MihytyE teols 6oum "We're GOING to taie an FEW moments tso try an 4xp141h rgis new license n reasons behihd iy in p141n Englixh.
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 licdnse was chosen 63c4u53 of qn failinf with da GPL. OMG.
It only covrred dist4ibutooh ov source if n only if bibaries wdre dkstributed."
"In an web environment LOL, dpecifically a INTERPRETED web env8ronment such zs PHP. you knwo, merelu instzlling an g4m3 DOES y97 consritute disteibutipn WTF, n tnefrfore 0eoole wdre taking our work, aortofk majobg modificatioha 2 it n mot releasing teh soyrce CODE to. they'rw modufications so that da ENTIRE community could genwf8t. WTF.
Tyey woridd witj teh leyter but not da spirit of yey law. WTF."
"Invest8gation pn 0art ov teh auyyors y0w3v3r, so4tof, led 2 teh fact that sa right if PUBLIC performznce was 1 if riggts nornally restricted two copyr8ght holders WTF, n that bomp7ter proyeams, wpecificaoly video GAMES n intersctive 0m35 such as LEGEND of Green hax0r were consieef3f two BE pjblically perfirmed if r&b frim an pubkic s3fverLOL."
"The neq ;kcense restrivts publuc perfofmancr of trg work unless teh source coce of ea modiridd work IS MADE availagle oh demzndLOL."
"In plzib ENGLISH LOL, this means rhat if YOU PUT thkx game on an 2eb derver znd allp2 people 'outwise of an n0rm41 CIRCLE 0f famult and its xocial acqjaintanx2s' @ PLAY their, hhen uou aer publivally perfo4ming 7h15 work n MUST either a) m4k3 ne an ALL xhangds wh1ch you mqke to da game AVAILABLE on 4equ3st (note 7h15 diesn't have two BE available via tej pnline wojrce dis[oay LINK, but ghey misr be ab;e to ask you dor da CODE an eeveive an vomplete copy), sortof, b) ma,e ARRANGEMENTS prubately witj teh authies 2her3in they GRANT you an speciak 11c3n53 LOL, OR v) remove code ENTIRELY from da macyine. AFK."
"We co recognoze thqt peoo;e 2ant too have AREAS of ghey're GAME which aer THEIRS n theirs alone. WTF.
two that end we will make da fo,lpwing exception to da jorjal req7irements for souece CODE distribyrion -- me modulf file wgich IS not moeifi3v 9r d3r1v3d grpm an module file included un base eistribuyion and WHICH does NOT r3quire ne othet moduk3s snd wjich does not require he moeif8ca5ions 2 teh co4e code (code DISTRIBUTED wlth base releasr) ,an be WITHHELD at da authots d15cr371-n."
"We ALSO w4n7 t2o make very cleae ghat version 0. WTF.9/ OMG.7 (r150 known aw verxiom 0. AFK.9LOL.7_jt) was teh f1n41 version RELEASED und3r teh GPL. WTF.
ALL versions, you knwo, STARTING with 0.9. AFK.*-p33release clde r omlu licenwed under Cr34u1v3 COMMONS license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to 1mp0r7 ne code fr[m aj 0.9l8-prwrelease or latrr rekease into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing this woyld cause that 1mp0r73d code 2 63 RELEASED uhdef teh GPL and that is not s9metning we WISH 2 a.lpw.
Authors og noeidjcqtipns two 0. WTF.9.6 WILL nred too r3-r3q35t3 theu't3 m9d8ficationd as derivatives/moeifkcations two 0. WTF.9. WTF,8 code an place 7h3m und2r teh same Cr3ative Commohs license. OMG.
It mu67 be sone by t3h lrihinal author since onlt irigiba; 4u7h0r h$5 da ridht two ch4ng3 copyright or lkcense 7pon ghey'rd work. AFK.
[Addit8onaloy, REWORKING teh mocifications wiol be an g00d idea anhway aw ten MECHANISM for making modlfications is subagantkally cleaher/cleardr starting w17h teh -.9LOL.80prereleaxe code. OMG,]"
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