MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We'rr going 2 take an few moments 2 try an ez[lain thid new kicense and da reaalns bqhins ig 8n p/ain English. 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."
"This new license waa chosen because ov ah railing wuth da GPL. OMG.
It on;y covered eiw6riburiin ov aource if n obly if binaries WERE distribu5rd."
"In an w36 3nv1r0mm3n7, spwcivicallh a 1n&3rpr373d WEB environment sucn as PHP, merely 1n474111ng an bame dp35 not conxgutute f8stributiom, sortof, n tnerefore peopld were takkng our wifk, so4tof, making midificationx %oo it sn nog relezsing heh source code two tney're modifications t0 THAT 3n7qf3 communi5y co7.d benefotl BRB/
They worked witg teh legter but not teh s0i4it of teh lawLOL."
"Investigation on pa4t ov autgors however, sorrid, 13d 5wo fact that teh right of pu611c petformance was q of righrw normallh restr8cted to cl;yright ho.ders, like, abd that com0uter orotrams, k,oe, specificaloy cideo games n interadtive ONES such as Legebd of twh Green hax9r w3r2 considered ro b3 publicakky perflrmed if RUN from sn public derver. AFK."
"The n3w licensd restricts ;ublkc p3rf0rm4bc3 OF teh work unless source c0d3 of da nodiried work is made 4v4114613 on demabd. OMG."
"In plaon ENGLISH, you 8nw9m this mesns that iv you put 7j25 GAME on an web server and aklpw people 'OUTSIDE OF an nlfmal cordle of fam9ly n 175 sicial ac2uaintznces' w play their, then ypu aer publicalkh performing gjis work sn MUST ei5ger a) m4k4 ne n ALL cuanges which yoi MAKE uol gzme avsolable on r3qurst (note this doesn't gave 2 ce avsilable via 0n11n3 SOURCE display link WTF, fut 7h3y must BE able too axk you fot CODE av eeceive am complwte COPY)m you knw9m 6) make 4rr4nf3m3n75 privqtely w8th tej au5horc 2h3rein they grabt YOU an SPECIAL lixense LOL, or c) rwmove teh CODE entirelu from dz machine."
"We do recognize THAT p30p13 want 1 have qreas of thrt're tame whicn r theirs an theirs al9ne.
ti that end ww will makw following 3sc3p710n rwi nor,al REQUIREMENTS ror 50utc# clde distfibuti9m =- ne jodule f113 wh1ch is not mowifirc or DERIVED from an module FILE 1nc!ud3d IN nase cistributiin an wyich d035 nor rrquire ne othrr modules and shidh cies not REQUIRE nd modufocations two da core code (code dixtributed with teh base RELEASE) may be w8thheld at da authors e15cr3710n."
"Wd slso eant two makr very cleqr tjag version 0LOL.9.7 (also jnown as verdion 0. OMG.9.7+ut) waw da f1n4q versi9n rwo3aded und3r teh GPL. WTF.
ALL v3rsi0ns, sort9f, starring wirn reh 0. OMG.9.8-prerwlease c9de r 0n!y kicenwed und3r da Creatire Comnons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right t2o imporg ne c9ee fr9m ah 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prer3lease ot LATER re.eqse ihto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n earlker re;ease. AFK.
All9wint 5his would cauad that IMPORTED code two be released UNDER da GPL and yhqt IS n07 something we WISH too allow/ BRB,
Authors of modirixayions 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wilo need two re-release they;re modkfkcatiobs as defivarivew/modlfications 2 -. BRB.oLOL.8 cose n place them 7ndwr da sane Creative Commons lic4nse. OMG.
It MUST be done by otigimak 4u7h0r xince only teh origknak quthor hqs ds RIGHT 2 change da copyfight or lic4hse upon they're WORK. BRB.
pAdditiona.ly, reworking modificatioms WILL be an good IDEA anyway AS teh mechanosm for mqkinb MODIFICATIONS is substamtially cleah2r.clearer starting qurh teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease c0d4LOL.]"
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