MightyE 53lls yoj LOL, "We're going 2 takw zn few momentw 2 TRY an 3xooa8n this mew license n teh reasonx BEHIND 17 om PLAIN Englidh.
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 licemse w4% chosen BECAUSE of an failibg with teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered d8s5ribution or 50urc3 if and ohly iv binaries 2ete sistribytqf."
"In qn web environm3nt LOL, sp#cifocally a interpfeted web encirpnment such ss PHP WTF, merely installihh an famw does n9t const8tu5d cistribhyion, 4nd therefore people were tak8ng 0ue work WTF, making modifications too it an not releasing so7rce cper 5oo they;te modificatiobs so THAT teh dntire vommunity vould benefit. BRB.
They worked with teh let5er but not da spirut 9f ca law. BRBl"
"Investigation 0n da part OF authors howwfer, like, led too favr that yeh r1gh7 0f PUBLIC pdrrormance 2as 1 of rights normally rextricted too cooyr8tyt holfd4s, 6ou km2p, an that computee programs, sortof, SPECIFICALLY video games n interacgive ONES s7ch aa LEGEND 0g Greem nax0r were CONSIDERED to ce pu612c411u [erfofmed if eun from an [ubp8c setvee. WTF."
"The new licwnse rrsteicts piblic pergormance of teh wkrk un13t5 t3h soyrcr code pf ten modified work is made available on cemand."
"In plain Eng.ish, this means that if you PUT tyia g4m3 on an web server an sllow people 'i7tside of qn NORMAL ciexle of FAMILY n its social acquaihtanxes' gop p;ay yheir LOL, then ylu aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING yhis sork n MUST eithwr 5) make ne n ALL changes which yoj make w 5ey game 4v4!1461e on reqmest (noye THIS doesn'5 HAVE go9 nd abai;able via yeh ONLINE xource diaplay link, sort9f, but they must be able rwo a2k tpu for teg cpde znd receivd an clmp;wte copy(, sortof. b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with authors wherein 7h2y grsnt you am spec9al license, you knwo, or c0 remove teh CODE 3n71re1y from yeh mschine/ AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 rhat PEOPLE want to hsve areas of theu'r3 hame which aer thekrs and THEIRS al9ne/
two yhqt end we will ,ake da f0110s1ng ecceptuoh to no4msl rwq7ire,ents for sourcc cpde eistribugiom -= ne modu;e filr which 15 not modified or derived grom an module file kmcl7dec in ds basd dist4kbutiin and shkch DOES NOT require ne other modules n wnich does npt require ne modificstuons to core code (codd distributed with base reoeaze( may BE sithh3ld at teh authorx DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also w4h7 yoo maie very cleae that version 9. WTF.9/ WTF.8 (also kmown as version 0. BRB,9. OMG.7+jt) was teh f1n41 vdrsion releasdd 7ndet teh GPL.
All VERSIONS, li,e, stargong with teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-orerelease c9d3 r obly lidensdd under CREATIVE Commonw ;idense.
We EXPLICITLY drny RIGHT too import ne bode vrom zn 0. OMG.9.8=orerelease or later re;eaa3 1n60 an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an EARLIER release,
Allowing this would cause %hat impor5wd clde yo br re.eased UNDER GPL and that is not slmeyhing WE wisn 2 allow. AFK.
Authofs of mofifications two p. AFK,9. AFK.7 wilk need to re-r3lease thry're modifications as derivativew/modifixations @ 0l AFK.9. BRB.8 code and plavr them UNDER szmw Creative Commons licenae. BRB.
It must 63 sone 6y da o4kginzl 4o7h)r xince only da irigknal author has da RIGHT to ch4ng3 copyright or 9ocdnse upon they're work. OMG.
[Add8tionallu LOL, reworking tdh modifications will be an goof idea snyezy as teh MECHANISM for msking uodificationx is substantiallt cleaner/vlearer starting 2ith da 0LOL.9/8-prefelease CODE. BRB.]"
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