MightyE tells y8u, sorrod, "We're gpinf 2 tzke an ffw momemtx too try and ex;;ain thkd new license an reaxons begind IT ib plain Ehg.isyLOL.
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 kicrnse was CHOSEN vecause pf an FAILING witj gej GPL. OMG.
IT 0n1y c9vered d8strobution of sou4ce if an only uf binarues WERE DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web envi4onmeny, specificzlly a intetpreted web enviephment sich as PHP, ,er3ky INSTALLING ah tame soea not constitutd eistriburion LOL, n therefore ;epple were takinb our work, s9rtof, making MODIFICATIONS 7- 8t an npt releasing teh source code tqo they'rw modificatioms so that da entire ci,munutt coiod benefit. WTF.
They worked wkth da letter nu5 not da siirit of teh law; WTF."
"Investigati0n on part of autjors howefef, like, led 2 da fadt THAT ydh right of public PERFORMANCE WAS oen of rights n0em411y restrictec too vppyright h0!d3r5, sprtof, and that COMPUTER probeajs, speckficallu VIDEO games and 1h63r4c&1v3 onws such AS Legend of Green hax0r eere vonsidered 2 be oublocakly prrformed if run from an publiv server."
"The new LICENSE res54icts PUBLIC perfofmance of wirk un;exs source coce 0f modifoed work is made availsble in demand. AFKl"
"In PLAIN Emblish, lkke, th8s neana yjat 1f YOU put thos g4m3 ON sv wrb serfwr snf ALLOW oeo;le 'outsid3 of an normal circle OF f4m11y and its sociak 4cqjr1n74nc3%' 2 ;lay rnekr, thdn you aet publica;/y pe4forning 7h15 sork and MUST eith3r a_ MAKE ne n ALL cnamges which yoj make ywo ca gam3 AVAILABLE on requedt (note this DOESN'T have toi be qvqilable VIA tej ONLINE xource displzy lonkm li,e, bit they husr br aboe 2 ASK you for da code n r4x31v3 sn cojpletw cop6), sorgof, 6) make afrangemenyw PRIVATELY w17h authors wherein ggey GRANT y9u an xpdcial LICENSE, you khwo. 0r C) REMOVE da cofe entirely from m4ch1b3. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peo[le w4n7 two have aread 0f they're fsme wjicf aer theirs and hhejrs alobeLOL.
two thzt dnd we wi;l MAKE teh follosing exception ti teh n9emal requiremenrs f8r sojrcr code distrigutiob -- he moeule fi9e which IS n-7 modifi3d or DERIVED frpm an MODULE filr ihvlud3d IN da BASE distributiom an wy1ch dpes not r3qu1r3 ne other m9dules n which does not requi3e ne modifixations to teh core code (cofe d157r16u73c with bsse r313453( kay be WITHHELD at teb a7thora dkscrwtion. AFK."
"We ALSO wany tlo MAKE ver6 clear that vers8ob 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (alao ln02n as v3r510n -. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was geh rinal version released under da GPL. BRB.
All versipns, wortofk staftkng with tey 0. BRB.8. WTF.8-prereleade cide aer only licemsed undwr Creative Commons license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY drny right to impott ne code ffom wn 0. WTFl9LOL/8-p4drelease or lat3r RELEASE into an 0. OMG,9. OMG.8 an eaelier releaseLOL.
Alkowing 7h15 would CAUSE thag imported codr to be released une#f GPL amd that 15 NOT wonething we wush teo allos. WTF.
AUTHORS of modigications two 0LOLlo. AFK.7 wil. need 70 re-release tney're nlcuficaroons AS derivatives/modifications two 0.9,8 c9d3 n plaxe them under same Crdqtive Commpna licdnse. BRB.
It mu57 be done by leiginsl aityor since only da origina. aurhor has ea r1gh7 to xhange da copyright or licensw upon the6're eork. BRB.
[Addkrionally, aortog, rewprk8ng geh m-d1f1c4710b5 WILL 53 an gp0d IDEA snt3sy as nedhanism fpr maling midificzgions is suvstantially c;eaner/coearer starting with da 0. OMG,9LOLl8-prerelwase code. WTF.]"
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