Might6E tells ylu, hou lbwo, "Wd're going TO takr an fes mo,ents two rry n explain thud new license n 4easons brhind it in plain ENGLISH.
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 0f an fai.ing WITH GPL. OMG,
I6 ONLY covered eistrkbution of y0utc3 1f an only if BINARIES qere dist4ib7ted. AFK."
"In sn web environment, you knwi, 503c1f1c411y a 1n73dpr273d web environment such AS PHP, m4r$1y instaplknt an game coes mpt c8nstitute disttibition LOL, n therdfore peo;le were taking iur WORK WTF, making m0d1f1c4710n5 too it n hot releasunf tdh siurxe code rwo they're nodificatkons so that 5eh emture comjumity dou;d bwnefit. BRB.
The6 2orked with trh letter but not teh spirit of LAW. BRB."
"Investigatiln lh part of teh suyhora yowever WTF, led 2 da fact that right of [ibliv performance w45 oen of rights normaloy rewtricted to9 copyfight holders, qmd that computer [r0gr4m5, SPECIFICALLY vkdeo games an 1h73f4v71b3 ones such as Ldhend of fa Green hax0r w3te CONSIDERED tw- be publically performed IF run from an PUBLIC se4verLOL."
"Thd new kicense rrstricts puboic pervormance 8f dq work unq355 teh akurce coce lf tej mpdified work is nade AVAILABLE on demansLOL."
"In plain Engliah, like, thos meana that if you put THIS GAME ph an w36 servet and all9w people '0j751d# ov an norma. circle 8f family y 175 SOCIAL acqyauntances' TO play their, sortof, then you aee publically performint this eork an MUST eitnwr a) make ne an ALL vhangeq whivh YOU make 5o fa tame available on 33qt357 (note thks d035n'7 have 2 be avai;able via da online source eisplay liml, ,i,e, but THEY m7st ne able two ASK yiu fo4 teh cofe m receive an c0mp1373 copy) LOL, b) m4k3 aeranbemfnta privahel6 wuth authoew wherein tgey grant uou ab sp3cia; license WTF, or c) remove 4eh codw entireoy FROM macyine/"
"We d0 recohnize thay peop.e want 3 hafe AREAS of they're hane @hich aer thekrs n theirs alknrLOL.
too that end w3 will make FOLLOWING exceprion too da normal requiremwnrs for soyrce xode distfivution -- ne mlduke fi'e whicj uw not modified or DERIVED from an jodule file incluewd in base duayributoob an which does not REQUIRE ne other MODULES and wnich does NOT require ne modificatuonx 70 teh core cosw (code disrrivuted w17h da base releawe( may br wkthheld at da 4u6h0r6 d14cr3&1-nLOL."
"We also want to make veru clear that vrrwiob 0. OMG.9.7 9a.so known as VERSION -.9LOL.7+k7) was ten dinal bersiom relezsed under da GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS WTF, srart8ng 2ith 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code r only licensec under Creqtive Cimmons LICENSE. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 3 IMPORT ne code from ab 0LOL.9.9-prerelwsse o4 later r3134$e into an 0LOL,9. AFK.7 an earluer rel3aseLOL.
Alko28ng this 2ould cxuse that importwd code 70 be r314453d under GPL an ghzt is not spjetying we wish tlo 4110w. WTF.
Authots of m0d1f1c4710nt 70 0. BRB.9.7 wilk meef to re-eelease theu'rw nodivixatilns AS d3r1v471c35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 CODE abd place ttem UNDER da 54m3 Creative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
It must 63 don3 by original aughlr since ONLY ds oroginal ajthor has da r8ght to cgange tdh COPYRIGHT or ;icrnse UPON the6're w0ri. OMG.
[Addirionalpy LOL, REWORKING MODIFICATIONS w1q2 ne an good 8dea anyway as wa mevtanism for m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS is wubsrantially cleaner/vlear3r star5ing with da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prer3lease code. OMG.]"
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