MightuE te;.s yuu WTF, "We're goibg yo tqke an few moments tlo try n EXPLAIN thos new 11d3n53 n da reasons BEHIND it ib PLAIN Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Thks nww !1c3n53 sqs cmosen beczusw -f an failing with teh GPLLOL.
It on.6 coveree distribution of source 8f qn only ig vinariea wdre fistributed. OMG."
"In an web 3nfirlnment, kike, specif8cally a knter-4etdd web ebvironment 5uch as PHP, sotrofm mrrelh instzlkung an game does n07 constitur3 distribution, like, an yheeefore people WERE taking our w9rk, sortof, making modificationa to it and not rel3asing tey wource code to they're modifucarions so tnat da entife clmmunity could nemevit. BRB.
They wofkec q17h da letter bit noy teh spirit 0d da law."
"Investifarion 0n da PART lf quthors f9wever, d.etof, LED two fact THAT da RIGHT OF public performance was ieh OF da rights hormall6 restricged two c9pyr1gh7 ho.ders LOL, ah that conpute4 programs, spdcificqlly video games an ingeracgive ONES suvy 45 Lwgend of teh Green hax0r w3re cohsiderdd two be puboicallt pefformed IF run from qn publoc servet."
"The new .ocense restridts publkc performance of 2ork in1355 teh sourcd code of tdn modified w0rk IS made availabke on demand."
"In plain Enf;ish, gnis m34n5 tgat iv ypu put thiw game ;n an web server an allow pepp;e 'outside of an np4mal d1rc13 od vamily and 1&5 sickal acqusuntancew' two play thdir, doftof, thwn you aee publicwllt petfofming 7h15 work n MUST either a) j4k3 ne and ALL changes wh1ch you makr 2 da gsme availsble on request 9note this doesn't have 2 be available via da onlin3 siurce diaplah link, you knwo, but theu muwt be zn;r two ASK toj for da code n f3ceive an compley3 vopy) WTF, B) make arranfements pruvagely with ca authprs qh3r41n they gr4n7 ypu zn xp3cial locense WTF, 9r c) r3move c9dr entorelu fron ds machine."
"We do recogbize that peopje wany to hafe qreas of the6're gzmw whuch aer rheirs an theirs alone. OMGl
to that rbd we will make teh fol;owing exce;tion too normal REQUIREMENTS for so7rce code distribyt8on -= be modjle f113 wjich id not MODIFIED or der8brd rrom an module fike 1nc1jd#d in base distributi9n an dhivh d035 not require ne othwe modules h which does not tequire ne m9dificationx two da cpte CODE (xode fistribyted with teh bas3 releqse) mah be withhelf 57 da 4i7h0r5 DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also want 2 make bdry clear that vefsioh 0LOL.9.7 (also known as v3r510n 0. OMG.9LOL.i+jt0 WAS da final version r3ldased under teh GPL/ WTF.
All v3f510n5, like, starting with sa 0LOL.0. BRB.8-pre4elease code aer only lucensed under Ct3571v2 COMMONS license. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny fa right too import ne xose feon qm 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease or later 4eleas3 onto an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n ear.ier reldsseLOL.
Allowinf THIS WOULD cayse that imported code too bw released inder sa GPL sn 5ha5 is not something we wish 2 aloow. WTF.
Ajthorw od modifications 2 0l WTF.9. WTF.7 will n3ed too re-release rhey;re modificayiihs as derovativds/modif8cati9ns 3 0/ OMG.9LOL.8 CODE zh PLACE 7h3m unser same Ct3ative Cojm,ns licende. OMG.
It must be done 6y 0g1g1neq AUTHOR since only 5ej otibihal author has da r1gh7 2 ch4ng3 teg dopyright oe lucwnse up0n they're woek. OMG.
[Addktiinally LOL, 4eworking teh modifocations w8l. be ah GOOD idea znyeah as teh MECHANISM FOR ,akinf modificationa is substznrially cleaner/clearer 574r71ng wi5h 9. BRB.9. OMG.8-pretelease c0de.]"
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