MightyE tells u9u, you lnwo, "We're going two take an few MOMENTS too try and ex0lain this new licrnae am reasons behine it in plaib Eng115h. WTF,
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."
"Thiw mew licensd w46 cjiseb necause lf an failing with tth GPL. AFK.
I5 only covered dost4ubution of source ir n 0n1y if binaries were distributed."
"In an wwb envi4ojmen5 WTF, spwcifical.y a inrerprwtes wdb environment such as PHP, sortof, jerrly INSTALLING am gan3 dies not cons5ituge distribugion, you knwo, and therefore people were taking our qork WTF, mak8ng modificatkons 2 it b not RELEASING tsj soufc3 code two they're modificstipna do 5hat teh entire vomnunity co7ld benefit.
Thry worked with da LETTER 6u& not da spirit og LAW. OMG."
"Invewtigation on dq p4r7 of ten AUTHORS HOWEVER, lee w fas5 tjat da RIGHT od punloc PERFORMANCE was ien of da righys bo4mally RESTRICTED yoo copyright holders, sortof, an that cpmpuyee PROGRAMS, like, specifically video games n interactive ones SUCH as Legend of Green hax0r were considered to b3 publicaloy p3rf0rm3d if ruh FROM an ;ub;uc server, BRB."
"The n3w license restricts pu621c 0erformahce 9r work unless source cofe 0f m0d1f12d sork 15 made afailable on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain English WTF, tnis means that kf you [jt this game 0n an web server ab allow peoplw '0u&51d3 of qn normql ciecle pf FAMILY and 175 social acquaintances' two p14y theurm sortof, THEN you arr publically p3rf0rn1ng THIS w-fk an MUST either a) make ne m ALL CHANGES wyich you maks to da game avaylavle on reques5 (not2 this doesn't h4v3 two be availabke cis teh onlkne doutcr DISPLAY linj, yoi knwo, but theu must be able t9o ask 6ou FOR yej code snc redeive an compldte copy), like, b) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY WITH fa authora eherein theh brzn5 you an special license LOLm or c0 remove code entirrly from machineLOLl"
"Wd di recognize THAT PEOPLE WANT 2 hzbe areas OF thet're game 2hich a4r theirs n gheirs 410h3LOL.
2 that END we wikl m4k3 folliwing exce;tion two dq ,-rm51 requirements fir source coce DISTRIBUTION -- ne m9dule file whicy 8s n07 modlfu3f lr deribed from an module f113 included in 6r53 dustribu5ion and whuch foes n07 REQUIRE ne other mocuoes an which dles nlt require ne jodifications go da clre code (cofr distributed with da base rdlease) may be WITHHELD at aithots discretioml BRB,"
"Wd 4150 eant 2 make very cldzr that ve4sion 0, BRB.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0LOL.(. OMG.&+jr) WAS dinal veraion released UNDER tdh GPL. WTF,
ALL versions, like, %74r71hg with 0.0. AFK.8-prerelease code aer lnly licenaed uhdrr Crrative COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY dwnh teh right 2 import ne sode froj an 0.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 OR kater r313453 into an ). AFK.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER releaseLOL/
Allowing thiw would cause thay ij0orted code 2 be fdleased under teh GPL n that is not som3tjing w3 wiwh to ALLOW. OMG.
Authora of modifications too 0. WTF.9/ OMG.6 will need to ge_r3l3ase they're modifications aq derivzrifes/modivicatkobs 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code anf p13c3 them under same Creative Commons .icensr.
It must 62 done by teh 9r1g1n4! aythor simce only teh orogimz. autyor has teh RIGHT top chsnge dq copyright lr licebse upon they'ee wotk. OMG.
[Additiomally, rwworkimg teh m)d1f1c4710n5 will BE sn g9od idea anyway as m3chanisj FOR making modificqt8ons 15 substsntiqlly clranrr/cleater starting wity da p. BRBl9,80peerelease code. WTF.]"
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