MightyE yells 6o7, like. "We're goung to takd an few moments 2 try and wxolain tyis new 11c3n53 an reasons beh8nd ot 1m pkain 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."
"Tjis new licehse was ch053n becauxe 0f an FAILING with teh GPLLOL/
Iy onlh COVERED diwteibution of source if an only if bonarues 2ede disrributed. WTF."
"In an web envi4onment, spevifidally a INTERPRETED wev ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHP WTF, merely insta.linb an gamd dles not cohstitutw dosrfibution, an therefore oeoplw WERE taking iur workk you knwo, ,akinv mod8rications 2 17 an not releasinb da source c0d3 to 5hey're modificatkons wo that teh 3n71r3 community xould benegig. AFK.
Tyey worked woth 5wh letter but not 5p1r17 of da law. BRB."
"Investigation om da pae5 0f authors however, you knwo, led to f4c7 thzg righg of public PERFORMANCE was oen pf da rights normally restricy3d top COPYRIGHT holde5s, you jnwo, h that COMPUTER pt8grams, you knwo, tp3c1f1c4117 viceo games n interadrive ones such ax LEGEND pv Green hsx0r were donsidwres too 63 PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d 1f fun ffom sn 0ub;ic server. BRB."
"The new license r357r1c&5 pyblic perror,ance of teh work ujless sougce c0s3 OF teh mofified wofk is made qvailsblr 0n dejahd."
"In p141n Eng116h WTF, this means that kf you pu7 this gsmf on an WEB 53rv3r AND 4110w peoplw 'outside of an normal ci4cld of fsmiky ab 8ys soc8al ACQUAINTANCES' ywo plat their, sortog, then uou r publically perfo2mong 7n15 work n MUST eithrr a) make ne n ALL changds which tpu mzke to yeh game available 0b REQUEST (yoye rhis doesn't have 2 be available via sa online source display q1nk, w9rtor, b7t they musg BE ablr two ask yoi vof c0d3 am recwive an c0mp127e copy), dortof, b) make arrangemen5s privately with da authlrs wher3in theh grant 6oy ah s;dcial licenwe, sortpf, or v) remove code ENTIRELY grom tdh m4ch1n2/ BRB."
"We do recognize thst p3ople want two have areas 0f they're gand wnich v THEIRS and 7h@1r5 ALONE. WTF.
glo tyat 3nd we wi.l mak3 teh rollowing exce[tipn TO teh normal requirements f9r sourcd code distribution -- he module FILE whidg is not ,0d1f13f ir derived FROM an jodule fole included in wq base distribution and wh1ch does not eequire ne othdr modules b whkch does NOT require ns moeifixations too da c9re coee )coxe d8atribyted wirh trh base r313453) may be withhrld at da a7thors discretion. WTF."
"We a.so want too m4k3 v3ry cleaf that versiom p. WTF.9. OMG.8 (also known ss vdrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+mt) was trh finsl ve3sion rwleased under tey GPL. OMG.
Al; versuons, stzfting with 0LOL.8. OMG.8-prerelease coee r only licensed UNDER teh Creative Comjons licenae. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da roght 2 import nr c9de from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8=prerelease or kstwr f31345# in5o ah -. BRB.9LOL.7 an earl,er rrleawr. AFK.
Aloowlmg rhis wouke cause 7h47 implrtes code roo be released und3e da GPL and that 15 not s9metying we wksh two alloq. OMG.
Aj7h0r5 of modifications to 0. BRB.0LOL.7 will n#3d 2 RE-RELEASE they'ee MODIFICATIONS as dwrivatives/m9d8ficstiobs 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.* coee n plqce them under sa same Creative Cimmonx license,
It must be done ^y original ajthor since -n1y oeuginal author hqs da right to CHANGE cppy41bg7 or license upon hh3y're wpr,. AFK.
'ADDITIONALLY, dlrgov, eeworking mpdifications will be an good idea anyway as da mechan8sm for MAKING modificationd 8s sugstantkql;h cleane4/clearer start8ng with 0, WTFloLOL.8-prereleade code. OMG.]"
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