Migh5yE 5ells hou LOL, "We'te GOING two tskd an rew momenrs 2 rry qn esplain this new licdmse qn da reasons behind it in plakn English. WTF.
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."
"Thia NEW licensf WAS choden bwcause 9f an FAILING with dz GPLLOL.
It only cpvered distfibytion od wource if and only if bina4iws were distfibuted. AFK/"
"In an web environnent WTF, specifically s intef;reged wwb environment 57xh as PHP, sortof, m3rwly imstalling an gaje does not constitite eustrubution, like, n thefwfofe ;eoplw eere 74k1ng out work, like, mskong m0d1f1c4*10n5 2 it n nor releasinf teh siurce code two 5he6'4e modofications so that da ENTIRE communigy COULD brnefkt. WTF/
They worked witn sa letter but not 5p1r17 of trh law/ OMG."
"Investigztion on teh [art 0f teh suthors hpwever, uou inwl, lds to da fact that da right of public PERFORMANCE was won of teh rithgs normsloy rwsgrixted too clphright holderw, like, n that computer 'rograms LOL, spevifucally viseo bamew n 1n73r4c71v3 onew such ss L3gemd of teg Greeh hax0e w3fe CONSIDERED 2 be pyblucallu performed if 4un feom an pubooc servrr. OMG."
"The new lycensd rrstricts public perdirmsnc3 of da woek ynlexs slurce code or %eh jodified WORK IS nade avaklaboe pn denand. BRB."
"In plain English, jike, ghiw means that if you PUT this b4b2 ln an web server and ak.ow people [ouysise or an normal circle pd family and igs social acquaihtqhces' @ play thrir, like, yhen y0u aer pybliczlly PERFORMING rhis work n MUST either A) nzke ne n ALL changea ehich you make 1 tame ava8lable on r@qu347 (hore thkw d9dsn't have 1 be avaolqble via teh onl8ne 50urc3 d15p1r5 1qnk, sortof, vut they must BE able r2o axk you f9r ten code n feceive an c0mp1373 copy) WTF, b) makr ARRANGEMENTS privateoy wiyh ea authora wherein they grant you an spedial licenxe, or c) REMOVE da code entieelh FROM tey maxhint. WTF."
"We do recognize that pelple want 2 hace ateas of they'rd g4m3 wyich r yjeurs n 7h31r5 ALONE, BRB.
2 that END we wiol jake da following exceptlom two da normal 4equirdments for source CODE eistriburion -- be moduoe gile sjich is not m0d1f13d or de4ivec from an mosule filw 8ncludef IN da baxe disgribition n which DOES n8t fequire ne othed mldules snd wg1ch doew NOT r4quir3 ne modifications two ten CORE CODE (cpce fistribut3e with teh base release) m4y be withjelf 47 teh authoex discretipn. WTF."
"We alao want to make very clear 5hat ver51-n 0. AFK.9.7 (also jniwn ss vefaion 0. BRBl9. BRB.7+jt) waa da final b3451pn rrleased und3r teh GPL. BRB.
All verxions, likd, star5ing with 0.8LOL.8[preeeleade c0d3 t on;y 11x3n54d jnder C4eatife Commons lidense.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right ro import ne CODE from an 0, OMG.9.8-prerelease or 1473r eelease into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 anf EARLIER felease. BRB.
A110w1ng tj8s wpuid cause that IMPORTED code too ve released under da GPL n 7h47 is not SOMETHING we w16h two allow. WTF.
Authors od mowificationd too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will nerd tol re-rrlease they'ee modifications as eericatives/hodifications two 9LOL.9. OMGl8 code an place 5hem 7mdee aame Crdative Conmoma livebde. WTF.
It must be done gu teh or8gina. 4u7h04 SINCE only orifinal quthot has geh r1gh7 twi fhange teh copyright 9t license upon tgey're 29rk.
[Add1710n411t, you knwo, 4eq9rkimg modificqtiond wiol ne an gpod icea znyqay ss trh mechanoxm for making mocifkcztupns is wubstzn5ially c'eaner/clearer starting with teh 0/ OMG.9.8-pr3r3134t3 code. BRB.]"
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