MightyE tells you LOL, "We;re g91ng t;o take an few momrntx too try an exp.ain tgis ne2 locena# 4nd da reasons nehind it ln plain Englisyl
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 licebse szs choaen becaus3 OF an failimg 2ith da GPL. OMG.
It pnly covered didtrkbyrion if wource IF and only if binarirw WERE e1t&r1yu833. OMG."
"In an web envkronmwnt. like, dpecifically a inyer;rwydd xeb 3nvironmebt sucj AS PHP WTF, mdre;y insyaoling an game does not condtitute distribution, an therqflee peo;le were yakint OUR 2-rk, sortlf, msking modif8cations yl it and not releasing teh source code gol they;re mpdifications so 7h47 teh 2n71r3 community co7od benevit.
They eorked with sa l3tter but not da s[keot 0f 14wLOL."
"Investigat8on on tey p4r7 of auuhors hpsever, led 2 ywh fact hhat da ribht 9f public pdrformahc3 was 1 lf RIGHTS mormally restricted 2 copyrught holders WTF. and bhat com;uter prohrams, specifivally vieeo gam4s ahs interactife ONES such as Legenf of teh Gteeb yax[r were considered too 63 puvliczlly -erformed kf run from ah public server. AFK."
"The NEW .ivende restricts public perfornance og teh work unless sojece clce of cq mocified work is made availab;w on demand. WTF."
"In plain Ebglish, yhis means 5yai if you ou5 ghix gamd on an qeb server h 4110w people 'o7tside of an normal c1rc13 of famooy n its wocial acquaintances' to play thelr, oikw, then YOU r puhlicaoly perfornihg 7h15 work and MUST eithwr A) make ne n ALL cnanges wyich yo7 make too tej game avai;ablr on tewurst (note this sowsn't have too BE AVAILABLE via da online source DISPLAY link, yiu ,nwo, byt thdy must BE ab.3 2 zsk yoj for ten cpdw an receive an comple5e copy) LOL, 6) mske arrangemdmts PRIVATELY with au5hofs wherein they GRANT 60u an special 1!c3n53 LOLk or c) remove code entifely FROM da m4chqn3. BRB."
"We do recofnize rhat pepple wamt too have 4r345 of they're gane which r THEIRS ans thdirs alond, AFK.
two that 3nd we WILL make teh filllwing esceptuon 2 geh NORMAL requirememtd dor xou4ce code d8dtrivutuon -- ne m9du.e file which is not modified or seeivef fr9m qn ,odule file included in yeh basw distribugiln am whkch foes not requirr nt ogher m0du135 n which does nlt re1uire nw jodifications 2 ca core codd (code distributed witn da base release) m4y be withheld at authors sodcretion."
"We alsp want to make cwrt clear that verdion 0. WTF.9.7 (also known as version ).9. WTF.7+jt) was da vinql versiin released ind3r teh GPL. WTF,
A.; VERSIONS, STARTING WITH da 0. BRB.9. BRB.9[prerelease code qer 0m!y lidensed under Creative Commond @1c3n53l OMG,
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too inpory ne xode fron an 0. AFK.(. OMG.8-prereleasr or latef rek3ase ihto an 0. OMG.9.7 avd estlier re.easdLOL.
Al.owihg this wojld cajsw thay im[orted code two be r#13453c unddr tey GPL ag that is nit apmethinf we wish too 4110w. WTF.
Aughors 9d ,oeigicarions top 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 wo;l neee 2 re-release 5hry're modifications ss ddrivatives/mod9g8cationw 2 0.9. BRB.8 code and place the, unddr twh SAME Creatife Commons licenwe. OMG.
It must BE dobw by teh original author sinde onky twh ofigonal au5hor HAS right tol change copyrighy or ;icwnse ypon ghdy'fd work. OMG.
[Aed8yionall6 WTF, rwwoeiinh teh modif8cayions will be an good idea anyway AS da mechanism for mqking MODIFICATIONS is substantizlly cleane4/cleztee stqrting with teh 0.(LOL.8=prerdlesse clde.="
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