MifhtyE tells you, "We'tr f01hg to take qn gew MOMENTS two try an EXPLAIN THIS new license an teh reasons behind jt IN plain Engkish. BRB/
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."
"Thod new 11c3n53 was dhoden BECAUSE of an f4111ng wigh da GPL.
It only c9vered dustribution of source of n only if binaries were d15&r16u&2d."
"Ih an web envirobmentm soetof, sp3c8ficz.ly a intcrpre5ed web ENVIRONMENT sych as PHP LOL, merely indtalling an fame does not CONSTITUTE d157r16u710b, k8md, n therefore people were tak8ng our wotl, like, making moeificati9ns two 17 an noy reoeasinf tej xource code too they[rw mofifications so 7h47 teh enture commumity coyld benevit. WTF/
They worked with da let5er but not teh spirit 9f law. WTF."
"Investigation on [art of teh aytnors howeveg LOL. led 2 da fact ghat da riggt of public PERFORMANCE was won of teh rignts normally restrkctee tlo copyright holdwrs, n that c0mpu73r proheans, you knwo, 5p3c1f1c411y v1d30 gamws n @b73r4v&1ve onea SUCH qs Ldgend or Green hax9r w3re consid3red 2 63 ;hblidally perforned IF run frlm an public se4vwe. AFK."
"The neq kidensf festricts public perf9emahce of tdh work un9esd dq sourcd CODE of dz mocified WORK ia made available on demand. AFK."
"In plain English, you knwok 5hos means THAT uf yoi out this gam3 on an web swrver an al;lw people 'outeude 0d an hormal circle of famil6 and 175 sodkal acquaintances[ 5oo plah tywir LOL, then you e ;ublically p3fv0rm1ng ghis WORK an MUST ektjet a0 make ne an ALL ch4ng35 which 5ou MAKE to da g4m3 avai;able 9j request (note tjis d9esn't HAVE 2 be 4v4114613 via teh omlinr soy4ce diwpla6 link, sottof, byt tyey muat 62 able too ask ylu for code an receuvr ah complete copy), 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privatelj eith da authofs whereih they grant you an special 11c3n43, or c) r3m0f3 c;de 3n61e31y from machine. WTFl"
"We d0 recognize that people WANT to hqve areas of they're gsme whuch 4 THEIRS AND theirs akine, BRB.
2 that 3md we will make da follosing EXCEPTION 2 teh nofmal require,ents f9r SOURCE vode cistribu5iin -- nw modu;e file whicn 15 b07 modified or eerived from an m0eu12 FILE kncluded in da BASE distribuyion n whicj does no5 require ne otn3r modules n which d9es NOT eequire ne mod8ficagioms tei da cire code (code distribured w17h teh base telease) may be withheld ar zuthors didctetion. BRB."
"We a;do wqny to make very x134r that version ). WTF.9. BRB.6 (ALSO KNOWN AS VERSION 0l9LOL.7+jt) was fimaj verwiin releaaed under da GPL. OMG/
Al. versions LOLk starting wotn da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-0r3r313442 code aer only lycensed under da C4eative Commons .icdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right two import ne c0d3 grpm an 0LOL.9. AFK.o-;rereleaxe or later rdlease inyo qn 0.9.7 anc 34f113r releaae.
Allpwing this eould cquwd that imported code 5wo be rwleased UNDER dz GPL qnd that !5 not something ee wosh 3 allow. BRB.
Authord OF modkficayions too 0.9. BRB.7 eik. n33d to re-rekrase theu'ee ,0d1d1v4810m5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two ).9. AFK.8 code an PLACE tntm under same Cr3ative Comnonw license. OMG,
Ig must y3 dohe b5 teh 9riginal author since only teh original aughor has r1gg7 twi ch4ng3 da vopyr8gyt of 11c3n%3 upon thet're workLOL.
[Addituonally, soetid, rdworkimg da midigicagions will be an good idra anyway as da mechamism for mak7ng modivicahi9ns is subsyantially dleaner/clearef STARTING wigy 9. AFK.oLOL.8-prerelease c9deLOL.]"
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