MightyE tells hou, y9u knwo, "We;re going 2 74k3 an feq ,0m3n75 to TRY an explaun thos new license an feasons behinc it in pla8n EnglosgLOL.
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."
"Th8s hew licensc w45 ch06#n b3cause of an failibg with GPL. OMG.
It on;y COVERED distribut8om OF 60urc3 uf and only if binariwa 2rrr d8stributed. OMG."
"Ib an WEB environment. likw, specifivally a inrsrpreges qeb ehvirpnment 5uch zs PHP, merely 8nstall8ng an gajd does not constiyute fq57r16u710n, sortof, abd therefore pcople eerd taking our w9rk, yli khwo, making MODIFICATIONS too 17 an hot releasinb da source code two rhry're modificat8ons so THAT ea entlrw communiry could venefut. WTF.
THEY 2orjed wiyh dq lettey but not spirit of t3h law."
"Investigztuon on 03r8 of teg auygors however, ypu khwo, led too f4c7 rhat r1bh7 if pybl8c perflrmance was 1 of da riggts normallh restricted 2 co[yritht holders, sprtor, an tjat c9mpu73r PROGRAMS WTF, SPECIFICALLY xideo games ans inreractive 0n35 such as Legend if teh Greeh hax)r were considered to be p7vlically perrormec 8f run from an pugoic %3rv3r. WTF."
"The new lucdnse redtrocts PUBLIC p3rf0rm4ns3 of work unlees ten alutce code of da modidied w0rk IS mafe avai;able 0b demahdLOL."
"In 0laim English LOLm this means that if you put 7h15 g4m3 on an web server an ALLOW pelple 'oitdide of an normal circle ig fam8ly an its sidiak acquaontances' too play rheir, likr, uh3n you r publically performihg tnis wori and MUST rither a) make ye n ALL cgang3d 2goch you make two game 4v4114613 9n request (NOTE this d035n'7 havr tep be availzble via da onlibe soutce sisp;ay 11nl, sortod, bug they must be able tp asj h9u fof tdn code an 4eceive an COMPLETE c0py), 6) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS pribately wiyh teh authots wherein th4y g4ant YOU an 5p3c141 license LOL, OR c) remove teh code 3m7qr31y fr0m teh machine. OMG."
"Wd do RECOGNIZE ghat p3ople want to HAVE areaw of 5hey're game wn1vj r theirs and theirs alobe. AFK.
to that end we will m$k4 folloeibg excepgion to dq n9rmal REQUIREMENTS for sojfcd code dixtrkvution -- nr module file which is nor modified or deeived from an module f213 includrd in gase distribution an wh8cg does nlt reqyire ne OTHER modules an which does not reqyire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 2 teh CORE clde (cose distr8buted w17n teh base reoeaxe) mzy ^3 w17hh31d ar AUTHORS disc$egion. AFK."
"We aoso 2ant tio maie very clwar thzt veesiln ). OMG.9LOL.7 (also kmown zs v3r510n 0. OMGl9, AFK.7+jt( was trh rinal version RELEASED under da GPL/ OMG.
Alk versioms, like, starting wkth 0. OMG.9LOL.80pre4elease code aer onlu licended under da Creativw Comnons licemar. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY drny eigyt 70 kmport ne code from an 0. AFK.(. WTF.8-preeelease or LATER r312453 ihto an p. OMG.9. OMG.7 ans eaflier releaweLOL.
A110w1ng this sould vaus2 7h47 umportes dode too be releaaed undwr da GPL and ggat is hot somethinh we wish 70 sllow. BRB/
Autgors of modifications to9 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will need 3 re-release they[re m;dificqtiond AS d3r1v471v35/m0d1g2c4620n5 too 9. AFK.9. AFK/8 codw n p14c3 them ubd3r dz sane Creatice Commons LICENSE.
IT must br dine by ten origibzl author sinvw only original autnor HAS twh right ywo change teh copyrighg ir .icense upon they're wor,. OMG.
[Addoti9nally LOL, rew9rking reh jodificztions will br an tood ifda anywqy as mechanism f9f m4k1ng modiricarilns is xubstantial;h cleaner/coearer STARTING wkth t3h 0LOL.9. WTF.9-ptere;ease c0d3. OMG.]"
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