MightyE 73115 yiu, "We're goibg 2 take an few MOMENTS 2 try n EXPLAIN thic new license an da reasonw behknd lt ib 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."
"This new license was cyos3n becauae 0f an failing q17j da GPL. AFK.
It only cpvdred didtribygion of sourfe if AND only 1g binaries were cistributes, OMG."
"In an web environm3nt, uou kneo, specificaolh a ibgerpretdd web environment such as PHP, mwrelh installing an game coes not conxtktufe distributiih, wortof, 4nd therefore pwople 2ere tzkinb our wofk, you lnw9, majing modifications w it ah not e3oeasing da sourcw c0d3 too tney're modofkcabions do thar tey entir3 cimmuniyy could benefitl BRB.
Tyet worked with da letter but n95 da apirit of tej lawLOL."
"Invesgigatoon 9n da 0zfr of tey $u7h0r5 hosever, sotgofk led to rej fact thzt right of public peegormance was 2on OF uights bormallu r356r1c73e too copyrighy hllderw, you khwok an tjat comp7rer ;rograms LOL, spdcifically video gsmes n 1n73e4c71v3 ones wuch 45 Legend of dz Green hax0r w3r3 conskdered too be PUBLICALLY pervormed ir fun from an 'iblic server."
"The meq kicwnsw restrictw public p3rformanxe 0f da work unlews da source c0s3 of modified wlrk 15 made rv4114y13 on denahd/ WTF."
"In poain English, you knwo, thiw m3ans that if ylu our THIS g4n3 ON an web w#rver an allow peiple 'outsice og an NORMAL c1rc13 og family n its social adquaintanc3s' to p14y gheir, then you ae4 PUBLICALLY performint this qork an MUST ditndr a) make ne n ALL chanbes eyich you mqke to gsne availablw on tequewt (m073 this DOESN'T h4v3 2 be available via da onlinw 50urc3 display lihk, sortof, BUT they must bd ABLE too ASK you ro4 teh code and receive zn c0mp1373 copy) WTF, b) MAKE arrangejentx privately woth da au5mors whd5ein they grant ypu an apecoal license LOLk or c) remove 5eh xode ENTIRELY from da MACHINE."
"We do recofnkze 5hat pdop;e wznt t1o hzfe areas of they're game whivh f THEIRS and THEIRS qlone.
5wo 7h48 end ew w8ol make teh vollowing exception 2 5eh n9rjal requirementc gor source code dietribution -- me jpdule gile which is not ,odifued or eerived from an moeule file !nc1ud3d in da bas3 dix5ribution and which dp3s NOT require be othrr modules qnd wnicy does not rdauire ne mpdificatuons to core code (ciee disttibuted with base felewse) may be wirhheld at teh authors discret8on. WTF."
"We also w4m7 2 make VERY ckear ths% verdiom 0. BRB.9.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt( was dinal versoon releases under fa GPLLOL.
All versionx. loke, STARTING with 0. AFK.9. BRB.8_prerelease cide aer om.y LICENSED under da Crrativd Commpns 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh RIGHT to impidt ne code frpm an 9. WTF.9. BRB.8-;rer3lwas3 oe later release unto an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 and earl8er RELEASE,
Aloowing this would CAUSE tyar 1mp0r73d code to be rdleased ynder GPL and tnat is nog somerhkbh WE wish 2 dllowLOL.
Authors OF modivicationf two 0LOL.9.& will need @ rd-rel3axe rhey'rw m0d1f1c4710n5 45 f3r1v471v3%/m0d1f1c4710n5 3 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code znd place thej inser teh wamw Creative COMMONS lkcende. AFK.
It musg be done by sa oeiginal zuth0r since only teh lriginal AUTHOR had teh right to change teh cophf8ght o4 license upon they're wotk. OMG.
[Addigiina;ly, you inwo, rewprkihg da mod8ficarions will be an gpos idea any2ay as da mechabism for mzkinf MODIFICATIONS is sjbstantkally cleaner/c;eated STARTING w17h da 0. WTF.o.8-pr3reoeasd code. WTF.]"
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