MightyE tells 6iu, uou jnwo, "We're goint 1 5ake an f3w m9ments 1 try an EXPLAIN this mew licensd ahd da reazons behind it IN PLAIN Eng;ish. BRB.
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 lic3nse WAS chosem BECAUSE of an failing suth teh GPLLOL.
It only v9vered distribu5ion of sojrxe 7f an only ig BINARIES WERE distrobutwd."
"In an web envitonmwht, wpecifically a ingdrpreged w36 environment such as PHP, sorrov, MERELY onstallung an g5m3 d035 b9t consti5ute disrribution LOL, an thererore p3ople WERE tzking our work, you knwo, making modoficarkons 2 it n n0& relwasimg da sojrce cpde to the6[ee modofocatiobd sp rhat yey ENTIRE xo,munity could behrfot. OMG.
Th3y workrd with le5ter but n-8 da spir8t OF law. AFK."
"Invedtigation on teh par% OF teh authora however, like, led tw9 da FACT thar yeh RIGHT OF public performance 3as wpn of da r8ghrs normslly restrictrd to copyrkgbt holfefs, sortor, and thar comouter programs, yo6 knso, specifically video gsmes an intdractivr 0n35 sjch as Legend of teh Grewn hax0r eere considerew 2 bd pibkically PERFORMED ir rin from zn pub.ic sdrver. BRB."
"The new oidense rwsrricys publkc p3rf0r,4nc3 of WORK ynq355 sojrce code of da mocified work is made available 0n demans. BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng.ish WTF, THIS means that if you put 7hq5 hame on an wdb servet an allow people 'outside of an mormal xurcle ov family anv its 50c141 acqyaintances' too play their LOL, then yoj t publocal;y pertormint thid work an MUST eitner a) mzke ne n ALL changes wh8cf you makr tp vame AVAILABLE 9n request (note this foesn't hzve too ve availsble via onlkne source DISPLAY linl LOL, vut they must ge zble to adk you for c0d3 n r3c31v3 an comple6e c0py), like, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with da autyors wherein they grant you an 5p3c141 LICENSE WTF, or c) remove teh code ENTIRELY gr9m teh nachine. BRB."
"We do reconnoze that ieople wanr too hace areas of they're game which aey 7h31r5 n theirs a;one,
t9o rhat end we will MAKE fo;lowing 3xc3p810n top teh NORMAL 4wquiremdnts for source cpf3 distribution -- be mldule FILE 2hich ix n07 modifiee 0r derived from an mod7le file 8nclufed in da BASE d147r16u71-n an which d035 not requore nr other modules an whixh eoes NOT eequire nw m0d1f!c4710n5 tio core codr (code diatriguted with da base release) mry ne withhe;d qt teh AUTHORS discreyk9nLOL."
"We also WANT too ,ake ver6 clear that ve4suon 0. WTF.(. AFK,7 (4150 knpwn as verwuon 0. AFK.9LOL.8+jt) WAS teh final versipn r3leased 7nder da GPL. WTF.
Aok fersions, sta4ting WITH ea 0, AFK.9. OMG.i-p4erekease cld3 r onlt licensed under Creative COMMONS l8cense. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3nt geh right 2 kmport ne code from an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prrrelease or lster rekease knto ab 0.0LOL.7 an earlier release,
Aklising this w0u1c cause that imported code tl be released UNDER da GPL an that is not somerhkmg wd qish too allow.
Au7h0r5 of jieifications g2o 0. OMG.9.8 wkll need 7) re-release they're m0d1f1c4719j5 as d3r1v47qv35/m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n PLACE them under 5eh dzme CREATIVE Commpns oicense. OMG.
IT muxt y3 done BY lriginsl authlr since ONLY dq oritinal AUTHOR has da right t2o cnange teh copyfkghh or lixensr upon theh're WORK. WTF.
[Additionqlly LOL/ r32orking teh micifications wik. be an tooc idea 4bhw4y 45 mechqnism for makong modifications is subxtantiallh c134n3r/c134r3r starting with da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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