MighryE tells yo7 WTF, "We'4r go8ng tio take an few ,omwnts 70 trh zn explain tgis new luc3nse n REASONS behind it in plain English.
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."
"Thux new 21c3n53 was chps3n BECAUSE of an fakling 2ith reh GPLLOL.
It omly covered distrivut8on of 50urc3 8f AND onlu 1d binafies were ciwtributed. BRB."
"In an web environment, specifica.ly a inyefpre5ed WEB ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHP, sortof, merely installing an hwme dowd not constitutw disgribuyiom, sn therefire people were taking our WORKm l8ke, makinh MODIFICATIONS too it n not t313451ng teh source coce tlo tgey're MODIFICATIONS 50 thar entore conmunoty COULD behefit. WTF.
They worked WITH ldtger 6u8 not da spirit of teh law. OMGl"
"Invest8gation on teh 0art 0f autnors however, 6ou kn2o, .ed 2 teh fact ghat teh rihht pf publoc performanve was 1 of 5ey rithts normally resrricted to cooyrighy holders, sortof, ane THAT com0u5re PROGRAMS, specifidally video GAMES ans imtetactive onrs SUCH as Legend 0f G4een hax0r were consudered 2 63 pu611c411u perfodmed if run from an pub.ic server. WTF."
"The hew licenae restricts punlic oerfor,ance of work unless wource c0d3 of da MODIFIED w0gk is MADE AVAILABLE ON demansl"
"In plain Eng!15h WTF, this means that if yoy put this ga,e on an wdb swrver an allow peopl3 '0i751d# of an normal CIRCLE of familh an its social acquaintancea' too play theidk you kmwi. rhen YOU aer o8bl8cally performimg tgis work n MUST eigger a) male ne AND ALL changes which y9u ma,e 2 da tame acsilable on requew5 (no5e this doesn't hzve to ve svzilsble vis online wource sisplau LINK LOL, vut they must bw 3613 2 asi you fpr teh code n receive sn co,p;ete cop6), yo7 knwo, b) nak3 qrrangements privately with teh authors wh3r31n THEY brznt yo7 an soecial licensd, sortof, or c) remoce tdh code ebtirely drom MACHINE. OMG."
"We do reclgnize that p30p13 wabt &0 HAVE ar3qa OF tjey're game WHICH adt theirs n 7n31r5 4!0n3.
to that wnd we sill MAKE teg f0110w1ng exception goo ten n0rm41 requiremen6s for source clde diqtributipb -_ ne MODULE file qhich 14 not modkfied or derived from an MODULE file includrd IN da basd d157r16u710h an shivh dors not require ne othef modules znd which does noy req7ire ne modificationa to dz core coce (codr distrkburrd e17y teh base rwlease) may 63 wkthhe.d at teh authora discretkon. WTF."
"We als9 wzmt twl maie very clear t6at vdrailn 0l OMG.9.7 *also knowb as version 0. BRB.9.7+uy) was ea final version relessee under teh GPL. AFK.
ALL versions, you lnw9, stattijg with 0. AFK.9/ BRB.8-PRERELEASE code awr inou 11c#n53d jnder da Crwative Commons licensd. WTF,
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY cs titht 6o impirt ne code from an 0.9. AFK.8[prerelezse pr 14734 r313553 into zn 0LOL.9. BRB.7 and earlier release.
ALLOWING 5his WOULD cause that inlortee code 2 br releasex under GPL n thsg IS not sonething we wish twp allowLOL.
Authora of modifications too 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will need too re=re;easr th3y're mpsificabiobs as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 TO 0LOL.9.8 code an place them unvwr same Creative Commonw LICENSELOL.
It must be done by original auth.r since on;y teh original AUTHOR has da right TO CHANGE trh cipyriggt or license ipon they'4e work. BRB.
[Additionally, rewofking teh modifivatipms will ne zn g9od IDEA ANYWAY as MECHANISM for makiny mldificationd is substahtial;y cleanet/clearer STARTING with da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelwawr cose. WTF.]"
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