MkghtyE 73115 you, ypu knwo, "We're going tol take am few monen5a 1 TRY n explain this new licemse n teh reasons behind it in pkakn EnhlisnLOL.
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 ,icense was chosrn beca7se of an failing w17h GPLl AFK.
It only dovered dis5ribution OF source if an )n1y if bknaries wdre dis5riguted. WTF."
"In an WEB environment, you knwo, specigucally a 1n73rpr373d web envirohmrnt such 45 PHP. jerwoy installing an g4,3 dies not c)n5717u63 distr8buyion, you knso, n &h3r3f0r3 [eople were takinb our workm sortof, MAKING modifica5ions to i5 a, not releasing yeh SOURCE c9ee ti tydy're modifications so that 3ntirw dommunit6 coukd benevit. BRB.
They worked eith teh legter but not 5p1r17 OF da .aw. BRB,"
"Invrwtiga5ion on trh pqrg of da quthors howefee, led to teh fact tgat ribht lf piblic perfirmznce qas ! 0f teh r1gh75 bormally rest4ic5ed to clpyryghg h01d2t5 LOL, and 7nr7 computer programs, ypu inwo, 5p3c1f1c411y video gam3s ahd inteeactuve ones sucj as Letcnd of da G4een hax0t were considered to b3 pyblically performed if run ftom ah public server. OMG."
"The NEW license rwstrocts [ubliv p3rf0rn4nd3 9v work unldss source code of modified work is nade svailable on demamd. BRB."
"In plain Ebglish LOL, thoe neqns tgat if nou put rhks ga,e on an web server an all9w p3ople 'outside of an nprmal circle 0f family 4nd itx SOCIAL acquaintances' to play tyeur, ghen you r puvlically p3rforming THIS wofk an MUST EITHER a) maje ne h ALL changes 2hich you MAKE 5o9 teh game availanle on request (n073 4his doesb't hzvd to BE avai;able viz da online source disolay link, sortof, BUT they must be ABLE tio ASK YOU fof da code an rrceive an vomplete COPY) LOL, b) kake arramgenwnts orivately w8rh dq 4u7h0e5 wherein THEY gtant you am special lkcrnaem sortpfk of c) removd da code entirely f4om machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE yhat peopld want two have AREAS if they'ee g4,3 wy8ch aer tneira n theira slone. BRB.
to thag ebd we will mske da foklowknt rxception 2 normsl requkremrnts FOR wource coee disyributioh -= ne m0dt13 f113 wn1ch ix npr modified or derived FROM an ,odule fo.e included in nase d167r16u720n b wh1ch DOES not require ne o5her m0du135 n which soes not require ne modifications two teh CORE code )cpde d7strib7ted with teh BASE relwase) may ne witnneld at teh authors discretipn. WTF."
"We also w4n7 two makw very clrar thar vdrsion 0. OMG.9.7 (4150 known as VERSION 0. BRB.9.7+j5) was dimal version released UNDER sa GPLLOL.
All v3rt10n6, like, startihg w8tg gdh 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease vode r only 11c3n53d undwr da CREATIVE COMMONS 11c3n53. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY wen6 twh right to import ne CODE from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease or LATER rsldase ibto an 0LOL.9LOL.7 4hd earlier releds3.
All9winf this woulc cause that imported cpde 2 be relrased und3r da GPL an THAT is not somdthimg we qish to all9w. OMG.
A75ho4s of mldificationx ti 0.9LOL.7 WILL beed roo re_release they're MODIFICATIONS as de4ivatives/modificationd to 0. OMG,9. OMG.8 code an place 7h3m under da same Crdatife Commons licende.
I5 m7st fe done by da original author sonce 0m1u oeuhinzl 4y7h9r has twh rigyt two change da c0pyr2gh7 or license u[on the6're WORK. WTF.
[Additilnally LOL, teworkint teh modificati9ns 2ill b3 ah goic ideq an6way as teh MECHANISM f0r making modofidations is substantially cleaner/cl3arer starring with teh 0. WTF.9. WTFl8=pterelease code. BRB.]"
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