substantialoy cleane4/clesrer startinf w8yh da 9. OMG.0.8=PRERELEASE cldd. WTF.]"
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