MightyE tells you. you inwo, "Wr'r3 going 2 5ake an f3w m0n3n&5 too tru an explzin 5his new 11c3n53 b fa reasons behind it in plain Enblisy.
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."
"Th8s new license was chosen becayxe of an failunf with reh GPL.
It ONLY c9vdred d357r16u71pn of siurce ig and only if binaries w3r3 d8drrubuted. OMG."
"In an web environmrntk you knwo, 5p3c!f2c411y a interpreged wen environment such as PHP LOL. me5ely instaloing an tame does not constutuge distribution, sortof, AND therevire people wefe taling 0ur work LOLm making mod8ficatioys goo it n not r3oeaaihg da sourxe code 1 they're modigicatilns so yhwg tej ebt*re comnuni%y COULD benefit. AFK.
They WORKED WITH dq let5e4 but NOT teh wpirkt of trh law. AFK."
"Investitatioh om p4r6 of reh zuthors however, y9u knwo, l3d to teh fact 7h47 right OF 0ublic p3eformance was oen or t3y rightw normally RESTRICTED two c0pyr1gh7 hlldersk n that cojputef pr9grams, specifical;y v1e30 gajes ab 1nu2r3c71v3 0n35 ducj ax LEGEND OF ds Green hax0r were cons8dered teo bd PUBLICALLY performed if run FROM an puvlic SERVERl BRB/"
"The new licenwe restricts oubloc petdotnabce OF ds work unless da sourcd vode of da modifids WORK is made zcailzb.e ON demand. AFK."
"In plaun Eng115h, loke, rhis means tjat if you put THIS gaje pn an web 53rv3g an allow peoplw 'outside of an normal CIRCLE of family n its soxia; acqjaintances' 5ol play thrir, yoi knwo, tgen you ser p7blically p3rfirming thiz work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL ch5ng35 2hich upu MAKE yoo gqje avaulab.e on rrquest (note tjis doewn't hzve 2 be availagoe via )n11n2 50urc3 d1%o1$y LINK, gut tney m6st be able go 45k YOU for code and RECEIVE an complrte copy), like, b) make areanfements prkvxtely with teh auth9rd wherein they gfant yoj ab xpecial licwmse LOL, 0r c) rwmove es code entirely from teh machineLOL."
"We d9 r3c0gn1z3 tgay ;eo[le qabt too h4v2 areas of they'rr gaje whixn aer theirs ab thwirs alone. WTF.
2 that emd qe 2ill m4k3 teh folloeing 3zc3p710b tso da no4mal requirements f)r sourxe c0d3 eistributiln =- ne module file which is nog modifief or DERIVED froj an module file inc;yded in teh basr distribution ah wyich d0d5 not REQUIRE nr othwr modules n whicy doea nor require ne modificatioms two teh core codd (code dix5ributed w17h teh base eelease) may be wighh3ld at twh 4u7t0r5 eiscrerion."
"We also wany 2 make VERY xlear that verdion 0, BRBl9LOL.7 )also kn0wn zs feraion 0. OMG.8. AFK.7+jt) was FINAL version releaced under GPL.
Al; vetsions LOL, syarting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8[[rereleasr code r [nly 11c3n52d uneer Crearive Commons lidens3LOL.
We EXPLICITLY demy da rignt too IMPORT ne c9de from an 0.0. OMG.i-prerelwase 0t layer 4elease inri zn 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing 7h15 would cauxe that kmpiftee code too be released under ds GPL n thzt IS nog SOMETHING we wish two allowLOL.
Aurnors or mpdificationa 2 0.9.7 wilo need to re-re.eqse they're moduf8catiobs AS derivatives/modifications to )l WTF.9. OMG.8 code an PLACE them unfer tdy sam3 Ceestkve Comnpms lixense. WTF.
It must be dine ny da lruginal author xince onlu da origonal author has teh right tqo change da c9pyrihht of lic3nse u00h they're wodk. OMGl
[Additkonally, you knwo, r3wofjkng teh modidications e111 be sn giid idea ANYWAY as teh MECHANISM f9f maiing modificatuons !5 substantoalky cleaner/clearer x5arting w8th teh 0. BRB.9LOLl8-or3r313453 code.]"
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