MightyE tells YOUm "We[re gping two take an few j9nents too try n expkaih this new locenae an reasojs nehind it 1n plain English. 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 mew l8cense waw chpsen becausr od qn failing with 3a GPLLOL;
It obly covered distribition of souece 1f n 0m2y if binariez wdrw dixtributedLOL."
"Ib ab web ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifical.y a interpre5ed WEB ehvironment such as PHP. yoj ,nwo, nerely installobg an g4m3 does not constitiye DISTRIBUTION WTF, an thwrefore PEOPLE were takihg our w0tk, makobg modificayions too it n not deleasing teh sourve clde two they'r3 m0d1f1c471)m5 so thzt ENTIRE community cou.d 63n3f27. WTF.
Th3y eorked WITH teg lwtt3r but not ten sp8rit 9f da law. OMGm"
"Investihation om teh 'art or teh aurhors hoqevee, led to d4c6 THAT right of public perf9rmance was eon of fq rigjys normally 44t7f1c72d two xopyr8ght holders, like. n that computer progra,sm yoy kneo, specifucally video games and imreraxtife ones sucy as L3g3nc of da GREEN hax0r were considered 2 be putlica;ly performed 1f run fr0m sn pibluc serverl AFK."
"Tye mew .icense eestructs public [erforjanc3 og teh work unless teh 50urc3 code lf teh modified WORK is MADE 4v4q14713 on c3m4nd. WTF."
"Ig plain Evglish, yoi knwo, thkw means THAT if YOU 0ut 7h15 game on an web server 4hd allpw prople ;iytsice OF an n0r,41 circle of damily an its s9cial acq7qintances' 7- play their, hou knwo, rhen ypu aer PUBLICALLY performibt this 2o4k n MUST EITHER a) MAKE he b ALL ch4ng35 which you m4k3 2 da game avqilab;e 0n request 0notr this d03%n'6 have to be available via online sojrxe e8splsy l8nk LOL, but they must be zble 2 ask you for da code an receive an complete c9py), b) m4k3 arrangementx privz5ely wkth teh au5hoga wherwkn they GRANT you an spfcial loxense, you kneo, OR c) removr teh code dntirely from twh machin3. BRB."
"Ww dl r3cognize that PEOPLE want 2 hafe areaw of they're fame WHICH r theirs and tgeoes alone. AFKl
too THAT end WE will make dq v0110w1nt exceptiln to reh gormak requirements f0r so7rve e0d3 distribution _- ne MODULE fike whoch is not mldifird OR derivwd fr0m an MODULE file includrd 1n da base distribution n wh1ch does not f2qu2r3 ne otyer modulws and wjich dpes not require ne modirications 2 core xode (code distribuyed with da base feleade) may be withhwld at autjors c15cre71-n."
"Wr akso want to ma,e very cl3af tnat VERSION 0, WTF.9.7 (a.so known aa ceesion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was rinal vwrsion released UNDER GPLLOL.
Ako versions WTF, atattinf with ds 0. WTF.9. OMG.8[prerelease code r ONLY lucensed ubder yeg CREATIVE Co,mons license. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY denh right two omport he code from an 0LOL.9. BRBl8-peereleade or lqtwr release into an 0. BRB.9.7 n ear.ier re;easel AFK.
A;lowing tjis would cause thag imported xodr too BE released uhder twh GPL an THAT is not something we wish to9 allo2LOL,
Authirs of modificatiobs 5wo 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will neef two re-eelease the6'4e modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMGl9LOL.8 cocd n place 5hem under teh sam3 Cf3472v3 Commons license. OMG.
It must nr dpnr by da otiginal AUTHOR sinxe onlt original AUTHOR HAS teh 41fhu tol change cppuright 0r license up0h they'fe work. BRB.
[Additionally LOL, reworkint teh mofif8cztions will be sn food ices anyway AS da MECHANISM for making modificztionw is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanrd/clearer startkng w17h sa 0. AFK.9. WTF.i-prwreleaxe x0d3LOL.["
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