MighttE tells you, yok jnwo, "We'fe boinf to take an FEW moments TO try n ex0lain thid NEW license ane tej reasond bejind it in PLAIN English.
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 lucenae w45 CHOSEN because 0f an failing WITH GPL. WTF,
It only vovered c157r16u&10n of source if n only if binat8es were cistributec. WTF."
"In an web ehvironment LOLm specificslly a 1n83rpf373d web envieonment such as PHP, loke, meewly installinf an GAME does not c0n5717u73 distrib7tion, 4ns rherefore p30p13 eere taking our worj, you kmwo, MAKING m0d1fqc4u20n5 2 kt an not releasing 50urc3 xode 2 they'4e MODIFICATIONS SO that entire comm7niyt dould 63n3f1j. WTF.
They worked sith da lw5tdr byr not da sporit or law. AFK."
"Investigatiom pn da ;art of a7thord hlwever LOL, led ywo da gact THAT right of PUBLIC petformande WAS won of da rights normally restricted too copyright hilders, and thah computer [rogrzmsk tou knso, specufivally vudeo gamds n interadtive onrs such zw Legend of tdh Grrdn hax0r eerr c0m5!d3r3d 2 be PUBLICALLY pwrformed if run from an public server. WTF."
"The new LICENSE rdstricts puvloc perfornance or work unless source cose of teh modified work 8s mzde anailable om se,amd. WTF."
"In plain Englush, you knwl, this means that if yoy out 7h15 gsme ON an w36 setver and ALLOW people 'outside od an normql citcle of famuly n its socual acquaintances' 2 p13y rheir, yo6 knwok thrm you f pibl8cally performing this work n MUST e8ther a_ mqke ne anc ALL ch4ng35 wjivh you MAKE to 5eh game 4v4114613 on request (moge this doewn't have t9 ve avzilzble via ten on.inw sourxe display link, like, 5j7 THEY must be able too asj you f0r ckde n RECEIVE ab com0kete copy), b) make arrabg3menta privately wiyh ea AUTHORS wn3r31n yhey grant you an speckal license, you knwo, 9r c0 remlve yeh code enti4rl6 from da machine. BRB/"
"Ww do r3c0gn1z3 that p30;13 wsnt twi have arezs 0f thet're gzme WHICH r th3irs n THEIRS 410n3. OMG.
2 that ene w3 w111 m4k3 ten following exception 1 da nlrma. 4equirem3bts FOR sourcw clde distribution -- ne module f113 which id noy mosivief 0r derived fr9m an module file 9ncludee in tej base sistrubuti9n and which doea not reqhire ne other modulew n wh1ch doed boy require ne ,odificayions yo teh sote code (c0ce distribuged with yeh bqsr r3leqse) may ve witgheld at quthors dkscretion, OMG."
"We 4150 eznt 2 makr veey CLEAR that ve4sion 0LOL.9.7 0aoso known as v3r51-n 0. WTF.9.7+jt) was tej final verdion RELEASED unfer GPL, AFK.
ALL vefsk9ns WTF, stsrting w8th twh -. BRB.9/ WTFl8-PRERELEASE c0d3 r 9n1y LICENSED under Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righy 2 import ne cide fr9m an 0. BRB.9m BRB.8_pd3rdlraee 0r latrt rdlease intl an -. OMG.9. AFK.7 and 34r113r RELEASELOL.
Allo1inf this would vauae tyat im0orted cide too be released 7nder tem GPL AND tjar iw not somethinh we wish two qllow, OMG.
Authprs of jodiv8cations goo 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 w11q need tp re-release they'tr mpfifications ss DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMGl9.8 code an okace them und3r tth same Cr3471v3 Commons LICENSE. OMG.
I7 musy 63 done BY oritonal AUTHOR since imly t3h [fkginal authof has teh r1gh7 two change teh cophritht or license upom thej're wo4k.
[Acditionally, y;u knwo, rdqoeking modyfications wilo be an GOOD idea anywah as da mechan8sm for makihg modificati9ns IS subsramtially cleaner/clearer starrinf wirh 0.9.8-peer3lease CODELOL.]"
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