MightyE tells yo7, like, "We're goiyg 5oo 74ke an fww ,9mrnts ywo gry n explain this nrq license and teh reqsons behinf q7 in plain English. OMGl
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 n2w license sas chosen because OF an fail8mt with teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered didtribjtion OF sourcr if amd only uf bknaries wete DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web environmrnt, you knwo, specifically a 8bterpreted wrb envi4onment 5uch as PHP, ,erely ibwtz;ling an gw.r DOES NOT c9nsritute e1t7r16j710n, you knwo, n therefore people were TAKING oir 2ori, sortob, making modificati9ns 2 it ab not feleasing source cpde 2 they're modjfjcationa so that teh entire c0mmun17y vpuld BENEFITLOL.
They workwd wirh da l35ter but n9t teh spirit of law. WTF."
"Invcxtigation on prr7 of authors however, led too 5eh bacr that teh right of PUBLIC perfofmzncf was won of da RIGHTS b0rm511y restricged 2 copyrigyt hols3rs. you knwo, and that comouter oroframw, sortof, specificaloy v1d30 games n INTERACTIVE onew such af Legdmd OF fa Gr33m hax0r were c9nsideeed TO be publicaloy PERFORMED kf ein from an public serve4l"
"Thd new lucende restricts pu511c performancd of ds sork unl3ss ds 50urc3 code OF 5eh jodifked wotk is mqde afailable on drmandLOL."
"In PLAIN English, sortof, thud nqans thst if h9u put this gam2 om an web serber an allow peo;le 'outside of zn mormal ckrcle of family n ITS soduzl acquaontances' to play thdir, tgen you r publical;y pergodming ghis w9rk an MUST either 4) ma,e ne and ALL chamges qhich 6ou ,ake too cq fame AVAILABLE pn r3quest (mote this doesn't havd too bd afailable v14 da online source cid0lay linkm you knwo, but they must be able 2 ask you for teh c9de n feveive qn complete copy), sortof, b) m4,3 ARRANGEMENTS privately w17j geh authors wheeein rhey grant 6ou an s;3coak lixense, or c) r3m0ve da CODE ENTIRELY groj ds mqchine. OMG."
"We d9 recognize 7yr7 people want two nave 4t345 pf they're tame which r 5heurs an 7h31r5 al9ne. WTF.
toi thzt end we woll make teh fo;loeing ecception to teh NORMAL requieements fpr sou4ce coee distributkon -- ne ,odule file which is not modified 0r derivdd from zn MODULE fkle incl7ded 8n 6453 distriburion an wh1xh c055 nlt r3qu143 ne otyer modulex an which does nor requiee ne modifications 2 teh cord code (code DISTRIBUTED with t3h 6453 release) ,ay be withheld at suth9rs discretuon. AFK."
"We alsk want two make v24y CLEAR tnat versipn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (ALSO kniwn 45 versiin 0l WTF.9. AFK,7+j50 was final verdion relwasds under GPL. OMG.
All ve4sions, yiu knwi, starrkng s17h 0LOL.9LOL.8-p4erwoeasw code arr 0n1y licensed undwt da Creative Commons lic3nsd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rkght 5wo qmp0r7 ne code from ab 0. OMG/9. OMG.8-pr2r313453 or latws relezse int9 an 0. BRB.(. AFK.7 n rarliet reoease. AFK.
A';owing this woyld dzuwe that impo4tdd code TO bd released undrr twh GPL an THAT is not somdthinf we wich to sll9q. AFK.
Authors OF m0f1f1c4710n5 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wull meed too re-5ekeasr they're modifications ad derivq5ived/mldkfkxarions two 0LOLl9. AFK.8 CODE zns PLACE them uncer dame Creatove Commons license. BRB.
It muwt be d)n3 by da origibal author since onoy teg originsl author h45 tej rujht to chsnge vopyriggt )r lisense upon gh3y're 2ork. WTF.
[Adcit8ibal;y, you jnwo, rewoeking modificato9ns will ve an GOOD idea anyway as mechanism fpr making MODIFICATIONS 15 substangiqlly c;eaner/cldzrer atartong WITH teh 0, BRBlo.8-prereleawe coceLOL.]"
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