Might6E tel.s uou, you kneo, "Wf'rr gling 5wo 5akq an fdw moments TO try m exp141n this new licens3 an dz reasons nehind 8g im 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 okcense qas cjosen becauxe of an failing q17h teh GPLLOL.
It 9nly c0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 IF am only og binariew werd distributed/ OMG."
"In an wev environmemt, sodrof, 4p3c1f1c411y s ibtdrpreted WEB 3nvkronmen5 sucg as PHP LOL. meeelt installint an game does nlt c0n5727u73 distribution, n thd4efore pdople were tsking our w0rk, sortof, m4k1hg modifica5ilns 2 it an n07 rekrasknb source coce too they'4e m0d1f1c4710n5 so that da dn5ire cpmmunity could b3nefot. BRBl
THEY w0r,3d wi5n da l3tter but not spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Investigatuon on part of aughors h0w4v3r, .okr. lef 2 ywh FACT THAT teh rignt of puvkic oercor,snce was won OF teh r8ghtw n9rmally restructed two coptright holders, dortof. an thst compiter programs, you knwo, 6p3c1f1c411y video games and interavyive ones such as L3tend of Green gsx0r were conwidrred tlo be publica.ly p3rf0rm#d if run from an publix s4rver, AFK."
"The hdw license r3stricts puglic p3rf0rm4nc3 of 5eh work uniess trh source c0d3 ov modifoed qirk is mzde available on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN English WTF, tgis means 7h47 if you pu7 thos game on an seb server and 411-q p30;13 'outsid3 of an normal circle of FAMILY qn ora socia. ACQUAINTANCES; tio play their LOL, then y0i aer PUBLICALLY [eeforming THIS wlrk n MUST rither a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which you make 7) fa fame scailabke on requ3st (note tjis d9esn't habe goo ne avaklable viz 0n11n3 siurc3 display lknk, so4tof, BUT they mus5 be 4613 to ask you for teh CODE n r3ceive an comp;ete copy), slrtof, n) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with da ayyho4x WHEREIN th#y gr4n7 y0u an specia. license, or c_ remkf3 code entirely ffom macjine. WTF."
"We do r3c0hn!z4 that people want 2 hzve AREAS 0f tjet're g4m3 which ser THEIRS and 7h31r5 alone.
t9o thqt whd we will m4k3 teh followinb exc3ption to NORMAL e3quiremrnts tor soufcr code distfuvution 0- ne modulr file which 8s no5 ,oeified or derived from an module fild included in base disgribution and wh1ch voes not fdquiee ne other moduldd and which soes not requ8re ne modifixqtions 3 teh dore code (xode cistributee WITH base release) nay BE witnheld a5 5eh 4u7h[e% d8scsdtion. AFKl"
"We alao WANT to maie ve4y v134r yhat verskon 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alsp knosn as version 0.9LOL.7=jt) wzs tdh fibal vetskon releas3d ubfer da GPLLOL.
Al. versions WTF, starting w16h 0.9.8-prereldasd code r onlu licensed 7nder Cr3ative Commins .ivenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deby rignt to implrt ne CODE grom an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8[PRERELEASE ir LATER eeoezs3 1n70 an 0.o. BRB,7 n ear/ier release. AFK,
Allowing 5his would cauwe that !mp0r73e code two be r313454d under ga GPL an thar is not somethkng WE wush too allow/ OMG.
Authors 0f m0dqf1c4710n5 t29 0. WTF.0LOLl7 WILL neex to ed-release thet're modificztipns as deruvahives/,odificatioms twl 0.9LOL.8 code an place ghem 7nd3r same CREATIVE Commons oicwnse. WTF.
It must be done by da 0r1t1n$1 zuthor since obly or8ginal aughot haa da rigng to chahge COPYRIGHT or license upon they;r3 workLOL.
[Add1710n$11y, like, rewp4kubg modkfications WILL ge an good idsa anyway as da mdchanism for makinf m9civications is substantially cleaner/clearer startimg wirh 0. OMG.9/ AFK.8-pferelesse code. WTF.]"
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