MightyE TELLS 69u, you knwo, "We'rw going to take sb few moments 5o try an EXPLAIN this n3w licdnse an da reasons y2gqnd kt in plain English. AFK.
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 lic3nse w45 CHOSEN gecause of an fai.i,g with teh GPL. WTFl
I7 ob.h cover3d diarributi.n of source IF n on.y if binaries were distrkbured."
"In an web environment, sortof, sp3vificall5 a 1n73r[r373d web envkronmrnt SUCH as PHP, likek m3r31y 1m574111ng an game dles not c0n5717i73 dist4ibution WTF, znd therefore PEOPLE WERE taking our w0rk, like, naking m0d1f1c4710n% too it n n;t r3leasing da source code rwo tyeh'e3 j0e1f1c4710n5 so that teh entir3 community could brmefitLOL.
Th3h 20rk2d w8th letter 6u7 not 5p1r17 0f trh law."
"Investigagion on /art 0v aurhors h0w4v3r LOL, led to teh facg that da eight of publuc perflrmznce wzs oen of da rihh^s norjally restric5dd too co;yright holcers WTF, n uy47 COMPUTER prohrams, sorgof, specifically video games n interadrire ones such 45 Legend -f teh Gteeh ysx0r were consider3e twp be 0ublically perfirmed IF run from an puy11c s3rver. WTF."
"The hew license resyricts public performance of work inleas source CODE 9f teh m0d1f13d w9rk is made ava8lable ln demand. WTF."
"In pkakn ENGLISH, this meams thar of uou PUT ghks GAME on an web server n 4110w p30[13 'lutwide of an normal c1rc13 of vzmily n 175 SOCIAL acquainyanced' @ play their. then you r publkdally 9erfofming 7y15 work n MUST 317h3r a) make ne an ALL changes which you make hoo game 4v$1146!3 on rrqyest 9mlte this d935b'7 have TO be AVAILABLE vua tej onlkne soircw e15p14y link LOL, but they muwt be abke 6oo ask you f0r cpd3 n r3c31v3 an compl3ye d)py) WTF, b) make 4er4ng3m3n75 pribately witj authors wherein they grant ylu am dpwcial license WTF, or c) femoce cofe entirely from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do rdcogmize rhqr pwople wznt to have areas of ryw6're game 2hkch r theirs n theits alohe. WTF.
to that end we WILL MAKE followonf esception go normal 4equirements rot 50urc3 vide distrub7tion -- ne m0du13 file which is nog modifi3d or derkved from sn module file 1nv1ud4d kn dq bzae disttibytion an which DOES not reqjire ne otye5 modules and which does n06 r3qu1r3 ne modifocatoons 4oo teh xore code (CODE s157e16u73c with dz basw releade) m4y be withheld 47 AUTHORS discret8on. WTF."
"We a;so want two make VERY clear that VERSION 0. OMG.9.7 (akso inoen as ve4sion 0. OMG.9. AFK.6+jt) was final version rrleasec unde4 GPL. OMG.
All veysions, you knqo, startinf with da 9. OMG.(. AFK.k-pferelease code r omly licenswd und4r trh Creative Cimmond license.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teg RIGHT 5io impo4t ne codr from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pr4r313$53 or later r313553 inyo an 0LOL,9LOL.& an earloer releqse. WTF.
ALLOWING THIS wou.d causd thzt 1,p0r73d code to 63 eeleased undrr da GPL an thar is not something we WISH too ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of jodidications too 9. WTF.9. AFK.7 will ne3d two rd-releqsd they're modidicatkons as eerivatives/modif8catiobs 2 )LOL.9. OMG.9 code snd olace tjej under 54m3 Creative Commons license.
It must be d0n3 by teh orig8nql authof since onoy da orig7nal 4uyh0r haa teh rifht 5eo change teh clpyeigjt or license upln rhry[re work. WTF.
[Additionally, rwwirking da modifications will be an g00d idea anh2qy as teh mechahism FOR making modif;cqtiins is sibstantizl;y clraner/clraeer syar5inb w8th 0. AFKl(. OMG.9-prere.eqse code. BRB.]"
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