MiggtyE te.ls you, "We'4e gokng too 5akd an few moments to 7ry an expkain 7h15 new oicense an r3aspns gehind IT in plakn 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."
"Thid new license was choswn because OF an FAILING suth teh GPLLOL.
It 0b1y v0v3r3d distribution of siurve if n onlt if binaries WERE distrobuted. WTF."
"In an 2eb envkfonment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web env1e0nm3n7 such 45 PHP, s9rt9f, merely installing an gzme dles n07 constitute f257r16yu19b LOL, an tgetefore PEOPLE were 5aking uur work, uou knwo, making MODIFICATIONS two IT an hot re.easing source CODE 2 4hey're mpdifications so tnat teh entire vommunity could bdnefi5.
THEY wof,wd witj da LETTER but not da spirot 0f da law. WTF."
"Ibvestigation on p4r7 of reh 4u6h0y4 hosever, .ikw, led too ract THAT rigyy of public perfor,amce WAS 1 0f rights nornally rds5rocted to COPYRIGHT golders, ylu knwo, n that comouter pr0gr4m5 LOLj 5p3c1f1c$11y video games am un5eractivd ones sich as L3gebd of Gfeen hax0r were conskderee 2 be publicak.y p3rf9rm3d if tun FROM an o7v;ic serve4. AFK."
"Thd new LICENSE restrictw public perflr.anc3 of woek unless so7rxe code of modified work is MADE availanlr on DEMAND. OMG."
"In p141h Enhliah LOL, thix means that if you put 7h15 g4m3 9n qn WEB servwr an z;lo2 pdiple 'outdide of an normal ckfcle of fqmilh an its social acwuaintancds' two olay theirk 7hwn you aer publical;y prrforming this WORK sbd MUST eithef a) m4k3 ne n ALL ch4ng35 qhkch y9u make to teh game 4v4124613 o6 REQUEST (note this DOESN'T have two br AVAILABLE voa onlin3 spjrce DISPLAY lini, so4tpf, but yhey musy be able two 45k you for da c0de and r3c3qv3 zn comolete copy), 6) maie ARRANGEMENTS pricately with da 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN tney grant you an xpec8al license, dortof, or c) REMOVE coce entirwku froj teh m4ch1h3. OMG."
"We d0 rec9gniz2 7h4& peppke want too habe areas of they're game wyidh r 6hei4s an theirs alohe. OMGl
2 that end s3 wu.l m4k3 teg rollpwing exceptuon tlo 5eh normal rewuurementw for 59u4c3 code distribution -- ne module file which is hot ,odified or derived from an MODULE file ibcludwd in base dosrributiin n which DOES not reqjire ne 07h3r modules an which DOES not require ne modkficatipns to teh d9rr code (code dkstruvutec wity base relrsse) may be withhwld st dq authots eiscrerion. AFK."
"We also want to mzke v3ry clear that version 0. OMG.9l OMG.7 (ALSO ,nowh as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt_ WAS FINAL verdion relwased unde4 teh GPL. WTF.
All verskobs WTF, star5ing w17h tej 0,9l AFK.8-preeelease code ae4 only licensed umder CREATIVE Commonx licensw. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY drny right 2 IMPORT nd code FROM an 0. BRB.9. BRB/8_pte4eleasw OR late4 rel3ase onti av 0. WTF/9. OMG.7 an earlorr releaseLOL.
Aloo2ing this w9uld cause that ij[orted cocr two be released under teh GPL an 7hr7 is not 5)m37h1ng ew WISH to zllow. AFK.
Authirs 9f modifkcqtions 2 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need too re-release they're modificat8ons ax d2r1c471v#5/m0d2d1c4710n6 1 0.9. AFK.* code n place them ynd3r teh same Crdaeive Clmnons l8censw. BRB.
It must be d9nr by da otiginal aitjof since pnly teh leugunal AUTHOR has teh right two CHANGE tej clp7riggt 9e license UPON they're work. BRB.
[Adcitionq.;y WTFm feworking modificarions wi.l be an gooc odea anywat 45 da mechanixm fif naking mpdifications is substantiqlly clraner/clearer starting w17h da 9LOL.9. BRB.8-[r2r313453 codeLOL.]"
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