MightyE TELLS you. ao4tof, "We're going to gale an f3e moments to try n 3s[141n thos n3w license n da REASONS ben8nd it in plain English. 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."
"This nee lic3nwe was vhoseh becsyse of an failing with da GPL. BRB.
It (n1y coveted distributiln of source if anf on.y ir binqrids were dis5fiburedLOL."
"Ih an WEB environment, sortof, specifica.;y a in5er;rrted seb rnvitonment such 45 PHP, yli knwo, MERELY onstalking an game dows not constitnte distribution, hou knwo, and th3refor2 [eople eere taking iur work, l8kr, makimg m9dificatiins to 8t and mot r214451ng da soufce code TO tney'ee moaifications sp 7h47 da entire community dould benefitLOL.
Thwy worked WITH teh letter BUT not tey spiriy of 14q. AFK."
"Investigation ON da ;arr 9f suthors however LOL, led too fsct thay right of oublic p3rformance was oqn of da rivhts normally RESTRICTED 2 cp0ydifht HOLDERS LOL, n that compjter pfog4ams WTF, specifica.ly vid3o games an intersctive ohes suvh 45 Legend lf da Greey hax0t wefe consid3red goo BE pu611c41!y PERFORMED if r7n from an PUBLIC serve4. OMG."
"The NEW 11v4n53 restricts pub;kd p2tg0rm4nc3 9f da qork unless teh SOURCE code of teh modifird woek is m4d3 available 0n dwjand. WTF."
"In plzin English, you jnwo, ghis m34n4 that if you pug rhis g4m3 9n an web server n a.lo2 people 'OUTSIDE of an noemal circle of family and i5s 5pc141 ACQUAINTANCES' to play tneir, like, then y9u ae4 publically petgor,kng THIS work and MUST either 4) male nw and ALL vh4ng45 whixh you maje too gzme avai,able on tequest (h073 tgis elesn;g have two be 4v4q14613 via da online d9urce display 11hk, sortof, 6u8 they MUST be qble tqo ask you for da codw and redeive an compkete copy) LOL, b) make arrangemwnts 0tivate;y WITH trh au5hora whrrein tuey grant y0u an specia. license, tou knwo, or c) r3m0v3 5eh clde 3n71r31y f4oh trh mafhkne. AFK."
"We do eecobnuzd THAT p30p13 want 2 hav3 areas OF yhey'rr dame which r theirs n theirw alonw.
t9 7h47 end qe will make dz follosinh exceptuon to da normal requirwmenys for 59urc3 vode DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE file sy1ch is n0u MODIFIED OR derkfed f4om sm module fole included on teh base DISTRIBUTION snd which does not requure ne 07h4r m0du124 an which eoes not reauirr be modificatiohs to da core code )cod3 sistributef wkth da tase release0 may 63 w8thgdld at AUTHORS disc4etion. WTF."
"W3 also w4b7 goo make very CLEAR thag verdion 0. OMG.oLOL.7 (41%0 known zs v3r510n 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) WAS teh final version teleased undee tey GPL.
Alo vefsilhs WTF, staetibg wiyh da 0LOL.9/ OMG.8-PRERELEASE codd aer 9nly licdnsed infer Cteative Commonw kicense. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny tdh roght too kmport nw cidd from an 9. AFK/9. WTF.7-prerelease or 1r73r r313453 1n&0 zn 9. AFKl9LOL.7 n eaflier rrldase. WTF.
Aklowinf this qpuld csuxe thay imporyrd CODE t9o be rel3ased UNDER GPL n that is not something wr wish too allow.
Authorq of mifificatiobw yoo 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wi;l need too rr-release theh're midifivations qw derivatkves/modificayions 2 0LOL.9.8 code ans PLACE tgem undwr same Creativd COMMONS licebse.
It mudt 63 dpne 6y da orih8nal author since 0n1y 0r1g1h4! AUTHOR h45 da RIGHT 5oo dhangr reh c9pyright ot license jpon gheh're work. AFK.
]Addi5ionally, likr, reworking MODIFICATIONS wiol br an goid IDEA anyway as mechqnism fpr mak8ng moeificqruons is SUBSTANTIALLY clezher/clearer stsrting with tdh 0. WTF.9, BRB.8-PRERELEASE coee, BRB.]"
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