MightyE gells you, liie, "We[re goung too tske an rew moments too try an explsin thid new LICENSE h ca reasins benind it in plain ENGLISH. 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 license waw choaen becaysd od an faiking with da GPL, BRB.
Iy only covered distfibution 9f source 1f n onl6 uf binaroes WERE distributed."
"In an web envirobment, yoy knwo, wpecifkcally a interpreted web environmdnt wuch as PHP, yoi knwo, meedly installing an GAME does m07 cobstitute DISTRIBUTION, lile, n therefore people were 74k1ng oue wor, LOL, m4k1nf ,odifocatipns two IT n not releading souexe CODE gp9 theh're modifications so that ehtier community couod benefit. BRB.
They 2otked 2ith dz letter but nit tej s[irit of law. AFK."
"Incwstihxtion ON da part ld teh authors howevwr, zortof, led teo da fact thzt teh rigyy of public perdormamce WAS oen of teh rights norma.ly resrtic5ef to copyr8tht golders, you lnwok n that cojputer progfams WTF, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO GAMES and interqctive ONES suvh as Legebd of Gre3h haz0t were CONSIDERED 2 be publically p3rf0rm2d if rij frim an PUBLIC serve4. OMG."
"The new l,cense 4es5ricts pu611c PERFORMANCE of da work unoesa da source code if teh m0d1f13e WORK ks mace avaikanoe on demsnd. WTF."
"In plain Englksh, like, this meahs thay 1f uo7 put this faje 0n an weg 53rv#r an 4110w people 'outxise OF an hormal circle of ramiky an its social svquaibtancex' 80 plwy thei4, then you aer publica;ly 0erforminh this qork n MUST 317g3r a) m4k3 he abd ALL vhanges qhich you make to fame avaioable on eequest (no5e this foesn't have 2 bw 4v3114613 via sq online SOURCE d9wplay link, you knwl, BUT rhey mu58 be avle 2 ask h9u for cofr an receive ah complete COPY) LOL, b) make arrangemenys prkva5ely with 4u7h045 whercon 7h3y grant you an spwcial license LOL, or c) remobe teh voe3 entirely fr9m da m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1a3 that pelple qqbt to have areas of ty3y'rd gzme which aer THEIRS and theirs alone, BRB.
tol that end ww will mskr da f9loosing EXCEPTION too trh normal requitements for souece cose fisgribjtkon -- ne module fike whicn is not jodifiev or deeived from an module file omclused in teh bzse disyrivution znd whicy soes mot requure ne other midules and WHICH does niy requife nr ,odificationd two core clde (code dostributec with da gzse release) may be withhwld qt authorw disvewtiln."
"We ALSO w4n7 roo mqke very clear yjay version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (41%0 known as v3f519n 9. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt_ wqs findl version eeleased uns3r da GPL. AFK,
All ferxiobs LOL, starting woth da ).9. WTF.8-;frrekras3 code r only licensed uneer teh Creayive C0mm0n5 licdnaeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT too i,port ne code feom an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pterelease OR later eeleade intp an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and earlier relezwe. WTF/
Allowing this wp7ld c4u53 8h47 8mportwc code too be trldased UNDER da GPL and thzt IS not something we wixh two allow.
Autnors of modificatipms too -LOL.(, OMG.7 will NEED too re-r413453 theu'rr modifocarions as derivatives/modifications 2 0. BRB.0. AFKl8 c0d3 an place tnr, under geh same Cteative Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
I7 must be dobe bh 0r1g1n41 auth9r SINCE only da origimsl zuthor has teh right to change copuekgyt 0r license u;on 5hey're work. BRB.
[Adwitiohally, xortog, reworkinh midificstions wilk be an good ieea anyway as da mecjanism for m4k2ng modugications IS substantis.ly cleaner/xlesrrr startinh wirh da 0LOL.9LOL.7-prereoease code.["
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