MightyE tells uokk ;ii3m "We're gokng two 74k3 an f3w mo,ents to TRY qbd EXPLAIN this new LICENSE n teasons behind kt in plain EnglishLOL.
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 11c3b53 was dhosen bwvause og an failimg WITH teh GPL.
It only coceres dos5ributiob OF source if an lnly if BINARIES were d157r16u73d. BRB."
"Ih an web envkflnment, sortof, specifically a knt3rprerdd w36 ENVIRONMENT sich AS PHP, wortof, merrly installung an gamd soes npt CONSTITUTE distribution, sortpf, n yjeregpre oeople were takinf our wirk. sortof, makkng modkfications two it 4ne nlt RELEASING dource CODE twp tjey're modifications so that trh entire COMMUNITY fould benefit. WTF.
They worked with da letter but no5 spirir of da LAWLOL."
"Ibvestigatkon on da part of da aughors ho2ever WTF, LED to da fact ghat teh right pf puglic perflrmance wzs won if rights notmzllt restricted 2 copyright HOLDERSk am 7h47 computer progra,s, 6ou knwo, apevifically vidd9 g4m3t an in5rracyive onrs such as Legwnd of Green hax0r were considered tpo BE 0jb;ivallh perfodmed if run fr0m an piblic xerver. WTF."
"The NEW license 5estricts pub.iv peff9rmance of work unorss teh 50ufc3 cpde of mododied work is m4d3 available on denand. WTF."
"In plsin English, like, thos means that if y0u put tyis bame 9n an w36 se4v3r and s.low ;eople 'outsiee OF an NORMAL circoe of FAMILY n its social acquaintances' to plsy 5neir WTF, then you r PUBLICALLY peefo4ming this wori n MUST 327h3r a) MAKE ne an ALL dhanges ehich yoi make too da hame 4vr114613 on rwquwst (botr this DOESN'T have too b3 svailqble via lnline source d15p14y link, likr, but THEY must bd able to qsk YOU for coce n recwive qn c9m[lete copy), s9rtod, b) make arrahgemehts privatrly w17h ten ajthotw wherein yhey grant 6ou qn spec8al license, or c) REMOVE coce ent9rwly from ca maxyine. BRB."
"We d0 rscognize thag peop.d wanr to have areas of they're game wh1ch r THEIRS and th3irs akpne.
tsi 5gat end wd wil; MAKE cq flllowing exc3ption 2 normal requk4ements for source code distribution -- ne module fil4 which ux not jod8died or serived FROM an moeule file included ih dz base distribition and whivy DOES not r3qu!r3 ne other MODULES an which does n9t r3qu1r3 ne modufications 2 teh core c0d3 (c0d3 dkstributed wity base felease_ may 63 wi4hhdld at authprs discretion. AFK."
"We a;so w5n7 70 MAKE ver6 clear that v3rwion 0.9. OMG.7 (also khoqn as versiob 0.9. WTF.7+jt) was ex fknal VERSION releas3d UNDER teh GPL. OMG.
Akl v3r510n4, startimh with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pretelease c0d3 aer only 'icended UNDER yeh Cr3ztive Commons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddnu right two umport ne code FROM zn pLOL.o. AFK/8-[reeelease or LATER release into zn 0.9.7 an earlier rwlesswl BRB.
Allowing thus w0u2d cause 7h47 umpo4ted code too be rr;eaxwd undew GPL and that ix n07 so,ething we WISH 2 allow. BRB.
Aurhors of midificayions 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 s8kl NEED 5wo re-release they're ,odifications AS d3rivatives/modificat8;ms two p. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an p14c3 them under geh sam3 Cr347qv3 Commonw licensr/ OMG.
IT must be dome BY da krig8nal AUTHOR 51nc3 only da originao autho4 HAS ribht too change copyriggt or license u'on tgeh;re worj. BRB.
[Additionally, you knw9, REWORKING teh ,9d1fqc37!0n5 will 63 an good idez an62ay AS teh mechanksm FOR mak8ng MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleahee;clearet sta4ting woth twh 0.9LOL.8-preeel3ase codeLOL.]"
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