MitytyE tells y9u, you knw9, "Wd're goinh tsu TAKE an few momentd to rry an explaim 5his new license amc t2h reasond behinc it in plaib English.
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 n3w license WAS chosen BECAUSE OF an fzilihg w17h da GPL. BRB.
I7 pnly voverdd fjstributi9n of 50urc3 if and lnly if ginaties 1ere distrkbutwd. BRB."
"In an web ebviromment LOL, specifkcallt a omtdrpretdd web environmeng such as PHP, ;ike, mdrel6 instaoling an gsme does not CONSTITUTE distribution, like, an therefore people we$w takung iur w0rk LOL, making modifidations yo it h nor releaxinf 5eh sourcw code to thwy're mod8fications do that geh dntire cijmunity could bem3fiyLOL.
Tjey workes wiyh eeh lett3r bug npt trh spirit ov lawLOL."
"Incest8gation ob ds part of trh AUTHORS h9wever, tlu knwok led too teh fqct that da ribgt of punl8c performsnce sas 1 of r2gh86 normally r357r1c73d too copyrivht holders, likr, an 7h47 COMPUTER PROGRAMS, sortog. s[wcirical.y VIDEO games n interactive pbes 5uch as L3g3nd 9f da Gteem hax9r wdre d0n%1d3r3d to bw PUBLICALLY ptrflrmwd if run FROM an public servef. WTF."
"The n3w license r25ur1c74 puvkic perfltmahce of da e9rk unldss SOURCE CODE of teh modig8ed eork is made availavle on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, like, this means ghay if YOU put THIS game on an 23b SERVER an allo2 people 'outskde of zn normak circoe of family and its social 1xquakntances' to play thekg, sortif, 7h3n yo7 r publically performing this work sn MUST 317h3r a) make ne qnd ALL changws whidh yku maje too da game AVAILABLE on request (npte thix doesn't have 2 be avqilable vq4 online 5)7rce diwpkay lonk, likw, gu5 they MUST be able to axk you dor c0d3 an r3veive an complete xipy) WTF, B) make ar4angemengs privately wkth authofs wh3r31n ghey grant 6ou an special 11c3n53, tou knwo, OR c) ee,obe code ENTIRELY from da bavhin3. WTF."
"We do r3dogniz3 that people eant 1 h4v3 AREAS if they're gam3 whixm xef the8rs n theirs alone.
w THAT end we will make da following exveption two tch noemal requiedments for source c0d3 d148e!6u710n -- ne module dile wh1cb is n9t modified 9r derived drlm an moeule FILE inclidec in da base distributiin an whidg does not r3quir3 ne 06h3r MODULES and whuxh d9es not requife ne mod8ficat8ons 2 cord c0d3 (dide sistribured wi5h 6453 releade) nxy be withjeld at authogs discretion."
"We akso wamt 2 make very clear that cersion 0.9LOL.6 (alwo kniwh as vwrsion 0. BRB.0l WTF.7+jt) sas da finao VERSION RELEASED une34 da GPL. WTF.
Al; versions, lkie, atarting WITH teh 0.8LOL.8-prerelease cpde r 0n1y LICENSED under Crestive C0mmond LICENSE.
Ww EXPLICITLY deby tdh r1gh7 tw9 import ne CODE from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerrkease or later release into an 0. WTF.9, OMG.7 and earloer r31345d. BRB.
ALLOWING this would cquse that impietes code two be released umfer GPL n thay is nit som3thint we wish teo sllow.
A7thors of m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. WTF,9. OMGk7 will need two RE-RELEASE they're mldificatioms AS derivatives/modifieations gwo 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code 4nd placd them under dq aame Crwztibe COMMONS lic3bse.
IT must be d0n4 gy original author since onl6 or8ginsl author h45 reh right ywo vhange teu vopytight or license ypon they;re wlrj. OMG.
[Aed8tionally LOL, rewoekung modkfocations WILL be an goid isea anyway as mechanism fo$ naking MODIFICATIONS is substantuzlly cleaber/cl3arer staeting wigh -LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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