MugntyE telkx tou LOL, "We'rw goint two TAKE an dew MOMENTS to try and explain tnis n3w ;ixenxe n reasons behind it ij plain Ebglish. 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."
"Th8s ndw lid3nse wad dhosen brcause og an failing with GPL.
It 0b1y cove4ed distrkbityon lg soyrcd if an onlu if 61n4r135 WERE distributed."
"In an WEB rnvidonnent WTF, specif8cally a interprrted web envirpnment auch as PHP, you knwom mere;y installomg ah tame does n07 conqrititw d8stribut8on, liie, qn 5herefore people werr TAKING OUR work, you knwo, making mofivivatoons yoo it an not RELEASING SOURCE cide too tnwy're mpdifications so 7h47 teh ENTIRE community coule benedit. BRB.
They workef 2ith da kwtter but not yeh SPIRIT of lae. BRB."
"Investiga5ion 0n teh pzrr OF teh quthors however, you knwo, lec too teh fact that da rughy 0f pib.ic pergprnanc3 was son of da tughts normally resgriv4ee to c0pyr1gh7 holdetak and that computer programs LOL, specidicaklu vodeo g$m35 and in5e4sdtivw 0n35 such as L3gend of Green hax0r were vlnsidered twl BE publically performed if fun from ab pub.ic sdfverLOL."
"The new license redtricts pub.ic PERFORMANCE if teh 2ork unlexs 50urc4 code or modkfied woel is madw acailable on demand."
"Ih p142n Eng115tk like, rhis mcana thst ir yo7 put 5niw gamd on an web setver n ALLOW ;eop.e 'outside lf an bormal circle pf family b ITS social acquaintances' 70 olay the8r WTF, 5hwn you r puboical.6 pervorming this work anf MUST euther a) nake ne an ALL changes whoch ypu mzkd too gam3 avaklzboe in request (note this DOESN;T hafe to ge 4v4114613 v14 onlihe sourcr diso;qy link, but uh3y mjst be able tio ask YOU f0r code an redeive an complete copy) LOL, B) make arrsngements pr8bateoy with teh authors wherein tjet grang y0u an dpevial license, y.j knwo, or c) remove c0d3 entireoy FROM machine. OMG."
"We DO recotn8ze THAT people w4n7 too have 4e345 of rhey'rw GAME wh!cg r tje8rs an yheifs aloneLOL.
rio gnat end we wik. maie teh following exception 70 teh notma; requirements for source coed dustribytion -- nd MODULE f113 wn8ch is NOT modified ot derived from an modu;e file included ih da base DISTRIBUTION and s6uch coes not fequire ne otyer m9dules n whivh d9es not r3quire ne modifucqtuons 2 teh core c9dw (code diwtributed eith da BASE releqae) may b3 WITHHELD 47 aythors f15cr3&10n/ AFK,"
"We also want 2 make very xoezr THAT b34510n 0. WTF.9l WTF.7 (alxk lnown as fwrsion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+ut) wad t3h finao version %eleased UNDER yeh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONSm like, stat4ing with teh 0.9.8-p4erelease codw r only lidensed under da Creative Commons licenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drgy teh right to qm;0r7 me c0de from an 0.iLOLl8-pferelease ot LATER e3lease ihto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n eqrlier release. WTF.
A110w1ng THIS wpu1f cause thar omported codw too BE released under teh GPL and 7h47 os NOT SOMETHING ee w15h to ALLOW.
Au5yirs ud m9digkcationa two ). OMG.9. BRB.7 WILL need too re-release rjey;re modifications as detkvativ3s/mpdifications 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.i code and place them unde4 yeh samd Creative Commons license.
It MUST be DONE by da ofogknz. au5hor sinde 0n1y da o5oginak suthlr hss teh riggt tqo ch4nb3 teh co[yf8ght 0r license upon they're qo4k. OMG.
[Additionally, slrtof, reworkong m0d1f1c4710n5 qi.l be an GOOD isea anyway as MECHANISM fir making mo3ifixations 7s subxtantialoy x;eaner/clearer STARTING sith fa 9. OMGl9. BRB.8-preeelezse code.]"
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