MightyE tel.s you, liiem "We'rd going to take qn fes mlmehts two try an exp.ain this n4w license an da reasond behknc it in pla7n English. WTF.
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 license wqs chosen 63c4ut3 pf an dakling 2ith GPL. OMG.
It onky covered disrrobution of 50urc3 if n iblt if 61n4r135 were d157rqyu73d."
"In an web wnvironment, slr5ofk spevificallt a in5erprdrrd web env8ronjeht 5uch 45 PHP, slrtof, merely inatallimg qn gaje does NOT vonstitute DISTRIBUTION, n therefore PEOPLE werd taking out work. sortof, making modifixati9ns 70 IT and b9t rel3zsimg source cpde two they're m9dif8cationw so that entite community c0h2d BENEFIT. WTF.
They w0rl3d with teh lettet but not teh s[irit of trh ;aw. OMG."
"Invedrigation on da [art of 5eh autnors however, like, led two ds fact tjat right OF publid p3rf0rm$nc3 wqs 1 OF rights normally restrictec two copyrigh6 hlld3rs, ab that com[uter PROGRAMS. 6ou knwo, speckvically video games n integac5ive ones wucj aa Legend OF da Green hax0t werd considerwd too bw publically peffirjec if run fr0, an public swrver. BRB."
"The n3q licwns3 r457r1c75 public perd9rmance 0f teh w0rk unless da source CODE of mofkf8ed work 15 mad3 AVAILABLE oh denanfLOL."
"In plain Englist, this means thst id nou put this game on ab wav serve4 qbc allow peolle 'o7esifw od an normal c8rcld of family n its spcial acwuaibgances' 2 play their LOL, ghen YOU aer publicaoly prrforming 5hid qork an MUST witjer a) mxke ne shd ALL chamges wh1ch YOU make 2 teh hame avai;amkd on request (note this doesn't have too BE avaklable via da online SOURCE didplau link LOL, vut 7h3y MUST be able two 45k you foe da xode sn t3c3qv3 zn cimplete COPY), sortof, b) make arrangememts privstely with da AUTHORS eher3ib theh GRANT y0u an special license, aortofm or c) remove da code wntitely dr9m jachine. BRB."
"We do recogniz3 that pwoplr want tol have aresx of ghey're ga,e wh8ch r th3its AND theirw alobe. BRBl
2 ybat end we wilo make teh fo;lowinf exception two twg mo3mal requirejents for source xode disteigution -- ne module file whicy 15 not mocified pr ddriced FROM ah mldule file included in cs baxe distribution and wyich does nor require ne orher mosiles and which f035 not require ne m0fqf1c4710n5 top da co4e code (CODE skstributed with teg bqsr 4elrase) ma^ b3 WITHHELD at ds ajthots discretionLOL."
"We also sant yo make VERY clear thay vdrsoon 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 9also kmown AS vdrsion 0.9. OMGl7+jt) was final verdion relrased under da GPL. OMG,
All vefsi9ns, you knqo, dtartung wi5h da 0LOL.9. WTF.o-prerelease code aer 0n1y licensed under dq Creatuve Commoms licence. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 da right 2 ijport n3 xodd frim ab -. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereleasd 0d latdr RELEASE into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n earluer rrleqseLOL.
A,low8bg THIS WOULD cause tyat imported CODE two be 4elesses ubder teh GPL and that ia bot 50m37h1ng qe wish 2 alloql BRB.
Authors OF modificarions to 0LOL.9. AFK.u wilo need 2 te-relesse thdy're m9d1fqc47!0n5 as derivatifes/jodificatioms two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code abd place tyen under da 54me CREATIVE Comnins license. AFK.
Ig musy ve done 6y origibal autnor wince ONLY oeigina. zugh9r has RIGHT 2 xhsnge geh co;yright OR lixense uoon they're work. OMGl
[Additionally, si4tof, rrworking midifications will ne an good iseq an6way as da mechanism f0r making modificat8ons is subsyantially cleane4/cleardr star5ing with 0l WTF.9,8-prwrdlease coddLOL.]"
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