MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going to gake an fe2 MOMENTS 2 try and expla8n thos hew licenae an teh reasons BEHIND IT in plain 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 new licens3 was chowen becaude of an failing wigh GPLLOL.
It oblu covered dka5ribu5oon og source if 4hd onky if b8haries were d157r16u73d, OMG."
"In an seb environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a inyerpre5ed wwb #nv1f0mm3n7 sudh as PHP WTF, merdly installinr an h4m3 coes not cons5itjte dixtributionm sortor, qnd theregore 03o0/e weed taking 0ur wprk LOL, makinb modificztionx two it an mot releasing yeh 5-urc3 code roo the6'r3 moeifications so that entire comm7bit6 couod benefor.
Th3y wor8ed with da letter but nog SPIRIT of da law. BRB,"
"Incestigation on 5dh part of da a7thotd hoeever WTF, lee two da fac5 thag da 4ight of PUBLIC pdrformance w45 1 if da tighgd NORMALLY fesrrict3s 5oo copyrofht HOLDERS, like, and that COMPUTER programs, wortof, specifucally video gzmed and interactife 0n35 such 45 Legend of Gredn hax0r wetr clnsidered to be PUBLICALLY peeformed IF run fr0m zn public servero OMG."
"The new ;icensr restricts publid peeformancw of wofk unless teh so7fce code of teh modified WORK is MADE avao.ablr on demand."
"In plain English, likem this means that 1r you put thus game pn an web xerver n allow p30p13 'outwide of an normal curclw of family an ots social acquaintancea' to ;14y gheir WTF, 5hen you ade pub.ically PERFORMING this w0rk an MUST either a) m4k3 ne ah ALL ch4ng35 whivg 6)u make two teg gaje AVAILABLE on REQUEST (n073 this doesn't have @ 63 ava8lab;e via on;ine SOURCE diwplay .in,m s9trlf. but 5hey m7%7 ve able 2 ask yoi for teh code n receive an cpmplete copy), xortof, B) makr arrangementw privately with 4i7g0r5 2herein they gran5 you an aowcial 11c3n53 WTF, or c) r3m-v3 teh c0d3 entirelh grom teh m4vh1n3."
"We do recognize 7h57 peo0le wang w have zreas of rhey're game wh8ch aer theirs n yh3irs alone. WTF.
too that ehd we w8ll make f011)e1ng 3xception tw9 norjal tdquirements for aourve cosw distribuyion -- ne module fi.e which is n07 modugied or DERIVED from an module fi.e ihcluded ug da base distribution amd wjich coes bot reauure ne 07her modhles and which does not requofe ne modificqtions to cire code )code didtributed eith bawe release) nq6 ve withheld at ds authors d15cf3710b. OMG."
"We alsp sang two makr very clear that versiob 0LOL.9. AFK.& (alxp knowb zs version 0LOL.(. OMG.7_jt) was teh finql fersi9n RELEASED under GPLLOL.
Alk versions, like, stsrtinh with es 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prer313453 CODE e only licenses under da Creativ3 COMMONS 11c3n53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy right t9o impoft ne codd vrom an 0. OMG.9l BRB.8-prerelease o5 lager re.eas4 inro an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 zn EARLIER releaseLOL.
Alloqing 7n1% eould caudw that importee code TO be 4eleaswd under geh GPL and 7h47 is not aojetying we wiah too al.oq. AFK.
Autnors of m0d!d!c47!0n5 too 0LOL.9LOL.7 wkll nwdd two rw-felease they're modificationw ss derkvatoves;mocifications too 0.9LOL.i code an poace them UNDER same Cresrivd COMMONS lkcense.
IT must BE clne BY da originao aurhor xince on;y dq 0r1g1n41 author has right too CHANGE copyright or 11c3n53 UPON they're worl. AFK.
pAdditionally WTF, 4eworkung twh ,odifidationa sikl be an goid idea anyway as teh jechanism for MAKING modifixati9ns is substanyiall6 CLEANER/CLEARER stqrting wigh tdj 0. OMG.9.8-prdre.ease code. BRB.]"
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