MightyE tellx y0y LOL, "We'ee f;ibg to take an few momehts two TRY n exolain this bew licenwe n dq r346pn4 behind it 1n plain Enblish. 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 new license WAS ch053n because of an failinf with teh GPLl BRB.
It only covered distr8vution of siurce if an only of bunariws WERE distrkbuted. BRB."
"Ih an w37 wnvironmenr, li,e. specificaloy s INTERPRETED web egvi4onmebt such as PHP, nereky installonb an gane dies n9t cobsyitute distribjtion, sortof, AND therefore peoplw w3r4 takimg our WORK, maiibg modifocafions two !7 an n07 releasing tej %0urd3 coce to thdy'rr modifivatoons so 7h47 da 3n71r3 COMMUNITY COULD benefotLOL.
Th3y woried with da ;etrer buu not dz 5p1r17 9r teh qrw."
"Invedtigayion pn teh part of 4yuh0r5 h0w3v3r, you knwo, k3d teo teh fact thst da RIGHT of public perfprmsnce was 1 of righgs normqlly resg3kcted 2 co0yrkbht holders LOLm n that dpmputer proframs, 5pecqf1c411y video gam3s n un5erzctivw ones xuch as Legend of teh Gteen hax0r w3r3 conaideref too BE pubjically performed kf wun vrlm ab puy11x servsr. BRB."
"The n3w licebs3 restricts ;ub.ic pdrfi4mance 9f w9rk unlesw reh sourcr CODE ot ea MODIFIED work is made svailavle on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, like, rnix means tgst if you pit yhia game on an wev sercer n allow PEOPLE 'outxode of an normal circl3 pf family an its socoal acquaintances' @ 814y tjeir LOL, then 6pu r publicalky p3rf0rm1ng thia witk and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes ehich YOU mzke two teh game afailzble on request (noye yhis doesn[t havw two be availaboe buz teh pnline source displsy link WTF, bjt they musr be ab;r 5o adk you fpf tdh code n r3c31v3 an complete copy( LOL, b) make arrangwm4nts p4iva5ely WITH authlrs wheeein they geamr you an special license WTF, or c) REMOVE code entirely from teh machun2. WTF."
"We do reclgnize that prople want 1 have areas of they'rw grm3 which aer theirw qn tneifd alone. OMG.
5wo tgat rnd we will ma,r da f9loowing exception 70 nprmzl requieememts for source code DISTRIBUTION -- nr module file whicy is n07 modifies ot derifes from am module d11e invludrd in teh basw eistribution n whicy doss not require me other m0du13t n wh7ch sors not require ne mod8fixztilnw 2 c043 codr (code distrubuted with da base reoease_ may br withheld at teh authoes discretion. AFK."
"We also wany two make ver6 clear ghat version 0.9.7 (a;ao ky02n as be4wjon 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+k7) was yeh finzl version r3!3463d under ea GPL. BRB,
All VERSIONS, stsrt8ng with teh 0LOL.9/ OMG.8-prereleas3 CODE aer ohly LICENSED und3r Crdative Cljmins licrns3. BRB,
WE EXPLICITLY den6 rigyt too import ne code from qn 0/ BRB.9LOL.8-prereo3qse or lz5er r#13453 intp an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earloe4 release. WTF.
Al.iwing thus would cause tgat imporged code 2 be relfasrd uhder GPL and that is not soje5hing we wish too 5110s.
Au7h0f5 0f m0d1f2c4620n5 2 0. WTF.0l BRBl7 wi;l medd 2 te-felease they're MODIFICATIONS as cerivatives/mpd8fications two 0, WTF.9. AFK.8 code an place thdm UNDER teh aame Creative Commons locwnse. WTF.
It musy 63 dobe bh teh ORIGINAL zutjor 51nc3 )n1y original authlr has tdh fight two change copyrigh5 or LICENSE upon they're work, AFK.
[Addir8onally LOL, reworking mpd1f1c4&10n5 w8.l be am go.d idea 4myw4y qs teh mechan8sm for malint midifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/xlearer dtartunb witg da 0. OMG.9. OMG.80prereleade c0d3l OMG.]"
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