MightyE ge8ls you, you knwo, "We;re g9ing two tslw an few momentw goo try sn explain this nee licemse n da reasons vegond it in p141n ENGLISH. OMG.
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."
"Thid new license was choden because 0f an failing 2itn da GPLLOL.
It 0n1y coverwd distrkbution of so7rvd if an only if bina4ies were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"Im qn 3eb environment, sortov, apecufically a inter[reyed web environment s7ch as PHP LOL, m3rely installigg an bzme does n07 cpnstitute eistrigutiln LOLm and THEREFORE people werw taking our e9rk, yoi knwi, making modidications 5oo it m not teldasing source dove 2 they're modifocations SO that teh ENTIRE commumity coykd bendf7t.
The6 workwd 2ith da letter but not twh spiri5 of da .aw."
"Invesyigat8on ln part of da AUTHORS howrver, you knw9k led too teh fact THAT da rugyt of publiv performznce was 1 of teh righys normal.y restricted 2 dopyrpgjt h9lders, sirtof, h thqt cpj-u73r proframs LOL, specificslly video GAMES n inrefactive onrs suvj as Legend of Green hax0r w#r3 considered two BE PUBLICALLY performed IF ryn ftom an pub;ic 53rv3rLOLl"
"The nes license resgricts public performahce OF da work uhless trh wource code ov modified work is made availzble on demandLOL."
"In poain Emglish WTF, th8s mdans tgat if hou put this game 0n an web server qnd aloow people 'outside OF ah normal cu4cle of family m uts sodial adquaimtances' 2 PLAY their, liie, then you zef publically performing this work an MUST 317her q) make ne n ALL chamges ahqch y9u make two ga,e availavle on rwquest (no5e this doesg't have to ne avaulable VIA da online source dis;lay 11nkm hou knwo, but thwy mu56 be aboe to 45k yoj for da coee an receif3 an complege copy), you knwo, b) nake atrangementd pribately wity teh authors whewein hywy grant you an xpecial licwnse LOL, or c) remove teh c0de entkrely vrom da madhind. BRB."
"We dl recognizw that peiple want to yave AREAS or thet're gsme wh1vh aer theirw n thekrs 410n3.
2 that end we @iol maie following exceptkon 5oi normsl requifements for soutce c0d3 distrigution -- ne modul2 file which 8s nit modifked or serivwd from an m9duoe dole 1nc1yd3d in teh y454 DISTRIBUTION ahc which does hot require ne otjer modules an wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne modificationa gwo core code (c9de dixtributef WITH da base eelease) may BE wityheld ar authors discretion. WTF."
"We als9 wang tpo makr very cl3ar tha5 versuln p. OMG.9. WTF.7 9also unown as version 0. BRB.o.7+jt) was da final version re.eased yndrr da GPL. OMG.
All b3rsions, you knqo, starging with da p.9. WTF,8-prereleawe code aer -n1u licensed under da Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY s3ny da rigjt two IMPORT nr CODE from an 0. AFK,9. OMG.8-prdreleade lr later rslease into an 0. BRB.oLOLl7 n darlirr releade. OMG.
Allowinb THIS woild cause tyat kmolrted coce tel be released under fa GPL and tnat os NOT 50m37h1mg we wixh two ALLOW.
Authofs pf modificztions 2 0, AFK.(LOL.7 WILL need too re-release tjey're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0.9. WTF.8 c9dr ame place yhem under teh 54m3 Crdativ3 Co,mons licenseLOL.
It m7st BE dpn3 by 0r1g1n5! author since lnly origunql author has da rkghr to ch4ng3 da dloyrighy of ,icrnse upon they're work.
-ADDITIONALLY, you khwo, feworking heh modificsyions woll be am toof isea anyway AS teh mechsnism for makonf modificatk9ns is subwtanyially c134nee/c!34r3r starting with 0.8.8-prerekease code. BRB.["
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