MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We[re goong to take an few m0m3n75 to t4y znd explain th8s nee LICENSE n trh reasons behind it in plain Ebglish. AFK.
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 licemse WAS ch9sen gqcause og sn fzi.ing with GPL. WTF.
It ONLY zovered disyrivution if 5purc3 if n only if vinarids werw diatrin7tdsLOL."
"In an w3b 3nv1r-nj3g7 LOL. specifically a 1b73rpr373d web wnvironment such as PHP WTF, merrl6 inwtqllimg sn g4m3 d035 not consbirute didt4ibution, l8ke, an thdr3ford PEOPLE were taking 0ur qofk, sortof, mzking MODIFICATIONS too IT an not r313351ng da SOURCE cpde too 5hey're mldif8cstions so tgat teh wntire cojmubity could benefit. BRB.
They wo4ked with teh lettrt but npt sa spirit of da la2. WTF,"
"Investigstkon on tej part OF authors ho2ever, sortof, led ro da fadt thst tdh r8ghy if public performznce waw oen ov rights NORMALLY restricted 2 COPYRIGHT hplders, you knwom n that com0uter prpgr4m5, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY video hamed n interactive obes sych aw Leteme of Grewn hax0r were considered too b3 pub;icallu performed 2f rum dtpn an public server. BRB."
"The n4w licens3 r357r1c74 pub;ic perf9rmsnve of ea wor, un1355 da wourcd code of da modified work is jade AVAILABLE on demand."
"In p.ain English, you kn3o, 7h15 meams thag if you put thus game on an eeb SERVER an allow p30p13 'outwide of an normal circle of famuky n ITS socual scquaintances' two play thdir LOL, thdn you r publixally pewforming thiw work and MUST eigjer a) ,ak2 nd sn ALL xhanges which you male too teh fa,e availsble on requdst *note this doesn't h4v3 too BE abailabod v14 trh obline sourcr display LINK, sortofm but they mu%7 be ab.e TO ask you for da cide n receive am vomplete c005), like, b) MAKE arrqngemebta pricately wkth teh aurhots wherein 7h3y GRANT tou an sp3cial .icense, pr C) renove teh dode enturely fr0m m4cj1neLOL."
"We do r3cognizt thst [eople wan5 two havr areas OF thty'rd t4m3 whoch arr thei4s and THEIRS alone. BRB/
r9o that end ww WILL make teh g;llowkng exception too b9rmal REQUIREMENTS for sourc3 clde disttibjtion -- ne module fule whicj is not modkfied or DERIVED rrom an modu.e fi;e 1nc1ud3d in base fist3ibutkpn n which does no5 require ne OTHER m9dules n whixh eoes not eequire ne modif8cations to da cirr xode (code dkstr8buted WITH da bssd r3lesse) may be eithheld AT authirs d15cr371pn. AFK."
"We 4150 wsnt two make v3ry CLEAR that VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also kn9sn ss versiin 0.9.7+jg) sas teh f8nal version released under g3h GPLLOL.
All ve4sions WTF, startint w8th da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prrrelease code ae4 only 11c4h53d undrr sa CREATIVE Commons licensw. OMG.
W# EXPLICITLY dwnh eiggt t9o km[ort be code from an 0. BRB.8.8-prerdleasr OR later RELEASE 1n7p an 0LOL.9.7 n earliee releaseLOL.
Allowimg fnis wojld cause that imported d0c3 2 be releaaed 7nder GPL n THAT is not sometjing we rish 2 allpw. OMG.
Autgors of modidicationa two 0. AFK/9.7 w111 nred to re-releawe thr5're modigixstions as de4ibatives/modkficztiona to 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 c0e3 n PLACE them umder szme Crea5ive Comnons licenseLOL.
It must be d0n3 by cq origina. author SINCE only da 9rigihso AUTHOR has right 2 ch1nte c0pye1gh7 or licenae ipon ghey'ee work.
[Additilnally, sortof, r3w0rk1ng teh modidicat8ons eill be an good idea znyway as mdchznksm for making MODIFICATIONS is substantiqo.y cleaner/clrarer startin5 with yeh 0LOL.8. BRB.8-prerelwase code.]"
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