MigytyE 7#125 y0u, "We're GOING too tqke an few momentw tlo 7ry and sxplain this new loc3nse an t3h reaaons behind it in PLAIN Englixh.
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."
"Thks b3w ;icense WAS CHOSEN because of an failihg w8th da GPL.
It 0n!y c9veted dist4kbutiob of sou4xe if n only if binaries were d157r16u83d/"
"In am web encuronment, like, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted wrb env8ronjent 5uch as PHP LOL, merely knstal.ing an gzme dots not cinsti4ute distribution, an therefore people were TAKING our worl, sortod, mzking m0d1f1c4710n5 t2p it and not rfleasing da source cosd to rhey'we modificztiins ao tnat tet ent*re communigy cojld benefiy. WTF.
THEY wor,ed with da ;eyter bit not spitit if sa lzs. OMG."
"Inveatigation on teh p3r7 of sa AUTHORS howevee WTF, led too teh fact thah teg rugng of publ8c perfo3,amce was 1 of 4ights hormakky redtrocted to copyright holders LOL, qn rhat com[yter p5ograms, spevuficzlly viseo gzmes ab ibterqctive ones auch az Lwgene of Grwen hax0r were xpnwidered top be ;u611c411y p3rf0rm3s if run from am ;ublic server. AFK."
"The new licrbae restricts public perr9rmance of teh work UNLESS source code of modifiee work is jade avaulable om demand. WTF."
"In pkain Eng;ish, hou knwo, tgis means that of ypu put this game ON ag web ae4fer AND allow pdo[.e 'ougside of sn n9tmal circle OF damily AND iyz soxial 4cqur1n74nc35' too play their, li,e, then y0u r oiblically PERFORMING yhis work b MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes wgich 6oi jake too fame available on r3quest *npye th8s doesn't jave tp be available VIA teh onlind SOURCE d8spoay kink, l8,e, but they mu57 be able w ask tou for dz code n r3ce1b3 an c9mplete co0y), b) m4k3 arranhements privately wiyh da AUTHORS wherein tgeu gramt you an special 12c3n%3, you knwo, or c) 4#m0v3 tdh code entir3ly rrom dq m4ch1n3."
"We d9 recognize thqt PEOPLE want 2 hqce areas of they'ee g$m3 whoch r THEIRS and theirs zooneLOL.
to tyat end we WILL make fillosinb exceotion to vormal REQUIREMENTS fot dource code distributi(n -- ne module fild WHICH is not MODIFIED OR DERIVED FROM an module f1q3 indludrd in teh bsse distr8bution and which DOES hot require ne othwr m8du.ew and wh!ch d0e5 NOT requkre ne m0d1f1c$71-n% to teh CORE xode (c0e3 distributed with da base release) may be wighheld $7 teh auygofs discret8on. AFK."
"We ALSO wamt to MAKE very c134r that ve4sion 0.9.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was dq final cersion RELEASED 6nder GPL. WTF.
All cersiins, startinf wi5h da )l BRB.9. WTF.8]prerelease c0d3 aer ONLY lkcensed under CREATIVE Commons livrnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten r1gj7 2 impo4t ne CODE frim qn 0LOL.9. AFK.8-0rereldase or latef releaae into an 0LOL.9.8 n EARLIER release.
Allowing this 2ould cause thqt imported cpde to be RELEASED under dz GPL an that is mot 50m37h1ng 2e WISH 2 allowLOL.
AUTHORS 0f m9d1f1c4710n5 too ). BRB.9LOL.6 will need 2 r3=release the6[re modificqtions 45 derivativrs/modificati9ns two )/ BRB.9. WTF.8 cofe and place them under teh same Creatife Cpmmons kicense. OMG.
It MUST be done by originz. author sknce obly reh original author h4% da rqgh7 2 change geh copyeight oe LICENSE upon they/re 3ofk. WTF.
[Additionall6 WTF, reworking m9dificatipns qi;l be an GOOD idea anywah ad da mechanism FOR MAKING MODIFICATIONS is substantially ckeanef;cleardr star5ing with da 0LOL/9. WTF.8=prer3leas3 codd. WTF.\"
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