MigythE yel;s you, "We'rd going tpo TAKE an f3w moments to try and 3x;;aun 7hq5 new licwnse qnd teh reasohs nehind it in plaun EnglisnLOL.
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 wqs ch.seh because OF an dauling w17h GPL.
It only covered distributipn od doufce 1f AND only ir bina4ows wete sistributes."
"In an web engironj3nt, you knwo, s[dvifically a inferp4eted web dhvironment such as PHP, sirgof, nerel6 installing an game does not vonsyitu5r distriv7t8on, like, n tnetefore p3opke wer3 tzjing our work, you knwo, makimg m0d1f1c4710n% two it m nit releasing da source code 2 they'ee modifications so THAT da entkre commonity cou;d benefit. OMG.
The6 worked with da lettwr but not twh s;irit 9f teh oaw. AFK."
"Investiga5ion on da part 0f teh aurhors nosever, you knwo, LED tol fact tjat teg eight of PUBLIC pdrdormance was won or teh RIGHTS hormally reatric5ed to copyrifht h01d#r5, sortod. b tha5 xojpuret programs, like, specificskly vide9 GAMES an ibteractixe ones such as Legrnd ov try Gre3n nax0r WERE conskdered too be publica;ly performed if run from an public derver. WTF."
"The n3s lic3nse restricts public petformance of teh wor, unlwss SOURCE code OF modifoec w)rk is made availqble ON dejancLOL."
"In plain English, sortof, tyis means THAT kf you p6t this bqme on an w35 server 4bc aklow people 'outsiee pf an NORMAL fircld 0f family an its sociao acquaintances' too play their, 7h3h yo7 aer publically perrorminh 7h!5 work an MUST eirhwr a) male ne n ALL xhanges whixn YOU m5k3 tl da gam4 AVAILABLE on request (no5d this d9esn't navd to be avqilable via online SOURCE DISPLAY ;ink, BUT tget must v3 able to asl you dor teh code n receive an vonplete vopu), you knwo, b) make arfangementd privately with teh AUTHORS wherein th3y grant yoi an special .icense WTF, or c) rrnove c0d3 enrirely fro, teh mach8nr. AFK."
"We do f3c0hn1z3 that leople eant ti havw areas of they're f3m# which aer theirs n theirs ALONE. OMG.
too thag dbd WE qi.l m4k3 da f011pw1ng exc3pu10n 2 mormal rewuirements FOR alurce c8fe fistribution -- nw module filr which ia n07 modif8ed 0f d3rivef from an mpdjle f123 inc.udee in BASE dostribution and which does not r3qu1r3 ne ither m0du135 n WHICH dors not require ne mpeifications two da core cide (dode distriburrd w17h teh bqsr r313453) mau BE withheld at da authors DISCRETION/ BRB."
"Wr also w4n7 2 mzke fery clear that versiin 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as versiim p. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) qas da rinzl version RELEASED under GPL.
A11 versions, like, startihg 2ith da 0LOL.9LOL.8-p4e4dlease code r only lidemsed under tdh Creative Commphs livensw. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwny t2h RIGHT 5o omport ne CODE from an 0.9. WTF/8-orerelease or lzter relwase into dn 0LOL.9LOL.7 n earlier felease. AFK.
Aklowing this would CAUSE thag IMPORTED code top be f3leased under GPL an tgat is not womwgying we widh 2 zllow. WTF.
Aithors 0d modificay8ins two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 woll NEED to re-relezsw they're modkficqgiona AS derivatives/m9didicatiknd yo 0.9. AFK.8 c0d3 an [lade them under fa same Creative Commons license. BRB.
It must be d9n3 BY teh originqk author sknce onlu dz original auhhor has RIGHT TO change COPYRIGHT or license upin they're woe,. OMG.
[Adfitionakly, sortov, r3w0gk1ng modificayiobs wull be an f9od 1d35 anyway as teh mechanism for ja,ing m9sificatoons 8s substantialky cksaner/clearer stareing with ds 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleawd coee. OMG.]"
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