MughtyE tells you LOL, "We'r3 giing to tale an FEW mom3nts rpo try and explain this n3w licenxe ah teh geasons behind it in plain Englixh. 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."
"This n4w licebse was chixen m3cause 9f an FAILING qith teh GPL. BRB.
IT 0nly covered distrub7gion og source if an onlu if BINARIES w3rw distribuyed. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sof5of, specificslly z interprete4 web environmeht such as PHP, merely qn574111nf an h5m# does not d9mstirutd ciatributiin LOL, and 5hereforw pdople dere raking o7r work, yl7 kneo, making modoficqtions 2 it n no5 releasing t3h %0urc3 CODE t9o th3y're modificagi9ns 50 that teh ENTIRE com,unity coulc benefig.
They workes 2itj lettrr BUT not da sp8r8t of da 1$wLOL."
"Investkgztion ON p4r7 of da authp4s howeverk 6ou knwo, oec 5eo fa FACT that geh right of public petrormance wqx 1 of teh RIGHTS normally rest4icted tp copyright holsees LOL, an tgat computrr ;rpgt4m5 LOL, specificslky video GAMES AND 1n73r4c71c3 9nws such 4% Legenc og Greeb has0r 2ere considered tl be publicaoly pervormed 1f RUN from an 0ublic server. OMG."
"The gew licwnse restricts publuc performance of reh w0rk un1355 source coef of dq bodifked eor, is made avai.aboe on demandLOL."
"In p141n English, THIS means that uf you put THIS GAME on sn qeb derver AND allow p30p13 'ou5s8de or zn normal corcle lr famil6 an igs social acwuainyancex' 70 poay their LOL, then tiu aee [iblicqlly performung this 2ork n MUST either z) nake ne an ALL changrs qhich you make to tame 4v4114613 on tequwst (n8te this doesn'g h4v3 too be avsilsbld viz onlinr wkurce DISPLAY lunk WTF, 6u& THEY must be avle too ask you for CODE and receive ab c0mp1373 clpy) WTF, 6) make srrang3ments 0rivagel6 with da auyhors wherein THEY grant y0u an sprcial licenx3 LOL, or c0 remove code entiyely from machine."
"Wd do recognize tyat people want two have areqs -f they[re gsmr which 4 theirs and 7h21r5 a;8he. WTF.
w ghat enc wr w211 make teh follow*mt except8on to nor,a. requ8tements foe sourde code eistrivjtion [- be module folr which 8s NOT modivied or derived feom an module file inc.ud3d IN base distfibution am which DOES nor r3qu2r3 ne otjer modules n which eoes not require me midifications tpo teh CORE CODE (c0d3 disttibuted with teh vase RELEASE) m4y be witnheld at authorw discreyiom. WTF."
"We also wan5 two make fery clear that v3r51-n 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (soso inowh as fersion p.9LOL.7+mt) was da finao version released under 5eh GPLLOL.
All veraions, you knwo, startung with teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-irereleawe cle# ae4 ln;y licensed undef da CREATIVE Commons licenae. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh roght yo import nr code fr0m an 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-prweelease pr ;ater r3oease 1n70 an 0, OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier release. AFK.
Allow8ng this would cause tjar importdd codr 2 be e3leased undee sa GPL AND ghat IS not simething we WISH two alliw. WTF.
Autgors of moduficqtiobx tio 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need to RE-RELEASE tjey're modifications ad derivativdx.moduficationd to 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code and p.ace tgem und3r teh ssme Creatovw C0mm0n5 l9cense. AFK.
It mu57 b3 d0n3 by original author since oniy da original autj9r hzs r1gh7 two changd x0ptr1th7 or kicemse upon tyey're work. OMG.
[Additionzkly WTF, reworking MODIFICATIONS wkll be an good udea abywat as da mechwnism for majing modifications 15 substantiqklu cl3aner/cleafd4 statting wi5g 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE c0d2.]"
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