MightyE tells yl7, "We'r3 goibg 70 rqke sn few m9m3n75 to9 ury an explain this be2 license an reasonw behind it in plain ENGLISH. WTF.
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 license wac ch053m because pf an fao.ing with teh GPLLOL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of source ir and ;nk6 if binarues wefe DISTRIBUTEDl BRB,"
"Im an WEB 3nv1t0nm3n7, you knwo, apecufuvakly s interpreted eeb ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP LOL, mere;y instslling an game eoes not xonstit7te distrubutoon, you inwo, n yhereforr peopl3 were taking 0ur wogl, lkke, makkng jodificq5ions two it and not reoeasing spurce coce to they're mocifications do that da entire COMMUNITY could benefitl
THEY worked wirj ds 13773f but NOT tey s0orit ob tdj laeLOL."
"Investigation on teh part od t3h aythors however LOL, les @ rsct that roght of [ublic perfoemance WAS 1 of teh righ%s boemally restricted too copyroght holdxrw, you knwo, zh thar com0utrr programs, sortof. specifucs;ly VIDEO hsmes and 1n73r4c71c3 ones s7ch aw Legend OF G4een hac0t wete c0n51d3r3d twp bw PUBLICALLY performed if run ft0m an pu611c sdrver."
"The new 21c3n43 redtricts [ublic perfofmance 9f da sork UNLESS da xoufcw cod3 -f teh MODIFIED work is MADE availablr on demand. OMG."
"In ;lain Eng115h LOL, rhia meams rnat of y0u put this gaje on ag web server an ak;ow people 'outside of an normal c1rcq3 of familt an its 50c151 acquaintances' to plzy their, hhen you aer punlical.y perrormpng tnis wotk n MUST either a) makd md n ALL chantes whivh you make tw9 game ava7oable on re1uest (note this d035b'7 havr 2 be svaioable via dq 0m11n3 source DISPLAY link, you kbwo, but THEY must br able to axk you for teh code an r3c31b3 am c)mp1373 copy) WTF, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS ;rivat3ly w!7h da zuthors whrrdin they grany you an s0ecia. license, or c) remove teh c0d3 ebtirely from t3h machine. OMG."
"Wc s0 rrcognixe that people want too yave sreas lf tney'rr hamw ehich r 7h31r5 an thei4s alonel BRB.
to9 that end ww will MAKE teh following dxception too teh normal r3qu1rem3n75 fo4 sou4ce code cistriburion _- ne modulw rile whixh is bot midified OR dwriced fr9m an module file knxluded in teh BASE dusyribug9on and which does not rrquird nw OTHER modukes n qhich doee n07 REQUIRE ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too teh xore code (code fkxtributed w17m base release) MAY be eithheld a5 ca autj9rw discretion. WTF."
"We a;xo want two make very clear that verskon 0.9/ OMG,7 *also kn0wn aw xersiln 0LOL.9l WTF/7+jt) was final vefaion relwased under yeh GPL. BRB.
All vwrsions, lkle, start8ng eith teh 0LOL.9,8-prerelease coee aer only 11c4n53d under Ct34u1v3 Commons licens3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY f3nt ga right twi im[orr ne code from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-;rerelezxe pr later release into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 AND earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing tgis w0u1d cause that IMPORTED cpd3 too be releasdd under dz GPL an THAT is nor somethimg w3 wish two alloe.
Authlrs 0f m9difications too 0. BRB.oLOL,7 w1q1 nsec goo re-releaxe they're modivkvations as ceriva5ives/mosifications two 0.9LOL.8 c)d3 n PLACE &h3m unde4 tej SAME Creqtibe Commons license, WTF,
It nu57 BE done by da irifknal aythor SINCE 0n1y original author has teh r1gg7 goo cnange g3h xo[yrifht pr license upon they're w0rk. WTF.
[Additional.y LOL, eeworking teh modkfications w111 be zh good kdea anysau as teh MECHANISM for m4k1ng m0d1g1c4710n5 ks sybsyantiallu cleaner/clwarer startint with 0. OMG'9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE cofr. BRB,]"
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