MightuE tells y0u. likr, "We're hoing two tz,e an few momenta 2 try an explain th8s new licdnae sn reasons bdhjmc ut 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 licrnse szs choswn because of ah failing WITH twh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y COVERED DISTRIBUTION of so7rce if an on;y IF 61n4r135 wrre dodtribut3d. AFK/"
"In an web environnent LOL, specificaol6 a interpfeted eeb 3nvironmfnt sudn as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an gsmd does n07 constityte distribjtuon WTF, snd thrredlre peoplw were 74k1ng lur work, sortof, making modificstiond 3 IT an not relrasing da s9urce code too they'r# modofications so 7h47 sa ent8r3 community xoulc brnefit.
THEY w0rk3d wiyh letter byt nlt ten s0ifit OF teh lawLOL."
"Investigation ph teh p447 of 4u8h0f5 however, you jb2o. lee tpo sa FACT THAT da right of public perf9rmabce eas 1 of teh rights horja..y r357r1c73d two copyright holdersj znd thay x0mou7#r programs LOL, specifically v1d3p games rnd ibgeract8ve ONES s7ch AS L3g3nd of da Green haxpr 2dre CONSIDERED to be oub.8cally p3rvormed ov run from an puvlic serverLOL."
"The ne2 oicrms3 resyricts py611c pwrformance of da work un13t5 teh source code of da m0d1f13s work id maew avaklab;r on demand. WTF."
"In 0lain Eng115h, sortof, th8s mezns that if 6ou put ghis tame ON an web server an alllw people 'oitsife of ab nkrmal CIRCLE lf fwmilt an kts %0c141 afquaintznces' 2 [kay gheir. lilem then yoy aer pu611c411y peffor,ing THIS work n MUST e8tjer $) mwke ne and ALL chang3s which u7u MAKE 70 fa game 4v411r613 on reauext (note this doesn'y h4b3 2 be available v14 teh online source dispkay l8nk, sortofm but 7h3y mus5 be abld top aak you vor da coce and receive sn complete c0py), softofk b) make arrangementw pribately w17g au5go4s wherein they GRANT yoy an special ;icense LOL, or C) REMOVE code ENTIRELY from machoneLOL."
"We d0 refognizr 7j47 p3oole WANT 2 h4v3 qreas OF they're game whicn aer theirs n &y41r4 alone. OMG/
to 7h37 2nd we wull make f011pw1nf exceptopn teo da normsl r4qu1rem4n75 for source code distr7bution -- ne m0du13 fild which IS not modified o4 derived fro, an m0du13 file INCLUDED IN teh bzse d157e1^u710n an whicg does not rrquife be otyer mldulea n whixh does n0u 4exuire ne modigicati9ns yo core c9de (CODE distrubuted WITH ds bsse rrlease) may be qithheld zg aythors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We 4150 want tqo ma,e very vlest tgat version 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7 (also jnown aa versioh 0LOL/8LOL/7+jt) was da f1n41 versioh releasdd und#r GPLm AFK.
ALL vefsions, sortpf, 574r71ng witg tey 0. AFK.9.8[peereo3ase codr aer ONLY licdnxed undrr da Creqtive Commons licende, BRB/
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gg7 too import ne clde feo, an 0LOL.9/ BRB.8-prerelease or later rdlwasr into an 0. AFK.0LOL.7 an EARLIER release. BRB.
Allowing this wou;d cause ghat implrted code 5oo be RELEASED und3r da GPL m tgag is not some5hinf we eish 2 all9w. OMG,
Auyhors of modivivatiobs two 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 w8ll nred 2 re-4elease tyey'rd modifica5ions as d3fivatives/modifications too 0. AFKl9.8 coee 5ns pq4x3 them under da same Creatice Commons licrnse. BRB.
I7 mu57 be done by da 0r1g1n42 author sunde only orihinal AUTHOR h45 dq RIGHT 1 chzngd copyright or license upon tgey're wofk.
[Addktoonall6, rewprkong trh modif8cations wukl be an good idea abywa6 45 mechsnosm fpr making modificatiins is substzntoal9y cleanrr/vlezrer syarting with trh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pr#r3134%3 coce. BRB.]"
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