MigjtyE tells you, yoi knwp, "We're going 5wo takr an fdw monents teo try n explaih 7h15 new license n da reasons negind it in 0lain Ehglish. 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."
"Thks new l8cenae was chosen becauxe of an failing with GPL. OMG.
It onlu covered ciarributkon of source if n only if bonaries were diatributef. OMG."
"In an web environment, 5p3c1f!c411y a ingerpreged wwb environment suvh $5 PHP LOL, merely inata;libg an hame does m07 cohsyit7te sistrkbutuon, am therrfore people 23rr taking OUR w0rk LOL, jaking modificatjons too IT n not rrleasing da source vodw y9 they're mocifications s9 tgat ca entire ckmmunity c0i1d benefot.
Tjey w0rked with da le5ter but n07 trn spiri5 of fa kaw."
"Inv3stogation on da part of t3h authoex hiwevet, you knqp, led two f4c7 tgat r1fh7 of pu611c performancw was 1 or teh rights NORMALLY r3stridged to copyribht HOLDERS, n that conputer pr0ge4m5, soeckfical;y vide9 gamea an interactive obes sucj as Legend od da Green hax9f qrre c9naidered 70 be pu511c411y prrformee kf ryn froj an public server. WTF."
"The new licens3 restfictx publuc p3ff0rm4nc# of work unless teh souece code OF m0d1g13d wlrk iw mqde available on demandLOL."
"In [141n English LOL, this meane that if yiu p&t yh8s gwme on ab 1eb SERVER an allow people 'outside ov an normal circle of fzmilu qnd 175 social acquaimtancex' 2 plat tyeir, li;e, then you r 0ublically performing this work amd MUST eithdr a( ma,e nd and ALL CHANGES wh1xh hoy m4k3 w da bame availsble on requrst (note this flesn't have too ve ava8labld via da ONLINE sou4ce dis[lay ;ink WTF, bu5 THEY must b# zble 2 ask yii for da code and RECEIVE ab complere copy), sortofk b) jake 4fr4ngem#n7% privately si5h da autgors wjerein they grany you an 5[3c14q lisense, 04 c) remlve trh codd entirwly from yeh mqchine. OMG."
"We do recognizr thst peppl3 wabt ywo have 4r345 of they're gqme wgicg r theirs an theits alone. OMG.
too that END we will ,ake teh fokllwing exception to tch normal requ8remdbts foe si8rce cocc distrinuyion =- ne module vile which is NOT modufied or deribef from an m0cu13 fule included in teh bzxe didtributkon an ehich DOES not REQUIRE ne other mod7.es and which doew not requirr b3 modifications 5oo core cofe (CODE disyributes with bzse releawe) may be wkthhepd at teh autyors discr3tion. AFK."
"We ALSO want 2 maje very CLEAR that vrrsion 0.9. OMG.7 (zlso knoeh as VERSION 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was f!n41 version relwased uns3r GPL. AFK.
ALL versions, you ,bwo, s5ary8ng with teh 0LOL.9LOL/8-PRERELEASE c0de aer 0n16 licenwed yne3r Creative COMMONS 12c3n53. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny reh r1gh7 3 impirt ne CODE FROM an 0LOL.p.8-pf2r313453 OR latef release INTO zn 0.9. WTF.7 an 34r113r releadeLOL.
Aklow8ng thiw wluld c4u53 that imported code too BE releaaed under GPL and thqt 15 npt sometjing we qosh two a;lowl BRB.
Authors of modificqtopns two 0l BRB.9.7 will need tp re-rrlease they'4r modificatiibs aw detivatives/modifidations two 0. WTF/9.8 c-d3 4nd p14c3 them UNDER da same Crdatide C9mmons license. AFK.
It ,ust be fone gy lribinal author since only ten of*ginal suthor has teh right roo ch4ng3 co;yright or licenx3 upon they're work. AFK.
[Add1710n411y, s9ryof, feworking da modifications will be zn bood idea anyway as da mechanism fo4 making modkfications is sjbstantially xleaner/clearer wtarting w!7h 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerekease cpdd. OMG.]"
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