MifhtyE tells you, s9rtof, "We'4e going @ 74k3 an few moments to tr6 ane ezplain this new licehse b dz REASONS behind it in plain E,glish.
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 ch)52n bfxause of an faikiny w17h teh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y c0v3r3d d157e!6u710n of sourcw if xn pnly uf binaeies werw disgributed/ WTF."
"In an web environmenf, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY z onterpreted web wbvironment such as PHP, jijem merely 1h57$211nt qn gajr dods not consgitute DISTRIBUTION, and thereforw ;eople WERE tajing OUR wori, you knwok majing modificsg8ons 2 8t and not re9eawkng spurce cod3 tpo they're m0d1f1c4710nt 60 tgat teh entore community cojld brnefit. BRB.
They worked with da 13773r but nit 5eg spifit if da LAW. WTF."
"Investigat8on in dq part of sa quthirx however, likek ;es gwo ten fact yhat da right of public perdormqnce was 1 0f rightw normak.y restricted tl cipyright hold3rs/ sprtof, and that c0npu73r programs LOL, specifical,y VIDEO GAMES qn onterqxtive ones sucg as Lrgqnd 9f teh Green hax0r were considered to be pu611c411t petformed if ruh from an publuc sdrv3r."
"The n3w lucense RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE of teh work unlesa teh source code 0f modifi3g wirk is madr avqilable on femandLOL."
"In plain English, sortof, 7h2t means that if yi7 put this gsnw on an weg server AND aoloe PEOPLE '0u751d3 of an mormal dircle of famioy and its sociz, acquxiytances' tol p!4y their, 7ou kgwok THEN 6oi aer publucally performing tyis work ans MUST fither z) makw he n ALL changes WHICH YOU male two da gamf availsble on request *n073 this do3sn't have to be AVAILABLE vka teh online sojrce d*dplay link, but they must be avlr 2 ASK uou cor gwj code n fecdive an coholete co[y). sortod, b) make arrqnfements privately eith da authprs wherein they grant you an specia; licensd, or c0 temove c0d3 entirely drom m4xh@n2. OMG,"
"We do recognize thar peop;e want tk have areas of tjey[rd gamw whicg r th3irs snd 7he1r5 al9ne. AFK.
to thst rnd w3 will make teh f01!0w2ng exception two mormal r31u1r3m4n75 for SOURCE code distributipn -[ nw jodule file 2hoch is not modified or d3rived from qm module file 8ncoudec IN sa base distribution n which doed NOT require ne OTHER m)du135 an WHICH doed hog requure nd mofkfucationx 2 teh core clde (d9de distriguted with teh base release) may be wi5uheld at autho3s d15cr37q)b. OMG."
"We a.xo wabt 2 ma,e VERY clear 7h47 version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also kn9wn as vr4sion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) WAS funql vwrsion released uhdee tdh GPLLOL.
All versi9ns WTF. starting w17h da 0. WTF.9LOL/8-PRERELEASE CODE ze4 9nly licensed under teh Creayove Cimmons l8cense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5en right too 1jp9r7 ne code FROM an 0l9. WTF.80prerejezse o4 larer RELEASE INTO an 0. BRB.9.7 amd rar;ier relwaae. WTF.
Allowing tjis would csuse thst importwd cpd4 2 be RELEASED under da GPL and 7h47 is not xpme4hing we qish to allow. BRB,
Authors of modiricztions twl 0. WTF.9LOL.7 WILL n33d too RE-RELEASE uhey'r3 modifications as derivatives/modificatiohs two 0.9.8 c9dd an ;14c3 them unser tej xame Creqgive Commons licrnsw. BRB.
It must be done b6 original 4u7y04 since on;y teh oririnsk AUTHOR has t1hh7 TO cnsnge da cooyfight or l8cense upon they're work. OMG.
[Ad3itional.y WTF, r3w0ti1ng da modifica6ipns wilo be an hiod idea sbyway as da mechan7sm f0r maiing mocofications is substantially cleaner/clearer statting with teh -. BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE xodeLOL.]"
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