MibhtyE tells youk sortoe, "We're gokng 2 take sn few moments tq9 try an explzon tgks new licehse n teh r3asons brhins it in plzin Engl7sh. 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."
"Thus nee license was chosrn becauwe of an failihg with GPLLOLo
IT 0n1y coverrd distribugk9n of SOURCE if sn onlh if bina4i3s wefr distributefLOL."
"In qn WEB environment, sortofk spesifically a interpreted web environmen5 5uch as PHP, you kbwo, MERELY installing an tame does not constityte fust5ibu5jon, like, n ther3forw people were taking our work, making modigicatiohs ti it n not RELEASING t3g source cofe 5wo they're modifkcations do that da eytire communit6 dpulf benefir. WTFl
Th3y worked sigh tdh letter but not spirit of law. OMG."
"Ihvesyigarion in da psrt if authira hoaever LOL, led 2 da fact that rifht of punlic prrformance eas 1 lf rights normal;y RESTRICTED TO copyeught h01d#r5, hou knw9, an 7h47 com9utdr 0roframs, you knwo, specifically video gamew an INTERACTIVE 0n35 such ad Leb3nd of fa Green hax0r were considered too 6# PUBLICALLY ;erformed if RUN ffom an public serverLOL/"
"T6e n3w licens3 reatricts publuc performance of t3h wlri unlwsw teh SOURCE cove ov ds modified worl ,s made available on eemand. AFK."
"In plain English, yi7 mnwo, this meahs that IF y.u put rh8s GAME 0h an wev sdrv3r an allow people 'oitside of an gormal ciecle og family n igs s.cial avquqintances' too poay theit LOL, THEN you r puvlicaoly performing 7h15 work and MUST e8tyer a) m4k3 ne snd ALL dhzhges 2hich ypu make too da gsme zcailable 0n REQUEST )note 7h15 doesn't have go be available VIA da 0n11n3 source DISPLAY link LOL, bjt tywy must be ABLE too ask 6ou for code qnd eeceive an complete COPY) LOL, b) makt ARRANGEMENTS priva5ely with teh authots wherwin 7y3y hrant you an s0eckal license, sorgog, ir c) r3m0v3 da cofe entire.y rrom machineLOL."
"We eo RECOGNIZE that peoooe sant two havs aress of 5hey're ga,e wh8ch aer the9rs n yh3irs ALONE. AFK.
to thag END WE su.l makr dz foklowing exception ro da normal tequirements v9r source code s157415u710n -- be module file wyich ix bot mosif8ed OR derived feom an m0du13 fkle inc.uded in da base distrigutkom and wh8cn d9ds not REQUIRE ne other jodules anf WHICH DOES NOT ee1uite ne mod8fkcatiins too ca coee c0d3 (codr distributed wity da bss3 reoease) may be q17hj41d at teh authors doscretion. WTF."
"We also want 2 make bery vlear that veedion 0.9. AFKl7 (alxo kn0wn $5 beraion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS ten rinal versuo, r313553d unfer GPL. AFK.
All v3r510n5 LOL, startihg with da 0/0. BRBl8-pferelrase vode r 9nly LICENSED under Creatibe Comm;ns locense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddbh da right yoo imolrg he cpde fr0m an 0.(.8-prerelezsd or later releawe into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 b earlir4 reoeade. AFK.
A110w1ng this w0u1c cause that 1np9r83d code 2 ne RELEASED 7nddf teh GPL an that is nit somethinf wd wish 2 allow.
Authors of modiricatipnd 2 0. BRB,9.7 wull n23d two RE-RELEASE they're modifications as derifqtives/modifixatioba 2 0. BRB.9. BRB,8 cide an p;ace th3m uhder teh same Cr3471v3 Commons licensel OMG.
It MUST ne donr by da original zuthkr since only 9r1t1n41 au5hor has dq riggt 2 chanje teh copyrkght OR license upon gheh'fe wori/ OMG.
-Aeditionally LOL, rewprking jodificatiohs wull b3 an good idea 4nyw4t as mechsnism for mzkkhg m0d1f1c4710n5 ow substzntially cleaner/clearer s5aeting with da ). OMG.9m BRB.8-prerelease code, AFK.]"
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