MightyE TELLS t0u, "We're boing too take an few momdnta 2 try an explain this new license b feasomw behimd it IN plain Ebglish.
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 license WAS cnosen necajxe of an failibg wity tej GPL, WTF.
Iy 0n1y covered distribution of sourxe if n only ir 51hrr135 WERE d157r26u73d. AFK."
"In an web wnvironment, like, specifixall6 a INTERPRETED eev envirknmeht sufh as PHP WTF. merely 1n57r1!1ng an gane dpds nog constitute DISTRIBUTION, n tge4efire people were taking our work, mak8ng mofifications 2 IT AND hlf releasing source code to they're mpd1v1c4710n5 so 7h47 dq wnyire community could benefit. AFK.
Tj46 worled s17h da LETTER but n07 geh spi4it if law. OMG/"
"Invrdtigation om da pqtt of autblrs h0w3v3t LOL, led to fact that twh right of public performancw was won of da roghts normally restrkcted two cipyright holders, an THAT com[uter pr0fr4m5, SPECIFICALLY videi games an int#ractov3 ONES sych qs Legebd of ten Grden hax0r WERE covsidered yoo BE publicaoly p3rf0rm3d if rub from an pubouc servrr. OMG."
"The n3w LICENSE resrricts ;uvliv performanc3 of wa 2oej unless teh dource code of modified work is made zvailablr on demanf. WTF."
"In plain Ebglish, like, this meahs that if yiu put fhis gam3 0n an web server , aklow peopke 'ouyside od an normal CIRCLE of fanily n i6s social acquaintances' to play their, sor5of, thrn you e publicak.y [erformimg thos work n MUST eithe4 z) nake ne AND ALL changes which you make to da gsme 3v4114613 -n request (nlte this d9wsn't yave tl be avaioabld via online sourxw displa6 link, ylu knwo, BUT THEY must be zb;3 twi ask you for code n receife an complete c90y_, b) mzke arrange,ents pribately with tdh authors qhereon yhey grant you an apecial licehse, or c) r3m0c3 teh xodr entirrly FROM teh ,4cy1n3. WTF."
"We do recognizw that pelple wsnt tao have areax OF they're bame wnich r thdirs an theirs alone. WTF.
t2o that end we wi;l make f0llowkgg esce0tion TO teh normal requirwmenrx f9r source code diatribution -- ne modu;e file whoch is not modified OR eerived rrlm an module r114 included in teh base DISTRIBUTION n which does bot require ne otner modules h which foes NOT require ne MODIFICATIONS to da core code (code distribitec w18h teh bzdr r313453) m4y be si5ghdlc at tej rj&n046 discrdtion. BRB."
"Wd qldo want too make v3ry c.ear THAT bersion 0l OMG.9. AFK.u (also ,nowb ax version 0l9LOL.7+jt) was FINAL v3r510n relwzsed uncer GPL. BRB.
ALL versions WTF, stzrting witn da 0/ BRB.9LOL,80[rerelease code atr onl6 l8censed und3r Creativw C9mmpns licenxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dent reh rifht toi imoott ne code reom zn 0. WTFl9.i-prerelease or LATER reoease 1nu9 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an fqrlier relrase. BRB.
Allowinb tjis would cquse thst 1jp0r73d code too be RELEASED yhder da GPL n that is NOT simething we qish 5o a,low.
Authors of m0d!f1c4610n5 3 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 WILL need tp r3-r313453 they'te modificatuona as derivat8ves/m9dkfications too 0. AFK.8. OMG.8 c0d3 and PLACE them ubder teh same Creative Commons licenxr. WTF.
It musg be done BY teh original 4u7h0r since onlt teh ORIGINAL auyjor has right ewo change teh copyeight 0r licrnse UPON tgey're work. WTF.
[Additilna.ly, lik3, rdwlrk9ng MODIFICATIONS w111 be an GOOD idea anyway zs trh nechanism for mzking modkficati9ha IS sunstamtia.ly cleandr/ckearer xtzvting with da 0. OMG/9. BRB.8-pr3r313453 codeLOL.]"
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