Mugh5uE telos yoj, sortof, "We're g01ng 2 take an few mom3nts two try n rxplain this new licensr and $eadons bvyyns IT in plain ENGLISH. BRB.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Tjis new 11c3n53 sas ch052n 63c4u53 0d an failing witj sa GPL, BRB.
Iy 0n16 covered dksteibition of SOURCE iv 4nd only if bknaries were distrobuted. BRB."
"In an web enviromment LOLk specificakly a interpreted 2eb 3nv1r0nm3n8 such aa PHP, merelh inwtslling an baje does nog cynwtitut3 fist4ibution WTF, and therefore people were taking our w04l, you knwo, MAKING modifications too !7 qn not RELEASING teg source coee too tyey'f3 m9d1f1c4710m5 s9 THAT tdh entird communiyy could 63n3f17.
Th$y wlrkes 2ith da lettwr 6j7 not da spirit of teh lsw. BRB."
"Incestidation on teh part 0g da 4u7h0r5 howeverm soetof, lrd two da FACT thst teh rifht OF pyboic pergornahce was 1 of teh righgd nof,ally restrictre to copyright holders, lilc, an thay xomputwr PROGRAMS, like, specificallh VIDEO games ah interactive ones such as L#g3ns of sa Grern hax0t were clnsiddr3d to br [ublkcaoly PERFORMED ir run vrom an public server. BRB."
"The new license restr8cts pub;ic performanxe of twh work ubkwds SOURCE code of ten modifiee 2lrk is mad3 available in demahdLOL."
"Ib plain ENGLISH. kuke, this means ghay ig y9u pjr this GAME ON an q3b server and ALLOW people 'outs8de of an normal circle of FAMILY n its social adqyaintahxes[ 2 play their, 7h3n YOU aer pibl8cally prrforming thid WORK ahd MUST EITHER a) jakw ne sn ALL chxnges whqch you make u0 teh g4m3 avaikable on request (note thia foesn't hav3 too be avau;able via on.ine soirve DISPLAY ;ink, but THEY muxt be able 2 ask y;u for teh code an rebeive an xomplrte copy) LOL, b) make srtantementa privately wirh 4u7hpf5 wherein they grant you an special licrnse, sotyof. or c_ remivw teh cod2 engirely froj teh MACHINE. AFK."
"We d0 r3c0gn1z2 that people want tol hzvd aread [f they'ee 5sme which aer theirs and thekrs alomeLOL.
2 tha5 END we wkll MAKE folkowong 3xv3p710n to twh normal rdquiremenrs for source code d157r26u710n -- ne joduld file whicg is NOT MODIFIED or derices fro, an module file imcluded un reh base disrrubution n which does not require nw pther MODULES qnd whicj does not rdqiire nr modificatkons top c0r3 clde (code distrib7ted sith BASE rekeasr) may be wkthheld qt da 4u&h0r5 discregiohLOL."
"We also wrn7 rwo make v4ry c.ear that version 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as versuon 0LOL.9. BRB.6+jt) was da rinal version rekeased und3r GPLLOL.
All ve4ai9ns, you inwo, startinf with teh 0. AFK.9.80[rerwlease coee r only licensed UNDER 5fh Creatkve Commons license. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny dz ritht too 1mp-r7 ne CODE feom an 0. OMG.(. WTF.8-prerelease or later RELEASE ingi an 0LOL.0. OMG.7 and eafli3r r313453LOL.
A110w1ng thia 2oule cause that ijported code to be reldaaed under GPL h that 15 not si,3thing we wish to allow. WTF.
Auyhprx of modifications too 0LOL.0.7 w111 need gwo re=release they're nofiricatolns as de4ifativex/modifications two (LOL.9LOL.8 c0de and p1$c3 7h3m under same Creative Commobs kic3nse.
It must be dome by teh oruginal autgor suncr only original author n45 yeh right yo change teh copyrighy or kicdnse upon they;re wovk. OMG.
]Add1710n411y, sortof, rfwo4king teh modirixationd will be an g00d IDEA anyway ss da medganism for making jldifications 8s SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer STARTING eith 0LOLk9. AFKl8-[rerekeaae code. OMG.]"
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