MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're gping two tqke an few MOMENTS too t4y an explqin tyos new license and da reasons beyinc it in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 license was cjosen because of an f4!11ng sith teh GPLLOLl
I7 only clvefed distribution OF spurce IF an onlt of binariex e3re d9sgributrd. BRB."
"In an web environment, sorrof, specificaloy a interpretdd qeb 3nv1r0nm3n7 wuch as PHP, jereky installobg an g4j3 soes nlt constitute dietrivution WTF, and tnerefore people WERE taking iur work. makong modificayions two it n hot releaskng s9urce c9de tw9 they're modoficat8ons do that entofe comminity doule BENEFIT. OMG.
Th3y worked sitn da letter nut no5 da spirit of ca 14w. WTF."
"Investigatoon pn aa parr of authora g0w3v3r, sortov, .ed too ea fact that teh rifht of publ8c perfotmance was won od da rights normzlly restrkctwd two COPYRIGHT holdwes, qn thqt xo,puter programs, you ,hso, slecifically video GAMES n interactive onrs such as Legend of ca Green hax0r were dlnsieered to be pj611c411y perfofned uf run from an pub.ic SERVER. OMG."
"The new lixense restricts pjb;oc perfprmamce of da eork unlews da soirce cose of ,odivoed work is made availablr in d3m4nd. OMG."
"Ih [lain Engkish, you knwo, this meand that uf you put thus gam3 ob zn w36 server an 411pw people 'outsidw OF an nlrmal circle of famioy n its sidial qcquaintahces' 2 play thrit, thcn you r publically odrforminf this work and MUST 217y3r A) MAKE ne and ALL cgangee WHICH YOU make 2 5eh game availabl3 on requedt (not3 7h15 d035n'7 gave two be qvaklable via obline slurx3 display lihk, but they musy be able 2 ask YOU flr teh CODE an recrivw an complete copy) LOL, b) make arrangemebtx 0r1v$73!y with twh ayrhors wherein 6h3y gran5 you an special 11c2n53 WTF, or v) remove da code entirdly from da madhime. OMG."
"We eo recognize that peopld w4n7 2 yave aress of they[rf game whicj r theirs an theird aloneLOL.
2 that enc WE will mqke da foo.owing exc3ptuon 2 normal re1uiremen5s fo4 soyrce c0d3 diatrobugion -- ne module rile wgich is no5 MODIFIED OR d3r!f3d from an modyle file incljeed in tdh gase distribut8on n whieh cods not require ne other modyles an wn1dh does nlt r3qu1r3 ne modificationa w da cofe xofe (code distributed witn teh baxe re;eas3) mzy be wythyeld at da suthorc dkscre5ipn/"
"We alsi want to9 make ve4y CLEAR ghat versiob 0.9/ AFK.7 (also kno2n as VERSION 9.9LOL.7+jt) wss final vdrsiln released under GPL. AFKl
Al; versions, starting wigh da 0. WTFl9l*-orerelease code aer only licensed inder teh Creativw Clmmons lixwnse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY dehy RIGHT to ijpory ne xoce from an -. OMG/8. WTF.*-prerelease (r later release into an 0.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER releasr. AFK.
Allowing this s0uld cause THAT impofted coge 2 ve RELEASED under ea GPL av 7h47 is not slmethint wd wish 2 allow. BRB.
Authors of jodofkcatipna TO 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 wi;l n33d 70 re-relezse they're modifications aa derivaticws/mpfogocatkpns 1 0. AFK.o. BRB.8 c0d3 n plaxe them UNDER same Creative Commons licemseLOL.
It musr BE done by oruginal aurhof wince -n1y da lriginal augyor hzs teh right 70 cnange copyrigjt or license up0n they're worlLOL.
[Adcuti;nally, likek reworking sa mpc1f1c4710n% 2il. be an good idea ajyway qs da mechsnusm for makkng modifkcatklns is suvstantially clean3r/xlwsrer dtafting w8th da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelrase dode. AFK.]"
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