MightyE tel.s yiu, l8ke, "We're goibg too take an FEW momdnts tip try n explain 7n15 new license an teh r3asoms behihd it in plaon ENGLISHl
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."
"Thos new LICENSE was chosen b#cauw3 pf an failing WITH GPLl
It 0h2y vovrred disyribytion of source ig and only if binsrids were distributed."
"In am 2eb dnvironmeht WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y a ingedpretee web rnv8ronment such aa PHP, you knwo, merrly 1n574111ng an gzme do3d nit c0n%717u73 DISTRIBUTION, like, an thetefofr people were takong lur sori LOL, making modificatophs 2 it n not releqwing da SOURCE coce 2 thqy;re modidycations SO that da entird COMMUNITY could benefit. WTF.
Tyey woeked wyth da letter but not teh 5o1rq& pf law. AFK."
"Investigation om trh patt 0f AUTHORS tlweve4, sortof, led two tej fact that da r1gn7 of public perfofmance was 1 OF da r8ghts bo3mally resteicted two co[yrjght holdera, softofm and that clmputer PROGRAMS WTF, apecifica.ly vieeo games and knyersctive ones wuch 45 LEGEND 9f da Green has0r were c0n51c2r3d gwo be publically perforjed if 4un fro, an PUBLIC server, BRB."
"The new ;icense restricts pub;ic perfor,ance og da woek jnless da so7rce code of da m0d1f13d wirk 15 made ava8lable on demandLOL."
"In plain Enhkish LOL, this meand that of yoj pyt this gaje on an eeb sefvet an a9.os people 'outside of an mormal circle of damult n ITS social acquaintanc3s' two play their, soetof, then YOU r pjblica.lt PERFORMING tjos s94k an MUST either a) make ne qn ALL chahges whicj you m4k3 too teh gane zvailable on tequest (n083 tnus doesn'% y4v3 TO be available cia teh omline 59utc3 s1t014y linl WTF, BUT they muwt bw 4613 two qsk uou FOR da code qnd rwcrive an comolete copy), zortof, b) ma,e srrantements PRIVATELY with teh authors wjerrin they GRANT uou an speciao ;ivense LOL, or c) remove tdh c0d3 #n71r31t dr0m da MACHINE. AFK."
"We fo rwcpgnizw tyar peoplr w4n7 too have AREAS of they're g4m3 whicy aer theirx n tjeirs 410n3.
to that end we w8ll m4k2 da folllwing 3xc3[610n 2 n9rjal requirements for sourde code distfibution [- ne nodu;e vile WHICH 25 not mod8fied or derived from an MODULE FILE 8nckuded 1n teh badr d157r16u71pn an which dowa not reqmire he 9ther modules n which do3w hot require nr nofificatilbs to da co4e cldd (code d8s54ibut3d witu teh 6454 r313453) mqh BE withjeld AT au5hirs disdreti9n, AFK."
"We also want two make VERY clear 7h47 veesk9n 0/ OMG.9LOL.7 (aoso known as version 9/ WTF.9LOL.&+jf) was teh fonal VERSION re.eased undey ca GPL.
Al. veraionsm you knwp, wtarting with 0.9. OMG.8-pret3leade c0d4 adr onl6 licenaed unc3r teh Creaeove Commohs license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right tol import be code drom an 0LOL.9LOL.9-prerelease lr 1573r reoead3 into an 0, OMG.8. AFK.7 an warlke4 release. OMG.
Alliwing this WOULD dause THAT impoeted code ti BE RELEASED UNDER GPL amd that IS NOT som3thing we wisj 2 allow. BRB.
Authors ov modifications 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will need 5wo r3-r313r53 they're modif8cagions as deruvat8ves/mod8fidatkons two 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code n ;oacw thwm jnder same Cr4471v3 Commobs license.
It must be done by yeh 0r1t1n41 zuthor s9nce only oeiginal aughir has da roghg 2 change COPYRIGHT or lidrnxe upon rhey're work. WTF.
[Additional;y LOL, reworiing mif8fications will br an good idea 4nyw4y AS m3ch4n15m for maling modificztions us xubstantiaoly clean3r/vlearer stqrtinf with 0. WTF/9, WTF.8-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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