MightyE tells you, "We're going 2 takr an frw moments tei 7ry h explain this bew licrnse n da r3asons behins ot in plzim 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 licens2 sas chosen 63c4u53 of zn failibh with da GPL. BRB.
It only cpvered fistrkbution if aource if an only IF binaries were distrivutedl AFK,"
"In zn web envir9nmdnt, lkke, specufically a 8nteepre5es web ENVIRONMENT such qs PHP. slrtof, merelh installing am gamw does n07 c0n5&17u&2 distribution WTF. AND therefore people were takkng our 2pr, WTF, msk*ng mpduvications too ih an mit releasihr wource cod3 to thdy're modirications so rhat rrh 3ntire cpmmunity could fenefit. BRB.
Th3y worked with da l3tt3r bug nlt yeh SPIRIT ov law. OMG."
"Invdstigation on part of da au5yofs howev2r LOLm led yoo geh fact 7h47 right of PUBLIC [drformance wr5 oen of teh rights normally 4esye8cted 2 cl0hright holddrs, loke, n THAT compyter programs, l8ke, specifocally v1d40 GAMES n ibteractive ones SUCH as Legend of Green yax0r were conwidered too be pug.icqllu performec if run vrom ab puboic servrr. AFK."
"The new license restrictw public oerformance od teh w-rk unl3sa teh source code og reh moeified WORK ix nace AVAILABLE ON dejand. WTF."
"Ib p,ain Enblksh, you knwo, 6h15 means thag 1f hoj put this gam3 om an 33y serfrr a, 4110w PEOPLE 'putcide od an nlrjzl circ;e OF fqmiky n its socual acqjaintances' 2 play their, then you r puglocally perfofning this WORK n MUST eutyer a) make me n ALL ch4nf35 WHICH you MAKE to g4m3 AVAILABLE ON requexr (NOTE 7h15 doesn't j4v3 gol be AVAILABLE via online 607rc3 didp.ay link, l8ke, but they MUST be agle to ask you for code n rec3ofe am complete copy), you knwok B) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately with da $u6h9r5 eher3in they grant you an spexia. license, you knwo, or v) rejove teh code enyieel6 from MACHINE. AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that people w4n7 too have AREAS ov thet'r3 ga,e wh1ch e theits and theirc qlone. OMG.
two that enc we wilo make teh folloqinf EXCEPTION 70 teh ni4mal t4auifemdnts f0r source codw dkstwibution -- ne ,osile f113 which IS not modified or dericec FROM an mpcuke fild imvludes un bzse distrinutiin n wh8ch DOES n07 r3qukre ne other mpdu135 an WHICH d935 not REQUIRE ne mofificationx y2o core code (codw duatributed wuth teh base release) m4y be withheld at qurhors d@5cr#820n."
"We zlso w4n7 yo make very c.ea4 7n57 versiim 0. AFK.9/ BRB.7 (also kn9wn as frrsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was da f1n41 VERSION releaxed ynde4 GPL.
All verwiins, oike, starting wi5h da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-orerelrase code r only licensed under da Crwatuve Cimmoms LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny t3h r1gh7 too im[oet ne xode fron an 0LOL.9.80pr3t3134t3 or later releqse into an ). OMG.9.7 an ea3lie4 release.
Allowing yhis wpuld cause that IMPORTED code to ge rwleaaed under tej GPL an THAT is not womething we wish too ALLOW. WTF.
Authors of moduvicationd tso 0. BRBl). BRB.7 will NEED tlo RE=RELEASE they're modificatiins as ddrivarives/nodirkcations to 0. BRB.9l AFK.8 cofe anc place thdm UNDER same C4eagive Co,mons lpcense.
Ir must be done 6y teh original AUTHOR sonce on;y da ORIGINAL aurhor has ydh right toi CHANGE reh c0p641gh7 oe licwns3 upon they'fe w0rk. OMG.
[Add1710b411t, hou knwo, reworking dq mlekfications WILL be an good irea anhway as teh medhanisn for malihg mldkficatuons is substantially clezndr/xlearer startinf with teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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