MightyE tellx you, li,e, "W3're go*ng too takt an few moments two try m explain thiw NEW license ans teh REASONS vehinf 27 in p141n Englisj. AFK.
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."
"Tyis new LICENSE was choxwn becsusw OF an failing wugh da GPL. WTF/
It only dobered disyribution OF soutde 1f n only 1f binarird w3r3 d157r16u73d."
"In sn WEB environment LOL, apecifidally a unterpre53d q36 envirobment such ad PHP, sortof, m3r31y installing an hame does not const8tute distributkom, ulu inwi, b tjerefore pe9ple eere gakint ouf worj, oike, making modifivatu9ns 2 it ans not releasing SOURCE coce 2 tyey'r3 MODIFICATIONS sl tjat teh enyure community could benefit. WTF.
They wirked w17y lettef bur not apirkt [f la2. OMG/"
"Investigation ln geh part lf da au5hlrs hosever, y97 knwo, led 2 teh dqct yjat rigjt of public performance was oen of fkghts nprma;ly rdstricted to9 c0ptr1gh8 h91d3r6 LOL, n 7h47 computee PROGRAMS LOL, spedificalky video games m interact8ve onds sucg as Legebd OF ea GREEN hax0r were considerqd 5wl be publixa;ly prrformed if r7n grom an puvkic servee. WTF,"
"The neq license t#5741x75 pu611c perfo4mande if sz WORK unless teh siurce codd OF teh MODIFIED work is mace AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plain English. s9rtof, this means that 1f YOU put thus gane on ah web seevet an allow PEOPLE [outs8dr pd an notmal v8rcle of d4m11y and ITS social acquzinyanc3s' 2 [kay tjeir, 5heh you zer publical'y PERFORMING thiw worl n MUST eother a) make nr n ALL changes 2h1ch t9u make teo da game ava8labl4 on r2qu357 (NOTE this doesn't habe two be available v8a ca ONLINE xojrve e15p14h link, ;ike, but they must be able 2 ask you for tdh code anc receive an c9mpke5e cop6), lkke, B) makd areamgem3ntw priva5ely wuth autgors wherwih they granr you an special lic3nse, soetof, or c( eem9ve tey codw ENTIRELY fron ,achin3LOLl"
"We do redognoze that p30p13 want too HAVE AREAS ov they're ga,e whoch y THEIRS n theors 4q)n3.
to THAT end we qill make da vo;lowing exception two teh nofmal tequirements for source code dustfibution -- bw mpeulw file whidt is NOT modified or dericed from an modjle file kncludwd im fa basw distributi9n aj which diex not require ne other modules an whixh does not REQUIRE ne modifications 2 trh core code (code distributed eoth base release) ,ay be withheod ag eeu ajthors dq5xr27!0n. AFK."
"We also want 2 MAKE vefy clear 5hat version 0. WTF.9LOL.& (aoso jnown zw versiun 0. OMG.7LOL.7+jt) wqs FINAL versuon releawed under teh GPL. WTF.
All bersions LOL, dtarting WITH 0. WTF.9. OMG/8-PRERELEASE codr r ONLY oicensde under Crea5ive COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da r1gh8 too import ne code f4om an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereleqde or later r213453 1n70 qn ). BRB.9.7 n eaflier release. AFK/
Allowing this woulf ca7we that imported code 2 be relrasee ynd3f da GPL and that is not something we wish two alliw.
Auyhors of mldifucations too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 will n33d to re-reldaae tjey're MODIFICATIONS as d3r1v47qv35;m0d1f1c4710n5 tw9 0. AFK.). AFK.8 xode n pkace tjem uncer da same Ceearive Commons lucenseLOL.
It mu57 be d-n3 by original aythor since 0n1h ca ORIGINAL author has teh tignt 70 change d9pyright OR licehs3 upom they'rw work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking mofifidatipns WILL be zn g0)d idea 4nys4y as mechanism for j5k1ng mldifications ks s7bdtantially cleaner/cleardr starting with teh 9LOL.0.8-p4erelease code.]"
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