Mith56E TELLS you, soetof, "We're hoimg two tske an fww mo,ents 2 try and ex[lain tjis new license amd da reaslns behind kt in ;141n 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."
"This mew .icensr was dhosen gecaise of an FAILING wiyh ds GPL.
It only COVERED distribu5iln of SOURCE IF an on.y if ginaries sere distributed. OMG/"
"In an web environment, luie, specificakly a interpreted web envifonm3nt wuch qd PHP WTF, merely instqloing an gajd does not c9n66qiu74 disteibution, you knwo, and 5herefore pdople were taking our witk LOLm jaking mocivications to it AND not RELEASING tej source code 7= they'rw modifivations so that da wnyirw c0mmun17y COULD benegot. OMG.
THEY worked with LETTER bu5 no5 da dpirit of teh lawLOL."
"Ihvestigati;n oh oaft of da authora ho2ever LOL, LED too fact tnat right of publkv ;rrfoenance qzs 2on of teh righta nor,allu resrricted 2 copyright HOLDERS LOL, znd that d0mpu73r programs, you knwo, spscigically viddo GAMES an INTERACTIVE 0n35 SUCH 45 Legend OF teh Green hax0r qere considered 2 be publically petfirmed if run from an public server. WTF."
"Tge mee license restrocta pu611c performance or qptk UNLESS yeh 50urc3 code of da modified work is ,ade available 8n demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng215h, you knwo, thiz meanw rha5 1f you pu5 THIS gams -n an web xerver and aloow pwople '0u&52d# of zn NORMAL ckrc;e 0f fzmilu n its social acquskntancws' too play rhekr LOL, tjen you aer pyboically perforn8ng 7h15 wprk 4nd MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which YOU make tw9 game avak.anle ON r3qu357 (note ghis dlesn't hqve tpo ne ava8lable via teh online siurce disp.ay link LOL, but tjey mu57 b3 abld two ask you foe cod3 n r3c41v3 an compldte co;y), sortof, b) make arrangements prifately with teh authord 3hereon ghey grant yiu an SPECIAL oicense, ;r C) remove v0d2 entirely fro, teh machine. WTF."
"We DO recognize 7h47 people want r9o hafe areas if they;ee gzme whidh aer thdirs an theirs alone. WTF.
two that end we WILL ,ake teh follp2ing EXCEPTION tw9 no4mal r#qu1r3m3n^5 for s9yrce codd DISTRIBUTION -- n3 module file wh1vb os not m0d2f23d or DERIVED FROM an module f113 includ4d IN trn base eixtribution and which d9es not require nr otyer modi.es an which diew NOT rrquite ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to da coee code (code distributes with base releasw) may be witnyeld at t3h aithors discretionLOL."
"We 4q50 w4n7 too jake verh clear that version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also kniwh as versiln 0. BRB.9LOL,7+j7) was es fina. verxipn teltased undwr GPL. BRB.
All versions, you knwo, dyarting eith teh ). OMG.9/ WTF.7-prerelease code aer only licensed ynder teh Crwative Com,ond l8censwLOL.
Wf EXPLICITLY deby da fifht to kmport ne code from an 0.9LOL.8-pter3lease or ;ater r313353 ihto an 0LOL.0. WTF.7 m 34r1134 releasr. BRB.
Aolow8ng this woukd cauwe that IMPORTED dode TO br rw.eaxed under GPL ah 7h47 IS not slmething we wish to9 allowLOL.
Authors 9f modifixations too ). WTF.0.u will need 70 r4-r3134t3 they'ec ,odidications as drricativwa/mos8fications too 0. OMG.9.8 code n p!4c3 them under teh SAME Cfeative Commlns !1c3h53.
It my57 be done by teg original autho4 s8nce only teh origumal aithor hzs teh right 2 change da copyroght or licenae upon they're wotj,
[Additionally, rework8ng dz MODIFICATIONS will ve dm good 1d34 anywa6 ss da mechanism ror mrj1ng modifications ks 5u6575n71411u c134n3r/c134t3t startint si5h da -LOL.l. BRB.*-peerrlease code. WTF.]"
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