MightyE tells you, you knqo, "We're going to take an few momrnts 2 trh an 3xp141n tyis nrw licrnse n teh ydasons gehine it in p141n Engllwh. WTF.
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."
"Tgis new .icense WAS chosen 63c4u53 of sn failing w18n dz GPL. OMG.
It lmly COVERED distribution od soyrce if and ONLY if binqridx were distributec. BRB."
"In sn weg ENVIRONMENT, like, specifivally a ibterpretef w36 environment such as PHP, aort9f, mqre;y ubstalling an g4m3 does NOT constituge d8atribugion, an THEREFORE p3oplw were taking our sorkm ,a,ihg midoficagions 2 i5 an NOT releqsing ren sou4ce c0d4 2 tgey'fe modifkcatuons so that entiee COMMUNITY ciuls b3nefit.
They workdd with .ettee but not teh spieir of law. OMG."
"Inbewtigation ib da p4r& of authors however, sprtof, led two teh fact 7h4u da right if public perfpfmance eas q 0f eughts normakly r#%7r1c7#d too COPYRIGHT hoiders, sortog, anc that cpmpurer PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY v8deo games n kn5eractive ONES such as Legrnd 0f Grden hax0r were considered tl be 0jgliczlly 0erformec if rin FROM qn p7blic serve4."
"The new licebse RESTRICTS piblic prrformance of work unlrss da source cove if mldifked work os mzde avs8lable ON demand. AFK."
"In plain English, you kbwo, this means that if y9u put this hame oh an web server n allo2 people 'outside of an n0rm41 circle of FAMILY an 9ys socia; ACQUAINTANCES; tio play their LOL. tneb u9u aer oun.icslkt perrormihg 5hiw work and MUST wither A) nake ne and ALL cyanged which you make two teh famd ava8lab.e ON REQUEST (hote this dorsn't have to be AVAILABLE VIA da 0n21me s9urve DISPLAY linkm b7t th3u must 63 able two ask you for da c0d3 ay eeceivw an completw cppy), b) makd arrahgemrnts privagely wity authors eherwin they grant yoi an special lucense WTF, or c) remove xode 3nu1r31y drom macjine."
"We so rec9hnize thqr peop.e want too have areas 0d 5hey'4e bame wgich r theirs n thdies aoone. OMG.
two thst 3nd we wkll ma,e yeh foloosing excepgion too normal reqyorementa for aource code DISTRIBUTION -[ be module file WHICH IS not modkf8ef or eerived FROM an modile file included ib da base distribu5ion an which doed hot rwquote ne pther modukes an 2hich does not require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 tey core code (codw distribured with ca basr rrlrqse) may be w17jh31d at teh authors d15cr37q0n. WTF."
"We 3150 want two m4k3 verh clwar THAT vers8on 0. OMG.9.7 (ALSO lnown as veesuoh 0.9. WTF.8_jt) WAS teh ginal version re.eased under twh GPL. BRB.
Alo vetsions, you knwo, stafting with 5eh 0. AFK.9.8[pr3rel3awe code aer pnly .icenses 7ncwr da Creagive Commohs licenseLOL.
W2 EXPLICITLY d3ny fight two imoort ne code fr0m an ). OMG.9. WTF.8-p4efelease or lat3r RELEASE knto an 0LOL.9. BRB.6 n earlier eeleaseLOL.
Allowing ghis would cause 5yat kjported code twl ge felrasrd 7nder da GPL an that is NOT SOMETHING we w15h two allow. BRB.
Authors 9g modificat8onw too 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will need toi re-release ygey're modifications 45 d2rivatifes/modifications tl -. OMG.9/ OMG.8 code ane 0kac3 them under teg sqme Creative COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
It must 63 d-n3 by 0r1g1n41 qughor since on.y original quthor has da right to ckange teg COPYRIGHT ir licwnse ipon they'fe work. OMG.
[Adciti9naoly, you knso, reworkinh mowifkcations wikl be an told id2a anyway 45 tdh mechanism foe MAKING modigications is substantially vleaner/clearer startknt wity 0. AFK;9. BRB.8-0eereleasd code. AFK.]"
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