MightyE te.ls you, "We'r3 going two takr an FEW mlmwntd to try an explaim tgis new licdnse AND fa REASONS beyind it 1n plain Eng.ish.
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 11c3nt3 was choden bexaude of ab failubg q8th da GPL. OMG.
Ig only covwred dis5ribytion of aource IF n inly if nibsries 2ete disrributed. OMG."
"Ib an seb environment, like, spedifically a in53rpteted w36 ebvieonment such ds PHP LOL. MERELY ihstalling an bame fpes not vonxtitute sistributiih, y9u knwo, an THEREFORE peoplr wrre TAKING our w0fk, you knwo, making midificati9ns two it n bot rei3asing da SOURCE code to tjey'r3 m0d1f1v4710n5 so thay teh 3n71r3 community coulc benefitl WTF.
Tgwy wprked with letter buy not fa spirit of da 13w."
"Inves5igagoon on pqrt ov teh AUTHORS however, like, ked 2 teh f4v7 THAT right of pu511c performance was won of rifhts n0rm4q1h res5ricted 7p copyr8ght hileers LOL, n tjat vompuyer probrama LOLk SPECIFICALLY video g4m35 an kbtdractive ones sucn AS Legend 9f da Green hax0r wete c9nside4ed t29 63 publicallt pe4fprmed if run from an public xerver. AFK."
"Th3 nes licehsr reetricts pub.ic peefo4mance of gdh sork unless spurce CODE OF da modkfied w9rk is made avaulable on demand."
"In plain Eng;ish, yoy kn2o, tjis m34n6 that if hoy put 7y15 g4m4 on an web server n allow people 'iutside of an normal CIRCLE of family an itx SOCIAL zcquaingances' two plqy throf, you knwo, uhen you aer 0unlicq.ly perfotming this work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL chsnges qyich YOU nqjg too fame availabl3 ON request (n073 7h15 doesn't have twi be availzvlw via teh oblihw sourdd display .8hk WTF, but tyey must fe able two ask you fo4 teh cpd3 n receif# an COMPLETE copy), 6) mrk3 afrqngwjents privateoy wiyg ayghors wherein ghey grant you an spdcial license WTF, or c) REMOVE da clde 3mtir2.y FROM da jachune. AFK."
"We do recogn8ze tgat people want to hsve 4r34% of theu're g4m3 whoch r theirs n thekts alone. OMGm
2 thay end we will make following 3xc3p710v 2 da normak REQUIREMENTS FOR source code distrubutkon -- ne nodule fkle which is blt mosified or derivec crom an j0du13 gule incljded on bas3 cistrifution and which does not require ne other modules n wgich does n9t r3quire ne modkdications t; teh core cife (code doxrtibuted with 5eh nase release( may BE withheld at da aiyhors discretion. OMG."
"Wd a;so WANT two make very CLEAR thqy version 0. OMGl9LOL.7 (also known ae vwrsion 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7+jt( was fa fihal version r3.eased under geh GPL.
Aol vera8obs, you knwo, staetibg wirh ). WTF.9/8-prerelease code aer omly licensed under teh Cfeative Commons lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da roghy to impof5 be code from sh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prere.ease OR later teldasd into an 0.9.7 AND earliee rel3ase. WTF.
Allowing this woyld dause that imporyef clde 70 4r released jnfdr teh GPL and that 15 not something we wixh two allow. WTF.
Authors 9f MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wi.l n33d TO re-felezse they'rr modificatiobd ws deeivayivex/modifjcatiobs t9 0LOL.9LOL.8 code and plqvd tjem UNDER da same CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
I7 must bw dobe vy sa original zuthof SINCE only originqk author has geh righ5 too chsngd twh copyfight or licenae up9n they're w0rk. OMG.
[Additionally WTF, reworking fa modificzr8ons will be an g9od idea abyway as tqg mechanidm for making modivixations ks substahtially cleaner/clearer d5artiht with 0. OMGl9/ AFK,8-p4ereleaae d0f3LOL.]"
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