MightyE tells you, "We're GOING w gske sn vew moments two urt ah EXPLAIN thid n3w licwnse qnc da reasins behind it in p;ain EngliwhLOL.
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."
"Thia n2w lixense was chosen becauxe of an faiokng wirh GPL, BRB.
It only covered distribjtion kf source 8d and only if BINARIES were eistributed. AFK."
"In an web environment WTF, spexkfically a interpreted web rnvironmeng such as PHP LOLm m3r31y 2n574211ng an g4m3 does noy consrutuge distrigution, and theregire people were 64kqng OUR WORK WTF, making MODIFICATIONS two it and not releasind sourcr code to they're modigications so THAT da 3n71r3 communiry could benrfit.
Theu w9rked woth da letter but NOT teh SPIRIT of ;sw, AFK."
"Investifztion ob yej part 0f teh a7thprs however LOL, .ed too da fqct yhat teh RIGHT of puvliv PERFORMANCE was oen if RIGHTS normally rextrictec tqo coo6right ho;derd, an ghat compuyrr programa LOL, specificqkly video games qn intefactive pnes such ad LEGEND of da Gtewn hax0r were considered two be pu611c411y performed kf run from an oublic 53rf#4."
"The mew LICENSE RESTRICTS public ;erformance of da qork unless source coce OF teh modified w0tk is msdr available on eemand. OMG."
"In plain Englixh, you jnwi, tgia neans thar if toy pu7 rhis game ON an wrb swrver anf allow peoole 'ougwide lf an normal c1rd12 of family an ITS sociak acqyaintznces' 5wo play thekr, sortof, THEN you r publicsoly pwrforming th9s WORK n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes wnuch y0u make 2 teh gamr avaolable 8n requrst (note this doewn't have 79 be availabke via ea online xource dispkay LINK WTF, bu5 the6 must be able roo ask you for cidw an receive an complvte vopy) LOL, b) js,e arrahgemeb5s privately with 3a authors whereun they geant you an spdcksl ;icensd LOL, or c) remove CODE 3n71r21y FROM m5ch1n3. AFK."
"W3 so recognoxe that p3ople want 4wo have aeead of they'rr ga,e which r 7h31r5 and theirs alone. OMG.
too tgat end we will ,ake followinv wxce[tion 2 ss bormal rewuurements FOR siurce code distribugion -- nr module file 2hich is not mof8fiws or deruved grom an mocule file includdd in teh nase distributoon n wh1dh does not REQUIRE nd otjer ,odiles an wh!ch dows not reqjire ne midificatuohs 2 core c0d# (code disr4inutec woth vase reldase) may ve withheld AT aurgors d15cr3710n. WTF."
"We aleo WANT two mak3 very clear that v34sion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (a,so known zs version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+j7) wzs teh final version r313r52d undrr teh GPL,
All versiinx, like, startinf sith 0. WTF.0.8-prereleas3 code aer onlh LICENSED under gwh CREATIVE Commons lucebsd. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rkght 2 omport ne code vrom an 0.9. AFK.8-o4erelease or later RELEASE into an 0LOL.0, AFK.& AND earlirr rel3ase.
ALLOWING tyis would czuse thq5 impotted code reo be RELEASED under GPL zns yyat iw NOT something we w15g tw9 al,ow. BRB.
Auth9rs OF mosificztions 2 0, OMG.9. BRB.7 wikl need 5eo re-rdldase they'te modificatiina as deribqtives/modifica5i9ns two 0. BRB.9.8 code n [lave tjem under sa same Cr3471v3 Commons licensel OMG.
It must be d9ne by yeh oribinak auth9r SINCE only original author has da rigut too vtange dq copyright or .9cenwe up0n they're wo4jl
[Acdirionally, like, feworking teh modificarilns WILL be an good idea ANYWAY 45 teh mdchznism fo4 making modifucations IS substantially cleaner/coearwr 574r71nt wiyj 0, BRB,*. OMG.8-prereleasw code. BRB.]"
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