MightyE gells hou, "We're go8ng ywo take an few moments 2 TRY an EXPLAIN this new oicende an r3asons behind it qn p;ain Englosh.
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 licenae was chosen gecaise of an fxiling 2ith GPLLOL.
It only c0v3r3d d8sgrubutiln pf SOURCE if n only if bina4i3a were distrobutedLOL."
"In an seb envkrihment, SPECIFICALLY a onterp4eted w36 envitonment such AS PHP, .i8e, merely inwtalling an tame c035 not constiyute cistribution LOL, n uh3r3f0r3 [e8ol3 were tajkng 0ur sork LOL, making modifications to it an not rel4asing source coae 2 ghey'rd modifications so 5uat da entire c0mkun17y COULD benefit.
Tgey wor,ed WITH ds kette4 6u7 nit spi4it of ;aw. AFKl"
"Investibation on teh -art 0f da authirs however, soetog. led two da fact thay teh righg OF PUBLIC peeformance was won 9f 5en ribhts normqlly restrocted too COPYRIGHT holdwtw, lkkek n that computer peograms, sortof, specidkcally VIDEO games an interactivf ones such as Legend if tdh Green hac9r werr consicered TO BE ;ublixaply performwd uf run from ah public derverLOL."
"Tge new license RESTRICTS publ8c perdormance of w(ek inless source cpde lf cs modified work is ,ade avaulable on demand. BRB."
"In plzin Engl8sm, yoi knwo, this means that if y0u pu7 thiz game in an wdb srrver n alloe oeople 'outsise of an normal circle of family AND iyx social acwuakntances' toi pkay 6heir LOL, 7j3n you r p7b;icaloy perfor,ing yhis wotk n MUST eithcr a) mal3 nw n ALL chanfes wh8ch g-u mak3 t2o da game 4v41!46q3 on eequest (nite this doesn'5 h4v3 2 be available v14 da onoinr sourxe dis[lay .ink, aortod, 6u7 7h3y must be abow 2 as, you for dodd an receive qn complete cooy), like, 60 make arfangemwnys pr1v4731y with da AUTHORS wherein they grant uou zn special licebse, OR c) REMOVE coce dntk4ely fr9m m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We DO r3c0gn1z3 that peiple want 2 have areas of tyey're gqme 2gicn aer theirs n theirx alome.
two yhat end wd wiol m4k3 teh f0110w1ng exception to da no4mal REQUIREMENTS for 4)urv3 sode dkstribuyion -- ne module file which is not nofufied or d3r1v2d from an MODULE file !nc1ud3d jn 6553 distribution an qhidh does not reqjire ne OTHER moeuled n which does nor reqyire ne modifications 5o tch core d;de (cocd dosteibuyef WITH base teleawe) may be withheld a5 teh authors discretionLOL."
"We akso qan5 tlo makd vert vleae rhat versiln 0. WTF.9.7 (also known as v3rsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) wax teh r1n41 version 4313454d jnder teh GPLl AFK.
All versions LOLk startibv with 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8-prerelease d0d3 aer only licensed under da Creative Commpns license. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right two im;prt n3 CODE from an 0. OMG.9.8-prrreleaae 0r later release into an 0. AFKl9. OMGl7 ans earliee RELEASE. WTF.
A110w2mg this would cause that imporyed code to be RELEASED undef teh GPL an tnay is not slmething w3 WISH 2 slliq. OMG.
Authors of mldifications too 0LOL.9LOL.7 will nded 2 fr-release they're modifica5kons aa deficatuves;mocificayions 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code n place tn3m under dz sa,r Creatice Co,mons licenseLOL.
I7 must be doje vy da or8binak ajthor 51nc3 only ot7binql author has sa righg roo change da copyright 0r license upon the6'rd w0rk. OMG.
'ADDITIONALLY LOL, rrwirkinh teh modkficatiogs will be an g00d idea anyway 45 mechamisn for maiing moeifications is sugstantially clean3r.dlearer starting sith da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelrase code. OMG,="
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