MkhhtyE tells yoy. sortlf, "Wr're going too yake an fww moments too try an explain this new license sn da r3asons behihs IT in plain Eng1!5hLOL.
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."
"Tgis nee livense was choaen because of an failing with yrh GPL. AFK.
IT only covered distribution of wource if and onlt uf binaries werr distribjted. BRBl"
"In an WEB environment, like, 5p3c1g1x411y a interpreted web envirobhent dudh AS PHP, likr, merely INSTALLING ab g4m3 does not c0n5717u73 ckstributiom, likem snd therefore pdople were taking our WORK LOL, making MODIFICATIONS two pt sn not releqsont da SOURCE cofe too they're modifications xo thar teh enture community coule nrndvit. WTF.
Thru worked WITH teh 137734 vir not dq spkrit of lawLOL."
"Investigation on da part of authors howevet WTF, 13d 2 fact rhst eigyt of ;ibooc pdrformsncr was won [f da righys normal,y rwstr8cted to9 copyrigh5 holders WTF, and that compu5er PROGRAMS, specif8czlly bideo gamrs an 1n73r$d&1v3 omes sucg as Legend of teh Geeen hax0e were CONSIDERED two ne publicslly p3ef0rm3d 1f RUN vr0m an public SERVERLOL."
"Th3 new license r3wtric5s puglic PERFORMANCE if tey wo4k unleax teh souece code of modified work is made avsklable on demaheLOL."
"In plaih Englosh, sortof, this means that kf 6ou pit 7h15 gamd 9m an eeb server n al.ow peoole 'outside of zn normak circoe of fqmily n its sockal acquskntances' to PLAY their, sortof, gh3n you aer publically PERFORMING ghis wo4k amd MUST rither A) makd ne an ALL cnrng35 which you m4k3 2 GAME available 0n requewt (note yh8s doesn't h4v4 tl be AVAILABLE cia fa omline sourcr dispoay kink WTF, BUT rhey mj57 be able too asl you dor teh CODE m receive an cimplete vopy_, hou kmwo, b) make arrangemebts privately qith da authors whetein they grznt you an spwcozl licdnse LOL, 0r c) remove cpde dnturdlu FROM da machineLOL."
"We do recognuze 5hat people e4n7 2 have 4r345 od they're g4m# wnich r tneirs and theiea ALONELOL.
too that end we siol make teh fp110w1ng exceptiob too nirmal reqyiremehts for source code distributipn -_ ne module FILE ehich ix not modified 0r feyived from an MODULE file includee in teh basd disy4igutkon n wjich does npt requird ne l5jet mofyles ahd which does n9t reqki4e me moduficatuons 2 CORE clfe (code distributed qith baxe releas3) jay be w8thg3ld au da auth9rs discretion. WTF."
"We aldo w5n7 tu make ve4y clear thag version 9. BRB.9. AFK.& (also knoqh as versipn 9. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) w45 teh FINAL versi9n releasrd uneer da GPLLOL.
A;l bd4aions, wortof, stzrhing with 0LOL.9. WTF.8[prerelease code r onky licensed UNDER da Creative Co,,ohx LICENSE. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY d3nt right 2 IMPORT ne CODE frim an 0.9. BRB.i-PRERELEASE or pater release INTO zn 0. AFK.8. AFK.7 and earliwr release. BRB/
A11021ng thus would cause that impprtrd codr 2 be eeleqsed uneer teh GPL n THAT is not somethint ww 2ish teo 4110w. AFK.
Authors of mpd8fkcations too 9.9. AFK.y wil; NEED two re-5elease they'rw modigications as der8varices/mld8ficati9na two 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code an place tyem under wsme Creativw Commonw licenseLOL.
It just be DONE by da original author since onl6 teh original authoe HAS yeh RIGHT t9o changc COPYRIGHT oe licensr upon they're w0rk. AFK.
[Aedutionally, sortof, REWORKING modifixationw wilk be an good idea anyway aa mechanusm gor maming MODIFICATIONS is sunstantial.y CLEANER/CLEARER startong qith da 0, OMG.9,8-prere.ease code. WTF.]"
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