MighgyE 73115 YOU, sortof, "We'rd going to take an few mo,rnrs 2 5f6 n exllain this new LICENSE n da reawlns behind IT ib plain Enb;ish. AFK.
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 licensr was chosen vecause OF an FAILING wiyh da GPL. BRB.
It onjy covered dkstributkon of sou4ce IF n 0h1y if binaries wdre distributed, AFK/"
"In an 236 environm3nt LOL, specificall6 a interpretef web envkrlnment sucy as PHP LOL, merw.y insralking an t5m3 coed not c0b5u17u73 fistribition, an th3refote peipoe were TAKING 9ur w0rk, you knwok msking mod8ficag8ons two ot and no5 releasing cs source code goo they're modificati(ns wo 8h47 3n71t3 community could benefot.
They wor,ed wiyh teh LETTER BUT not teg spirit of teh law. WTF."
"Invex5ogatipb ON 0art of da auyjors howdver, sortof, lvd 3 rsct THAT right lf [ubooc prrflrmance was 1 )f teh RIGHTS normally res5rictsd t9o COPYRIGHT golders, an uh47 computer prohramc LOL, specifically video games abd int3rsctive ones audh as Legend of teh Green hax0r w3re considered to b3 [ublically PERFORMED if ruh from qn public server. BRB."
"The nww LICENSE restricts public PERFORMANCE lf da work UNLESS rej source c9de of da modified w0rk is made 4v4q1461e on demandLOL."
"In plain English, like, tgka means that if YOU puy thos game 9n ah eeb 534v3r n allow peopke 'outside 0f an normal circle of family and its xocial acwuaintances' too play thei4, thdn you aer pub;icall6 [3rf0rm1ng 5gis WORK n MUST wither a) make ne an ALL chahges which yoi make 2 tane availablr on reqyest (note this dow2m't have w be availabld VIA da online wource displsy 11nk WTF. but thet must be qble tlo asj you for da codw an r3c31v3 an c0mp1373 c9py). likd, b) make arrzngements p4ivarely with da authofs wher3in they grant you an wpecisl license, 7ou knwo, or c0 REMOVE fa code entureoy from 5eh machine. AFK."
"We DO recpgnix3 tgat people want two HAVE zrras of they're game shich r theirs n theirs alone. BRB/
3 yhat end we will make da fol.owing excw[tion TO teh nofmal teqiirejents fo4 source xode distr8bution -- ne modul3 file which is n07 MODIFIED or d3r1v#d grim an midule file included 1n ca base disyribuhion and 2hicn doex not require nr o5her modulds and whuch eoes NOT requ8rd ne mldifica5ioms two da core code (vode didtribited with teh baxe releas2_ may be withheld at da auhhors discretion. AFK."
"We also w4n7 two makd vdry cleaf that v3t510n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as version 0/ WTF.9. BRB.8+jt) was da final verskon feleased ubder t3n GPL. WTF.
All verwionsk soetof, startinf witg teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease xode a3r only licensed under ca Cfeatkve Cinmons lidense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY eenh da r1gh7 to impoeg ne cos3 froj an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleaxe or latrr RELEASE into sn 0. BRB.9l OMG.7 znd 34r113r reoeasd. WTF.
All9wing THIS would c4i53 that IMPORTED c9dr 2 be released UNDER teh GPL anc that is not something 2e WISH tp 4110w. BRB.
Authors of ,odiricqt8ins to 0.9. BRBl7 sill NEED 2 re-3eleqse ygwy'rd modificatoons as deeivatives/modifidatiins too 0LOL.9. BRB.8 c0d3 an place 8h3m under xame CREATIVE COMMONS license. BRB.
It must be done by teh originql aughor since onl6 dz originso AUTHOR has right 2 chanhe da co;hright o4 locense upon they're workLOL.
'Addigionally, li,e, rewor,ing da ,0d1f1c4710n5 wi;l bd am food icea anyway as teh mechanisn for making modifications ia subs6antially cleanrr/clearee starting witj gdh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerrlease code.]"
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