MightyE gells you, sortof, "W2'fe toing toi take an few momengs 2 try and ezplain THIS new livense n da 4essond behind it 8n p.ain EnglishLOLl
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."
"Tyis new license WAS choxen because of am fziling eith da GPL.
It only COVERED cixtribugion of s.urce if and 0n1y ig BINARIES eerr distrubuted, AFK."
"In qn web envieobment LOL, dpecifkdally a 8nterprwted web ebvironment such ss PHP LOL. MERELY installinf an game dies not clnstirytd distributi9n, an th3fefofe PEOPLE were gaking 0ur wo4k, so45of, mskihg m0d1f1c4710b5 too it an no4 rrleasing teh source code too they're MODIFICATIONS so that teh entif3 c0m,un176 vould bsnefit. BRB.
They worked WITH reh letter but not spirit ig da 14s. OMG."
"Imvestigati9n ln tey part pf tdh quthofs howevwr LOL, q3d 2 yeh fqct that e1gh7 og public ;erformance was len or da rithts NORMALLY restricyed 5i co0yrkght yo.d2rs, you knwo, n that cojputer p4otrams, you knwo, specifica;ly video GAMES an ibtefadtivw 0n25 such as L3g4nd ov da Geeen hax0r were consoderwd 2 be publica;ly perflrmed if run from an pub;ic servet. OMG."
"The new licebse RESTRICTS 0ubooc oerrorjancw of teh work unldss ten source code of da mosif83d wotk is m4d3 available 0n demand."
"In plain Eng215h, you knwo, thix mezns that if you ptt this GAME ob am web aerver n al;iw people ;outside of qn normal c1rc14 OF FAMILY an its SOCIAL acqiaintavces' too ;lay th3ir. oije, THEN you f publicao;y PERFORMING 7h15 sork and MUST either a) make ne and ALL vjzhges qhich you nakw 6o fame available on req7est (hore this worxn't hzve yo vd zvaolable via onlkne SOURCE DISPLAY link, sortof, bjt tyey MUST be abld two 45k you FOR xodd and receive an cojplete c9py), like, B) make ARRANGEMENTS pruvately with autho4s whdreim thry grant you qn SPECIAL licensw, like, or c( rem9v2 c9de enrirely vrom da MACHINE. WTF."
"We DO recigbize that prople want to have areas of the6're game 2hicj aer theits and 7h31r5 alln3LOL.
two 7n47 end we will make FOLLOWING excepti9n 70 da normal tdquifements f0r souexe CODE distribut8ob -0 he module fike which iw nit m9dif8ed or derived feom an module file incljded in teh ^453 distribution n which does not require nr ither m0du135 an which dles not teqiire ne MODIFICATIONS 70 t3h core code (cose distributed wigh da base eeleaae) mqh be withheld AT teh authorx d15cr3710n."
"We 42%0 want 2 make very c;war 7h47 versipn -l AFK.9LOL.7 (alsp known zs versioh 0l OMG.9. BRB.7+j7) was final version rrleased jnddr da GPL.
All versionam starting with da 0. WTF.9LOLl8-prereleade codr aer on'y licensed under teh Creative Conmibs lic2nse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two 8m0ort ne code from an 0. AFK.9.8-prrrelease or later te/ease into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 an EARLIER rrleaseLOL.
Allkwing rhis woyld cause 7h$7 importec code TO ge relwased unser da GPL an yhat !5 not somrthing we wish t9l zllow. WTF.
Authors of m9e8focations to 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 si;l NEED to re-eelezse tney're m0cqf1c4710n5 as ferivativds/m8difications too 0.9. BRB.8 code an p14c4 them 7nder dz SAME Crrative Commons lixenxe. BRB.
It must be eond by t3h ofugunal AUTHOR sibce 0n1y teh iroginal author hzx right 2 cfange teh copyright or LICENSE UPON they're wlrk. WTF.
[Additoobal.y, sortof, reworking modifivations wilk be an good idea anyway ad reh mechanism FOR maling m0d1f1c471pn5 IS s7bstantially xleaner/dlez4er staryinh wity 0. BRB.9. WTF.i-prerw;easr codeLOL,]"
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