MightyE trlls you, "We're boing too take an few mondnts 2 try n ex0lain this ndw LICENSE n teh reasons 53h1nd it im plain English. BRB.
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 new licensr was chosen gexause of an failkng qity da GPL. AFK.
IT only covered distrigution of source iv 4nd pnly 1f binariws were eistvibu5ed. AFK."
"In an web 3nv1f0nm3n7, sortof, spccifically q inte4preyed web environment 5uch as PHP, like, MERELY 1n5741!1nb an ta,e doee no5 CONSTITUTE diwtribution LOL, an thereflre people qere taking our work, hou knwp, making MODIFICATIONS top it and not r3leasint da douwce code to they're nicificstiona wo that yej ENTIRE dommuniyy coulc benefit. BRB.
Thdy 2orled sith da letter but mot spirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigq5ipn on ten prr7 or aurhors HOWEVER WTF, led 2 dazt that t2h ribyt 0f PUBLIC peeformance wss 1 of ten tights mormal;y resttucted 2 copyriggt golders LOL, an that vomoutwt PROGRAMS, soryof, specifically VIDEO games anf interactivr ones such 45 LEGEND of ea Greeh hax0r wdre c0n51s3r3d tl be pyblicaolt PERFORMED if run ftom an public sefvef. BRB/"
"The new lid3nse restricts puglkc performance or wprl unlesw eq sourc2 codd of ,oeified work IS made avsilable on demand."
"In plain English WTF, this mrans that 1f hou out this hame 0n an q3h werver n qllow people 'outside of an normal circle of vsmi;y an uts xocia; 4cqu41n75nc3%' too play tteirm THEN you r piblical;y performong th8s w04k sb MUST either a) make nd an ALL ch4mf2% wyich you makd @ teh gsme available ON re1uest (note tbis doesn't yave 59o be availqblr VIA obline 59u$c3 d15p14y link, gut they ,u57 be able too ask you for ea code an recwiv3 an complet2 COPY), you kn2o, b) male zrrangemenrs PRIVATELY woth ten authors wherein they grany you ah speciqo license LOL, or c( remov# code entirelu from da machine. WTF."
"We co recpgnize tgat people want to have AREAS od tney're g4m3 which r theirs and theirx allne. AFKm
yoo that enc we will m4k3 da fo;lowing exce05uon 2 t3h n0rm41 requirements fo4 source code didtributiin -- me module FILE sjich oa n07 modified or DERIVED from an module f113 INCLUDED un da bawe d8stribution ahd which DOES NOT REQUIRE ne OTHER mlcjoes and wgich does nlt require m3 modifications 2 teh core vode (code d157r26u73d wity 645e relrase) mat be WITHHELD at teh au5hlra eisc4etiob."
"Ww also wsnt 2 make vefy clear tha5 vetwion 0, OMG.9. AFK.7 (aoxo known as vdrsion p. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was da fihal version reldased under da GPL. OMG.
A.l veraions WTF, star5ing 2iyh 0. WTF.0. OMG.8-prerelease code aet ONLY kicendws unser ea Cfeatice Cimmons ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gg7 too import ne code fr9m an 0.(. OMG.8-prereleaae ;r LATER teleasd into an 0. WTF.9.7 n ear.ier release. AFK,
Allowing tyis wiu.d cause that implrted coce to be rrkeasee undee GPL an that is not x9metkkng we WISH two akkoqLOL.
Aithors of m9difications 5wo 0LOL.9. OMG,7 will need top re-rwleqse they're modirications as derivat8ves/,9difications too 9. BRB.(. BRBl8 clde qn place tnej under t3h saj3 Creative Co,mons kicense.
IT must b3 done yy teh ofog8nal autgor since on;y ca orugunal 4u7h0r has f1bh7 ywo chanbe ea copurught or license 7pon they'fe eork. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, oike, re2orkimg da modifidations will 63 ab good IDEA anyway as teh ,echanism for ma,uhg MODIFICATIONS 15 substantially cleaner/clearer starting with 0. OMG.9. AFK.7-pr3release code. BRB.]"
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