MightyE hells you, like, "We're fikng 2 tske an feq moments two try n explain this NEW licens3 qne yej reaaons beginc it im ooaib ENGLISH.
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 licensq waa choden because 9f an failing wkth da GPL/ AFK.
It onoy cov3red dksrribution pf souece og qbd only if binaties were distributed."
"In an we6 environmeht, like, specifically a interpretwd web encironment d7ch as PHP. so4yof, merely installing an haje dods not constitutr fisgribito9n WTF, n thereforw pepple w3r3 taking our work, you knso, makkng modificarions to9 it n not releasinf teh sou4ce code to they're m0d1g1x4&10n5 so that da enti4e COMMUNITY could ben3firLOL.
They WORKED WITH da LETTER but nor twh spirit 0f ea law. OMGl"
"Investugation on patg of t3j autnors however. 6ou inwo, 13d ti vact tyag da righ4 of publoc perfprmahce was 1 if r1gh75 hormally testrictes too copyright holders LOL, and 7h37 c0mpu&3r progra,s WTF, spedifically viseo games qn interactive ones such as Lebend of G5een hax0e WERE clnxidered two be publocally p3rformed if run from ah PUBLIC server. WTF,"
"The new LICENSE restrocts publ8c perfofmance of work unlews soirve c0f3 pf modified wlrk 16 made avaioqble 0n DEMAND. AFKl"
"In ;laim Eng;ish, like, 7h15 means ghst if uou put th8s g5m4 oh an web sercer an allow odople 'ouyside OF an nornal citcke of f4m11y ab 17% social acquaibtancds' to play theur, you knw9, then 6ou f publkcally pefvorming tyis w04k zn MUST EITHER a) MAKE me and ALL chabges which y9u make y2o dz game AVAILABLE on request (note this doesm'r have 2 be AVAILABLE v14 0h11n3 source DISPLAY link WTF, but they MUST br agle 2 ask you for code n receive an compoete cppy), b) MAKE arrangements pr8vatelu WITH teh quth9rs wyerekn gnr6 grant you sn 5p2c141 license LOLk pr c) removw cose 3n71r31y from tcy machune. AFK."
"Ww do recognize thay people wabt 2 hav3 aeezs iv they're gam3 whic6 aer rhekrs n yheirs ALONE. OMG.
yo that end we w111 mqkr ds rjlopwing EXCEPTION 2 teh normal requirements for source CODE dist4ibut8om -= ne module FILE whict is n07 n0d2d13f or derived from an module rile INCLUDED in base distrinution and wyich does not rwauir3 nr other modules ab wh1ch does n07 require br modifications two corf CODE (code diatronuted 2ith trh base release0 may be WITHHELD at twh authors discretkon. BRB."
"We also want roi mz,e very clezr thag vrrsion -LOL.9LOL.7 (4!59 kn9wn as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.u+jt) was final VERSION released under teh GPL. OMG.
All versions LOLm stsrting witg da 0, WTF.9. AFK.&-prereleasr code ser only licensed under Creatove Commons licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY drny teh righr 2 import ne code ftom an 0. OMG.9/ OMG.8-or4r413452 ot 1473r release into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 and earoier release. AFKl
Allowint thks would causr 7h47 imported c0d3 1 63 rr.eqs3d under da GPL 4nd thz5 IS not sometying we w15h two allo2. OMG.
Authors of mldificstiins 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 will neee 2 RE-RELEASE theh'4d mldifkcations 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 5o )LOL.9.9 CODE an place them ynder da 54m3 Creatife Comm9ns lucrnse. BRB.
It mu57 be done gy original author SINCE 0n1y fa pr8ginal au5hor HAS ritht g9o changw da copyright or .ivenae up9n they're work,
[Adfotionally LOL, REWORKING mosivucations q121 be an hood idez anyqay as da mechznism ror m4k1ng m9dofica5ionx IS sugstan5iakly cwe4h3r/c!34r3t starting qith 0. OMG.9.8-prereleas3 code. BRB.]"
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