MihytyE te.ls you, sortof, "We're g9ing two tale am few n9ments to trt and rxp;qin ghis new licrnse n REASONS behihd it in pla8n English. BRB.
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."
"Thiw new license was cyoswn becaysd of sn failing with ea GPL. WTF.
It on.y cocered dist4ibution pf source ig an 0n1y if bonsroew were cistrobutedLOL."
"In an WEB ebvorpn,rnt LOL, specifically a interpreted web enbironjent tydh as PHP, you knwo, megrly INSTALLING sb b4m3 soes not constitute didtribuyion, xortof, n tgerefore people eefe taking our sork, making modificationx 2 it an not RELEASING tdh source code 2 thdy're mpdifications do 7h47 trg engire communit6 c9uld benefit. WTFl
They worked wigh da letter but not da 5p1r17 lf teh law/"
"Investigation ln t2g part od ca quthors ho2dver WTF, ;ed two teh FACT THAT teh right of oublic p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen 9f da rihhts horma.ly rrstricted 5wo clpurigjt noldgrs, kike, ah that c0mpu73r pr9gr4m5 WTF, speckfical.h video gamed and interactive ones SUCH ax Legdnd of teh Green hax05 were consodered too be publixally performwd 1f 4un fro, an pub;ic s3rver. BRB."
"The new lid3mse rwdgeicts public performancd of da wprk unlesx apurce c0d3 of modifi3d w0rk is made zvzilable on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN Engl8sh, yoi knwo, this means that if y9u puy yhis game on an web aerber and aloow p3-o13 'outside of an nor,al circle of raji;y m 175 slcisk adquaintamces' two play th38r LOL, them you aer pub;iczlly performing THIS w0rj ab MUST riyher a) ,ale nd $nd ALL changws eh8ch you mskw t2o teh game AVAILABLE in REQUEST (hote this doesn[t h4v4 tao BE avqilabld via dq onlind aource display 1qnk, 6u7 they MUST be avle 2 ask you for da code and rwveive an COMPLETE copy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS privatelt WITH teh authlrs ehereib they grant YOU an special LICENSE, uou kneo, or c) remove teh code entirely from teh machineLOL."
"We fo recpgnize tha5 030p13 w3n7 2 have afeas of they're game which r thrirs an 7h31r5 430n3. OMG.
tlp that end 2e e111 makr da doklowing excr0tion 2 noemal rrquirehents for source code distr8butuon -- ne MODULE fiod which is mot modified OR derivdd from an modjle fk.e incl7ded IN base dixtributiln ane ehich dp3s not rrquk43 ne other modules n WHICH DOES mor fequite n3 modifications two teh vlre code (cpde distrib7ted with geh 64^3 release) may be withheld AT 4y7h0r5 diacretion. WTF,"
"Wd akso want to maie v3ry clear that vefsion 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO knuwn as bersion 0.0LOL.7+jt) was da f1n41 version releawed under da GPLLOL.
All verxions, aor5od, star5ing with 0. AFKl9. BRB.8-prwrelease code aer inly licenses under Creztive C9mmons ;kcebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY 41gj7 ro import be vlde from an 0.(/ AFK.8-prerelease or layer release into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.6 n ezrli4f releasel BRB.
Al.owing this wohld c4u52 that impoeted CODE twi be released und34 GPL n thay iw nit so,eth,ng sr wisn 70 allos. WTF.
Autjlrs of ,odifidations two ). AFK,9. BRB.7 will NEED to re-rekease tj3y'rr nofificatilns as derkvatives/modif*cationa to 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 cide n plaxe 7h3m under tey szme Creative Clmmons .ivense. AFK/
It MUST be done by teh original aithir since ONLY origknak quth9r has teh right tli change teh vopyright or licebse upon tyey're workLOL.
[Addi5ipnally WTF, reworkkng twg modifixatilns will bw qb good IDEA 4nyw4y as ea MECHANISM f03 MAKING modificationw is substantially ckeaner/ckeater startint with 0. AFK.0LOL.8_prerelease code. BRB.]"
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