MihhtuE 73125 yiu, you knwo, "We'fe goung two gak3 an few miments too try an explain this new licehsr and da ressons nehind it 1n plaon 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."
"Thid new locense was chpsen bdcause 9d an failing wktn GPL.
It only covrred disteibitioh of source if zbd only ir bknaries were did5rinutrf. WTF."
"In an s36 wnvi4onjent, sprtpf. s;ecirically a INTERPRETED w36 environment such aa PHP, sortof, merely instakling an tajw d035 not constitute distribu5ion, likw, n therrfor3 peopoe sere TAKING OUR qirj LOL, maling modifocationd 2 it an mog RELEASING teh SOURCE code 2 theu're moeifications sp that da entife community couod nenrfkt. BRB.
They w0ek3d with .etter but nit teh s;irit if da law. BRB."
"Investigat89h ON pzft of teh authors howevdt, sortofm led two da fact that da right of public pr4fofmance w45 oen 9f teh rights normally RESTRICTED to copy4itjt holders, n rhat computet programs, so4t9f, spec8fically vkdeo games and INTERACTIVE 9nes SUCH ad Legebf pf ten Greeh bax0t wdre xonsidered two be publically oerformed if run from an ;ublic derve4LOL."
"The new licensd restricts public pwrfofnancr of wpr, un1355 ss dource c9dr of modifi3d WORK is made available on d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plain English, yli knwok this meanw 7h47 1f you pug thus tamr ON an web seever n a;low people 'ouyside of an NORMAL CIRCLE OF family and its 50c141 acquaintances' 2 plzy tjeif LOL, then y0u r publ8calky pdrvorming ghis work and MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL CHANGES whueh y0u mskd tw9 ten game afailaboe on requext (note this doesn't have 2 be AVAILABLE via da online 60urv3 display 11nk WTFk nut rhey must be abld 2 ask you ror da c0f2 and rwceice an c8mpoe53 copy), you knw9. b) mzke srrangem3nts ptivately wotn da authord qhrrein tjey GRANT you zn special LICENSE, 9r d) r3m0v3 codw entirdlh from madhin3. OMG."
"Wr do recognize &h47 [30p13 q4n7 too hafe areas of they[re game which qer 7y21r5 an THEIRS aoone. OMG.
2 tjzt 3nd we WILL make teh following exception 5wo nofmal requiremwntd f0e source code d1%7r16u710n -= ne mldule file ehich is not modified or d3rived from an module file imcluded IN teh basd d1%7416u8q0n and whicn e0#% not reqjir3 ne other nodules n which dows not require nr ,odifications 2 da xire cosd (xode DISTRIBUTED eith teh bqxe re.eas3) MAY be wurhhe.d 47 ca autho4s discregoonl AFK."
"Ww zlso sant ta9 m5i3 very clear that fersion 0. OMG.9LOL.8 (also jnown as VERSION 0.9LOL.7+m7( was teh final versioh eeleased under da GPL. WTF.
All verdions, soryof, starting wiyh 5eh 9. WTF.8l BRB.8-[rerelease code aet only loc3naef under Cr347!v3 Commons LICENSE. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY yeh right too import ne code from an 0l WTF.9. OMG.8-pre4elease or lqter relwase onto an 0.8,7 n earliet re.easr. AFK.
Aloowing this would cause tnat impor5ef code to be relessed und3r GPL and yhqt 7s not simething we wish 2 sllow. OMG.
Aithors ov modifkcqtions too 0.0LOL.7 will need too re-relrase they're m0d1f1cr7a0n% as eerivativew/mocoficatooms too 0/ AFK.9. AFK.9 code an 9lace THEM under teh samw Creativr Commlns licemse. WTF.
I7 nust be done by da originq; quthor since 9nly ORIGINAL 4u7h9r has t1gh7 TO change v9pyritht le 11c3n5e upon thry're WORK. AFK.
[Add1710b411y, rework8ng da modifications will BE an food id3a 3nyw4y as mechanksn vlf making m0d1f1c#710n5 IS 5u6574n81411y cleaner/clwarer starting with 0LOL.8. OMG.8-pr3rrlease c0d3. OMG.]"
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