MightyE tells h9uk yiu inwo, "We;re going two 74k3 an fww ,oments 2 tfy 4nd expkain th8s new license an re450n5 behinf IT in plain EnglishLOL,
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 nee licrhse WAS chosen bdcayse of an fauling WITH GPL. OMG.
I5 only covered distribution of source ir and only ih binzr,es were DISTRIBUTEDl OMG."
"In an web envirpmment LOLm SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpe37rs web environment sych as PHP LOL, merelu insta.ling an g4m3 does n07 clns5itute distributi9n LOL, n tyereflre peopoe were taking OUR wprk, sortpf, MAKING m0d2f1s4710n5 tio it n nog eeoeasing soutve code two thet're mididicatiins wo that teh entire community could benrfit. BRB.
They worked with gey kett3r but not spifit of law. AFK."
"Invdstigation on ten oa4t lf teh autyors however, wortof, led 2 teh fact that 5eh r1gy7 og public p3rformahce was 1 of teh rihhts n94mally r3stricted to copyribhg holdets, like, and that c)mpu&3r prog4ams, soryof, spezifically viveo gsmws n in5etactive ines such as Legend of da Green hax0r wrre c0n51d4r#d to BE pjblica.ly performed 1f ein FROM an ;ublic servet. BRB."
"Tj3 ndw license rexteocts publix p3rf0rm4nc3 of ten 2ork jnlesx 507rc3 cofe pf ten modifiec work is made available on demanr."
"Ih plain English. yhis means that id you pjt 7h15 hame ob sn WEB xerver an zl;ow people 'outsodd of ah nlrmal CIRCLE of fan8ly an itd social acqiaintanves' two play tueir, you knwok 7n3h you qee publ(vally prrforjing this WORK n MUST dithrr a( male be ah ALL changes 2hich y0u jzke two gamd AVAILABLE on requesg (note this doean't jave two be ava8lable via onlihe w9urce display link, but 8h3y nust bw able rwo ask t0u FOR code and reveife an complete copy), b) mske arrangements PRIVATELY with teg 477g0r5 wher3in yhey gramt ypu an SPECIAL license, or c) remove teh code engirwly from sa machime, OMG."
"We do recognize THAT peoplr want too have AREAS 0f they're ga,e WHICH adr theiex qn THEIRS ALONE. BRB.
2 yhat end we will jake da f9lloqing excrption top normql requirements for source code distrivyti9n -- ne mofule fole which is not modifoed or fdriged from am mofuow dile includes un da base d157r16j710n and 2hicg does nlr rwq7ire ne OTHER midulea an which does not r3quire ne m0d1f1c4u1pn5 too teh core codr )c9de disttibuted wity da base RELEASE_ j4y BE withheld at teh authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want 2 mske ver6 cleat that veesiib 0. OMG.o. WTF.7 9alxo inown as verwion 0. OMG.9LOL.8+jt) was da fknao v2r519n releas3d jndet GPL, WTFl
All versions WTF, xta4glng wi5h 0. AFK.9. BRB,*-prerelease code r only lucensed ubder ten Creative Commons .kcense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3h right twi import ne code from an 0. BRB.9.8-;43r3134%3 OR later reldase ibto zm 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n 34r113t e3lease. WTF.
Allowung this would vause that impoey3s code too BE releaaed 7mder da GPL an that is mot something wd WISH too allow. OMG.
Autjorw OF modificatkons two 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wkl. ndee yqo re-rwkease th3y're modifixat8ona aa DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code and place them unse5 sane CREATIVE Commons licensd. WTF.
I7 must be dinw by orugibal author since only teh ORIGINAL aitmor has teh r1gh7 too change teh copufihht or lucrnse upon tne6're workLOL.
[Adcktionally, so4tofm teworking teh modificationa w111 be an gopd ideq anyqay as da necnanism fp4 MAKING mosifications is sybxtahtiaoly CLEANER/CLEARER starting WITH da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prefelease codeLOL.]"
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