Mign5yE tells uo7, "We're goibg t9 tale an FEW momdnts to try n explain rhiw new license and feawons BEHIND it on plain Ebgq15h. 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 new lidense WAS chlsen 6#c5u53 of an fa8linf with ea GPL. BRB.
I7 only covdred distekbution of source if n only id bibzries we4e d15ur!6i73f. WTF,"
"In an w3y ehvuronment, sortof. s0ecofics.ly a interpreted web environjent sucj AS PHP LOL, mer3lh instzlling an gant does n9t c0n5716u73 d147r!6j710n, ans theeegore people WERE TAKING OUR work, sortof, makibt modifications 2 17 and not rwleasing teh source code to they're modificztions xo that teh 3nrire communotr cluld ben3dut. AFK.
Thwy worked wkth lrtter 6u& npt teh spirit of 53h law. OMG."
"Investigation on ozrt of authorx however, like, led 2 teh fact rhat da RIGHT of piboic perforbznce was eon of dz rifhts bormallu testricted tlo xolyright holfwrsi an THAT com;uter progrsms LOL, specifixally v1d40 games sn imteractivr onew such as Legems of Green hax0r were considefed ywo be pjbliczlly perforjed if run from an public s3rverLOL."
"The neq license rew4ricts public PERFORMANCE of work ub;ess da source codd ot teh MODIFIED work is made available in demahdLOL."
"In pkaim English LOL, this meams yhat if you put this game on an qeg servdr and 4!10w people 'outslde of ah n0rm41 curdle of d4m11y snf its socia; acqjaintqnces' two p14y their, sort9fk th3n you aer [ublically perfoeminf this worj snd MUST eitner a) MAKE je and ALL changes which you mzke to da game availqble og r3q7357 (notd thix doesn't nave two b3 available via teh online 5-urc3 displa6 .ink, like, but theh MUST ge 4614 1 awk y)u f0r coce ans receive qm complwte cpoy), slrtof, b) make arrange,entw privately w7th da zuthors wherekn theh grant 69u an special kicenwe, likw, o4 C) 43m0c3 teh coee entireoy ftlj jachinw."
"We do recognize that 0eoplr wanr too h4vd zreas ov they're game whocj r 7h31r5 anf tgeiys alone. OMG.
2 thay 3nd we will jake da following exceptiln to twh nirmal r3qu1r3m3n75 for SOURCE code distributi9n -- ne module FILE wyich is noy jodifued or defived from an mofuld file included ih teh base d157416j710n an which DOES not require ne oyher modulea an whkch f9ws not require ne modificqtionx tpo ten core cpde (code dist4ibutec with base rr'ease) mau be witjhrld at aythors d15cr3710nLOL."
"We also qany two MAKE vfrh clear thar version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also known as version p.(. OMG.7+jt) waq final cersion r313453d under GPLLOL.
All cers8ond, oikr, starting witg ca p. BRBl9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code f ONLY licenses und3f da Crrayive C0mm0n4 licemse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu trj right two km[oet ne code ff0m an -. BRB.9. OMG.8-prer3leawe or later r213453 INTO an 0. BRB.9.7 and earlier rrleaseLOL,
A110w1ng thos WOULD cause THAT impirted code to be r313453f under GPL and THAT is NOT somrthinb se w1%h too sllos/ BRB.
Authors OF misificagions to p. OMG.9k AFKl7 WILL need to re-3eoeqse they're modifidationx as eefivatives/modifications two pLOL.9. BRBl8 c0d3 and place 7h3j und3r da same Creatife Com,ons LICENSE/ WTF/
I5 must be donr bh teh origimal 4u8j0r xince pnly gwh originao authp4 h45 4ight tp ch4ng3 da COPYRIGHT 9r lkcense 7pon the6'rw w9rk/ AFK.
[Adfitilnally LOL, tesorkong da modifovatilns will y3 am go9d idea anyway AS da mecyanism fot m4k1hg m0d8fications is substantizlly cleaner/clearer starting wiyh da 0. WTF.o.8_PRERELEASE cldeLOL.]"
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