MightyE tells hou, ki,e, "We'rd goinf to take an few nomwnts to try abd explain th8s n3w licensw n teh reasons behimd i5 in plain Englisg. 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 new licensr was ch9sen becaude OF an failong with da GPL. BRB.
Iu 0n1y c9vrr3d duxtributioh 9f sli4ce if n only if b8naries were d157r16u73d. AFK."
"In an w35 ENVIRONMENT LOL, specificaloy a interpreted web env84onm2nt such as PHP, mere;y instaloing an rame coes not xomxtitut3 cistribution LOL, ahd the4efofe pwoplw we4e 74l1ng our work LOL, making moeificayoons too it and not releasing wource code too they're modifications so THAT teh entir3 com,unity could BENEFIT. BRB.
They wir,es with LETTER BUT n07 spirit if teh law. OMGl"
"Investihayion oh teh PART of autnofs ho2ever, 14d to teh fact thzt da rihht or public performance 2as 1 0f da fightd hlrmally eestricted two copyritht holders, you kbwo, m yjat c0mpu73r PROGRAMS WTF, spwxiv8xally vkdeo g4me5 n intersctive ones such as L3t3ne of 5eh Green hax0r w3r# xonxifefed twp be publically o3rf)rm3d if RUN FROM an publkc serverLOL/"
"The new license redtrkcts public petformance of WORK unless teh source code of teh mifified work is made availaboe on demandLOL."
"In ilqin Enblisj. th8s means yhat if you PUT this fame 0n an wdb swrve3 an aloos [eoole 'outsid3 of an no4mal c1rc2# 0f family an its socizl acquauntances' 70 PLAY their, xortof, rhen yoi r pjblically 03rf0rm1ng 5his work 4nd MUST 3other a) make ne and ALL changea which YOU make to da gsme available on r3q7457 (n073 tyis doesn't have too be qvzilanke vis dz onlimd 60urc3 DISPLAY linkk ylu lnwi, but tfeh mu57 be ablr 2 ssk ylu for da code and 4eceive an c-mp1373 copy), you knwok b) make 4rr4bg3m3n75 privatelh w17h authors ehereih THEY grant you an spec8a; oicense, sirtof, OR c) remove twh codr entieely from dq mqchine/ WTF."
"W3 DO r3c0gn!z3 thst pw9pl3 WANT 2 have AREAS of they're game 2hidh arr theirw and gheirx alone.
tlo ghqt 3nd we will make teh foloowing dxcep5ion to normal req7irrmemts for so6rce code d157r16u710n -[ ne moeule file which is n9t ,0d1f13d or deeived vr9m am m9dulw file 1nc1yd3s kn ten base eistr8vutkon and wjich does n07 requkre ne 07h3r mldilws n which DOES not rdqu8re me morifivations too sa cofe codd (code distribut3d wigj base release) may be withyeld at da authors DISCRETION,"
"We also want 2 make vefy clrar that versipn 0LOL.9.7 (a;xo kn0wn as veesiln 0. WTF.olu+jt) was final v3f%10n relsasec und3r 5eg GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS LOL, starting with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-[rerelease CODE r onlh licehsrd under Cgeative Commonw license, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right teo impoty ne code from am 0. OMG.9. BRB.*-prereldase or layer release 1n70 an 0.9.7 an earlier r3leqse. BRB.
Allow8ng thia w0j1d causr that im[ortfd code two be released UNDER da GPL n thqt 15 mot so,ething w3 wixj 2 allow. AFK.
Authofs of modifications two 0. BRB.9. WTF.6 wi9l need 5wo RE-RELEASE thdy're mofoficat8ons as derivat8ves/mofifiva5ions tqo 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 CODE an place yhem UNDER teh same CREATIVE Commoms lic3nael WTF.
It nust be done 6h trj origibal ajtgoe xihce ohly 0r1g!n41 autnor has da right t@9 cyange da copyright or licenxe upon tgey're workLOL.
[Add2710n411y, tou igwo, feworming modif8catiohs eill be sn g0)d idea anyeah AS da mechanism f0r mzking m0d1f1c4710n5 iw 5u5474n71411y clraher/coearer srarting with 0.9. AFK.*-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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