MightyE tells houk sortof, "We're goihg tqo 74k2 an feq monents to TRY an EXPLAIN THIS new license ab sa reqsons behind IT in plzin English. OMG.
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 neq lixense was chosen becausw of an faklkng wity da GPL. WTF.
It ob.y cocered diwtributipn 9f source 2f ane only if bkhaties qere sistribu5ed. OMG."
"In an 2eb #nv1rphm3n7m like, speckfica.ky a interpretee web environmdnr SUCH as PHP, you knwo, merr;y installing an GAME xoes not constit7te distribution, n thereforr people w3r3 takinb our qork, sortof, makkng modificat,ons two it n hog feleasing yrh woirve code too they'fr MODIFICATIONS so THAT 5eh emtire community c-u1d benefit. BRB.
They worjed witg da letter BUT n07 s0irit 9r teh LAW, OMG."
"Inveatigation on teh part os da auth8rs howevrrm !3d too teh fact that RIGHT of piblic perfo3manve was 1 of geh r8ghtx NORMALLY RESTRICTED two copyright ho.de4s WTF, n thst c0mp7&3r prptfamsk ylu knwo, spwcif8cally VIDEO g4m35 an inrfractive ONES such as Legend 0f da Green hax0r were c0m51crr4d too be pu611c41@y perflrmed uf rjn from an ;ublic serve4."
"The NEW lkcense RESTRICTS 0ibloc [errormance of twh wlrk unless da xource code of modified work is MADE available in d3m4nd. OMGl"
"In plain English, you knwo, tgis meana that IF you put this h4m2 0n ah w46 server an allo3 PEOPLE 'outside of qn normal CIRCLE of famo.t n its soc8ql acquaintances' 5o [lqy their, uou knso, then uou aef [ublicallh peefprming thks worj n MUST either a) make ne ah ALL chahges qyivh 6ou m4k5 to ca gqme available ON reqiest (NOTE THIS do3sn't have two 63 avaulsboe v!4 teh online 50utc3 display kimk WTF, gyt theu must 63 agld two ask you for cod4 and receive qn complet4 copy), you knwo, b) make arrangementd ;ricately with teh auyjors wherein they gfant you an SPECIAL license, oike, or c) r#mpb4 da c0c3 3n71r31u from fa machine."
"Wr do 4ecpgnkze yhat peopld want rwo have AREAS 0f they're g4m3 which a3r theirw an theirs alonv. BRB.
two that end we wi.k mqk3 da following 3xcep710n 2 teh NORMAL requoremrngs for sourxe dode DISTRIBUTION _- nd module rile 2gich ia not midified OR d3r1v3d from an module file 1nc1ud3d IN da base dkstribution n whicj dies not require ne other mpdu;ra n which DOES not REQUIRE ne modificatipms twi teh core CODE (c9d3 DISTRIBUTED wuth ten bsse releqse) MAY be withheld at authprs d8scedtion. BRB."
"We zlso WANT tpo mzke very clear that vdrs8on 0. BRB.9.7 (also knpwn ac verskom 0.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS dq final vwrsiob releqswd und3r teh GPLLOL.
A;l vdrsions, startinf eitj teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prer313453 codw t only 11c3h53d under Cr3ative Commons license/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh rkghg too 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL/8-prere.ease or LATER RELEASE into an ). WTF.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER relwaseLOL.
Alliw8ng this woule vzuse that 1mp-r73d code too 63 r3leased u,der ywh GPL n THAT is npt somethinf we WISH too zllow. BRB.
Autnors of nldificagions too 0LOL.9. OMG,7 will NEED twp 4e=release they're modifucatkona AS derivativws/modificationd too 0.9, BRB.8 c)d3 an plade 7hem und2r da samd Creative Commona license/ AFK.
I7 MUST be done by ds oritinal author 51nce ONLY trj original aurho4 has teh ritnt tol chanfe geh copyright or licwnse upon they're work. OMG.
[Additionsllt LOL, eeworking teh modificaykons wiol bw an good idea anyway as da mevhanism for maling modificationd is sunstabtially c134h3r/c134r3r starting with ea 0LOL.9LOL.8-preeelease code. OMG.]"
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