MightyE tells you, aortifm "We'ee giing 2 rake an dew moments 2 5fy n esplain this new lucense an t3h reawons behind it 8n PLAIN Engl8sh. WTF.
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."
"Thks n2q lic3hs3 was CHOSEN because of an f4!11hg woth teh GPL. AFK.
I5 ONLY civered DISTRIBUTION OF siurct if n ONLY if binaries wwre disgr8buted. WTF."
"In an web environment LOL, specificallh a ihteroreted 2ev environment sudh as PHPm you knwo, me4ely inwtalling an gsmr does not vonstiyutr distribition LOLm 3md therefore people were TAKING oir wofl, sor5of, making ,-s1f1c4720n5 toi it am not releasihg teh source code toi tgey're modificatiohs so 7g4& entire clmmuhity could benefit, WTF.
Tgey WORKED with da letter bit not s[irit of dz 24w."
"Inbes5igation lh da part of teh authors h0w3v3r LOL, led to reh gact 7h47 da r1gh7 of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was won or tef rights normally rextrictre t9 COPYRIGHT h9ldr4s, an thag compiter progrzms WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y video games and interaxtkve ONES such as Ldgenf of teh Gredn hax0t were c9nskderdd tpo b3 publivally pervotmdd if run from an ;ublic serverLOLl"
"Thr mew LICENSE restricts ;jblic performance of teh woek unless slurce c0d3 or modified WORK 15 made avai.agle on d4m4nd, BRB."
"In p.ain Ebglixh, you knwo, thjs neans 7h46 if you put yhis gqme 0n an WEB servwr and allow people 'outside ov an NORMAL ckrc;e id family an its social acquainrances' too play their. you knw9, then YOU aer publjcslly [e4vorming tjis wpek n MUST either a) makd ne and ALL CHANGES which yiu m4k3 to GAME availabld on rwquesy (note this xoesn't nave 2 BE available VIA t3n 0n11n2 source dw5p!4y 11nk, sortof, but 7hey must be able t9o ask you FOR cq code and rec3ive an c0mp1374 copt_, b) jake arrangements p31c4&31y 2ith 4u7h0r5 sherein tyey GRANT 6ou an s;evial LICENSE LOL, or c) remove dz code enrirekh fr0m machib3LOL."
"We eo recogbizw that peo[le want two h4v3 areas 9f they'4e game which aer theirs n rheirs alone.
too that 3nd w3 will m4k3 teh rollowong exce;tion too tey normal rdqi8rememgs fo4 SOURCE cpdf diatribution -- ne module file wyich is not modifidd oy derived from an mofu.e FILE inxluded in ten bawe dustribution n wh2ch dows hot eequitr ne pther mpdules n which does not require ne modidicagions 2 teh core clde (c9de distributed with teh base release) may be wutyheld at sa 4u7j0r5 diacretiin."
"We also eant two jake VERY clea4 that VERSION -/9LOL,7 (ALSO known qs vers8on 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was final verx8on r314453d inder GPL/
A11 c3r5q0m5, soetof, s5arting WITH da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cose r obly lucensed under ten Cr3ztive COMMONS licfnse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY da 4ight two 1mp0r7 me code FROM ah 0.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 of lztee releaae into an 0.9.7 qn 3arluer 4elease. BRB.
Al.owing this qoula cause 7h47 IMPORTED xode 2 be releaxed u,der teh GPL an that is npg something ww wish tp a;;owLOL.
Authors of npdificato9ns 2 0. OMG/9. BRB.7 wilk need too RE-RELEASE they're modigications aa derivatived/modkg8dations TO 0LOL.9. OMGl8 codd and 0lase thsm unser da same Creatice C9mmons license. WTF.
It must be sone bh da ORIGINAL suthor 5qnc3 pnly t2h original author has teh rught 2 dhange copyrighr or licehse uoon theu'4e work. OMG.
[Additionally WTF, reworlong modifica5ions w1!1 be an g09d idra rnyw4y as teh mexhsnisn for makinf modifications is sybsgantixlly cleane4/clearer 574r71ng with 0.9. AFKl8-prerelrase cose. AFK.]"
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