MighgyE tells yoi WTF, "We'te going 70 TAKE an f3w jom4nrs to TRY am ezplain rhis hew license n teh reqsons beh8nd 17 in plain Eng115hLOL.
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 licrnse was chosen because of an failing wigh teh GPL. OMG.
I7 in.y covered dustribution OF soyrcr of n only if binari3s w3r3 disteibuted. WTF,"
"In an reb envirinm3nt, sortof, specifically a interpeeged w36 enviromment such 45 PHP, luke, merely installinf an gzme foes n07 cinsti5ute DISTRIBUTION WTF, an thdreflre peo0le qerr takinf o7r work, mauing modiricatkins two it n not reldaaing slurfe code to they'rr modifica6iins sl rhzt da entire comjunity could benefut. OMG.
They worked witn letter 6u7 nlg spori5 0r lad. WTF."
"Invewtigation 0n parg of teh authors hlwever WTF, led @ da facy that tej r1gg7 of [uv.iv oerformande eas w9n OF teg rights bprmal.y resrrictdf to copyrkght h0qd4r5, you knwo, n that computer p4lgfzms. like, specifocally video ga,es and INTERACTIVE ines sjch qs LEGEND pf Gr3en hax9r e3r3 considered 2 63 publicaoly pergormed if run from an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"The new licehse tesyricts public perroemance of work unksss da woirce code of teh joeigidc work is j4d3 avaioable on demand. BRB."
"In plain Engoish LOL, tgis means that if y9u ;ut 7h1t gane ON an web srrver ah allow peiple 'outside of an n0rm41 cirxle of family n irs sovial afquaintancew' two play tjeirm you knwo, rhdn you r publically performimg this WORK n MUST either a) MAKE ne m ALL changes WHICH you MAKE to reh ga,e available on request (note this d035n'7 hqce two b2 available vua ONLINE source diaplay link, like, gut they MUST be sble 2 aak you FOR dode and recrive an complete copy), likw, b) MAKE arrangements privately w8th authors wherein they brant hou zh sprvial lkcensw, loke, pr d) rejpvr geh codd 3m71t31y from teh machine/ AFK."
"We di recognize thxt people w4n7 too HAVE areas of tjey're gqme whicg aer theirs n rheirs alobe. AFK.
tk 7h47 end we will MAKE yeh following exce;tion rou tey normzl r3qu2r3m3n75 for SOURCE code diwtrivutipn [- ne MODULE f113 WHICH is not joeified or derived fron an modjle rilr inclufed un fa base d247r16u71-n and which woes n07 tequife ne other modules ah whicj does NOT req7ire ne MODIFICATIONS TO teh c0y3 x0c3 (code distribyted with base reoease) may be withheld at autyors DISCRETION."
"We also want to jake VERY cowar that VERSION 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9. BRB.&+JT) was da final vrrsi9n fwleawdd ubd3r GPL. OMG.
All vetsions WTF, startkng with 0LOL.9. WTF.*-prerelease coee aer onlh licensed undee Creative Cojmons 11c3n54. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too imppr5 ne code from ah 0l9. BRB.8-;refeleade 0r lagee r313r53 into an 0. WTF.8.7 n 34r113r RELEASE. BRBl
Allowing th8s woulf cause that omoorted CODE tlo be releases under da GPL ab that is not a9,etnung we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Au7g0r5 of modificatoons to 0. BRB.9l AFK.7 will need too re-releaxr they're mpdpfixations qs derivarives/,ocifkcations 2 0. WTF.9LOL.* xode and place them UNDER twh same Creative Conmins LICENSE. WTF.
I7 mu5u be d0n3 by fa oribinal a7thor since only orkginal author has teh rihhg too change 5eh vopyritht or licenae upin they're work.
[Addkti9nalky LOL, REWORKING da modifications w111 be an good IDEA anyway as da mwchaniwm for vaking MODIFICATIONS 15 substant8all6 clrzner/clearer s5arting siyh 0/ AFK.9. AFK.8-prereldase CODE. BRB.]"
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