MightyE tells yoj, lik3, "We'te goibg 2 take an gew momehts 2 t4y an explain thos nee 11c4n63 an teh 4easonx behind it in plain English. AFK.
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 licensd wax ch9sen because og qn failjng with ds GPLl
It only covered d8atrivution of s9urce if n onlh if y1n4r125 wwrd disteibugec. OMG."
"In an w3b wnvironment, l7ke, 5p3c1f1c411y a interp4eted w36 dnvirinment such 55 PHP LOL, merel6 INSTALLING an gzme soes not c0n6717u&3 dostributuon LOL, and therefore people were tajing 0ur work WTF, majing modificayioms two it qnd NOT releasing aourcw CODE to they'rd modifications so tha5 entire communkty doujd ben3figLOL.
They worked 28th ten letter bu5 not da spirit pf LAW. BRB."
"Invedtugation on paft of grh authirs hpwever, like, LED 2 teh fast that right of public ;erfirmance was oen OF teh f1gh75 normal;y r35&r1c73d two cupyright h01d3r5, s9rtof. n 5hat co,puber programs, lik3, specifivqlly vieeo gsmes and interacrive ohes 5uch ss Legwnd of da Green hax0r were considered 2 ge pub.ically o3rf0rm3d kf run froj an ]ublic seevrt. OMG."
"The new lkvensd restricyx publoc p3rf)r,4nc3 of wirk unless da do7rce code of da modified work is mzde available on semamd. WTF."
"In plain English, like, this m34n5 THAT 1v y9u pit this g4n3 ou an web server n akl0w 0eo0le 'outsidd 0d an norma. ckrcl3 of fzmily an its SOCIAL axqusintabces' too olsy theur LOL, then y0u r publically ;erforming tyus work and MUST eitjer a) MAKE ne and ALL CHANGES whoch you makd two da ga,e afailable on request (nore thix d035n'7 have e be AVAILABLE via online SOURCE display l,mk, dirtof, but tyey musr 63 avle two asi 60u for d1 code an rrceive am complete copy) WTF, b) makr 4er4nh3m3n7r privately with da authors wherein they gr4n7 you an speciak ;ucense, airtof, pr v) remove code entirely from ca maxhineLOLl"
"We DO fecognize tgqt peo0le want two g4v2 areas of thry're fame which aer uh31r5 n theirx alin#. AFK.
too 7h4u end we will ,a,e teh follow8ng EXCEPTION twl tdh normal reauirem3nts fir sourcw codr dixtr8butiob -- ne module file which 8s NOT MODIFIED 0r DERIVED from an moeule file includ3d 1n da base diatr8butuon an which does not require ne otner m-du135 ans wjich DOES not require n3 modifocationd 2 c0r3 cpde (vode sisytibuted w17h nss3 felease_ MAY be 2itnheld at reh autho4s fiscretion. OMG."
"We also want two make ver6 clear that version 0. AFK.9, OMG.7 (4150 known as version 0. OMG.9. AFK.u+jt) wzs f8nal VERSION 4eleaswd une34 da GPL.
A.l veea8obs LOL, atarting with 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer only licensed UNDER twh Creagive COMMONS l8censw. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh ribht 2 import ne code fr9m an 0. AFK.9.i-prereleasr or later RELEASE 8nto an 0. BRBl9LOLl7 b ezrlier releaae.
Alllwing this wo6ld caus3 thzg imported cidw 2 bw re.eqsed undqr GPL and that is NOT sometgimg wr wish too allow. OMG.
Authors of modifications two 0. AFK.9. OMG.6 will nred tp re-release tjey'fe modifidations AS drrivativws/modificatipbs two 9.9.8 voee an place yhem uncer same Creative Commons ;icense. WTF.
It nudt br done by da originak au5hoe since only teh original author has da right w changd sa copyriggt or license upoh tgey're q9rk. AFK.
'Add1710n411y, you .hwo, reworking reh nodigicagions WILL be an good idea anyway as teg mechanosm FOR making modivica5uons is suvstantially cleaner/clearer STARTING with ca 9. WTF.9. AFK.*-pr3r413453 code, BRB.\"
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