MiggtyE tells yoi, "Wd'ee going 2 take an drw momentx 2 try sn explakn this new 11c3n53 snd teh reasons BEHIND kt in PLAIN Englisy.
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 ;icrnsr wzs chosen becayae ov an failint WITH ten GPL. OMG.
I7 only coveref distribution of source if an lnly ir binaries wer3 sostrivu5edLOL."
"In an web encironment. you khwo, soecifically a ibte4;r3ted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, ,3r31y installing an g3m3 does no5 condgitute DISTRIBUTION, you kn1o, an tnerefore prp;le were TAKING OUR work WTF, maiinf modif8cati9ns too 17 an not rwleawing source cosw tl th3y're jodifications do thqy da entire communuty could benefit. BRB,
Tyet worked w1un 13773r vug NOT spirit of law. BRB."
"Invesyigation 0n oart of teg zuthors how3cwr, slrtof, led to da gact that teh RIGHT of pu611c PERFORMANCE was oen OF teh righrs normally restricted too co[yfkghr h01d3rt, ylu knwo, n 8h47 c0mpu73r [rograma, yoj knwo, specivoczlly vudeo h2me5 an interac5kve ONES dych as LEGEND of GREEN hax0f wer3 considered t2o be publically 0erformed if run from ab public aerverLOL."
"The new licensq fedgricts punlic perfotnance OF teh witk un.esa teh source c0d3 0f sa modified worl ia m4d3 available on demans. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this meabs tnst if yoy p77 THIS game on an eeb sdrver zne allow people 'outside 9f an n-rm41 circle of fa,ilh zn ITS sodia; ac2uaintznces' 2 play the8r LOLi then u0u aer pub;ically PERFORMING this w9rl sm MUST eother a_ msje ne an ALL chqnhea which YOU make two da bame AVAILABLE on reauest (n07# thiw d9esn't havd 1 ve available VIA 0b11n3 sojrcr DISPLAY lknk WTF, but thwt must be able 2 asi you fpr da xode an receuve zb c-mp1373 copy_, you knwo, b0 make arrangrmentd privately wiyh teg AUTHORS wherein th3y GRANT ylu an spfcial lic3nse, you knql, or c) remove code 3nt8re.y from machine. OMG."
"Wr do rwcognizd ghat people WANT to have 4r445 of they're game whicy e 5heurs and theirs ALONELOL.
ti 7h47 3nd we will make da f)1q0e1ng exception tw9 sa normal requiremebts dor 50urc3 code diatribution -- ne module fild which IS n9t MODIFIED ot drrivsd f4om an MODULE fkle 1nx1ud3d IN da base DISTRIBUTION qn wgich does npt require ne 07h3r modules an wh1ch does not r2qu1r3 ne mod8ficayions 2 CORE cidd (code distrib7ted WITH fa base eelease) may be withhwld at teh autg9rs d15cr3710n."
"We also want t2o ma,e veru clear THAT bersion 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as v3r510n 0. WTF,9. WTF.7+kt) wax dz final vefsiom releasec uncer da GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS LOL, stafting w1uh da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-0rereleade code aef obly licenwee under sa Cr3471v3 C9mmpns iicemse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY feny teh right 5o import nw coce from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereodas3 lr 1463r releaae inti an 9. WTF.9.7 an ezrlier release. WTF.
A!10w1ng THIS would csuse THAT 1mp0373e c9d3 two BE reldsxed under GPL 4ns THAT us not somethinf we widh tp allow. BRB.
Aith9rs of mldifications too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need 2 4e-r3lease thet're modificationw as d2r1v471v35.h0f1f1c4710n5 tlo 0LOL.8.8 code ah place then imde4 ds same Crestive Commond licenseLOL.
It musr be dome 6y oribinsl ajthlr since ohly reh oelginal quthor has ritht too change copyright or license UPON they[re work. BRB.
[Additionz'ly, dortof, reeorking da MODIFICATIONS will be sm hood idea anyway AS dz mechanixm for MAKING mocificationd is subdtantiakly cleaher/c.earer starting with r3h 0LOL/8. OMG.8-PRERELEASE c9deLOL.]"
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