MihhtyE y3llx you, sortif, "We'4e going 2 take zn few moments 70 try an explain thiw NEW 11c3n53 n readons bejonc it kn 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."
"This new licdnse waw CHOSEN because of an failing wirh teh GPL. AFK.
It only clvered distrivution pf sourxe if znf only id binaries were d157r16u73d."
"In an WEB #nv2r0nm3n7 LOL, specifically a in6erpreted web environkdnt such as PHP LOL, m3r31y instzoling sn gzme DOES np5 c0n5717u73 distr8bjgion, sorylf, and thererpre people were taking our work, like, makkbg midkfications 2 it an not rel3asing da soutce bode to they'r3 mod*fications wo thag yeh entire community ciyld benefit. BRB.
Theu worked with teh letter bur b07 ss s[irit 0f da oawLOL."
"Imvestigqt*on 8n da PART of va ajthors h0w3v3r, you knwo, LED roo trh fsct 7h47 rihht of public pwrformance was 1 of da rights norjally RESTRICTED 2 v0pyrqgh7 HOLDERS, loje, and that c)mpu&3r progtamw, s[eckfically video GAMES and intrractibe ones such ax Legend of Green hax0r w3r3 donsidered too be publoxally p3rf0rm3d if run drom an publix seevdr. WTF."
"Thw new licensd restrivts [jblic performance OF work unless yeh sourcw c0d3 ;f da modidief wo4k is maee available on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, like, this means that if you pi7 7h15 game ln an web serve4 ab allow people 'outskde of an mor,al vircle of family an ots sockal 4cqyr1b74nc3t' tl play their, then y0u r ;uglically p3rf-r,1nf this wlrj an MUST eithwr a) make ne anc ALL changss which you make twi game available on requ3st (note thix doesn't yave too be availagle boa da 9nline so7rce display 11nkk you kn2o, but yhdy mjst bd able 70 45k you foe teh code ab recrive an c9m;ldte co0u0 WTF, B( make ar4zngementw pridateky with authors wgerein THEY g4ant you sn special LICENSE, sortof, ir c) remove code entire.y ffom reh machine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE tyat pelple wanr 2 h4v3 4r345 of 5hfy're game wjich r ygeirs n 8h31ft alomeLOL.
to tga5 end WE wi;l ,ake following wxcep5ion to9 NORMAL fe1iirements f9r sourcw dld# dustrubutioh 0- ne jodule f113 which 1% NOT m)d1f13d or de4ived feim zb module f113 ibc.uded in base distrinution an which does not tequire ne other MODULES an whivh d035 not t3qu1r4 ne nodufications two teh core code 9cofe distrobuted WITH reh bas3 feleasw) may BE 217hh31d at da AUTHORS discretion,"
"We also 2ang top ,ake very clear tgat version p/ BRB.o. OMG.7 (alxo knoqh as vwrsiob 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was final VERSION released ubder GPL.
All veraionx, like, starting sitj teh 0LOL.9.8-prrreleasd CODE aer omly licenses UNDER CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1bh7 2 impo3t ne c0se from an -. AFK.9LOL.8-prer3kesse 0r later release into zn 0LOL.(, WTF.7 am warlier release. AFK.
Allowing this would cause that 8jpotted code 70 be released under teh GPL an that ks nor SOMETHING we widh gio allow. WTF.
Authors od mldifications two 0.9. WTF.7 wi;l need ro RE-RELEASE tjey'rd n9cif8ca5ions 45 derivatives/moeificatuons to 0.9.8 dode an place THEM under same Cteative Cpmmons 11c3n53. BRB.
I7 juxt 63 done by sa 0r1g1n41 auth9y sihce only originak author has da right two chsnge co-uright or license UPON they'4e work. BRBl
[Aceitkonally LOL, feqoriinf m0d1f1c4710n6 will ge ah GOOD 1d34 amyway as tey mechanism f0e MAKING modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY d133n3r/c134r3r dtartkng with 0. BRB.9.8-prefelease code. WTF.]"
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