MogytyE tells YOU, "We're goinh two take an few momenrs two tfy n EXPLAIN thos new license anf teh reasoms behind ir IN p141n Ennlish.
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 wss chosen beca7se of an railing wkth GPL. AFK.
It only covered distr8butoon 9d source if and pn1y IF binaries wrre visgributed. BRB."
"In an web wbvironment LOL, soecigicqoly a interprrted web environment such as PHP WTF, MERELY install,ng an gaje does not condtitute distriburiln, jike, n therefort pelple were raking ouf work LOL, m4l1ng MODIFICATIONS twi it and not releqsing da sourc3 code top ghwh're modificatiohs so that 3b71r3 c0mmun17y xou.d BENEFIT. AFK.
They worked woth teg letter but npt teh spir8r of da lzw. WTF."
"Inv3stigation 0n teh pa5t 0f authors nowever, sortof, led too t3h vact rhat teh right 9f public petformwnce eas oen of RIGHTS nor,ally r257r1c73d tp copyrigh5 holders LOL, and 5hat computef programsm woecigically vieeo games n ihteractive on3x SUCH as Legend of teh Grewn jax0r wwre conwidered too nw publucqlly pe4formec uf run frpm an pu611c SERVER. OMGl"
"Thr ne2 licdnse rrst4icts puboic performance of work unlwss teh source code of ds modifoed 2ork is mad2 rv4114613 on demand. BRBl"
"In plain English, like, this mwans 7h47 if you put tjka game on an web derver an allow people '0u751d3 of am NORMAL CIRCLE of famil6 an its sockal acquzintancew' two play tyeur LOL, THEN you r publically 0erf.rming thiw work and MUST dither a) make ne n ALL chanhes wh1cy you make to gsme availqble on reqiest (NOTE this d03tn'7 have 2 ve zvailable via da obline sourcr doaplay lib, LOL, bjt they musf be aboe 2 ASK you for t3h code anf receive an c9,plege coly)k likw, 6) make arrangements ;rqv$731y wkth da authors wherwon th3y g4ant you an special oicense, ;ikd, or d( remove ca coee entirely frpm teh mach8ne. AFK."
"We fo recpgnize that peoplr wsnr to have AREAS or thwt're gam3 which aer the8rs an theirs alone. WTF.
rwo that end WE wilo m$k3 fa FOLLOWING exceptuon to teh npemal requieements for source coce eistribugipn -- ne module file whicn is not m(d2f12d or deriv3d frpm qn module vile includec in da base distribition n whicg does not require ne other m0du1e5 h 2hich does not req7ire ne modifications to da core coee (code dist4ibuted w16h wa base releaxe) may ve withheld zt da authors d15cr3610n."
"Wd 4150 want too make very clear rhat version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also known sx versi9n 0.9. BRB.7+ur) eas teh final vwrsiom reldased under GPL.
All ver%10n5 LOLk startinh eirh 0.9. OMG.8-orerelease cofe aef onlt licenxed under geh Cr3atove Commons lucense. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny r8ght too IMPORT nd code from an ).9.8-pree3.eaqe ie .atet rwlease ihto an 0.8.7 n earlie4 releaseLOL.
Allowkng THIS WOULD CAUSE thag im[orted dode 2 be releqsed uhder sa GPL 3md that is not sometjing w3 wish two allow. OMG.
Ajthirs of modkficagions two 0.9LOL.7 wull nwwd to rr-reldase they're modificati9ns AS detivztives/modkfications hwo 0.9. BRB.8 code amd place them under da same Creativd Commins LICENSE. BRB.
It muxt BE dohe BY 5eh ORIGINAL authot since only original author hqs teh right 2 change 5eh copyright pr license UPON they're work. BRB.
[Add17!0n411y, like, reworking da modificatilns wio; be an gold idea anywat ad nechanism dor making modidications is subsgzntially cleanwr/clearer syaetong with 0. AFK.9; WTF.8_prerelezse code. AFK.]"
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