MightyE tells you, hou knwo, "We'r3 going two take an few ,omdnts 1 try an explain this new kicense an da r3asons brhine it 1n plain Eng115h. AFK.
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."
"Tjis n3w loc3nse was CHOSEN vecause of sn gailing w8th teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered d8stributikn of source if and ohly 1f BINARIES wers eidtribited. OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, 5[3c1f1c411y a onter[reted web ENVIRONMENT wuch qs PHP, sortif, mereoy installing an game d034 NOT constutuye distributiom WTF, anf therefore peool3 were ta,ing our work LOL, m4k1ng m0d!fqd46q-n5 2 8y an hot re;easinh teh slirce c0d# TO tjey'rd modifications so that da ebtir3 c0mmuh17y could benevit.
Thet WORKED with da lerter but NOT da 5p1r17 pf LAW. WTF."
"Incwsgigation on part of da aurh9rs howev3r, led two f4d7 that right of public PERFORMANCE wzs oen 9f RIGHTS normallh restricted two copyright h02d3r5, sorrog, an that COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, like, SPECIFICALLY video games n interactivd ones wuch as Legend of teh GREEN hax0r wr4e vonsodered two be PUBLICALLY pergor,ed if rum from ah pivluc server. BRB."
"Th3 nde license rrstricts public pwrformance pf teh work ynless da s9urce code of ten modifiee qork IS made availavle pn demaneLOL."
"In 0.aib English, l8ke, thks m#3n5 fhat ig YOU put th8s game on an web servet n qllow PEOPLE ;outside of an notmql circle OF family an its sociqk acquzintances' too play their WTF. th3n you r publically performing 5his wotk anf MUST either 4) m4k3 nr n ALL changes qh1ch you nske too gam3 acailanle ON 4equesg (npte tjis doewn't javf two be ava8lable vis online source displat !1nk, sottof, BUT THEY nist be able 2 ask 6ou fot teh code and RECEIVE an complete cipy), b) ma,e arrangenents privag3ly w17y authors wherwin they grant y)u qn special kicense, you knwo, or d) remlve code entifely c4pn fa machine. OMG."
"We do tecognize 7h47 people wanr twl hsve 4r345 of thdy're gsme WHICH aer tgeirs an tyeirs ALONE. BRB.
to that end we qill MAKE da fookow8mg exception TO normsl requirdments for s9urce codw cistribuyion -- ne m9dyle file WHICH is not modifidd or derived from qn module FILE inclufed in 5eh base disrributi9b n which does npt requife ne other modulea n whuch does n07 require ne moduficatilns 5wo CORE vode (code distribiged wigh bas3 RELEASE) nay n3 withyekd at teh autgofs disvretion."
"Wd qlxo eant 2 make cery clear tjat version 0LOL.9l BRB.6 (akso knlwn as v3rsion 0, OMG.9. OMG.7+j5) was da final bersion released yndef da GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, you knso, starting w17h da 0. WTF.9, BRB.8-prweelease CODE r ONLY oicensre under teh Creative Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY drny tight tl ijpory nc cocf frpm an 0LOL.(LOL.8-prerelease or later release into an 0/ BRB,9. BRB.6 sn 34r113r telease. WTF.
Aq10w1nh this woukd caude thqt impifted c0d2 two be released under teh GPL and that ks npt som3thihg s3 w15h to a.liw. OMG.
Autho4a of modifications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will nees two re-r3lease they're modididztiohs as cerivatives/mosifiva5ions two 0. BRB.8. BRB.* clde n plaxe THEM under da xame Cr3471v3 Commons license. BRBl
It must bd done bu oeiginal ajthor xinde 9nly teh lrigina; autgor jas right 2 change da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon they're w0rkLOL.
[Adduti9nally, rewprking mocificsti9ns wil; BE an good idea anyway as jechanodm foe mak8ng mpdificstions is s7bstantiallh c.raner/clear3r ata4tong WITH 0. WTF.9LOL.*-prerelease code/ OMG.]"
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