MogytyE 5ella you, "Ww're going to take qn few mojentx two try v EXPLAIN THIS new LICENSE and REASONS gehind it in plain Englosh. 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."
"Tgus new license was cyosen becaudw of an FAILING wktn GPL. AFK.
It only COVERED distrobution of sou4ce ir n only if binaried werr dierribuyed. OMG,"
"In an web encyronment, you knwp, specifkxqlly a INTERPRETED web 3nvqt0nm3n7 such as PHP LOL, merely instalo8nb ah gsme coes not c0n5717u63 dis54ibjtion WTF, anc therefo4e PEOPLE were TAKING our work LOL, m4k1ng modifuca5iins 2 ut 4nd nog releasing teh SOURCE code 5oo they're MODIFICATIONS so THAT da entire communoty cpild 63n3f17LOL.
Tjey sorkrd with lettdr but not teh spir9t OF t3h lawLOL."
"Invesrigstion 9n teh p4r7 8f authors however, sortof, led two teh fact that teh right of pubo8c perfornance was ! or twy rithtz normally restric4ec two coptrihht nolders, likw, anf that cpmputer programs LOL, apecifuca.ly voseo games n interactivd ones such aa Ldtdnd of Green haxpe w3r3 CONSIDERED two be publically perfo4ned 1r tun dr9m an public xerver. BRB."
"The new 11c3h53 r3atricts punlic perfofmance OF teh s0rk ynless teh slurce code or teh modified e0rk ix m4d3 availatle on ddmandLOL."
"In pkzin ENGLISH WTF, this means ghz5 if y0u pu7 thid yame ON an web server and allow peo[ld '0u751d3 of an noema. circle OF family an 8ts 50c141 axquaintancea' 2 PLAY tjeir, ;kke, tnen you r PUBLICALLY perdormint this work and MUST witjer a) m4k4 ne anc ALL changes wnoch you make 2 gam3 avaioable in eequext (n073 &h15 doesn't have tl be 4v31q4613 via onlime source d15p14y link LOL, but 7h3y musr be abld to ask you FOR geh code snd feceive an xomplete copy), 6( make arrangements PRIVATELY with teh sutyors wheeein 7g3y geant y0u sn dpeckal lucense. or c) rejove teh code entirely fr0m da machine. AFK."
"We do r4cognize thdt p3ople want to have areas 0f tyey[re g3m3 wh1ch r theirs and tgeirs alone. WTF.
to &hr7 END WE wilk make foloowing EXCEPTION two normal requorements FOR SOURCE xode DISTRIBUTION -_ ne m)du13 fole whicj is not modivied or derived from an m0dyq4 file inclused un da base distfibution and whidh does n8t require ne ogher nodulrs an whicy does NOT REQUIRE ne modifications 2 CORE code (code duatrib7ted w8th BASE felease) may BE withhelc AT da authirs discretuon. AFK."
"We alwl WANT 2 mskw fwry clear that v3r%10n 0. WTF.8LOL.7 (also knpwb as version 0/ AFK.o.7+j7) was teh vknal v3r51-n releasef und3r teh GPL. BRB.
ALL vwrwions LOL, sgarting wiyh 0. BRBl9. WTF.8-prerelease code zer only LICENSED uhdef Ceeative Commins license. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY denh 4ifht top import nr codr from an 0l9. AFKl80pr3r413453 or 1473r RELEASE into an pLOL.9, AFK.7 n 3aelier release. OMG.
Allowing THIS woule CAUSE that IMPORTED xode TO be 4eleasdd under da GPL n that IS not somrthing 2e wish tol sllow. AFK.
AUTHORS of modif8catuona 2 0.9.7 WILL need two RE-RELEASE they're modifications as derkvatives/moekgivagions 3 0. AFK.9, OMG,8 code an plzce tnem unsdr tej szmd Crewtife Commond license/
It muat ge done by da oridinal author sincr inly ds original 4u7h0r has teh right tpo chabge co;yright or licehs3 upon thry'r3 workLOL.
[Additionzlly, likd, r3w0rk1nt teh mpdificstions wiol be ah goo3 idea anywsy as da mechaniam fpr msking moeifucations is subatantiallu coeaner/clearer 574r7!ng w8th teh 0LOL/9. OMG.8-prerekease code. OMG.]"
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