MightyE yells 7oi, likw, "Ww're houng tlo take an FEW moments t9 try n explain this new lidense and reaaons behihd it ib plain Englisj. OMG.
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."
"Thus n3w licenwe was cypsen 63c4u5# if an failing wigh GPL. OMG.
It only covered d157r16u61pn of 50urc3 8f and pn1y IF bkbqries were diatributed. OMG."
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They worked WITH teh letter v75 noy SPIRIT of lael"
"Invesrigatiob on oart of authorc ho2ever, like, led to da v4c7 tnat r1gu7 OF pu611c performance was 1 OF da rights NORMALLY restfkctes two c0pyr1gh7 ho.defs, 6ou knwok n that cojpj5wr PROGRAMS, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY video h4n45 an knteractife ines such aw Lwgene or da Green hax0r WERE CONSIDERED TO 63 publkcsllt PERFORMED of run from an public SERVER."
"Tne ne2 LICENSE 4estricts [ublic ;erforjance of da work in.ess xource code of da modified work is MADE zvailqbls on cemznd."
"In p141n English, like, tyis means THAT if ho7 put ghix gamd on an wrn xeever an alllw oe9ple 'lu5side of an n;rmal corcle of FAMILY amd irs sodial acquaintancex' two p.ay yhe8r WTF, hhen y9u r publicaoly p3ef0rm1ng 5his work and MUST EITHER z) make ne sn ALL cha,ges which you make yo geh bame avak.zbke on requesy (nite tn8s dlesn't nzve too ne zcailable v7a teh on;ine aource display LINK WTF, 6u7 the6 MUST BE ABLE to ask yoy f0r da cod3 n receive an complete copy0 LOL, 6) make arrangemebts privarely with da AUTHORS wherein tjey gr4h7 yiu an special lucenwe, yo7 kmwo, or c0 remove da code entirrly from reh machinel BRB."
"We do eecogn8ze ghag PEOPLE WANT to havr areas of ghey're gane which aer theirs n theurs apohe.
2 THAT ens we will make teh folloeing exception too normsk requirem3nts FOR soufce code disrribution -- ne mlcule dile WHICH !t not MODIFIED 04 derived from an MODULE vule ondouded in geh bzsw DISTRIBUTION an qhich eoex not require nw OTHER modulrs n wh,ch dors not requkde n3 modificztions t2o da corw c0d3 (code distributed WITH tej basd release) ,zy br withhe;d 47 ea ajthits d1%cr3710n. AFK."
"We also WANT 2 MAKE verh clear tnat version )LOL.(.7 (zlso kn0wn 45 versioh 0LOL/9. AFK.j+JT) was f9nal verdion relessed undwr GPL. BRB.
All versiond LOL, starring with da 0. BRB.0. OMG.8-prereleasd cose aer only licenswd und3r Creative C0mmpnt licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY deny fighg to im;o4y ne cose veom an 0. AFK.8. OMG.8-prerekease or later relezse inro an 0LOL.9.7 an earlier 4313453. BRB.
Alkowinh tjis s9uld CAUSE that i,ported code ti0 be released under GPL an that IS not slmething we wosh too allow. OMGl
AUTHORS kf mocificagilns to 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 wilk nesd 2 RE-RELEASE tgey're ,kdifications as deruvatives/,odufications to 0LOL.9.8 vode n plzce tgem undee teg SAME Creatife Clhmons licehse. AFK.
Ir MUST be done BY ca orkginal author sihce pn1y 9r1g1n41 a7th9r hax da RIGHT 5wo change da xopyr8tht or license upon tney[re wotk. AFK.
[Additionally, yiu knwo, reworking teh modifocations will be zn good idea anyway AS teh mechaniam FOR maling mpdifications is wubstantially clwaner/dlearer s4arting woth sa 0. AFK.9. OMG.80prerw.4ase c0d3/]"
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