MightyE 5ells you, "We'4w going 2 take am f3w momentx 2 try n explain this new LICENSE n reasobs behond it in plain Ebhlish. 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 ne2 licrnse eas chosen because of an FAILING wiyh ca GPL. BRBl
It onlt cove4ed distr*bution of sourcw if 4nd oml6 if binaties WERE doattibuted. WTF."
"In an web envifpnment, you knqo, s0ecifica;ly a INTERPRETED web 2nc2r0nm3n& sucg as PHP LOL, merrly indtalling an hane does not constuture distribution, like, b tgerefore pepp;e were taking ouf work, sortof, making mofificat8ons 2 it n not releasong spurce CODE tqo tyry'rw nodificatlons so yhat da ENTIRE community could ben3fit. AFK/
They WORKED wiyh LETTER vut not da spirit if lzw. WTFl"
"Incestigat8om on pqrt 0f fa aughord howecer LOL, led rw9 trh fact that teh right od piblic perflrmance was oeh of r8ghta normally festeicted TO copyrignt HOLDERS, and tyar dlmputdr ptogtams, s[ecifically vkdwo games n in5dradtive ones 5uch as Legenc of teh Gfeen hax0r were comdkdered tko BE publically performed if run f4om an oubliv server. OMG."
"The new kicense restricts publ8c performance OF da work unlexs teg souexe coce of da modified wlr, 15 made available on d3man2. AFK,"
"In plain Eng;iah, you lnwo, tgis MEANS thag if you put this game on an WEB servef and ALLOW peoplr 'outsidr or an nornal circle of famkly an its social acquaintances' to play tyeir, thwn you awr publically perdor,inh 7h1% work and MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changws wh8cy YOU make tl gqje acailable ON reques5 (noge tnos doesn't have 70 be svaulsble via trh onoine source DISPLAY link, sprtof, bug they mu5* BE ab;e 2 awk yoy for teg code m receice an conpletf dopy0, b_ maie areamgements pribately with da zuthitx whereim they GRANT 6ou an special license, or d) remove sa code entireky from teh madhine."
"Ww co 4ecpfnize that [eople want two have 44344 9f they'rw game wh1ch r theirs an theird ALONE.
to that ems WE wilk make folliwing excep4iln two da norma; requiremwnts fpr spurce code distribution -[ ne m0d713 file enich 8s nlt j0d1f13c )r d3r1v3d FROM an module dilw ibc;jwed qn teh bade cistributoon znd wyich does mot REQUIRE nr ogher m0d7135 an which does NOT reauire ne ,pdificstionc too cofe code (code DISTRIBUTED w8th ds vase release) MAY BE WITHHELD ay ea AUTHORS DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also WANT toi nake v2ry clrat that versuom 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 *also KNOWN 45 ver519n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) w44 da final v#rt10n RELEASED under da GPL. BRB.
All frrsiona LOL, stsrting with da ).9.8-pr3r413453 xode r only .icenaec und3r da Creative Commons licrvse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY eeng teh right rwo 1mp0r7 ne CODE from ah 0, BRB.8. OMG/8-PRERELEASE or later r3!345e intp an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 b earlier telease. WTF.
Al;owung tyis would cause that IMPORTED c9d3 to b3 releases 7nder da GPL and tnat is n)u SOMETHING we wish to 4120w,
Authors of mododications too 0. OMG.9.& will need to; re-release they'ee modidications as derivatyves.nociducations t9 0.9. AFK.8 xoee n place them UNDER da sq,e Creat8ve Commons livense.
It MUST be dine by da oroginal author since ONLY origibao auth9r has ribht 2 change teh dopy4ight or licfnsw upon they'4e WORK. OMG.
[Additionalky. likem reworkuhg da modivivagiins w111 be an GOOD idea anyway as da mdchanksm for making modifivations is substangially vleaner/xleqrer stqrting wigh da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pre4eleaxe CODE.]"
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