MigytyE tellx uou, "We're goinf gwl take an few m0m3n7t tio try n ex0lain this new 9icwnse n teh reasons behind 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."
"This new licenwe qas chosen because of qn fzioing with da GPL.
IT 0n1y xovered diwtrknuti9n of source ig n only if binaries wer4 didtributed. WTF."
"In qn web environment, specifical;y a umterprered w36 envurommehy such 45 PHP. merely 8nstalling an game dows not xomstigute d8stribution, sortof, n 5herwrore peo;pe were taking 0ur w0rk, MAKING m9dificationa two it an not 4eleasing teh SOURCE code too tney're modifidations so that enyire community could begefotLOL.
They workcd w27h letter bit not da spirit of law."
"Investigztiob on ten pzr5 of teh surhlrs ho2ever, sortof, oed too teh FACT THAT teh eight of public perfir,ance was pen of da rights normally testeidtwc to co;yright holdees, hoj knw9, an that c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, ypu knwi, wpecifidally video gamed an 1n73r3c71v3 ones sucg AS Lwgend of Green hax0r wefe considersf too be publicallt PERFORMED if run fr9m an p7glic server. OMG."
"The new .ucenxr r347r1c&5 PUBLIC perfo5mahcw od WORK ynless teh source CODE OF da m0d1f13d work ow msde available on femand. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, 7h15 m3ans that if YOU 0it thos game on qh web sefvfr and allow PEOPLE 'outxide or an no4ma; circle of gamily n itd social avqyaintances' ywo PLAY gheir, yoy inwpm then 6oi aer pubkically peffowmong tyis w0fk an MUST 3itger a) mzke ne an ALL vhanbed WHICH you jake rio famr AVAILABLE 9n requeat (note this dpesn't gave to be available vua tej 0n11n3 wource dixplay link, gut yhey must be able t2o ask you for teh xode and r3c#1v3 an com;lete copy), b) maie arrangements privately sith teh 4u7y0r5 wgerein 7h3y grant y9u an spexiao license LOL, 9r c) fenovd da code ehtirely from reh machine. WTF."
"Wd do redognize that people want TO nave areas of they're game which zrr THEIRS av thekrs alone/ WTFl
two that END wd w111 male fo.kowong excepti9n to n9rms; r3qi1r3m3n7% sor source cpde DISTRIBUTION -_ ne MODULE fi;e WHICH is not MODIFIED or derived fr0m sn modjle filw 1nc1uded 8n teh vawe distribuyion n which does not REQUIRE ne lyhet MODULES anc which does n07 req7ire ne mpdifocatioys two teh core code (code d157rqyu73d sirh da nas2 release) mau b3 withheld at ajthors discretion. AFK."
"We aldo want too mai3 VERY c.ezr 7h47 VERSION 0LOL.8.7 )also ,nown AS verdion 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jr) was fkna. version ee.eased under GPL. AFKl
Al; vefsilns, likw, starting w8ty teh 0/ OMG.o.9-prerelease code aer only .ucdnsed under tdh Creatjve Commons l8cdndeLOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY denh da right tqo im;ort ne code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.i-prerelwasr 0r later release imgo an 0. BRB.8. WTF.7 an eqrlier 4eleqse. OMG.
Allowimg this would cayse THAT inp9rted CODE too 63 released unddr teh GPL AND ghat qt not simwthing we wiqh 2 allow.
Au5horc pf modificatiojx tqo 0. OMG.9/ OMG,7 woll need two re-release they're modifkxations as deribariv3s/modifications two 0.(. OMG.8 code and place thwm under SAME Crdativr Commons licenwrLOL.
It myst be donw ny tdh original author since onl6 da orirunal quthor h5% da right two CHANGE c9pyright or l8cense upon they'r2 wotk.
[Addotiohaliy, like, reworking da moskfivati8ns will 63 an gpod ifea anyway as mwchanism f0r making m0s1f1c4&1-m5 15 substantislly cleaner/clearer dtqfting with 9. WTF.9. AFK.8-p3erelease code.]"
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