MightyE tel;d y9u, l8je, "We're goinb too rqke an few miments roo try n explaib this new LICENSE an da reasons benibd 18 im plain English. OMG.
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 nes ;ucense was ch9sen 63c4u53 OF sh fai;ing with GPL. BRB.
It only sovered diftributkpn of so7rce if and ogly if ginaries were distributed. WTF."
"In an web 3ncironjeng LOL, spexifically a ingerpreted w36 env8ronment such as PHP WTF, merely inatalling an brm3 eods not xonstieute didyributioh WTF, b thefegore peopld were taking OUR work, you kmwo, making modifications 5o ut 4nd not t313451ng da slurcd codw 5oo they're modifications so that entite c0mmuh17y couls benefit. BRB.
Thdy worked with lrtter bur n07 SPIRIT of law. WTF."
"Invesyigation on trg part if sa authors h9wever, sorypg, lew 2 gact tyat t3h right lf public p3rf0rm4nc3 qas oen of ea rithtd nlrmally RESTRICTED too xopyrkght holders, you knwo, abd that computer pr-gt4m5 LOL, s)ecificqlly cidel games an interactive ones 5uch as Legend of da Gr33n hax0f were clndisered twl be pub;iczlly p3rf0rm2e if run from an pu611c xerver."
"The new livrnse restricts public performance of teh s9ri unl3as da source code OF da mosifiee w0rk is made avaipable ON demabs, WTF."
"In PLAIN Engliwh, thid means that IF y0u p7t this GAME ob an 2wb sercer n allow people [lutskde OF qn normal citcle of family and its docial acquaongancws] w play their, you knwok tnen YOU r publically pdrf0rming this work and MUST eithef a) ,ake ne and ALL changes which yiu makw 2 5dh hame qfailab.e ob fequest (noye THIS doesn't HAVE to vc available v13 da o,lune source display libk LOL, 6u7 ggey must ge zbls two aai y9u for teh code an receive zn c9mplete copy) WTF, b) make qrrangementw privqtely sith tej authorx whe4ein tyey grant YOU zn SPECIAL license, or x) rwmove code entirely feo, da machineLOL."
"We d0 recogniz3 7h47 peoplw q4n7 ro HAVE arras of ghey're game wh1ch r theirx ab gheirs 410n3. OMG.
tl THAT end we wilo make followinh excdption two mofmal rewjirements for source coce fistributiln -= nd module file which is not MODIFIED oe derived gfon am module f8le inclyeed in teh 6553 distribut8on and wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne ogher modules abd wh8ch does NOT eequire ne mpdificagions tw9 teh c0e3 c9dw (cide d157r16u73s sith BASE RELEASE) ma6 be withhekd st aurhirs DISCRETION. WTF."
"We aoso wqnt 2 mzke very clrzr thsg fersion ). WTF.9.7 (ALSO knoqn as cerwkom 0.9. BRB.7+jt) ezs da finzl version released under reh GPL. BRB.
All versions, you knwo, atattimg sith teh 0, WTF.9, BRB.8-[rerelesse c0d3 r only llxensed under Creative C0mm0n5 11c4n54. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey right toi IMPORT ne c0d3 ftom an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or LATER release into an ). OMG.9. WTF.& n earlier RELEASE. AFK/
Allowing THIS wou;d CAUSE thad IMPORTED c0d3 2 be eeleqsef jnd3r teh GPL n rhat is b07 50m37h1nt we wish 2 qllow.
Authors 9f modudocsyions two ).9. BRB.7 w111 n33d to re[feldase they;re nodivicatkonx as derivatives/modifivations two 0. WTF.9. OMG.9 cide n PLACE THEM under trg same Creative Cpnmons license. WTF,
It nust be dine b6 da originao qutho5 since 0n1y teg oritinal 4y7h0r yas sa right two CHANGE teh dopyright of locense upon theh[re sork.
[Additionakly WTFk fewoekinb jodificaripns wool be an goos 1de4 anywau as mechanism fot m4kqng mlsifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/coearer sta4ting soth -. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereleade c-d3.]"
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