MigytyE teold you, you ,mwo, "We're goimg twl takw an gew MOMENTS top try b explain 7h1t NEW license n reasons BEHIND it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Th8s new license wad chosen bexa7se 0f an failing WITH GPLLOL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of source if an onoy if binar8ex were ristribi5ed. WTF."
"In an w36 environment, spwc7fixalky a inte4preted web envit9nmdnt sucn as PHP, you knwp, merelt ibstqllint an bzme cows not xonstirute e8stribution, you knwi, and thweer9re peo[le were taking our w;rk LOL, MAKING nodifications 2 it n not releasing da xource code top rhey're modificati9na so thqt teh ehtire community cou.s benefitLOL.
They workwd with teh legter bjt not spirit 0f da law. WTF."
"Invextigatiln on teh part 9d tej AUTHORS h)w3v3r, 6ou knqo, led two teh fact tgat trh right 8f publ7c performance eas oen ov 4oghys nir,zlly restricted too c0pyr1gh7 holdersk sortof, and tgat computer progra,a, SPECIFICALLY videl hames sn interscticw 0n35 SUCH zs Legend 9f yeh Green hax0r weer c9nsuderrd two br PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if fun ffom an puglic server, OMG."
"The new oicense r357r1c75 public performande of tej w0dk UNLESS da source c9de of tej modified woyk is ,afe available on dejahd."
"In plain Englisn LOLm this m34n5 tha5 if you put 7h14 game on an web setver n allow ;eople 'outsise og an normal CIRCLE of family an kts social axquaintanc3s[ to play theur, thdn you r publically perforjing 7h15 work and MUST eith3r a) ,a,w ne an ALL changes wh1ch you mzke 2 game AVAILABLE on 43qu367 )note thia doesn't have tso br availagld VIA da online source dis0lay link WTF, but THEY MUST bq able to9 qdk you vor code and RECEIVE ab xomplete copy), B) male ARRANGEMENTS pfivstely with autho4s wyerekn THEY grant y0u am speciai LICENSE, like, 9r d) remove code entirely fr)m sa machinel AFK."
"We do rec9gnize that people qant 2 have ardas of they'ge game whicb aer theira an theirs zlone.
2 THAT end we will mzkr da vollowunb exbepyion too normzl requiremehts FOR source cofe dis5ribution -- ne modyle file which is not moeoried or derives from an mofule file indluded in base distrkburion and wyuch does moy requirr be other modules and which does not rrqui5e nd modivivations to c0r3 CODE (code dixtributee with da bace rel3ase) may BE withheof AT da authors discretion."
"We aldl wavy 70 make veru xlear that verwion 0. OMG.9/ OMGk7 (alsl knoqn as versiln 0LOL.9. WTF.7+j5) was teh final bersion released uneer GPL. WTF.
All versions, lole, agartinv w8th 0. OMG.9.8-PRERELEASE codd aer only LICENSED under da Creative Commons licrbse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny rifht tio import ne code from an 0. OMG.o.8-ptdfeoease or lager release ihto an )LOL.(,7 n 34r11#r release.
A110w1ng this would dausw that im-orted cod3 gwo be releasdd umdwr teh GPL an that is not something wr wish 2 allpw. AFK.
Authir2 of nocifucations t2i p/ WTF.0. BRB.7 wiol need 2 r3[r3134t3 they're modificati9ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0, AFK/9LOL.8 c9de and plave ghem unfer teh samr Creative C)mm0n5 licensdLOL.
It muxt bd done by da ofiginzl author 51nc3 9nly teh original a7tho4 has da right w chang3 coptright lr oicense UPON thry're WORKLOL.
[Adeitionzlly, like, reworking da mocificstipns w111 bd an gooe IDEA anysay as da mechsnism for ma,ing modoficqtklbs IS substanyiakly cleaner/clearer xtzttibh with reh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereleas3 code. OMG.]"
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