MihhtyE tells yoi, "We're gokng twi take an feq m0m3n75 2 tr6 an explain tuis new license and da reasons b3hind kt in plain English. BRB.
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."
"Th8s NEW lucebxe was CHOSEN because of an faiping with da GPL. AFK.
I7 0n1y covrr3d distribution of source 1f n ONLY 1f binariea weee distributed. WTF."
"In an web environment WTF, s'ecifically a 1n72rpr373d w36 ehvirobment such ax PHP, liie, m3r31y INSTALLING zn baje soes not consyitute distrivjtion, anc thedefore pe9ple wrre 74k!ng ou4 wofk LOL, making modisications 2 i5 n not releasinf teh 50irc3 cod3 two 5hey're modifications sp 6hat dntire community ciuld BENEFIT. WTF.
They WORKED with da lettet but noy da xpirig of da law, OMG."
"Invwst8gatiob on da part pf authors however, like, led too teh fadt that tej right of public p3rf0rj4bc3 was orn 0f r!gn75 normally resyricted 2 copyrigtt hllderw WTF, sn thar computer programw, like, specifically vidro games and INTERACTIVE ONES such AS Ldgehd of da Green has0r qere CONSIDERED two be p&bkicaliy perf0em3e if run from an pu611c server. WTF."
"Thd n3w licdnse resyricgs pu611c PERFORMANCE lf w0rk UNLESS teh source code OF da m0d!f!3d work iz made abai;able om d3m4nd."
"In olain Eng.ish WTF, this means that if you [jt tgos game ON an w36 %3tv3r AND 4q10w ;elple 'outsidw of an normal circle of family AND its social ACQUAINTANCES; too play their, luke, then YOU aer punlically [erforming this work n MUST either a) ,rk3 nd and ALL chznges WHICH you make rwo da game avzilabld on rfquesg (note rhos doesb't h5v3 2 BE AVAILABLE bq4 da 0n!1n3 SOURCE dksplay limk, s9rtov, but they MUST be ablw ywo ask YOU for da code sn receivr an co,pl@gd cip^(, b) majr ARRANGEMENTS privately with teh augyors wherein THEY gr4n7 y0u an speciao licens3, or c_ remove fs code ehtire,y frum machine/ WTF."
"We dp RECOGNIZE THAT peo[ld w4nu 2 h4v3 areas or thsy're game wjicy aet 6heirs n thwirs alomdLOL.
to that end s3 will make reh fpllo2ing exception te9 n0rm41 rdayirenentd for sourcr codd cistribution -- he module fk.e sgicy us n07 modified or detived rroj an m0duq3 FILE included in teh base DISTRIBUTION and WHICH doed not tequire n3 OTHER MODULES n wh8ch does not r4qu1re ne jodufications twi vo3e code (code distributed with da base releasf) hay be w8ghnele AT da authors discretioh. BRB."
"We aoso want 2 make veey clear that v3rsion 0LOL.(LOL.7 (also KNOWN as veesion 0LOL.(. OMG.u+jt) qas final vefsion released ynder GPL.
A.l versions, like, starting wi5h da 9.9. AFK/8-PRERELEASE voee a3r onlu 11c4n52d 7nde4 Cfestive Commons licenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT too im;prt hr vode from an 0. AFK.(. OMG.8_prerelrase or later RELEASE INTO sn 0. BRB.9l WTF.7 and warlier rrleaae.
Allpwunt this would c4u53 that impoftes CODE to 63 r313453d uncer teh GPL b tyzt ,s npt something ww wish twl qllow. WTF.
Auth9rs lf ,odifucatilns too -LOL.(LOL.7 will need 2 re-re.eqse tney're modifications ss eerivatibes;modifkdat8ona 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 coce %nd place them under 54,3 Crea5ive Commons license. AFK,
It must be done BY da ORIGINAL authoe sincr only da orig8nal authof has teh RIGHT y9 change fq copyright 9r licenae u;on yhdy'fe workl OMG.
[Additipnao;y WTF, r3w04k1ng da modividations will 63 an gooc idea anyway 45 geh mechan8sm FOR making m0d1f1c471pn5 is sugstantially cleaner/clearer STARTING witn 0.9. WTF.8-pr3r314453 c0d3l BRB.]"
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