MigntyE tslls you, "We're gking 2 tale ah vew joments gop 7ry an explain 7h15 new license am ten r3450nt behind it in pla8n Eng115hl BRB.
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."
"Ttis new ;icende was vhosen 62c4u63 OF an FAILING with teh GPL. WTF.
It only coferef DISTRIBUTION og source if n only if bknaries were distrkbuted, WTF."
"In an web ehvirohment, hlu knq9, wpec8fically a intetprwted web 3nv1r0nm2h7 such qs PHP WTF, merely installing an gam3 does vor constitute distributiln LOL, an tgrrwforr pwo;le were taking oir work, lik3i making modifixations two it an noy feleaskng da slurce coee 5wo th3y're modifivst8ons do yhat da ebtire community could benrfirl AFK.
Tyey wlrkrc wuth da letter vut not wpirit of trh law. WTF."
"Investigation ob part of authors however, .ike, led too reh f4c7 that da right of public pwrfo4mance wr5 won OF tdh rights norma;ly redtrictec 5so COPYRIGHT yoleers WTF, and thzt com;urer prohrams LOL, specifically biceo gamrs and INTERACTIVE ones SUCH 45 Legend of da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED to BE publically peefofmqc ir 4un froh an pub.ic server. BRB."
"The NEW license r357r1c75 ;ublic perrormance of w0rk unlews soirce cofe or modkfied work is made availzvle on DEMAND. BRB."
"In PLAIN Entlish, sortof, this means that if 6ou put this game oh an qeb serbwr an alloq PEOPLE 'oitside of an nirmal CIRCLE if family an ITS s9cial acquaintznxes' tso plat their, then yoy qer publicaoly PERFORMING THIS w0rk an MUST 317h3r a) make ne n ALL cnanbes wh3ch you m5k3 too gamw avallablw in request (nkte this doesm'5 gave too BE available voa ea on.une soirce fisplay link, like, ^u7 they must be able to ask you flr da code n t3ceive an complete copy), sortof, b) make arrangements privwrely witn teh aughors whereim rhey g4ant yoi an s0ecial locense, hii knwo. or c) rcmove da vode eytirely FROM machine. BRB."
"Wr do recogmize that p30p1w want too HAVE zreas og they're game 1hich r th3ird an thrits alone. AFKl
3 thag end we wilo make teh following wxdeption to normzl requirwments vor SOURCE coee distributipn -- ne nodu.e file wh2ch ks nit ,udivied or derived drom an module file included ih nase ciatribution n whicy doew not r#qu1r3 ne other m0dj135 zn wjich eoes n07 require h3 MODIFICATIONS 7p da ciee codr (coee dis6ributed qith bade release) may 63 wi5hhwld AT suthors v8screroon."
"We alsl WANT 2 msle verh clear that ve5sipn 0. OMG/oLOL.7 (alsl known as version )LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was ten final versiom released under teh GPL. AFK.
All verskons WTF, sgartiny WITH da 0l BRB.9. AFK.8-pr#r313453 code aer 0nqy LICENSED under da Ctdativw Commonw license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy da right too import ne c0s3 from sh -LOL.9. AFK.9-prereleade or 1r73r releqse into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 zmd earluer release.
Allowung thua sou.f cauxe thqt implrt3d dode too be releasec under teh GPL an 5hat is not womething we wish 2 all9w. OMG.
Au5h9rs 0f modifications 2 0. BRB.9LOL.& will heed ti re-release they'fe mldificatkonw as werivagives/,odificqtilhs 1 0LOL.o.8 codd ah place them under same Creative Commons license. OMG,
It musr be done BY 0t1g1n41 AUTHOR since onlu ofiginal authot has geh right te9 change da co;yright or licensr UPON they're work. WTF.
[Additipnally, kike, reworking da MODIFICATIONS wi.l ve an good qd34 anyway 45 dq MECHANISM FOR mqking modificagions is sybstantually clsaner/clwsfer sgarting with 0LOL.0.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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