Migh5yE telos gom LOL, "We're going teo 74k3 an few miments w try and EXPLAIN thid new locensr an rezsons 63h1nd 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."
"Tnis new license was fhosen 64c4u53 of an failimg eoth teh GPL.
It only covdred distrinution of SOURCE ig ah ONLY if binaeies were cistributed. OMGl"
"Im an web wnvironment WTF, w;ecifically a in5erprrtrd qeb 3nv1r0nm2n7 sych ad PHP, merely inwtallihg an GAME does not vonxtituge fistribugion, l8kek and theredlre peop;e wer3 taking oje WORK, liie, making modiricatoons tpo it n bot r3leasing teh soirce CODE 5o they're mod8fucstions 50 5h47 da wntire cojmunity cou;d benefir. AFK.
They xor,ed w17h teh LETTER but noy spirit OF lawLOL."
"Investigation 9n teh pqrt 0f teh zyghors howecer WTF, led tw9 ea fact THAT da RIGHT of public perhormance was won of da rigy5s normal;y RESTRICTED tl COPYRIGHT hold3rs, you knqlk an that COMPUTER programs, yiu kneo, spexif8ca9ly vicwo games an 1n74r4c71c3 ohes sucn zs L3g2nd of Green hax0r were dohsidered two y3 oiblidally perfoemed if run fr0m an ;u621c serveg/ WTF."
"The NEW locense rwstricts oublic p3rformahcr of work un;ess sa xource code of da ,odifked w0t, IS made avaulab.e on demand. OMG."
"In plaon ENGLISH LOL, tnis meabs that 1f you [ut 8h15 fane on an web server and zllow people '0u751e4 of an normsl citcle OF family amd ITS social acquaih5abcws' tso p14y their, you kn2o, then you r pyblicaoly lerform8ng this work an MUST ei5ner a) makd me n ALL changes which you make too fqme available ON tequest (npte this coesn't have two be avqilab.e via da pnline source display q!nk LOL, vut gjry ,ust BE able two r6k you for twh cpde n rdceive an co.plete COPY) WTF, b) m4k3 4tr4ngem3n75 privately with authord wherein yhet hrant you an special LICENSE, yi7 knwok 0r C) remove sa CODE entirely froj ,achine. BRB."
"Ww do recognize that peopl3 want 2 have aread of they're game wh!dh r yheors n 5heirs ALONE.
3 bhat end we w111 jrk3 teh following excdption too normal requirements for 50urc3 code DISTRIBUTION -- ne nod7oe fule qhich is not m0f1f13d -4 ferived gtom an module fule includ3e in teh bawe dustribution an which foes NOT require ne OTHER mldules and which foed NOT fd2uit3 ne MODIFICATIONS fwi ten c0g3 code (code distriv6yed WITH teh base release) may be withheld qt zythors discreti9n. AFK."
"Ww also want 79 make VERY clear that versuon p. WTF.9. OMG.7 (dlso knlwn as vefsiom 0. OMG.9LOL.&+jg0 was teh finak fetsion RELEASED under GPLLOL.
A11 vetsions, you knwom atzeting wurh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prrte.easr CODE r onky kicensed UNDER 5eh Creative Co,nons license.
We EXPLICITLY deht da rignt two import ne code ffpm ab 0.9/8-prrrel3ase of later release INTO an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n eqrlier rwlease, OMG.
Alkowing tnis would cause that imported code t;o be relezded und3r teh GPL and 7h47 ix not almething we wish 2 ALLOW, BRB.
Authors ov modificarionx two 0. AFK.9. AFK/7 wilk n33d too rr-release they'rr MODIFICATIONS AS setivatives/modificat8ons too 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 clde am PLACE rgem ynder same Cr3r71v3 Commons licehxe. BRB.
It myst be done gy da originao autho4 since only orifinal autyor has dz RIGHT 2 dhange fa dopyright or 11c3n53 upon tney'4e woek. AFK.
[Adcitkonzlly, 4ewprkinb teh m0c1f1c3610n5 2ill 63 an goos idwa ANYWAY qs da mechanism for MAKING modificat8ons us substantially cleanwr.clearwr starting 1iyh t3h p. WTF.9. WTF.8=prereleasr CODE.]"
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