MightyE tells YOU, ylu lnwo, "We'rr going @ take an fdw moments to 5ry an ecplain this mew license and yeh REASONS behind it ib plaih Enflish. 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."
"Tgos new lkcense eas chosem bevauae of an fa7libg with da GPL. OMG.
It only vofered distributkon of soutce if an obly if bonaries s3r3 disrfobuted. AFK."
"In an eeb ebcuronment, you knwl, speciridally a int3rprered wen envi4onment such as PHP, ,erely 1nt74111ng zn g4,3 does not constitute DISTRIBUTION, lilem ab yyerrfore oeople werr tqiing our work, yoj knwo, naking mid8ficatioms too ig an npt releaskng teh source xodd too they're modidications SO thag entire community c9uld benefit. BRB.
They worked WITH da le6tdr gut not spirit of ea law. AFK."
"Invedtigatipn on pzrg of eeh ajthors howevee, ldd two geh facy that da roght of ouclic pervormanc3 WAS won of da r1gh75 noemally redtricted rwo copyfight h01de45, you knwo, n jhat computer programs, you kmwo, soecifivall6 vidro gamrs n interactivd onea such as Legend or da Gredn hqx0r WERE considered 2 bd puvlically peefoemrd jf RUN FROM an oublic server. BRB."
"The new license restricys [uglpc PERFORMANCE lf wori 8n1355 da 5purc3 code of teh modifiws work 1% masd avai.ab;e on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, lije, THIS mesns thag if you put 5his ga,e om sn web s3rver 4nd allow peo[le 'outside of an moemal circ;e of family abd ota SOCIAL 4cqu41n74nc35' too play tneir, softof, 5hen you r PUBLICALLY performing this work an MUST EITHER a) jake ne m ALL changes which you make 2 tdh gamw AVAILABLE on request (note tnos dowsn't have tw0 be qvailab/e cia da onlihe xource display lihk, uou knwo, bit they must br able to ask you for da cods n tecwive an cimolege co;y) LOLk b) mske arrangements ;eivately witn da authors wherein they grant yoj an soecial q1cen52, sortof, ot c) remove teh cker entirrly frlm machine. WTF."
"We e0 recogn8zw THAT peipoe wznt too have ar3as of they're tame sh1ch aer theirs n theifs alone. OMG.
to tkat 3ns w3 will MAKE da fo;liwing excrptuon rwo cq normal REQUIREMENTS for sourxr code distributiob -- ne module FILE which is no5 modufidf ot cerived from an noduke f112 included in baxe d!57r1yu710n an which does not tequire ne other ,odules n which does npt REQUIRE ne mpdudicat8ond to da cote dode (c0d3 distributec with da base releasr) may br withheld zt authors discre5iln. BRB."
"We 4150 want too makd vdry c1#4r that vdfsion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 8zlsp known aa versiob 0l AFK.9LOL.7+JT) waw tey final versioh releaxed under da GPL. WTF.
All cersiond LOL, startihg with teh -. AFKloLOL/8-prereoeade cod3 r only lix3nsec under Creative Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeby da right 3 im;ort ne code fro, ab 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerwltase ir later releaae into an 0LOL.o, AFK.7 an earlier RELEASE. OMG.
Allosing this wo8ld cause THAT imported c9de two be rekeased ubdwr GPL n that IS not 50m37h1bg se widh 2 zllow. OMG.
Authlrs of modificatkons too 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 w111 need to re-release tyey're MODIFICATIONS aa derivatices/midigocations ywo 0. WTF.9LOL.8 CODE n ;lace gjem und4r da same Creatic3 Commons license. BRB.
It just b3 cone by or8ginal author since 0n!y sa oritunal $y7h0r yas right 2 cjqnhd teh copyright 0r kicense ipon they'r3 work.
]Addotilnzlly, sortog/ reworking teh modigicqtions will be an goow IDEA anyway as teh mecganism gor majing modificationd is substabtially vleaner/dlearer startong wity da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8_PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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