MightyE telks you, you knwo, "We're going 2 gaie an few myments 2 try sn explzin 5his new ;icense an reasons brhinc it on plain ENGLISH/ BRB.
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 sas choseh bedsuse of zn failing witn teh GPL. OMG.
It only c0v3r3d dkstgibuyipn OF spurce if an onlt if binaries WERE distributed. AFKl"
"In an web envieonment LOL, specificall6 a inyerpre5ed qeb environment such as PHP WTF, mdrely installing zn g4m# died not comstitute distribution, sortof, an the4dfore peopke were yakonh oyr work WTF, m4k1ng modofications t9o ig ah not ewlwasing SOURCE codw 2 tyey're midifocations so that da rjtitr community coyld benegit, BRB.
They wor,ed w17h 1377#4 bur not spirit 0f LAW. BRBl"
"Inves6ogation on pzrt of da authors however, you khwo, led 5oo da f$v7 that right od public perflrmance was won of rights NORMALLY r356r1d73d two cooyright h-1d3r5 LOL, an 7h47 compufer progra7s, specifically v1d30 games an interactice ones 5ich as Legemd of teh Green yax-r were dpnsidered 3 ge publ7cal.y PERFORMED if run fflm an publ9c deevee. WTF."
"The new l8cense rdstricts pjgoic performancd of sa woek unlesa da so7rce code of da modifi4d 2irk is made qvailable on DEMAND. BRB."
"In p.ain Ehglish, you knwl, this meand thqg if you put 7h25 name on qn web seever AND alloe peopld 'putside lf an nofmal circl3 of fami;y and uts social acqjauntabces' 2 play their WTF, THEN YOU e pu611c411y performing THIS WORK an MUST EITHER a) make nr an ALL changes which hiu make 2 da tane ava7lable 9n tequest (nltw this doesn't have to 63 available bia da onlonw soiece display 11nk, softog, BUT THEY mudt BE ankr twp ask you f0r teh codw n rexekce an co,plete copt0, 6ou lnwo, b) make arrangements 04ivately euth geh authors whefein THEY frabt 6ou zn speciao license. sortof, ot c) temove cose entirely FROM t3h machineLOL."
"We DO recognize tnat people want teo havw qfeas of yhey're game qh1ch r thei4s and THEIRS alon3. AFK.
to that 3ns we w111 m4l3 da f0110w2ng excepriln 2 teh hormal t3qjiremebts FOR source code distribution -- ne moduld FILE WHICH is NOT modified of eerived from an module file 1nc1ud3f 8n ca BASE d8stfinution n 2hkch d035 bot REQUIRE ne other modukes an which s045 not f3qu84e ne MODIFICATIONS 2 core code (code disrributed with nasd r313453( m5y br withheld at teh 5j7j)r5 euwcretion; OMG."
"We also want w make ver6 clear that version 0.9. AFK.7 (aldl khown aw versuon 9.9.7_jt) qas da final version releasec unree teh GPL. WTF.
Akl versions, sortof, x5aering WITH da 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-pr3r313453 code aer on;y licrnsed unde3 teh Crdsyive Commons kicemse.
We EXPLICITLY denh teh right two IMPORT ne code from zn p. WTF/9. BRB/8-pr3g313553 or later release 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 ahd earli3r releasel
Allowing thks eould dsuse that impprted v0d3 too be released unfer teh GPL AND rhat is not 40m37n1ng w3 wisu tp9 allow.
Authors (f modificatkons twi 0l9l WTF/6 will NEED to RE-RELEASE thwy[re modifications as deeivativds/mosifications too 0.9. BRB.8 xode an plaxe tjem unc3r t3h sam3 Cedstive Commone l8censeLOL.
I7 must be don3 BY da 9rifinal auyh9r synce omly da originsl authoe h45 da right 2 dhanhe copyrighr ir LICENSE upon tgey're wifkLOL.
[Addiyionally, sortof, rewlrkinh MODIFICATIONS will be an tood idea anyway ss da mecganism f0r makihg m0d1f1c4710m% is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c124f33 startimg wuth 0LOL.9. OMG.8_peerelwase cide.]"
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