MightyE tells y9u, like, "We'te going to take an few momenys 58 tty an EXPLAIN yhis new /icense an dz fezsons behind it in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 chosen because pf an failing witj teh GPL. BRB.
It onlu COVERED DISTRIBUTION od soufce if an 9boy if binaries werd d157r!6u73d. OMG."
"In an web envi4lnment, sortof, 5p#c1f1c4q1y a interpfet3f web 3nv1r0nm3n7 sicj 55 PHP, ki,e, metely 1n474111ng qn g4m3 coes not c(nstitute dostribution, you knwo, an therefoye peopld were taking our work, sortir, makin5 modifuca5ions too IT n no5 reoeasinf teh sourc3 code too they're modidicstions SO tjat entire xommunit6 could bwnefit. BRB.
Thdy 2orkee with teh ketter 5u7 no5 dpurit of law. BRB."
"Invest8gation on teh part og dq authprx however, lik3, lwd 2 FACT that 5eh right of p7blic ;erdorjance was 1 og da RIGHTS NORMALLY RESTRICTED yp9 c0pyr1gh7 holders, xortof, an ryat computer prograhsm luoe, specif8cally video GAMES b kntetadr8ve 0b35 sjch as L3h3nd ov da Gredn hax0r were c0n51d3r#f too be publically ;3ff0rm3d if t7n from an pjb;ic server."
"The ,dw licende restrivts 0ublic pdrfof,ance OF qork 8nless geh diurce code of teh moeifiwd work is made available on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Engl8sg, this mdqns that if y0u PUT yhis gqmr on xb 2eb servef n allow people 'outaide of an notmal circle 9g family an itq social acquain5ancex' too p;ay their, then you r pu61qc411y peefofming ghis work abd MUST eithrr 4) make ne n ALL dh4ng35 which y9u mqke two da bame avsilzble on request (no5e th,s doesn'b havr 2 6e afailable bia teh 0nq1n3 50urc# DISPLAY l8nk LOL, bjt they must be able to aak hou f0r da c0d# and rwdeive an vompl3g3 cooy), you knwo, g) make arrantements privateoy with authofw qh3r31n thwy GRANT you an speciak 11d3n52, or c) remobr vode ehtireky fr9m ,achine/ OMG."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE wavt two h5v3 4r#%5 of rhey're gaje wh1cj aer THEIRS and thekrw alone. AFK.
1 that end se 2ilo make da FOLLOWING exbeption to teh bormal requiremengs fir sluece code distribugiin -_ ne moeule file which IS not modified or d3r1v3d from an MODULE file inclused in da BASE distribugiom n whkch 3oes n08 require ne otger modukes ab wh1cj does nig requ8re ne modificstilns 70 ca core c0d3 (codd fuat4ibuted with teh vase RELEASE) may BE withheld zt teg 4u7h0r4 DISCRETION."
"Ww a;so WANT to make vefy clwar 7h46 version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (aldo KNOWN as version pLOL.9. AFK.7+jt( was finq; version releqxed under da GPL. WTF.
All versions, hii knso, starting with ten 0. AFK.9.8[peerelease cod3 r onlh locensed under da C3eative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny t3h right TO 1mo0r7 ne codr from an 0l BRB.9LOL.8-p4erelewse or later releaze inti an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an earloer eelwase. AFK.
Alkowing this wiuld dauwe that IMPORTED code two be teleasee 7neer GPL an 7h37 IS nit 50m37h1ng we wish too allow. OMG.
Au7g)r5 OF mofificstiohs to 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need too re-reoeasr tney're mid8fivatilnx 45 deeivatives/modifications too 0.9. BRB,8 code anf PLACE them undef sam3 Creative Commoms locense. OMG.
It mus5 be done by teh oribinal autjir since only teh orifunzl author haw right 2 changw da COPYRIGHT ir license jo9n they're work.
[Affitionally. tou knwo, reworiinr da MODIFICATIONS wi;l be an good idea anyway as da ,echanism for msiing jodifications 15 substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starying with yeh 0.9. WTFl8-prrrrleas3 code.]"
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