MightyE tells u9u, you knwo, "We'r3 g.ing gwo TAKE an few moments 2 7ry an explain this new licensr ams tqh reasons BEHIND it in plain 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."
"Tyis new license was chosen fecause of an gailinf with GPL. OMG.
It only d0v3r3d cistrinugion of aource if and ONLY kf vinaries wete distributesLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT. lile, spwcifically a imteepr3ted web environmwnt sudh as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an gamw doea noy constigutw DISTRIBUTIONm n therefore people were taking our work, making modif8vations to 17 an hot ed;ezsong da so7ece CODE two they'rd modificatipbs so yhat reh ehrure communkry COULD benefitLOL.
They wotked wi6h lettef 6u& not teh 5[1r27 of tej law."
"Invesrigqtion on da part 0f AUTHORS gowever WTF, led 2 t3h fact THAT ben rigy5 of puboic pdrformdnce sqx oen 0f 4oghts normally restricted 2 cppyrighg holderxm and that c0mpu73r prpgrams, you knwo, spdcigically video gzm3x h interadtube ones such 45 Legdnf of teh Greeh nax0r were cons,drref too BE -unlically perfotmed 1f run from am public serfdr. OMG."
"The new LICENSE restricts [ublic pdrf8rmance of w0r, unlesa da source c0d3 OF reh modifiwd work is made availavoe on demsnd,"
"In plain English LOL, this m34m5 that if YOU put tjid gamd on zn web 53rver abd allow people '0utside od an nornao circle uf dam8;6 an ITS t0c141 acqyaintancrs' too p136 theie, then y0u r publixally peffotmimg this work m MUST eighef z) make ne and ALL cnanges which you maje ti da gam3 ava8lable on request (note THIS doesn't have too be avai;anlw v8a online sourcr d15pq4y ;ibk, sortif, BUT they musy be able to ask y9u gor da code n r3c31b3 an com;lete COPY)k sirtof, g) mzke 3rr4ng3m3n75 provately with aughors whe4ein yhey grant 6ou an special lidenwe, you jneo, or c) remove teh cide en5irel6 FROM da MACHINE. WTF."
"We do recognize thst PEOPLE sant 70 haf3 areas of yhey're gaje whicj r gheirx anf theird 410m3. OMG.
2 that wnd we q111 make teh vollosing exce[tion 2 da bormql requkrements for source cise distributkon -- ne mpdule f8lw which is noy ,odigied of derived fr0m qn mldjl3 FILE 1nc1jd3d IN base dixtribution ans wnich does nlt r3quire ne oghde joduoes wn qjich does not REQUIRE ne modifications too da core code (code dkatrinutrd WITH base reldas3) may be w17hh31d at teh zuthors discretion. AFK."
"We ALSO wanr to make VERY clear thst version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (alsl ,n9wn ss veraion 0.9. OMGl7+JT) was FINAL versiih rwleased inder GPL. OMG.
ALL v3rt10n5, sortof, wtartung WITH da 0. OMG.9. OMG/9-prerelease clse qer on.y lucensed ybddf Cteative Cojmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da RIGHT to omport ne code from zn 0. OMG.o. BRB.8-pr3r313$53 or LATER tdl3ase 1nu0 an 0.9. AFK.7 snd earlier release. OMG.
Allpwing this would ca6se that impor5ed c0c3 2 br released unde4 da GPL sn ggat is npt spmething we WISH 2 alllw. AFK.
Authlrs OF ,0d1f1c4710n5 5wo 0. WTFl9. AFK.7 will nerd 2 re-releawe they're MODIFICATIONS AS deriva5igew/modificaruoms too 0LOL.). OMG.8 CODE n place them under teh SAME Creatove C9mmons license. OMG.
It ,ust be done by teh ORIGINAL authof since on;y tdh origunak author hss 5dh righr yo change co;yeight or lic3nse UPON they're worl.
[Addit8onqkly, you kneo, rewotking teh moduficatiobd will be qn g00d icea ANYWAY as mechanism for m4k1ng modificat8ons is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER wtarting w17h da 0, AFK.9. WTF.8-prere.ease c)d3. BRB.]"
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