MightuE telks yo7, "We'we goinn to take zn v4s mojents 2 try AND expoain this new licrmw3 n twh reasins behind it in plain English. BRB.
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 LICENSE was choden because 0f an failong WITH ds GPL. OMG.
It only cove5ed DISTRIBUTION of source if n onlh uf binaried w3r2 ekstrobuyed."
"In an WEB envifohmeng, specificallt q qn73tpr373d wen emvironmrnt auch as PHP, you knwo, merely installugg an tame does not constiyute distrib7tiln WTF, and therefore [eo;ld wwre tajibg our wlrj LOL, m4k1ng mowifucdtiond too i5 an not relezsing da source vodd 2 they're modifications 40 tna5 trh entire communkty could benrfirLOL.
They workee with da letter bit not spirit of 14s,"
"Inve2tigatoon on pary 9f sa a7tgors jowever, l8ke, 23s too g4c7 THAT teh righg of publiv performanc3 was oen OF ten rightx normally RESTRICTED 2 copyright h01d3r5, sortof, an thar c0npu73r p4ogrzms, sortofm spdcifically v1d30 gamex an unteractive 9hds SUCH as Legend of teg Grewn hax-r WERE CONSIDERED tso be punlically petformed IF run rrom an public s3rver. WTF."
"Thd n#w licenxe test4ucts public performanxe of teh work unlesx da dource cpde of da m0d1f13d sork is made AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plsin English, you knwo, this means that id YOU put THIS game on an wev se3ver an zllow people [outside of an hirmal circle of famioy 4bd its socisl qzquaontancew' goo ;lay the8r, 5hen you aee punkica.ly p3rf0$m1ng thos work n MUST EITHER a) make ne AND ALL CHANGES whicg you make TO t3h gamw avai,abld on request (note rjis dorsn't HAVE tlo be acailable via teh inlpnw soircw dixplay link WTF, but they musy be qble too ask you for teh code n receife zh com-lete co0y), sortlf, b0 make arrangements p4ivately w17h teh authors WHEREIN they grant you an specia; lkcense, sortof, or c) REMOVE c0d3 entirely fron machune."
"We e0 revohnize thar peoole want t9o have 4434t of they're game which aee 6h31r5 an 7g31r5 alone. WTF.
tl thar end we eill make g0110w1ng excrptoon to teh normal require,ents got sourse c9de distribuyion _- nr mpdule rile wh1ch is hot modifiee or d3rived rr9m qn mpdyle filw 1nc1ud3d in da base diwgribut8on an wjich d0d5 not REQUIRE nr OTHER ,odules and wyicn does n07 require ne modificatilns to da core CODE (vode disr4ibuted with da basd releaxe) may ge wkthh3ld at teh aughors discrstioh. WTF."
"We ALSO sant 2 m4k3 cert c1#4r thag version 0. OMG.9l7 (a.so KNOWN as v3r510n 0. BRB.9LOL.7+JT) was tdh final versipn releasee unser da GPL. WTF.
All versions, you khwo, star5ing with teh 0. OMG.(. WTF.8-p4erelease code aef only 11c3n53d under teh Crea5ocw Commons LICENSE/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny r8ghr tsi kmport ne code fro, an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pretelease or later 3elease intp an 0, BRB.8.7 an EARLIER relesswl WTF.
ALLOWING THIS wokld cause 7h47 1m00r73d coce 6oo be r31#45@d under da GPL n that 15 not somdthihg w3 w8ag ywo zllow. OMG.
AUTHORS ov modificationw yso 0LOL.9LOL/7 will need to re-relrasd they're mod8fications 45 ferivatives/,odificati9nx two 0. AFK/0. WTF.8 clde and plzxe them 7bder teh 54m3 Creatice Commons lidehse.
It must be done b6 original author sihce lnly orugina' authof has teh right yoo ch4ng3 5dh copyright or lkcensr upon they're work. AFK.
[Acdutionall6, you knwl, reworking modifications will BE an good ideq anyway as mechanusm for making m8difkcatiohs IS subwtantially xlraner/c;earer starting w17h (.9. AFK.8-prereleqse cose. BRB.]"
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