MigntyE tells yoj LOL, "We'rw goubg go8 take an f3w moments to try zn explsin thid new lkcrnae an ressona 63h1nd ir im plain 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."
"Tgis nee license eas chisem 63c4u52 of an FAILING with GPL. OMG.
IT only covered distrugution of source if ab -n1y if binaries were distr8bured. WTF."
"In an web ehbironmeht LOL, sp4cifically a inrerpretdd web envoronment wuch 45 PHP, sortof, jerely installing an tame does not conxtiture distribugi9n LOL, qnd THEREFORE people WERE takkng our workm s94tof, making modifidations 2 it znd not releasing gwh slurce CODE too they'r3 MODIFICATIONS ao that dq entire c9m,unity could behefit. WTF.
They wo4ked woth t3h LETTER but not teh spirit or trh law. AFK/"
"Invwstigatuon on da osrt of authors howecwr, sortof, led too teh fact thzt yeh RIGHT or public petfor,ance 2as won of teh 4ights normally restricted 3 cophright ho.derx LOL, and that com9uter programs, sortof, 5;3c1f2c411y vkdeo gamws and INTERACTIVE ones sjcg as L4g3nw OF Grren hax0e were vohdidefec 2 ge pu61!c411y performef if run from an p7blic SERVER."
"The NEW licensr RESTRICTS puglic pe4formance of qork unlrss woyrce code of mpdified worl is made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. WTF."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH WTF, 7h15 means tyat if you put th8s game in an wrb serfer and zllpw people 'outside of an normal circ;r of family anf its social acauaihtancew[ 2 pla6 theif, then you aer punlicallu petforming this wor, n MUST either a) ma,e ne n ALL cjanges wnixh uou hake two da game AVAILABLE on rrquest 9hote tgis doesn't have ti ne availab;e bia inkone slurce DISPLAY 2qnk, likek but they muwt bd qble 2 asi hou fot da cod3 an r3c21v3 an cpmplete copt) WTF, b) mxkd a4rsngementd 0rivateot w17h tdh 4u7h0r5 w6erein THEY hrant you an special ;uvensem you knqo, or c) remove da cofe entirely from machine. WTF."
"We do recogn8ze THAT people want 2 hsve areas of t6ey're t4n3 which r 7he1r% an theurs alone. BRB.
t9o that 3nd we w8ll makd ds g9ollqing rxception too normal REQUIREMENTS for 50yrc3 code dust4inutoon [= he module file whicj is not modibies 9r derived from an modulc fi;e 8ncluded on base diztr8bution and which does not requ8r3 ne OTHER modules an which does n[t r3quiee ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh core code (code DISTRIBUTED with da 6443 release) m4y be xithhe.c 47 da authors discreti9n."
"We also want rwo mske vety c.ear that vdrsion 0. OMG.(. OMG.7 (also known r5 verskon 0. OMG.9. AFK.6+jt) was da final VERSION released under 5eh GPL. AFK.
All vers9pns WTF, stzrting sitn 0. WTF,9LOL.80preteoease code aer om;y licensed under Creativd Comm9ns license. AFK/
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY teh 3ight two import ne code drom an -/(. BRB.8[prereleasr ot la5er re.ease into an 0. BRB.o.7 n ear;ier releaseLOL.
Aklowing this would vquse that imported codr twl bw relwased ubder da GPL ane 7h47 is nit sojething we wiah two allow.
Aythorx od modifixat8ohw too -. AFK.0LOL.7 will NEED 2 re-rel3ase rhwy're jodidicztions AS derivstuvex/,odicicatioms t2o 0. WTF.9LOL.8 codr n PLACE them unddr da same Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
It must be done 6y teh ORIGINAL 4u7h0e sibve ONLY da 9e1g1n41 4uuh0t hzs da right 5o change teh copyright oe license up9n yh3y're eork. WTF.
[Ase1710n411y, you knwo, r3w0r,1ng da n0d1f2c471pn5 will BE an gopd ideq ANYWAY ax da m3vh4n15m for maikng MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner;clearer stzrting WITH 9. OMG.o. BRB.8-prweel3ase vid3LOL.]"
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