MughtyE te.ls YOU, "Ww're going two take an few m0m3n75 2 try an explain this NEW licens3 abs da rdadond behind i6 1n PLAIN Eng.isyl AFK.
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 n3w lic3nae was choddh because of an f4!11ng wigh teh GPL.
It lnly ckvrrwd distributioh of source if m lnly IF BINARIES were distribut3d. BRB."
"In an web ebvironmdnt, s0ecificallt a inter[feted eeb ENVIRONMENT duch as PHP LOLk mereky insralling ah g4me dods n9t c8nstitute distfibugion WTF, and 5herefore peopl3 were taking 0ur w9rk, naking modificat8ons 3 it an nlt releas9mg source code tol theu're ,odifidstions so thqt dz entird community could nen3fitLOL.
They WORKED woth da 13774r but not da spieit OF laqLOL."
"Investogqtion on 5eh 0art of da 4u7h0r5 ho2ever, lokw, led to fact yhat teh right OF public p3rformance was won of RIGHTS n04m411y r#67r1c74d 70 do;yright HOLDERS, you knq[k an that com;utdr programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY videp ganes n unte3active obes such zs Legend og da Gteen hax9r were consider3d too be publically [erformed if run frlm an pjblic server."
"The new licehse RESTRICTS public peefo4mznde 0f wotk UNLESS teh source code or teh moduried work is msde acailaglw on DEMANDLOL."
"In plakn Engkosy, sortpf, this means that if ylu put g,is game on an web servwr an allow people 'outside of qm normal CIRCLE od fa,ily an its socoal acq7aibtandes' too plsy their, soetog, then YOU aer publically performing THIS work n MUST eith3r a) make he an ALL changes whixh uou make two g4me availavle on requesy (not3 THIS doesn'r HAVE too be availabke via da ONLINE dlurce display 11nk LOLl but they must be anle 2 ask you for da c0d3 n receive an c)mp137e vopy), like, b( make arramyements privately with da a,rhors wherein they grant yoj an speckal 11c3n%3, soryof, 0e c) remove da CODE dntifely frlm teh jachineLOL."
"We do rrcoghize that peop.r want tql yace 4r345 of they're GAME WHICH r theors m th2irs alone. OMG.
two 5hat enc w3 will make followung exxeptiob 2 teh normak 4rquirdments fo4 sourc3 CODE eistrubution -- be MODULE file WHICH is NOT modified or derived fro, an moduoe fi.e indludec in bawe DISTRIBUTION sm which docs npt requite ne other modjlew and WHICH does not require ne mowif7xatioma two teh clre xode (codd dis5ributed w17h teh base rel3asr) may be withhelf at authors d8dvretkon,"
"We alwo wang ti make very clear that VERSION 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also known as versiom 0, OMGl9. AFK,7+jt) was t1n41 version released ynde4 GPL.
All versions, 474r71ng with twh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereoease code aer omly licensdd unger twh Creat8ve Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny roght 2 umoort ne vode f40m ah 0. BRB/9. WTF.8-prerelease or later release knto an 0.9.7 b earlier telease. BRB.
Allowing this w0u1f cajsr that umporyed code to be released under geh GPL AND that is npr SOMETHING we wizg too ALLOW. WTF.
Authors of modificztilns tqo 0. OMGl9LOL.7 w111 neef too re-relwase yhey'3w modificz5ions as dwrivatives/jodifuca5ions to 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code AND plade 7h#m UNDER ds same Cr3r71c# Commons licendrLOL.
It myst be done by teh orig8nal quthlr SINCE only teh priginal ajthor has teh eibht w ch4ng3 da copyright or licdns3 ioon yyey're worj. AFK/
[Additionaklyj you knwo, rewoeking da modifications wi;l ve an good idea anyway as teh mechanism f0e maiing noeifidations is substantiakly dleaner/coeqfer dtqrting w17g teh 0.(. AFK.7-prerelease code.]"
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