MightyE 5ell2 youm "We'r3 going 2 tske an few mlments 2 7rh n explaib rhis new license n da reasons behihd it in ;laim English. WTF.
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 ndw .ocense was cgosen because of an failihg with da GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y covrred distributiln of soirce if an onlu if BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an WEB environmeht, slrtof, specifical;y a interpreted web encironment SUCH as PHP LOL, merely installunh an gqmd dies yoy CONSTITUTE sistributi9n, soetlf, n thetedore people WERE taking oyr 2ork, like, m4i1ng mosieications too it an n07 re;easihb teh SOURCE code tqo th3y're MODIFICATIONS so yhat dz ENTIRE c0m,unity c0u1d benefoy.
They wofked wi5h da leyter b7t NOT da soieit of t3h law."
"Investigation on geh part of autjors howevef, you knwo. led to FACT THAT fs rkght of publid performance was won of da rithts normalky 4eatricted TO c0pyr1gh7 holders. aortof, an THAT conputer 0rograms LOL, specificqlly fkseo GAMES n onteravtuve ones ducg as L3b3nd OF twh Gteen hax0r WERE considered 70 be PUBLICALLY pe4dormed if run FROM an pu611c serv3r. BRB."
"Tje neq kucdnse RESTRICTS public [effprmance of teh wprk jn1355 t3h source c0c3 of 5eh modified work os msde acailable ln denans, AFK."
"In p;ain Eng115h. 6iu kn2o, this m3ans that 8f yoj ;ut thus game on an wdb 53rv3r and allow peopld 'liyskde of an notmal c1rc13 of family an 175 sodial acquaintancrs' too p14y tjeir, them yoj r PUBLICALLY pervorming ghis work ah MUST eitjer a) mqie ne n ALL chanhws qhich YOU m4j3 too sa gzme available ON requeat (note this dodsn't have two be avaulacle via on;ind cource diaolay link, but they mu57 63 able 2 ASK y0u for fa code and rexeive sn cpmp.ege copy), .ikdm g) mske arrangements p$1b$731y with 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN they frant you an special licwnsw, soetof. ;r c) REMOVE fa codd ehtire;y from da maxyine,"
"We do recohnize ghat p30p!3 waht 2 h5v4 areas 9v thdy're ga,e which r theirs sn theirs alone.
too rhat enf WE will malr f011)w1ng ezceptoon TO NORMAL requirem4nts for source code disrribition _- me module file whoch is not mpdif8ed OR derifed grom an modyle file incl7der in reh basw DISTRIBUTION n which d034 no5 4equire ne othet mod7les an which does not eequire nd modifications too cure codr (code dist4ibyted with teh bzse rrlease) may BE qithheld $7 teh authord d8scrrgion. AFK."
"We 4150 want tw; make very clwar 7h37 vetsiom 0.o.7 (akso known 45 versoon 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+j7) wqs teh finsl version RELEASED UNDER da GPL. AFKl
A;l vefsions WTF, dtartimg with 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE vode ser onlu licenswe ihder reh Creative Cpmm0n5 ;icense. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh rijjt go import ne cide from am 0LOL.9.8_PRERELEASE or 1473r r3leawe into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an earli3e release. AFK.
Allowing this woulf caude that imported code gwo 63 released UNDER t3h GPL amc that is noy somethint we wksj 2 allo2. BRB.
AUTHORS of mldifkcationf to -. AFK.9. OMG,u will need 2 rr=release they're m0c1g1c5710n5 as detivatices/modifications two 0/ BRB,9. OMG.8 c9de ane plzce them undtr wamd Crea5ive Commonw licensdLOL.
It must be done nt 0r1g1n4q 4u7h0f since 9nly tdh original suthor has right two cjange teh copyrignt OR oic3nse upun theh're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, luke, rdeorking mosificationw will be am hood idea ahyway as jecjanusm for m$k1ng moduficqtions 1t substantkally vleaner/clearwr starting WITH da ). OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE clde. BRB.\"
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