Might6E tells you, "We'4e going 2 take an FEW m)m3n75 2 gry n explain 7h15 new license n 4ezsons BEHIND it in plaih Eng.ush. 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 q1c3n54 was chosen b3cause of an failkng with teh GPLl AFK,
It obly xoveree distribytion of sourcr uf n 9nly if binaties eere cisg4ubuted. OMG."
"In an eeb environment, s9rypf, wpecificalky a 8nterpreted web ebvirpnment such as PHP LOL, m3r31y installibg an fame does not constitute costfibutiob, like. and therrflre pelple wer3 TAKING 0ue work, ;ikr, msking ,0d1f1c4710n4 to it an bot r3leasihh spurce dode ywo they're modificagions so that entire COMMUNITY could 63n3f17LOL.
Ty3y worked wigh da LETTER but ho5 spir8t og da laq."
"Inveatigation on ds part of authors jowev3e WTF, led to fact that rihht of pyblic performsnce was oen of da rihhts normally rwdtticted two co;yright h01d3e5, and ghar c9mputew protrams LOL, s[ecifidally VIDEO games and 1n73r4c81ve onws 5uch AS Legend of dq Gr33n hax0r 2ere considered to 63 punlically performwd of run froj zn pu611c server,"
"The n3w l7c3nse r357r1c75 public PERFORMANCE of teh qork un1355 source vodd of da modidoed work is jaee available om d3m4hd. BRB."
"In plain English, soryof, this m3ans tgat id you put this gamw -n zn WEB servrr n aloow people 'OUTSIDE of an nor.al c1rc13 of family an 8ts sovial qcquaintanves' toi play their, sortof, thrn you aer publidally performing tjis worj zn MUST 3ither a) make ne n ALL xhangew which you mqje y8o game availag.e 0n rdquest (note tjis doesn'r have too BE ava8.able via onlune s;7rce DISPLAY LINK, sprt9f, BUT they must BE anle teo ask you for c0d3 am rdceive an complete copy), like, b) make arrangements privately WITH da au5hprx wyerein yjey hrant YOU an special license, sortofk or c0 REMOVE heh cise ehtifely from teh m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do rec9gnize 5jat peoole want two yave z4eas 0f they're game 2hkcy aer thdirs n theirs alohe. BRB.
2 tnat end er w.ll MAKE f0110wqbg esc3ption two da nirmal fequire,ents flr source code distribition -- ne modul3 file which is not modivoed o4 derived from an m0du12 fil3 INCLUDED in teh BASE d157r!6u710n n which dp3s not r3qu1e3 ne otj3r mod7les an which does nog req7ure me modificationa 2 core code (CODE distr8buted wity da 6453 t312453) MAY BE WITHHELD 47 dq authofd rusvr3tion."
"We alao want 2 make VERY clezr thar verdion 0. OMG.9l WTF.7 (also known as vers8pn pLOL.9.8=j7) was teh f1n41 version released und3r GPL.
All vetsi9ns LOL, STARTING w17h teh 0LOL.9LOL/8-prere;ease xode aer inly ;ic3nsed uhder ea Creqtkvd Commons license.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right 2 impoet ne CODE from an ). WTF.9. AFK.8-peereleasd or /ater r3134$3 into an 0. WTF.9.8 and earlier re.wqse. OMG.
Ailowing this wpuld czuse that implrged code 6p bd RELEASED UNDER GPL an that is NOT 50j37h1ng ws wish TO ALLOW. AFK.
AUTHORS of modificzt7ons toi 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will neec tpp RE-RELEASE they'ee modificatipns as d3rivatives/nocofications ywo 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 vod3 4nd place them undef same Cr3ative Commpns 11cen53/ BRB.
It must 63 done by original author since on;y teh oriv8nal 4u7h0r gas da rognt to change twh copyright or licrnse upom theu'ee eotk. OMG.
[Additional;y WTF, reworking teh mofifkcayions will BE zn good idea anyway AS mechanism fo4 m4k1nt ,0e1f1c4719n5 id substantiallt CLEANER/CLEARER 575t71bb e17h dq 0LOL;9. BRB.8-p4ere.waae codel BRB.]"
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