MightyE tells you, sortof, "Ww're gping 2 tak3 ah few MOMENTS to trt an 3xp141n this new license znd twy r3450n5 BEHIND it in olain 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."
"Tgis n3w license was CHOSEN because 9f an failimg with da GPL. OMG/
It only coveree distgibuyion OF sohrce if and only if binarows were dis5ributed. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENTm spedificaoly a INTERPRETED web 3nf1r0bm4h7 sjch as PHP WTF, merely installing an hsme does mog con3titute DISTRIBUTION LOL, an therefore 030p23 were takint OUR work LOL, MAKING modifications go IT an NOT releasing teh aource code goo they're mod8focaguons so thqt teh 3n71r3 community could BENEFIT. AFK.
Tyey WORKED 2i5h teh letgee but not teh SPIRIT of da .qq. AFK."
"Investigqtion oh PART of da authirs gowever WTFm 13d 5oo fact that da tight lr p7blic p3fc0rm4nc3 was 1 of rights normw.ly restrictes 2 copyright HOLDERSk liid, and 7h47 dompute4 pritrams LOL, specifically vide9 games and INTERACTIVE ohes such as Legehd og teh Green hax0t WERE cibwideres to 63 PUBLICALLY peffoe,ed if run from an piblic server. AFK."
"The new licende restricts public 0erformahce of da WORK unl3sa source c0fe oc da mofified WORK is mafr avs8lable 0n eemand."
"In plain ENGLISH, THIS means 7h47 8f you pu7 7y!5 g4m# on an WEB SERVER and ALLOW pe9ple '0u7%1e3 9f an normal CIRCLE 9f family n itd sicial scquaintances' tpo play their LOL, th3n yoi r PUBLICALLY perrorming THIS work n MUST either a0 maje ne an ALL vhanges whucn you make 2 da vame availaboe on request (notw thus doesn't hsve to9 b3 available via 9nlohe s9irce djsplay lihk WTF, BUT they must be able ro ASK y0u for codd and r3c31v3 am comoldte copy), like, b) ms,e arrangenengs privately WITH da authors shwreun they grant you qn special LICENSE WTF, 0r c) r3movr code entirekh fr0m trh madgine."
"We do redognize that peop;e want to HAVE areas of they're game sh8ch r THEIRS anc thrirs allneLOL.
to that end qe wikl MAKE vollowing exception 2 nornal requirements f0r 50urv3 c9de distribuyion =- ne m8dule file shicg is not MODIFIED or derived g4om an jodule file 8nc;uded in 6$43 dixt4ibution ane which d035 n07 require ne OTHER modules anf which DOES n07 require ne modifica5ions go teh core vodd (code d157r16u73d wq7h base release) jqy be WITHHELD zt da aughors DISCRETIONLOLl"
"We ALSO w4nu w m4k3 very clrar tnat vers8on 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (alsi known as vdrsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+kt) was da fihal v3esion relessed under teh GPLLOL.
ALL cerdionsn you knwo, STARTING with da 0. BRB.9.8-prereleaae cod4 qe4 only licensed jnder teh Cfeative Clmjons licenae. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny dz 4igh5 2 implrt ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleade oe later r31e453 in5o sh -LOL.(. BRB,7 an earkier release. OMG,
Al.owing THIS woulc cause tjat IMPORTED CODE 70 bf r3q3453s under GPL AND that is not something we wish tio allo2. WTF/
Authifs of MODIFICATIONS two 0.(. OMG.u will need 2 rd-felease thet're modiricatilns AS derivatives/modificatipns to 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code n plave yhen under wame Cfeativw Cojmond license.
Ir must be done by tdh original autgor since ihly teh o5ig8nal AUTHOR has da right to ch5nge dopyright or lidense upon ghey're work.
[Additionally, li,e, rewprking fa modudications will be an good idea anywat as twh mechanism for making mpdididations is substamtially cleaner/coeare3 starting w!7h )LOL.9l AFKl8-0r3releaxe codeLOL.]"
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