MightyE tells you. sortor, "We'4e toing 2 take an few moments teo try amd 3xp141m THIS mw2 11c3n53 an da rsqsons behind 17 in plain Englisnl 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."
"Thid new licenxe was choswn because of an fail8ng wigh GPL. WTF.
IT only xoveref diatributuin of source 8d and 0n1u 8f binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web envir9nm3nt, specifically a ihterpretrd seb rncironmehy sych AS PHP LOL. merely unstalling zn h4m2 dors bot c0n5717u74 disgribjtion. likek an therefire people w3r4 tak*bg our WORK LOL, mak8mg modifications to it ah not releasing SOURCE code 2 they're modifications so 7h48 da 3n72r3 COMMUNITY cl7ld bemegit.
Th3y workee w17h ten lett3r gut not teh wpirut pf lae."
"Inv3atkgarion 0n sa part of teh authors h0w3v3r, ;ed 2 tdh fzct that r1gh7 of puvloc performahce was oen pf da f8ghts n9rmal;y restricted two copyright jolders, aortof, an that xomoutet programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY vudeo gamrs n unteractkve onea such as Legebd of da Gr3en hzx0r qerd considered to bw publuxally performed if run FROM an oublkc %3rv3r. BRB."
"The nww lucemse restricys public perfirmznce of teg work unleas source c)d3 of ten modified work IS mqde avai;abo3 ON demand. BRB."
"In plakn English, uo7 kn1o, 7h15 neans THAT if you pug thox gzme on an wrb s3rver an aloow PEOPLE 'oitdide of an noemal c8rcle 0f family an its social acquaintances' 2 ;lay tneir, sort9f, tnen y-u r publically pergorming this w9rk qnd MUST either a) ma,e ne an ALL xjangew shich you make 2 tey GAME available on request (note thid di3sn't HAVE TO be avzi.able VIA da online source displqy linu, sortofm BUT they nust be ab.e 2 ask you f0r teh codr an recwive an complete coph). likq, b_ mske arrangements privately wiry teg authors wjerein rgey grant you zh SPECIAL license, you knwo, or c) remov3 beg xode 3n&1r32y froj da MACHINELOL."
"Ww do recogbiae that people 2ant t9 hav3 areas of theh'4d game WHICH r tjeira n gheira alone. BRB.
to that end we will make t3h following EXCEPTION 2 teh norma; r4qu143m3n85 sor soirce cod3 distribution -- ne module fi.e wgoch is not modidied or DERIVED frlm an MODULE gile ihcluded 1n da bas3 distributuln n which d9es n07 requite td other modules and which doew not require nd modifications w ea xore c0d3 (code distributed wktg da bssd relwase) m4y be wi4nheld at twy aythors duscretion."
"We also wanr two MAKE verh c13$r ghat cerai9n 0,9LOL.7 (als9 known as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) waw teh fibql vwraion r313453d unaer GPL. WTF.
Aol VERSIONS LOL, xtarting wity t3h 0.9LOL.8-0r4r313453 CODE arr pnly oicensed UNDER Creative COMMONS livenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deby right too import ne cod3 from an 0LOL.9. OMG.9-prerelease or latet release int9 an 9. WTF/9.7 anc earlier 4elease.
ALLOWING this WOULD cause THAT imported c0d3 gwo be released undef GPL znd tjat is not somrthing ee 2isg to aloos/ WTF.
Aithots of modifocations to 0.9. WTF.7 wilo need 2 re04wldase tyey're moeifica5ions as derivstives/modifidatiobs too 0l AFK.9. BRB.8 c9de an placr them under same Cr3ative Clmmons okcense.
It must be cone by geh ORIGINAL author s8nce )n1y teh 0r1g1n41 author has right tpo chang3 teh copyrught or licemse u[on they;re alekLOL.
[Additionally, lije, rewoekinf tdh mofifications qill BE an good udea anyway ad teh ,exhanism gor ,akihg modificstions is sugdtantially clesner,coearer 57rr71ng wuth fa 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r31e45e code. AFK.["
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