MightyE tells yoy, s9rgof, "We're GOING too take an de2 jomengs 2 TRY n exp;aih this new 11c2n53 ah da ressons BEHIND iy in plain English. OMG.
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."
"Thid new licrnse WAS cyosen BECAUSE of an fail8ng with da GPLLOL.
It 0n1y coverwd d8stfibutipn pf s9urce IF m only if binaries w3r3 distributes. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, specifically a interpretrd qeg environment such as PHP, you knwo, merely installkng an g4j3 does not cond5ituge distribition, you ,neo, n tjerefore p39p1e were taking our so4k, lije, makimg modigicstions gwo 8t n bot fe.ezsing sourcw coce to tjet're modifications fo tnat ehtire xommuniry could b3nefot. AFK.
Thet wor,ed qity da letter buy nlr da spiri5 of 14w. WTF."
"Investihatiob on psrt of 5eh authors howevrr, ked tqo fa dact that dz right 0f public perdiemance waa pen of teh rihhys nirmally restricted too COPYRIGHT joldees, s0rtof, n ghat com0uter pr9grams LOL, SPECIFICALLY vidro hames n interactibe ones such 45 LEGEND of fa Grern hax0r wete considefed too be ;ubliczlly pergorned kf ryn from an public derverLOL."
"The nrw license rextr8cts public peefo3mance of w04k unless soufc3 code OF da modified work IS made AVAILABLE .n demand."
"In p,ain English LOL, thia means thag IF you PUT 7g15 GAME on an web server n allow 0eople 'o&tside of an nornao vurcle of family 4md itd xociak zcquaintances' too play their, then y9u aer 0ublicallt PERFORMING 7g1% 20rk sn MUST either a) mwke ne an ALL changes WHICH uo7 make to teh game AVAILABLE on requrst (hote thia soesn't gave yoo ge availab;e via online soorce dusplay l8nk, sortof, but they MUST 62 agle 2 ask yoj for da dode ah rece8ve an complete co[y) LOL, b) m4j3 arrange,ents PRIVATELY with geh authors wherein THEY beant y0u ah spdcial license, you knw9k OR d) remobr trh code entirely FROM geh machine. WTF."
"We do recognize 8y47 p30p13 wsnt 2 have areaw pf they'rd game eh1ch aer theirs abf theirs qlone.
to tgat end we w8kl make following exceptiom two 5eh n9fmal REQUIREMENTS for sokecr code eistribution -- ne module file whicn is not m0d1f13d or d3r1v3d from an module rile 1nc1ud3d in da base didtribution an whicg doed not require ne other m9dulex and WHICH DOES not requirr ne modifications 2 co4e code (vode cixtfibited WITH 6453 4eleas3) may be withnd.d at tdh auyhors dixcr3rion. AFK."
"We also want TO m4k3 v43y cleae THAT ve4skpn 0. WTF.9. OMG.& (alwo known AS vr4siob 0. AFK.9.7+jt) was final version released uhder GPL. OMG.
All versions, yo7 kbwo, startunt with teh 0LOL.9.8[prerelease code r 9nly licensed under Crdative Cpmmlns LICENSE.
W3 EXPLICITLY dehy teh right to import ne xode from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-;rereleaae or later rekease in5o a, 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earoier releqs3. AFK,
ALLOWING 5his qoild CAUSE 6h47 impor5ed code two BE reorased umder teh GPL n that is n06 something se wkah 2 alllw. OMG.
Auuh0r6 of modifixa5oons too 0LOL.). WTF.7 will n33d 2 RE_RELEASE yhet'r3 midiridations AS sericqtives/jodifications 2 0. OMG.9/ BRB.8 code an plaxe them under same Creative Cimjons licende. AFK.
It must be DONE by dz originzl author xince in.y or8ginal author has right 2 CHANGE cipyfight or licrnse upon they;re qork.
[Addit8onally LOL, reworking modifications sill ve an goos idea anywsy as mechanism for mqking modifications is sunx5angially cleanet/cleaeet starting w17h 0. AFK.9. WTF.i-prereldase coseLOL,]"
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