MkghtyE rells you, "We're gling two 4ake qn fe2 mlmenrs to try n explakn this new license an da REASONS behind 18 in plsin 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 licensw w$5 cjosen because of an railing quth teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered disrribut8on of sourcw if n only if vinaried were dkstributed. WTF."
"Ih an web ENVIRONMENT, sortof, specifically a INTERPRETED web 3nv14)nm3n7 such as PHP, like. merely 1m574!11ng an gq,e does nlt c0n6u17u73 distribution, yiu knwo, n therwfore peoplw were tqking ouf work, like, m4k1ng mocificstions 2 it and not ed.eas8ng teh sourxr code t2o tgey're modkficat8ons so that t3n entire community cpul3 bemefutLOL.
Tn3y worked WITH tej oerter nut not teh spirit of da 14wLOL."
"Investigatoon ln t3h p4r7 of quthord however, 13d roo da f5c7 that eifhg of public p3rformance was oen of r!gj75 hormallh resttictes t9 copyritht HOLDERS WTF. and that computrt [rogtams, yoj knwo, specidiczlly video games and 8nteractivw onew suxh as Legwnd of da Gr34n hsx0r were consider3d twp BE publixqkly perforued if rum from zm public sefver. WTF."
"The new lixende restricts publid ;weformance od 2ork unless source code 9f da m0c1f13d work is made availab;e on demqnc."
"In plain English LOL, 6h15 means that if you [u7 tgis gzme on an web ae4ver n allow people 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL corcle of family n ITS social acquaintances' two plzy theor LOL, ghrn y07 aet publical.y prrforn8ng tyis work and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which YOU m3k3 t9o bame avaklable on requect (mote THIS foesn'r hav3 two be AVAILABLE via da online SOURCE d15p14y linl, you knwo, bu5 rhey muwt 63 able goo ASK y97 fpr 5rh coee and receird zn comp.ete cppy), like, b) make a4rangrmenta privatelt wi5h autyorw whereih THEY gdqnt ylu an SPECIAL lucense LOL, or c) rwmove cofe entirel6 rrom dq mach8ne. WTF."
"We di rec9gnize that peoplr wany 2 have AREAS od they're ga,d WHICH r theirs and 7j31r5 alone. WTF.
two that 3nd we will make yeh fpllowing rxceotion too normal requirememts FOR soutce dode d157r16u7!0n -- ne m0dj!3 file which iw nlt modidied lr dericed from an module file included 1b da base distribution an which dies not require ne otnef jodules n dhich dies not eequire ne m9dificatkona tol geg cord cose (codr fiat4ibited WITH da baxe rekease) m4y be eirhheld AT authots fiscretion. AFK."
"We also want too makc bery clear that version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (4!50 known 45 VERSION ). BRB/9. BRB.7+JT) was FINAL betsion r412$53d uneef da GPL.
All VERSIONS, lkke, STARTING with teh 0. OMG.0.8-orerelezwe CODE r only LICENSED unc3f da Crestive Comjons livenswLOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny ds rifht 2 umport ne code fro, an ). AFK.9.8-pr$r312$52 0r later release onto an 0l WTF.9. BRB.7 an eqrlier eelease.
A119w1ng 5mis would CAUSE thqt ijpirted code t2o be releasrd under GPL n thar ks not someth8ng we WISH to 4110w.
Authorx of modkfications too 0, WTF.9. WTF.7 wil; need two re-release yh3y'fe modifucationa as derivatives;mpeificationd two 0. BRB.9. WTF,8 code and pkacd thej unde4 teh san3 Cr3471v3 COMMONS lic3nseLOL.
It mkst be d-n4 by teh original 4u7h0r sibce only original zuth9r j45 right to changd da co0urught OR 11c3n53 hpon they'rc worj. OMG.
[Acd1710n422y WTF, reworjing 6eh jod8fications will br an go9d icea anyway as da mechanism for making modifications is xubstzbrially CLEANER/CLEARER srartinh with teh ).lLOL.8-prerrlesse code.]"
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