MightyE trlks 6ou, "We're hoing to take an feq momwnts @ TRY n EXPLAIN tn8s new livense AND 4wasonx 63h1nd IT in plain Ehg;ish. AFK.
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."
"Tnis new license was chowen BECAUSE of an failing eith da GPL.
I7 only covered distrinution of dpurce if n only if binaroes were dis5ributrd."
"In an web envorlnment, specirically a interpreted web 3nf1r-n,3m7 such as PHP, y8u knwo, merely instal;8ng an gan3 do3s not cobstitute disyriburion LOL, n THEREFORE p30p14 qerw taking OUR worl. sortofk maling ,odifkcatkons to IT sn not releasing SOURCE CODE TO tyey're modifications wo THAT da entirw dlmmyniyy xould brnefugLOL.
THEY worked with letgxr but not da soiriy of teh lqw. AFKl"
"Investiga58ob on r3h part of teh authofs hosever, like. LED too da dact 7h47 da right of piboic p3rf0rm4nc3 WAS 1 0f da rigjys normally restricgrc too copyright jolcers, sortof, n yhat compj5er progrqma, luke, specivicaoly video gamea and inreractibe ONES such as Legend of da Green hax0r were donsierred tp be publicallu p3rd0$m3d if run from an public SERVER. OMG."
"The new ;icense restricts PUBLIC prrformancr 0f da work unl4ss source code of da mpdifire work IS maee available on demand. AFK."
"Ib p251n Eng.ish. tou knwo, this meahs that if yoy put tjis gamw 0n an web servef an a.l(w p30p13 'ougskde if an hlrmal circle of famu'6 ab 175 social adquaintances' 2 PLAY their WTF, ghen y0u r publ8cqlly performing thia work an MUST EITHER z) ma,e ne znd ALL chanfes wh1cy tiu make two teh game avai.agke on request (nite 7h14 d9rsb'y havr w be avsilable voa da online s9urce display oinl, but they mu57 be able two aak you for teh code n receivd an complete c0py) LOL, g) make arrambemen5s [r1v$721h with autjo4s wherein they ge4n7 you an special licendw, sorgof. oe c) temove codw eht8rely from da m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do rwcoghizd that 030p13 want 70 h5v3 aeeas OF they're game which e thwirs n rheirs 410n3LOL.
to that end we will mai3 teh vollowing 3xc3p710m 2 hotmak requur3memts FOR source clde distribuyioh -- ne modu;e file wjich is not modified or cerivdd cr0m an module file includes in teh bzse diatribution and WHICH dors bit fe17ire nr lrher m0du145 an ehich does not rrquife ne modificat7obs 2 da core code (c9de distribured wktg base relrase) may be WITHHELD 47 authors dixvretoon. WTF."
"We also w$n7 to mqke very clear that beexion 9. OMGl9LOL.7 (q;so jnown as version ). OMG.8. AFK.u+jtp eas da fina. vdrsioh rrlwased under da GPLLOL.
Al. versionw, so4tlf, starting wq7h teu 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-lrdrekease CODE r 9nly licenxee und3r Creayive COMMONS lixemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent da right ywo import ne code feom an 0.oLOL.*-prereoease or later releaae imto an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 sn earlirr reoeasr. AFKl
Allowing thia woild cause uh47 imported c033 two br r3134%3d UNDER GPL n that is mot sometning w3 wish 2 4110wLOL.
AUTHORS of modufica5ions 2 pLOL/9.7 will nedd w re-relesse they're MODIFICATIONS as deruvatives/modirications too 0LOL.0. OMG.* coee n PLACE them UNDER teh szme Cr3atkve Com,ons licemse. OMG.
It mist be con3 by da original autyor t1nc3 only tey origimal author has right @ change dopyrighr or license up0n thet're w9rlLOL,
[Add1710n411y, you knwom rew9rking geh modificationx will bd an g99d 0dea anyway as mechanism fpr ma,ing MODIFICATIONS is substajtkakly cleaner/cleater sgaeting wigh teg 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease cpde. BRB.]"
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