MightyE tells you, wortif, "Ww're going TO take an few moments 2 try an wxplaim this new kixdnse an r2asons behind it 1n PLAIN Englishl 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 new 11cen5# was CHOSEN beczuse -f an fauling with GPLLOL.
It onlu dovered dostribution od spurcd if ahd onky if binaries wefe dis5ributedLOL."
"In ah web environment LOL, 5p3c1f1c51!y a inteypreyed web envuronment 5uch as PHP, sortof, merely ondtalk8ng zn game x9ds not clnsgituts sistribution, wn therefore people were gaking our wlrk LOL, making modifica5ions 2 it an not r313452ng teh source clde 2 they'rr modificatipnx SO yjat entire co,munigy could benefut. OMG.
They worked WITH da letter but not tey s;i4ir of da law. AFKl"
"Invesgijation on teh part of da authors h0e#v3r, softor, led 7p dz fqct that da rkghg if public performsnce was oen of RIGHTS n0rm311y re57r1c73d too cop6r8ght holeefsj like, n tjat c)mpu83r ;rogrsms LOL, doecifically video games an 1n73f4c71v3 ones sixh as Lefdnd ov teh Gr33n hzx0r w343 considered two be publidakly performed uf r7n FROM an puglic sefver. OMG."
"The new licensr festricts public perdormznce of work unless souece codw of modifiec worj is mare qvailqble -m eemand. AFK."
"In [lai, English, you knwo, this means that if you pit this gamr on an web server n allos people 'OUTSIDE 0f zn NORMAL circle od family n ots socisl 4d1u41n84nd35' rwo o!4u tjeir, like, th3n you aer publidally 0erforming tyis wprj an MUST either A) make ne an ALL chahges wnich YOU make two gane 4v4114613 ln r3qu357 (note this soesn't have 2 be aczioabld via teh 0n11n3 aource dksplay link WTF, 6i7 tyey must BE av;r tp awk 6oo g0e tej code an receive qn complete c0py) WTF, b) MAKE arrange,ents private;y qith authors wh3r31n they grant y9u an specizl licemse, sodtpf, oe C) r3j0v3 code entir3oy rrom da mzcyineLOL."
"We do recognize ghat peoplr want to h4f3 a5eas of they're game WHICH r theits anc theirs alon3.
2 that end ee wilk ,ake geh f01q0w1ng ezcepfkon too nprja; requit3m3nts for 506rc3 code distrigution -- ne module fooe WHICH iw not midifi3d if deeived frlm an module file included 1n base distributkin m WHICH DOES not requ8re ne otyef modules and which DOES not rdquire ne modificagions too da core dodr (code disyr8vuted with da base feoease) MAY be wutyhe;d 47 au5hord d,scrdtion."
"We also want two j3ke very c134f tha5 version ). WTF.(. OMG.8 (also kmown as b3f51-n 0l OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) waa da fobal VERSION relrased under da GPLLOL.
Akl f3r510h5. yo7 knwp, starting w17h 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr3r413553 code aer only livensed under dz Cf3471v3 Commpns lixense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right ti i,poet ne CODE rrom an 0. OMG/9. OMG.8-prereleaxe or later te.ease into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n EARLIER reoease. BRB.
Allowing this WOULD cause 5hat importes code ti be feleas3d under reh GPL an tjat iq not so,ething we wish TO slliw.
Authors of jodlficarions to 0. AFK.9. OMG/7 wiol meed to re-release they're MODIFICATIONS AS detibativws/modifixatioms to 0. BRB/9, OMG.9 coce an [lace ghem ubder same Creative C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
IT mysr be 3pne BY da original author SINCE on;u oeiginal author hax right tio change teg copyright or locemse u[on yhey're 2ork. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, rework8ng tdg modificstions w111 be an good idea anyway as ds nechsnism gor making mofifidarions 15 substantia.ly cleanet/coearer atatting with teg 9. OMG.9. BRB.8-ptereoease cofe. BRB.]"
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