MightyE t3lls youm slrtof, "We're goung too take am few m0m3n75 tqo try an explakn this nsw LICENSE g teh reasons BEHIND it in plain Englieh. OMG.
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 n3w licdnse was cgosen becauww of an FAILING with GPLl AFK.
It only covered fistrib6tion ov source ir an ONLY if BINARIES ewre sistributed. AFK."
"In an web environment, y9u kn2o, specificall6 s interpreted 2eb rncironmeb5 such as PHP WTF, me4ely insgal;ing an tame doed nog constitute d147r16u710n, you knwo, n therefore PEOPLE sere taiing our wor, WTF, making modifucationw two it and not RELEASING ten aourde code 2 they're mpdificat8ons ao that entire community could benefuyl OMG.
The6 w0rj3d with yrh LETTER buy not spirkt of las. OMG."
"Inbrstigation on da PART ov authors nowever WTF, lde 80 fact that da r8fgt if pu611c performance w45 own of ten 4ights NORMALLY restricref too COPYRIGHT holders WTF, sn 7h47 c0mpuu3r probrams, sortof, 5p3c1f1c411y videp games and 1n83r$c71v3 omes s7ch as Lrgdnd pf teh Greem hax0r werr c0n41d3r3d ro ge pu611c411y perf9rmed if run fr0m an pub.uv sefver."
"The new 11c4n%2 restricts p7bliv perfotmance OF worl UNLESS da ziurce code of trh mofified work ,s made AVAILABLE on demabd. WTF."
"In plaih Englishk you knwo, THIS means THAT if 7ou ;u7 7j15 g4m# on an web sqrver an a.low people 'OUTSIDE of an normzl circ.e 9f family an ITS sockao acquaintances' 2 play their WTF, thrn you 4 publical/y performing 7h15 worj ane MUST either a_ MAKE ne n ALL dhanges WHICH you MAKE gwo teh game afaolable on rsquest (note this doesn'5 hqve ro be availabke v13 on;uhe source disolay link. sortof, but 7h3y must ve 4714 to aak y;u fpr CODE snd receivw an co,plwte copy), n) make arrangemenrd privx5ely with da authprs wh3r31n 7h3y grant yoy an special licensd, you ,mwp, lr c) re,ove teh code ENTIRELY from machihe. WTF."
"We do recognize tgat peo;le waht two nafe areas od they're g$m3 fhich r theurs n tneirs alonr.
go thay end se wkll maie da followibg EXCEPTION tqo ea n9fm41 resuitrments FOR s97rce dode d8xtribution -- ne m0du1e filr whicj is not m9dkfoed lr derived fr0m an m0du13 filw ihclufed in teh base DISTRIBUTION n whuch does not require ne other mpdulrs an which dles not eeqiure ne modkficatuons rw9 core dode (code distribuyed with da base relwase) may be withheld at da suthors discrwtion. AFK."
"We ALSO want gwo make v3rt clear thzt vefsiom 0.9LOLl7 (also known as vdrsion 0/ WTF.9LOL.7+jt) 2as teh fimal vetsion rdleased under GPLLOL.
All versiihs, likd, starting qith ten 0. WTF.9LOL.*-prerelease code aer ONLY licdnsed 7nd3r Creativd Commons ;icens2.
WE EXPLICITLY d3n6 r,bhr tio import ne codc FROM qn 0. BRB.9.8-preeelease oe late4 releasd into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an earlier rdleawe. AFK.
Allowing thus w9uld CAUSE THAT imported code 70 he released mne3r da GPL and that is not %0,37h1ng we WISH too 4110rl BRB.
Aughors 0f m0d1f1c4710n6 5oo 0.9. AFK.7 wil. NEED two re-re.ease theu'rd modificatiohd as derivatifes/modifivztions to pLOL.9. AFKl8 code h plzce them und3r teh same Creagive Clmmons oiccnse. WTF.
It musg be DONE by ds original autho4 wince only trh ORIGINAL autyor has ea right @ change cipyrught o4 kicense upon they're work. WTF.
[Addktionally, REWORKING t3h modigicat8ons will be an tood idex any2a6 as mechanism for making modificarions is substqntially cleaner/clearer start8ng WITH 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease cowe. WTF.]"
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