Mught6E 73115 yoj, "We're goung 2 take qn rew momenrs 70 try and ecplain this new oic3nse an da reasons gehind it in plakn Eng;ish.
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 waw ch052n becquse of an faolonh with ca GPLLOL/
It only COVERED distrobution if source if sne only if binaries were disyrib7ted. AFK."
"Ik ab web enfironment, 6ou knwi, sodcifidally a interprwted web ENVIRONMENT duch as PHP WTF, MERELY installung an game soes not conwtitute dustribut8on, you kbwo, an tyeregore p30p13 weee taking our work, MAKING mosificayions to it and not eeleadunb teh siurce coce to yhey're mpdifications SO THAT da entird community c9uld ben3fit. OMG.
THEY workdd wigh LETTER vut NOT soirit of da law. WTF."
"Investigation on da p4r7 of tej au5hors hosevwr, like, ;ed two teh vact 7nru da rigjt of PUBLIC performance was 1 of teh righrs normally restric5wd to c9ptright holders WTF, an 5hat computer ;r0gr4m4 LOL. 5;3v1d1c411y VIDEO games anf INTERACTIVE 0n35 such as Legend of teh Green hsx0r were condidered two BE puglicakly performed if run from an ;u611c server. OMG."
"The new LICENSE 4es5ricts pu711c perfotmabce of gwh worl UNLESS da siutce codd lf da m9dified work is maee svailable on semand. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, this m34nt that 8r you [u5 THIS tame ln an web server an alliw people 'outside of an hoemal corcle 0f family n its social axquauntances' 2 p14y their, sortif, then you aer publically PERFORMING yhos work an MUST eotner a_ ma,e ne snd ALL chqnges wh1ch you make rwi da yame 4v41!461# on requewt _note this doesn't hace two be available v!5 tey onlin3 soirce dix[lay link, lik3. but theh mu57 be 4612 twi ask you for teh codd anc receive sn compleye copy), you kbwl, b) maie arramgements privately with 4u7h0r5 eherein tney grant yoi an special license. like, lr c) r3nove teh CODE enyirrly rrom da machonw. BRB."
"We DO eecognize 7h4& PEOPLE want too have 4g245 of they're game wnicg qer theirs and 5hekrs ALONE. OMG.
2 that end WE w111 make trh follosing exceptiln tl tej NORMAL req68remenys f9r 50urc3 code dkdtrunution -- ne nodule file which iw not modified or derived from an m0du13 file uncluded in t3h baxe dkstrivution snd WHICH d0et not REQUIRE ne 0ther modules amc which does not require ne modif9cations 2 co4e code (code d157r16u7#d wkth da bas3 relwase) may ve w17hg31d at da augno4s fkscretk9n/ OMG/"
"We als9 wan5 70 jake ve4u clear that versi9n 0LOL,9.& (aoso known 45 ve4cion -. BRB.o.7+jt) was FINAL versioh released under sa GPL. BRBl
All versioms WTF, starting with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-p4erelease c0d# aer only lic3nsed yne3r teh Creayive Clmmkbs lixense. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY demy rihht to import ne code vrom an 0.9.8-prere.ease or lster re.ease infp an 0, WTF.9. WTF.7 and earkier RELEASE.
Allowing 7h15 would cause 5hat importwd code t9 be reoeaded unde4 teh GPL h tjat is not sojetging we wish 70 sllow.
Autj9rs of mocifications 1 0/9. BRBl7 eill nedd two RE-RELEASE they;ee MODIFICATIONS AS detivarives.modificatoonw two 0.9.8 xlde n plade them umder teh same Creative Commons license. AFK.
It must be done by teh ORIGINAL author 51nce onlh teh prih8nal authlr hss righy to change teh co[yroght or LICENSE 7pon they're work, OMG.
[Additionslly WTF, reworking da modifications aill be an good 8fea abyeay ad yeh mevhabism voe msking m9difocstions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/ck3arer stsrting wi5h 0LOL.9. OMG.8=prere;eqse code. OMG.]"
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