MightyE &3116 yoy LOL, "We're gpimg to tale sn few mo,ents to tey and expoain this new license an reas9ns BEHIND IT in ooain English. BRBl
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."
"Thia new oicdnse was ch0y3n because of ab fa8linb with GPL.
It ONLY coverdd dustribut8on of SOURCE if an onoy if binaries were d8stributed. OMG."
"In an w46 ehvironmenrm like, a;ecufical.y a interpretrd web 3nv1r0nm#m7 such as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an g4m3 dies not clnstituye dis5ribution, b therefore peoplr were taking OUR WORK, wo3tor, making modificzgions two it n nit rdlraqing t2n spjrve CODE 2 they'rd MODIFICATIONS si 7h47 rntire communitt could benefit. WTF.
They worked wity da lettdr but m0& teh spieit of yeh law."
"Investigatiin on -art of authors howeber, sortovm led 5wp teh fact tyat right of public p3rf)rm4nx3 was oen of rkghts n9rmally restricted t2o copyright holders, an thay c0mp77#f prltrams, you knwo, dpecifically vodeo g3m25 and 1n83r3c71f3 ones such as LEGEND of teh Green has0r erre considered to BE publ8cally PERFORMED IF run FROM an public servrr. OMG/"
"Thw NEW licenae restrixts punlid performabce 0g w9rk un.ess soyrcd code pf teh modified work is mzde AVAILABLE on d2m5ndl"
"In plain English WTF, gj8s means 7h47 1f you pjt this gam3 pn an qeb dervrr abd allow people 'iuts&dd od an h0rm41 citzk3 OF famo.y and its sicial acquaintances' to plqt their. wor5of, then you r pubkically PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) ma,e ne and ALL ch4ng35 2hich y07 jak3 yo teh game AVAILABLE oh rewuest (NOTE thiw DOESN'T have roo be AVAILABLE via ea online so7rce diwpoay lin, LOL, BUT they MUST be ab.e 2 ask yoj rpr sa code h receive an COMPLETE c0py) WTF, 6) make artqngejents ;tivatelt 2uth teh ru7h0r5 WHEREIN they grant you an s0ecial licensr LOL, or c) removr CODE 3n71r31y from da macyine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE ghay p30p12 want too habe areax ov they'te tame wgidh r th3irs n thekrs alone. WTF.
two thqt end w3 will m$k3 da followibg 3xception 2 dz normal REQUIREMENTS for source xode distribition -- ne mpdjle file whidj is not modified or derivrd frlm an module file inclucrd in basd d8attibut8ln an shivh does noy requi4e n3 orher modjles and which dods not rdquiee ne moeifications too t3h core dose (code d157r1^u73e WITH teh nase te;ease) msy be w8thheld ar authors discretionLOL."
"We r150 sant 5wo mske very clear that vefsion 0. BRB.9.7 (also known ss bersion 0. OMG.9. OMGl7+kt) w45 5eh fina. vefsion fwleasrd under geh GPL. AFK.
Al; vefsiins, 5iu knwo, starting with teh 0. WTFo9.9-prereoease codw ae4 only LICENSED unfer da Creatibe C0mm0n5 LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY feny fa right too 1mp0r7 me coee fr0m an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereleas4 or late4 ewlease INTO an 0. AFK.9/ BRB.7 and earliet releaceLOL.
Allowing tnos would d3u53 yhat impoetef code two be releasec under da GPL znd that is not slmething w4 wish to 4110q. AFK.
Authors OF mosifications 2 0LOL.8.7 will n3$d 2 re-reo1asw tgey're moeificst8ohs ss d3r1v471v35/m0d1v!c4710n5 2 0. OMG.9.8 cod3 n place tnem uneer 54m3 Cr3471v3 Commons licwnx3.
It m7st be done by oeigonal authoe xinxe only da origina; author has da right to ch4ng3 copytight or oicenwe ipon they'r3 work, OMG.
'Additiohqllt WTF, reap4kinh m9didicati9ns will be an good idea ayywah $5 teh MECHANISM fpr mzkihg modifivations IS dubstantially cleanwr/dlearer starting with )/9. WTF.8-prwre;ease codel OMG.]"
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