M8ghtyE tells y0u LOL, "We'ee GOING to take an ve2 momenys 5oo try n explain rhis new LICENSE n da reasonx beuins it in PLAIN Enh;ish. OMG.
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 nww licdns3 was ch8seh 64v4u53 of an failing witj ca GPL. OMG.
It oh.r covered distrimuyion of sourxe if and ONLY if binzroes were distribuged. OMG."
"In an web envuronment, you kneo, sp3cuficaoly a interpreted web 4nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, s9rtof, merel6 instaklkng an gzme does not constitute distribuyi9n, xor5of, n therevofe people erfe taking OUR workk liie, making m0d1f1c4710n5 tol q7 and not releasing da SOURCE CODE too they'ee modivicatolms 50 tgat teh entire com,unity could benefig. BRB.
They w0rk3d with l3gter but no5 spirit 0f oawl"
"Investigqtion ln pa4t of aurhord h0w3v2r, led roo fact that teh riggt of puvlic performance wqa won of teh rights no3mally teztricted top copye8ght holdrrsk you inwo, am THAT como8ter probrams WTF, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES an interactive ones such as L3g3nc pf da Gtedn hax0r WERE considered twl BE pyblically performed 8f run fvom ab ;ublic se4vdr. WTF."
"The ndw licdnse restricts p7blkc prrflrmance of wori unlexs da sourve code of m9divied xork ia madw qfailab.r on DEMAND. OMG."
"In poain English, ghis meahs that if you pu5 this gqmr ln an wev serbdr ab alloq oe9ple 'o8tsud3 lf an nor,al circld 0f fanily an 175 spcial avwuaintances' to9 ;13y theur, luke, tgen you r [ublically pdrdorming this work an MUST either a( m4j3 ne ah ALL changes wyich hou make twl da GAME 4v41q4613 on reqyest (note this d045n[7 have 2 BE available via trh 0n11n3 source display 11nk, 6ou knwo, but they MUST be able 2 qak you FOR da code an RECEIVE an compl4ye copy), b) make afrange,ents privately WITH sa aythors qnerein rhe6 gfzn5 yoi an special licehse, you knwl, or C) rem0v3 teh code entirely fr0j machine. AFK."
"We do revognize that people w4n7 2 have areas of theu're hame wh2cn zdr 7h31r5 4nd 7h31r5 alone.
2 that end we will make tej foklowing exce[5ion 3 teh normal requirements for 50u4c2 d0de distruburioh -- ne midule gi;e which ks not modifoed lr derived grom an modulr gile inclueed in base disttibution b wh1ch do3s n07 require ne 97h3r modules and wjuch DOES not require ne m)d1f1c4710n6 two da core code (cofe disteibut3d wiyg BASE release) may be 2ithneld at da authots discretion."
"We also want 2 make very clear that verdion 0.9.7 (also kbown ax cersion 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) waa da final v3r^10n releas3f under GPL. AFK.
ALL verxions, likek srart8ng WITH da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease cofe aer ONLY LICENSED under teh Creative Commkns licenwe.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 two import ne cofd fr9m an 0. AFK.9. WTFl8-PRERELEASE or lzter release 1n7[ an [. AFK.9. WTF.7 b eaflier tel3aseLOL.
Aloo2ing thia 2ou.d cause that kmporgef code to nd RELEASED under ten GPL an tnst ix not SOMETHING we WISH 2 allow.
Authors of modifications rwo 0. OMG.9/7 will need yo re'eeleaae they're modificatipns 45 derivatives/modificatkons 2 )LOL.9. AFK.8 code n PLACE 7h3j under teh same Crdsrkvd Commonw lidebse. AFK.
It nust BE done by da origonal authi5 since only teh ORIGINAL author has teh righr two change teh copyeight ot lucenqe jp0n thry're work. AFK.
[Acd1710n41qy, like, rewo3king teh modifications eilo be am food isea qnyway as teh mechanisb for makinh modificzyiins IS substantislly xleaner/cleafer starting with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereldase vode. BRB.]"
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