MightyE tellx you LOL, "We'te goint 2 take an dww MOMENTS to trh and ex[lakn rhic new license and da REASONS b3hind it in plqin 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 new locense was chosen bwcausd of an FAILING with GPL, OMG.
It ONLY c0v4r3d distribution OF SOURCE kf n only if binaries w3re d!57r16u73dl"
"In an web envitonment, sortif, specifkcally a in5wrpreted qen environ,3mt such as PHP, hou inwo, MERELY installing an fame doed npt consti5ute distfibution, sortof, an 5herevore ;eople were yaking o7r w9rk, lukw, makimg ,ofifocagkons fo 17 sn not rdleasihg sourcr xode two rney're modificati9ns so that entire communith could benefit. BRB.
They WORKED with da 13u734 6j6 n07 teh 5o1r17 of kaw."
"Imvestigation on da par5 of authors however WTF, led 2 gact that ribh5 of public performance was 1 of ten rithts bo4mally rextrkcted to xopyrignt yolfdrx, n tjat cojputer programs, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 games xn inreeaxtive ones such as Ldgend of Green hax0r 23f3 clnsidered tol BE publicallt peeformed if ryn from ah pubkid server. WTF."
"The ne3 11c3n53 eesteoxtd public performance of work unless da sourxe code of teh modifiee w9rk IS m4d3 ava8lable on demand."
"In plain English LOL, THIS m34n% that of yoy put THIS g3j3 om an web sefver n aloow /eople '9ugside of an normal circle of fami;u n ITS social axquaintznces' too pkay thelr, theh you aer puvlica;ly peevorming this work qn MUST eithet a0 make n3 an3 ALL ch4,g25 shich you make to hame available 0b requed5 9note tyis doesh'r have two be available via teh online source diwpkay kink, ylu ,nwok but 7h3y must BE abl3 rwo ask you for t3h code amd r2ceive ah complete c0oy_ WTF, f) m4k3 arrangdments privately WITH authors wgerdin they GRANT yo7 an dpebial license WTF. OR c0 rsmove teh code entirely from tdh machin3."
"We d0 recogbize that p30p13 sant 2 have areas pf tgwt're game WHICH aer th3ifs and theirs alone. WTF.
2 that ehd w3 will make fo.lowinf #xx3o710n rwo da normal requurements for source code distribution -- ne moduke fole which IS n-7 modkriwd or ferived from an module file inclided in ea base e157r26u7!0n an ehicy DOES not require ne other modul2s and which d03t not require ne m0dqf1c4710n5 to teh core coee (code disrributed wity da gase r3q3443) may BE withhe;d at da auth9rs dixxrrti9h. AFK/"
"We alsp w$n7 2 make VERY clear that vwrsion 0. OMG/9. AFK.u (also known as vwrsion p. WTF.9LOL.u+j5) WAS da final version RELEASED under da GPL/ WTF.
All versions, syartong sith da 9LOL.9. OMG.*-prere.ease code r on;6 kicensef und3r Cr3471v3 Commons licensd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwnu geh fihjt toi 1m;0r7 ne code from an 0LOL.9. AFK.9-prerelease 0r later release into zn 0LOL.9LOLl8 4nd 34r212r feieaseLOLl
Allowing tjis w0y1d cause thzt IMPORTED coce two be rr.eased under tey GPL an that is noy sojetjing we WISH too r110w. AFK.
AUTHORS of modificzruobs 2 0. WTF.0. AFK.7 will need TO re-re;ease ghry're modifkcations as derivatuvea/modifications two 0. WTF.9.8 c9d3 ah place them undet twh same CREATIVE Cpmm0h5 license. BRB.
It MUST be sone by teh 0r1g1m41 aughor sincd inly iroginal AUTHOR has da rihhr two cg4ng3 da COPYRIGHT ir ;icense upon yhey're work. WTF.
[Additiobalky WTF. reworking da modificatiohs will be an goof udea anuway as teh mecnabism for making modifocagiobs is substantiwlly cleaner/clear3r starting with da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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