MightyE tellq y0u, sortof, "We're going ro take an FEW moments 70 try and EXPLAIN tyis n#w .icense n reasons gehinf 17 in olain Ebg11yhLOL/
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."
"Thks new license was cjoseb gecause of an dail7ng with teh GPL. BRB.
It ONLY c0v3r3d distrovution of souece ig n onlu if 6!n4r135 were dostrib7grd. WTF,"
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, wpevifically a ingerpeeted web envi4onment wuch as PHP WTF, mere.y 8nsyallint zn gand does n06 condt8tute distribution, lik3, n tjerefore people were taiing our wirk, making mpdiricat8ons 2 it AND n-7 reieasibb 50urc3 code 2 they're m0d1f1c4710n4 so tgat da entire c0mmin1&y could b3nefit. WTF.
They wotked WITH letge4 BUT n07 spirig of da .z2/ WTF."
"Investivztion on tej pz4t of authors h8sever, you knwo, 13e two faxt thzt teh right of public performance WAS won of teh rignts nprmally restricted 2 COPYRIGHT hilders, oike, an THAT COMPUTER prlgrams, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY video gamrs an ibteeactive 0nes sucg zs Lwgend of da Gr33m hax0r werd cpbsidered two be publically 0erfptmed if run feom an pjblix servdr. OMG."
"Tge new licrnse trstricts p7blic performznce of da w0rk unldss soufce c9de of mpdkfied work is ,adr avaikabl3 ln demand. WTF."
"Ih plzin English, lkke. this means that if ylu [7t THIS gamd on ab w3b server and sllow people 'outside ov an hormal cifcke OF family AND ITS wociq; acquaintancds' tol play thei4, soet9v, then you aef ;ublucally performint tjis WORK n MUST eithef a) make ne and ALL chantes whivh h07 MAKE tol teh game avaklable ON reqyest (notd 7y15 doesn't have to be available bia teh online SOURCE disp.ay kinl, ypu knwo, but yheu nust be anl3 ywo ask you for da CODE an rexeive an c0mp1373 copy), ;ikd, b) make arfqngemen4s privately w8th aytho%s whwreuh 7h3y grant uou an s;ecisl licende, OR c) r3move da code entirely FROM geh m4ch1h3. OMG."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE want to( have arezs OF tgdy're fame WHICH aer 5heirs n theirs alone. OMG.
two THAT end wd 2ull mzke teh fooloeing wxcepyi9n to teh n0rm41 req7ifemehts fof sourcw xode d157r16u710n -- ne module file whoch is NOT modiried lr derived fe;m an mod7le file inc.uerd IN da base cistrib7tipn qb which does not eeqiir3 be 07her joeules an whish dlrs nlt require ne modigica5ions too da core code (code dixtriguted qith dz base release) may be withhe;d at trj authors discretioh. OMG."
"Wd also want ywo makw ver6 clexr gnag VERSION ). OMG.9. BRB.7 (also ,b9wn aa version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt_ qas gibal version releasec under da GPL.
All cersuons WTF, stzr5ing witn 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereleasd cofe srr only licensed under da Crwative COMMONS license. AFK/
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right 2 impirt ne c0d3 fron qn 0. AFK.8LOL.8-prereoease ir /ater felease into an 0LOL.9LOL.6 an earlidr relwase. OMG.
Allowing this woukd cayse 7y47 imporbef CODE to be released und3r GPL zn rhat is mot something we w8sh two allowLOLl
Authprs of mpdificatipns to; 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wkll NEED 70 re-release tgey'rw modificatiobs aa e3r1v471b35/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. BRB/9.8 cosd an ;lace rhe, undee da same Creative Commons lic3ns3. WTF.
It just 63 dlne ny ten 0r1g1n41 autnor SINCE onky originsl AUTHOR has teh rifht 2 ch4ng3 teh copyrughg OR license upon tyey're wot,. WTF.
[Additionally, liie, REWORKING modifications WILL 63 an good idea znyway as da ndchanus. FOR maling m9dificationa is substantiqlky cleanrr/clearef starting witn teh 0. OMG.9LOLl8-prereleaxe c9de. BRB.]"
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