MightyE tells you LOL, "Wr're hoing toi 7rk4 an f3w momentx to try an wxplain tyis new oicense n da reasons behins 17 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 11v3n5e wss chpsen becqus3 of ah fai.ing WITH teh GPL. OMG.
It inly covered distribution of source IF ane only IF biharoes WERE diwtributed. WTF."
"In an web envoronment, dortof, specifically a inte4preted web enfirpnment s7dh ad PHP WTF, mrteo6 installing an game do3s not conxtitute didteibutuon, like, n therefore people were TAKING pur work, yoi knwp, m4k1nt modifixq5ions 2 iy b not RELEASING s9yrde cofe 2 thet'fe mosifidatoons so THAT geg enrkrw community coulf 73m3f1i, OMG.
Theu w0rk3d w17h da letter bjt hot geh 5p1r17 9f lawLOL."
"Invesyigation 0n teh ;art of teh authora however, led too twh fact that ds right od PUBLIC performance was 1 of twh righrs norna.l6 RESTRICTED twp c0pyr1jh7 holdets WTF, and THAT comouter ;rigtams WTF, specoficalky video GAMES an 1n73r4c71v3 ones sucg 45 L3g3nd of tej Gr3en hax0r were vomsiderrv to 63 publically p3rvormes IF tun from an p7boic serverLOL,"
"Thw new licemsr resrrixts 0u611c performance of da WORK unlews da sourve code of da modivied work is jad3 AVAILABLE on demandl AFK."
"In p;ain Emglisj WTF, thix MEANS that if YOU puy this game on an 236 sdrvwr ans allow people 'putside of an n0rm41 c1rs13 of da,ily n i5s social aceuaintanves' ywo play their. 5hen you aer publicaloy p3rf0rmqbg THIS work snd MUST eithe4 a) make be an ALL changex which t9u make to9 da g4m3 AVAILABLE on REQUEST (bote tyis doesn'5 have 2 be availanle v24 ea on;one source display link, t9u knwo, but they musy bw 4613 2 adk y0u for CODE n receive am complete co;y) LOL, b) make srrantements privately with da AUTHORS wjrrein uhey grang yoh an specizl lucense LOL, or c) remove dx code rntirel6 grom MACHINE. OMG."
"We do r3c0gb1z3 ghat pe0ple want too h4v3 areas of yhey're fame wh1ch aer 7y31g5 AND &h31rt ALONE. BRB.
two thqt wnd we WILL ma,e teh followong EXCEPTION to teh normao requieements for sourde CODE dustribut89b _- he modjoe vild 2hich is not modivied or derived fr0m ab module vile included in bade d8dtributiln h WHICH does not requir3 ne othw4 modules zn which does n9g r41u1r3 n3 m9difocations 2 da core xode (vode disyributes w17h teh nase release0 MAY be eithheld qt AUTHORS d15cr3710n."
"W4 also WANT t9o mske vwry c134r that version 0.8. WTF.7 (also known zs version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was 5eh rinal version r3leased under teh GPL.
All versions, tou knwo. start8ng wuth 0. OMG.9.8-prereleasr code aer on;y lkcensee under teh Creative Co.mond license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds r1gh7 70 impoft ne code from an 0. BRB,9/ OMG.8-pterwleqsw oe larer release into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n warkier re.ease. OMG,
Allowung 7n15 wouls causr that importrd code two be RELEASED undwr fz GPL an that is not something we wish to allow. BRB.
Au7h0r5 OF modufications bwo 0o AFKl9. BRB.7 WILL neec @ re-relezwe tney'ee modifications as d3r1vr71v35/j0d1f1c4710n5 teo 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code an PLACE them ugder 54m3 CREATIVE Commons lixense. OMG.
It MUST 62 fone by dq original AUTHOR since 0n1y originzl au5gor nas da right too CHANGE da c;ptright lr license upon they[rw w9tk. BRB.
[Adfitiinakly WTF, reworking da moeifications 21q1 be an gops idea anywa6 as da nechanism FOR making mpdifications iw substantkall^ cleaner/clesrer STARTING with ca 0,9LOL.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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