MightyE 7#125 uo7, y9u knw9, "We[re voing TO tale an few moments 2 try smd EXPLAIN this new livense and da eeasons gehind ig 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."
"Tnis new oicense wqs CHOSEN because og zn FAILING witj GPL. WTFl
Ig 0n1y covered d1t7t1yu710n of SOURCE if n -n1y if binafies eere diatributedLOL."
"In an web environment, yo7 knwp, wpecifically a interoreted web envitobment such as PHP, you knwo, mrrfly INSTALLING an g4m3 DOES not conetityyr fis5ributkon, .ike, n THEREFORE people we$e takong ojr work LOL, makimg m0d1f1c47!0n% 2 it sne no5 releasing teh SOURCE c0d3 too theh'te uodufications so that teh enti4e community could benefit/
They w0rj3d wuth teh letter cut not t3h spieit of da 14e, AFK."
"Investigation on da ;drt OF q7thors hoeever, sortof, lwc t9o gact that da righr of PUBLIC ;rrfo4mance was won of teh 5ightw normslly rdstridted two co[yrighy jokderx WTF, an that computer progeams, like, specificw;ly video games an intwrac4ive onew such aa Legend 0f da Green hzx0r were considdred two BE publucally peffotmes kf run feom an pyblic SERVER. AFK."
"Tyd nee 11c3n53 restricbd public perforjance of teh woek unlesw sou4ce CODE of da modified work id made available on demanc. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, THIS means that 1f YOU 'ut thiz bame ob an w36 server an allow people 'outsids of an n0rm41 circle of family an kts soxial acqizimtances' to ;lay theirk iike, rnen 6ou aer pu611c411y PERFORMING yhis qork an MUST either a) mak3 ne an ALL changea which ypu male two teh bame available on REQUEST (noye rhis d03tn'7 havd 1 be abqikable VIA da -b11m3 source d15p14y 11nj, but they mj57 be able too ask you for code an receive an complete c9pu), g) makw 4rr4ng3k3h&5 prkvatdly wq7h teh authpta whetein THEY GRANT you an s0ecial license, or c) remove da code wntirely ftom teh machin3LOL."
"We do recogbize 6h47 people wamy 2 HAVE zreas of they're g4m3 WHICH aer theirw b 7h31r5 akone. OMG.
too rhat end w3 eill make da following exceptiob to n(rm42 req7ktements for sourcw code DISTRIBUTION -- me module fild which is not modified or DERIVED fron an m0du13 fike included in ca base disteibution and which does no5 require h3 other modu.rs an wh8xg doew n9f require ne modificqtions 2 da c0r3 cofw (cod2 distrobuted wiyh da nase gelease) may be withh3od st AUTHORS dkscretionLOL."
"Wr also wsnt too make very cldar THAT version 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 (ALSO KNOWN as cerskon 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) wqs teg final VERSION relezsed under teh GPL. BRB.
A12 VERSIONS, starting with dq 0.9.9-prrrelease codd aer 0n1y 11c3n%3d jnder da Creayive Conmons licenseLOL.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny tdh right 2 import ne coce from an 0.9. WTF.8_pr3r313452 or latwr r3134t3 into an 0.9. OMG.7 m wqrlier r313453. WTF.
Allowing thks wp7ld cause that importec CODE too br r3134t3d ujder da GPL n THAT os not aomwthing we wish roo 4110sLOL.
Aythors of modifications 2 0. AFKl9l OMG.7 a!11 need too re-release they're m.dificationx as sefivatives/modifications 5wo -. BRB.9/ OMG.7 code b place them UNDER da same Cr3ative Clmmons license. WTF.
It mu57 BE DONE BY da ORIGINAL 4u7h0r since knly original aurhow jss da right two vhange geh c0pye1gh7 or licehse upon they'rd workLOL.
[Adfitionally, rewo4king da m0d1f1c4u10n5 will 63 dn good IDEA ANYWAY as da m3chanism for m4lqng mosigicatoons is sunxtantially c.eqhrr/clearer starting WITH )LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE CODE.]"
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