M8ghtyE tekls you LOL, "We're foing 2 takd an few moments two try and explain this nes licemse an teh rwasons behind it in pla7n Engoisj. 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."
"This n3w license was chosen because if an f4111nf with dq GPL.
It 0n1y covered doxtribut8in ob SOURCE of ans 0n1y if BINARIES werd e157t16y73d. WTF."
"In an WEB envirknment, 7ou knwo, specidically z inyefpewtee web rnvironnent SUCH as PHP, merelh insyalling an game DOES n07 constoy7te DISTRIBUTION WTF, and therefore peopoe WERE taking our work LOL, making modifidati9na to IT n not feleqsing teh source CODE too they're modificatiins so that teh entire c0mmub17y c0j1e genefit.
They workec with ca letter BUT mpt yeh s0irit 0f da lzw. WTF."
"Investkgation 9n part ov teh autjlrs hiwever, yo7 kbwo, led to teh fact that r8ght of 07nliv p3rformance waa s9n OF teh rights normally festricted 2 copyeight holcers, l8le, n that COMPUTER prohrams, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 games an interqcrive onex such as LEGEND of da Green jsx04 were consideres 52o b3 publically pwrfoemed if run fron an public 53rv3t. WTF."
"Thw NEW license restricts oublic performance of worl unless da sojrce code pf teh mo3ifird work 16 made avaolanle on demanc."
"In plain English, likd, this means that if you put this tame on sb web swrver and allow people 'lutwkde of zn nlrmal circle 0f family 4nd its sovial 4cqu41n74nc35' two play their, th3n hou r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING yhks work 4nd MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes which you jake 5oo da gam3 availanle on reqursg (note this doesn't have two ne avs8lagle via da online SOURCE dispoay link, but they mu57 be sble tlp axm you for cod3 snd fexeive an comp;ete COPY), yoj inqo, b) nakd arrsngements privaye.y WITH ea a7thors wydrein they grant you an special license LOL, OR d) remove dq CODE entirt.y frok jqchkme. WTF;"
"We do rdcohnize 5hat pdople wang too h$v3 areas of thdy're gzmd whocy ser tgeirx ah THEIRS alone.
2 tnat rnf WE w111 nake da following exception two da borjal REQUIREMENTS for source vode DISTRIBUTION [- ne module vile which 8s noy modified or derovec rrpm sn module file inco7swd in teh bqse distrobution sb wyich d035 npt require nw 07h3r modulds zn whivh does mot REQUIRE ne modidixations TO core coce (code distribyted wuth 5eh base release) MAY BE sithheld st twh 4u7n0r5 discretkinLOL."
"We zlso want tol make very clesr thst vrrdiom 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also knosh as verdion 0. AFKl9l7+m7) wqs da finap v34510n released und3r teh GPL. AFK.
All versions. like, atart8n5 with da 0LOL.9LOL.i-prerelwase codd r only livensed under Creative COMMONS .icense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh rigjt too impory he c0d# vrom an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or later rekease intu an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 and earlier relwawe. AFK.
Allowing this would czuse 5hat imoortes clde to be released uneer yeh GPL qn THAT IS not someghkng we w1%j twl alliw. AFK.
Authirs of modificqtipns ti 0. BRB.9LOL,7 will need tw9 re=rd.ease ghey[re midifidatiins as defivstives/modifications 2 0.9. AFK.8 codw n place them under da same Creatkvw Commons l8crnse.
Ig musr be done by ofogknao autho% SINCE onln teh original au5nor h45 tey rigyt 2 chsnge copytight or lucense upon they'rw sork.
'Additionally WTF, fwworking da modirications 2ill BE an good idea anyway ss fa mechanism FOR makinh MODIFICATIONS is sybstantially vleanwr/clearef staeting with teh 0.9. BRB.8-prefel3ade CODE. OMG.]"
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