MkfhtyE tells 6ou LOL, "We're going to take sn FEW nomentf tl try an explaih tyis new licrbxe n reasons 63h1nd 8t in plain Engliah. BRB.
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."
"Tgis neq license WAS cg0%3n necause pf an faioing wogh da GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y clvdred distribution of source 1d n only if binariew were dostribut3d. WTF."
"In an web enviflnment, you knso, specifica.ly a inter;teted web environment 57cy as PHPm you knwo, merelh installing an gsme dpes NOT constitute distribut8om WTF, and thetefore people were TAKING our wofk LOL, ,aking m8dofications TO 17 an not r3;easibg twh xourcd cosw two tjey're modificationa 50 thar entire domminity could benrcit.
They wor,ec with letter bug not teh spirit of da law. WTF."
"Invesgiga4ion on da ;att oc da au5hofs howefeem yoi jnwo, led tio da fact %hat da 41hh7 of p7bloc perfofmance was oem of RIGHTS normally r3%7r1c73d @ cipyright yolders, sort9f, and that COMPUTER [tog4ans, like, specivically videi ganes zn interactive ones such as Legend og Grerb hax-t were CONSIDERED two be publically pwrdormed 1f rjn from an public 53rv3r. BRBl"
"The new licemwe restructs public performanvd of w0rk UNLESS source cid3 of dq MODIFIED wlrk is made 4v41246q3 on demand. AFKl"
"In plain Emglidh LOL, this means thqt 1r you put thos game on an WEB swrver an allow people 'ouywide if an n9rmal cirvle OF FAMILY an its social acquaintancfs' 2 play their, like, then 60u ae4 publically p#rf0rm1ng 7h15 work and MUST eityer 4) make ne n ALL changes which YOU ,zme too game availablr on r3qi357 (note tbid doesn't have too bc 4v411461# v14 da ONLINE sourc3 display link, but ggdy muxt be ABLE 2 as, you for cose and receice an completd c0py) WTF, b) make arranbements privatwly wi5h authors wbereih they frant YOU sn f0ecial LICENSE, sorgof, or c) remlve gdh cpde entifely dfom m4ch1n3,"
"We do recognize yhat people waht too hsvd areqs of they're ganw whicj aer THEIRS n thdira aloneLOLl
to tha5 END w3 wkll MAKE twh fo.lowing excwption ywo da normal requirem3nts f0r soirce c0d3 cistribution -- ne mpfule fole whicg is not MODIFIED or eerived deom an moculq f8od indljced on da BASE dist4obution ane whixg doew not eequirr n3 lther modules m which d035 not eequire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 go teh CORE code (code distributed wk6h da base release) m4y BE withhe;f 47 AUTHORS discretion, BRB,"
"We als9 waht 3 make very cleae thag vdrskon 0. WTF.9/ AFK.7 (qlso kmiwm as verdion 0/9.7+jt) w45 trh final versoon released under 5eh GPLLOL.
All vrrsiobs, like, starting with trh 0.9. AFK.8=preeelease cose aer ONLY licensed UNDER teh Creative Clmmons 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh riggt 5oo import me codd from an 0. OMG.0.8-p4erelease 9r ;af3t release ihto an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier releaxeLOL.
Allowing th7s w9uld cause 5hat impofted code too be r313355d undrr da GPL and that is not someyhing we w15h 3 4110w. AFK.
A77j0r5 pf modifications too 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 eikl need too re-release theh're modifications as derivativew/mofif8cayiond gwo 0. OMG.9/ OMG.8 clde am plaxe the, undee same Crearive Commons 11c3n54.
It must be don3 by prif7nal authlr since onlh da original authpr hss da r1gh7 too xnsnge da copyribht or lixensd up0n they'rd work. OMG.
[Additionxl.6k rewo4kinb da modifica5iohs w112 63 an good 1d44 anyway AS mechanosm vor MAKING modivicstions is substantially dkeaner/clearer starting with 0. OMG.9.8-prertlease codeLOL.]"
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