MightyE telld you WTFm "We're going tw9 take an FEW m-m3n75 yo bty n EXPLAIN this new license m tej feasons behund 17 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."
"This new license qas cjpsen geczuse of qn fr111ng w8th da GPL. AFK.
IT 0n1y covered distrubution of source if an 0n1y wf bimaries were distriv7ted. BRB."
"In an qen 3nv1r)nm3n7, ;ike, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr373s WEB wnvironment such as PHP LOL, meee;y !n574111ng an t4,e does not clnstitht3 DISTRIBUTION LOL, n gherefore PEOPLE WERE takint out w9rk, dortor, makimg jpdirications t2o it an not releasing soirce coce tpo ghey'ee modifications so thzt da ENTIRE commuhigy ciukd benefit. BRB.
THEY woried WITH ketter but NOT geh spirit of lawLOL."
"Invesgigstion in ca p4r7 of authorc however LOL, led to teh fzct that da riggt OF PUBLIC performanxe WAS won 0f yeg rights normalky t357r1c7#f tlp copyright hpldefs, sortof, and tjqt computer PROGRAMS LOL, s[dcudically video ga,es n interactive ones 5jvh aw Legebd OF da Green haz0r WERE donsidered 2 BE publicslly p3rformed if run from an public werver."
"The new ;icense test4octw publ8v PERFORMANCE of work unlese spurce code od ca modified work is nase available on demandLOL."
"In olain Emglish, you knwo, this means rhzt if you put 7h25 gamd on an web server 4nc aklow peoplw 'outside od an nirmal circle of family n its social 4cqj41n&$nc35' to pla6 their, rhdn you r PUBLICALLY p3rd0r,1ng tnis worj n MUST dithdr a) make be and ALL chanhes shich you makr 5o tey gqme 4v411r613 on request (n073 this d03%n'7 h2v3 two be agaikable via da online sluece displaj lihk, but they muwt be abld to ask 6pu FOR teh cod3 and eeceive an cojplere co0y( LOL, B) mqke arrangements privqtelu w17g teh authlrs whereih the6 GRANT you ab sp3cial 11c3n53 LOL, or c) remobe teg xode entire;6 from teh machineLOL."
"We do recognize THAT p30p13 wqn5 too jav3 aeeas of thwy're tane ehich r gh3irs an theirz ALONELOL.
tio that 3nd we will make y3j following exceptipn 2 teh nofmql requirem3nts for slurce codw dist48bution -- md m0fu13 file whicy is not ,odified oe derkved from an m0du13 f7le included in bsse distribution n whkch does npt requ8r3 ne othrr mod7les and which dpes not require ne modifications 2 vore c0d3 (CODE diatributed WITH twh base release) may be wktyhrod at dq authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We alwo want two make vefy clear ghat verxion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (zlso kn91n as v3r5qpn [. OMG.9. OMG.7=JT) waa final version re.eased under GPL. OMG.
A11 vdrsions. yku knwo, starting with da ). BRB.9. AFK.7-prefelease code aer only LICENSED under Ceeatib3 Commohs 11c3nt3/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rifh5 to import ne xode fr0m an 0.9.8-prerelease OR later re.ease 1n70 an 0l BRB.9. BRB.7 n earlier feleawe. BRB.
All9wing 5hos wlulc CAUSE that imported code 2 bw released umcer da GPL an thst is not so,etning we wish too qllow, WTF.
Authors 0f n0d1f1c4710nt to 0.(. WTF.7 w8ll need 3 re-release they're mogificar8ona as c3r!v$71v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 5oo 0. BRB.9LOL.8 c0d3 an plave THEM jndee da same Cveagive Commons locrnaeLOL.
I5 nust be sonw bu da o4ibinal ajthor sibce only da orig8nal AUTHOR HAS teh rifht 3 chante da COPYRIGHT OR licdnsd UPON they're work.
[Additionally, you kn2o, REWORKING da modificati0ns will be zn bood kdea ANYWAY as mechanism for m4k1ng m0f1d1c471)n5 is sjbstantiakly cleaner/cleare4 statting wiyh y3h 0LOL.9LOL.8-pre4elease cose. BRB.]"
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