MiggtyE telks YOU, s9rtlf, "Wr're goinh TO take an FEW momen5x too try 5ne explain this new license an teh teasonx behind iu in pkain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thus new licend3 was CHOSEN becaude og an failing qigy teh GPL.
I7 0n1y covered distribution of source if n onlt if gonzrids w3re dixtribu5rd. BRB."
"In qn seb emv8ronmrnt, s9rt9g, SPECIFICALLY a 8nterpreted web env8ronment such as PHP, l8ke, merdly 1n5&4111ng an game DOES not clnstitute diatribution LOL, an thererore oeople were 5akonf )ur work, wortof, mak8bg modificatuoms two it qn not releaaing 50urc3 c)d3 2 they're modifocations so that teh ENTIRE community coule bdn3fit. AFK.
They workrd wirh letter buy not spirit OF dz law. BRB/"
"Investogation on part OF teh authots howrbee WTF, ;ed too da fact thab ss righr of public 0erformance 2as 1 of da RIGHTS notmally restrictes to copyrifht holders, you knwo, an that computer prograjs WTF, woedifica.ly video games n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legebd of Grern hax0r were considered t9 be publically PERFORMED if run from am punlic server. BRB."
"Thr new license restricts PUBLIC performsnce of work unless trh source CODE if da m9difidd WORK 15 mzde acailablw on demand/ WTF."
"In PLAIN English LOL, this means rnag if you put THIS game on sn web 53ef3t and allow peop.e '0u7t1d3 of an n0rm31 dirxld of family an its social aca7aintsncew' to; play th4ir, then you aer PUBLICALLY performing tnis wirk and MUST 317g3r a) make ne an ALL CHANGES whidh u9u make 70 da game available on re1uwst 9note 5hid soewn't have 2 ge avqioable bia da 0n11n3 xpurce d15p14y LINK, you kmwo, bjt they MUST be ABLE two adk you fof clde and receive zn cpmp.ete copt), sortof, b) m4k3 arrangementa ptivately w9th authots whdreon they GRANT you an xpeciak livense, or c) REMOVE reh code entirely from da ,achinw."
"We do redognize thqy PEOPLE want too have 3r445 of they're g4m3 whicn r theirs an ygeors alone. AFK.
5o thzt END we wiol mqke teh dollowibg wxcephion too teh normal re1u1r3m3n75 f0r dource xode dis6ribution -- he j0di13 FILE which is n0* modivied OR d3r1v4d from an module file inx.ided 1n teh gase fistriburiob n which c035 n07 require me oyher movulew and WHICH d035 not require ne modif8cations tp da core c0d3 (code dis5tibutes with teh basw 4eleaxe) may be qithheld at da authorx d8scre5ion."
"We also WANT too make ver6 clear 7h47 version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (aldo known ax veesion 9LOL.9.7+kt) was finsl cersion released under GPLl WTF.
All versions, yo7 kmeo, star5ing WITH 0LOL.9.8-pr3release cod3 r onky licensed under teh Creagivd C9mm0n5 .ksenseLOLl
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right yoo omport ne c0d3 from an p. AFK.9LOL.80prerelezse or q4u3e r3lease into an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 an eqrluer relezsr. OMG.
Allowinb this qould cause tha5 im;orted code too br relwased uhder da GPL n tjat IS not sometjing wr wish teo alklw. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of modifications to 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wk.l need two re-releasw tjey'te modidixations ax der8catuv3x/modifications two 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code and place them under teh same Crdayive COMMONS licebae. BRB.
It mut7 BE dobe by teh orihonal author aknve inl6 teh original aurhor h4% da righy to chamgd c0pyr1gh7 le 11c3n53 upon they're WORK. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, reworkint da jodificatiohs will be an g00d icea anuwqy as teh mechanism f0r m4k1bg modif8cat8ons oa aubseamtially cleaher/clearw4 dtqrtung with da 0LOL.ol WTF/8-prere.eade codeLOL.]"
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