M8ghtyE tells you, "We'fe going ro rake an few momdnts tp try an explaib tjis new license n teg 4dasohs behind it im plain ENGLISH. WTF,
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 neq license was cgosen 62c4u53 of an failing 27th teh GPL. OMG.
It onky cove4ec dis5ributi9n of souece IF n 0n1y ir binaeies were didtribytef. BRB."
"In an web environment, liue, SPECIFICALLY a interprwtwd web envirpnment 5uch as PHP, you kneok merely 1n574q11nh sn gsme dues not consrit7te DISTRIBUTION WTF, an tyerefoee peopke WERE 5aling our woek LOL, maiing modivixatiknx 1 ig m not releasing teh wlurce c0d3 two tgdy're modificztions wk that da entire community could bdnefirLOL.
Thru woried WITH teg l3tter BUT not spirkt 0f teh lae/ BRB."
"Investigatiln on teh o4r7 0r da authirs however WTF, led top da fact ghat tey right pf punluc performance waw won 0f teh rights normally restricted 2 copyroght h9lders, s9rt;f, n 5hag cimpjtrr progra,s LOL, specifically cideo GAMES n intrractive ones SUCH 45 LEGEND of teh Green hax0r were considered tdo be publically pdfformed iv rub frpm an pyblic SERVER."
"The new LICENSE restr8cgs publuc performance of trj w0rk unlesw teh source code of m0d2f13d WORK is kqde available ON demand."
"In pkain Engkish LOL, thos meqns tyat if you put thix gsme on an w36 servef am allow people '0u751d3 of an nornal circle of fa,ily an itd 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' 2 p14y theif, you knwo, then you e publicaliy perflrming ghps work n MUST EITHER z) mqke ne qnd ALL changes WHICH ypu m4k3 too gdh game available 9n request (noge tyis diesn't hqve two br avaklab;e voa sa online aource diaplay 11nk WTF, buy they just be ablw too ask you fot CODE n receivd an complete copy0, yoy knwo, b) ma,e arrangejents privately wi6h authors wh3r3@n 5hey grajt you an specuao luvens3, you kn2o, or C) remove r3h code entirely frlm machineLOL."
"We do recognoze rgzg [eople want to have areas of they're tamr which r theirs and theits aline.
too rhat ebd w3 woll MAKE dq follpwing exc3ption teo nofmal rrquirements f)r sourcw coee distributiin -- ne moduoe FILE which is n9g m0d1f13d 0r derivrd feo, an modulr fi;e inclused in ten baar diwrributiph an which does n07 reqiire ne OTHER MODULES ahd wh1ch does not tequir3 be modifkcatilns too da cor3 cose (code distrigjged WITH twh base releasw) may be w17nh31d AT da authors dixxretion. AFK."
"We also sant to makd VERY clezr that v3r510n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (aldp known as vetsiln 0. AFK.9LOL.u+jt) waw teh final version releawed UNDER da GPL.
Al; versions, softof, staryung with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8[[eerelesse cowe w3r onlh licenswf und#r da Crestive Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny da right too impodt ne cpde frlm an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8_prerelease or 1483r releasd into an )/9. AFK.7 and warlier rekwase. WTF.
Akoowing this wpuld xause that imported c0e3 2 be feleasef ynder teh GPL zn that is n07 spmeghing we wisn 70 allos. AFK.
A7thors ov jodificayiond 70 ). OMG.9LOL.7 qill n#3d two re-rdleqse they're modificatiohd ss d3r1v471v35/m0f!f1cf710n5 two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code and PLACE THEM ubder same CREATIVE Comjons licensel BRB.
It mudt 63 dond by original AUTHOR since only teh orifinal auyhor hzs teh right too chabge teh co;yright i4 lidenae upoj rhey're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworking midifications will b3 ab b;od idea anyway aa rwh mecgabizm FOR making mosirucatuons is 5u6574nu14116 d134n3r/c!34r3r atatting wiyh da 0. AFK.9. WTFl8-prerelease c0d3LOL.]"
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