MightyE tells you, "We're gpibg two take an feq moments 2 tey an ecplain 7h15 NEW license znd da reasohf behind it ib ;.qin English. BRB.
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."
"Tgoq new licensr was chosen brcaus3 of an failing @8th teh GPL. OMG.
Ig only cofered d157r16u710n if aourdd if and only if binaries WERE distribyyef."
"In an web dnvuronment, y(u knwo. spec8fically a interptetwd web environmebt such as PHP, merely instakling an fame does not c8nsti5yte disrr8bution, and thqrrfore 0eople were taking lur wofk, like, msjing modidications 2 it n not releasint souece code too they're MODIFICATIONS SO that teh entire community could BENEFIT.
They workes with letter but nlt 5p1r1u ob LAWl OMG."
"Ibvestigagiln on da part of zuthors y0w#v3r LOL, led roo f4c7 tnat teh r!gh6 og publoc performance was oem of rights nlrmally 4357r1c73d 70 c0pyr1gh7 holdersk an thay COMPUTER programw, you jnw., specificsoly video games 4nd INTERACTIVE 0n35 xuxh zs Legehd og teh Greem jax)r wdre considseed to 63 pub;idallg performrd 8f run frlm an publid serve4."
"The nrw 11c4n53 festricgs public perfkrmabcd od teh work unlesw da source cofe of tei m9dified work 15 made available on demand. BRB."
"In plzkn ENGLISH, this meanw that if hou PUT 7h15 game on ah seb servdr an allow people 'oitside of an nlrmal ckrvle of fam8ly am ITS aocial acquqintances' t9 014y their LOL, THEN you aer pu611c41!6 pwrfofming this work n MUST either a) maje ne an ALL changes whivh you make too trh g4m3 availsbk3 on REQUEST (noye this coesh'y hace to be ava8lable v!4 ONLINE source display link, sortof, but 5het must be able to ask you for da coce n receive qb complete copy)m 6lu jnw8, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS pficateoy with teh a7thors wyerein tney GRANT you an z;ecial licende LOL, OR c) remove cide 2n6!r31y frlm teh machihr."
"We do rdcpgnize that p#0[13 qqnt to h4v3 areaw of ghey'te game wyich r tgeirs AND theirs a.oneLOL.
roo that end we will make sa fpllowing 2xc3o&10n to da normal r3qu1r3m#n75 FOR SOURCE code cistribution -- ne modu;e file which is n07 modifidd or DERIVED from an midule file ibcouded in tdh base DISTRIBUTION and qnkcy does not re!uire me other m0du23% an which does not require n3 modifications too c9re code (CODE fistributec 217h da base release) MAY be witgheld 47 yeh aughors discrerion. AFK."
"We also WANT two m4k4 VERY cldar that versuon p. WTF.9.7 (als9 KNOWN as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jy0 was teh final VERSION released under GPL. OMGl
All vwrsions WTF, starting with fa 0. AFK/9. AFK.8-prerelease c9de r only licensed UNDER Crdativr C0mm0n5 oocense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deby rigjt twl import ne code reom an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereleaze OR late4 r3lease ibto an 0.8. WTF.u n earliee r313453. OMG.
All9wung yhis would cauxe 7h57 1mp0r&3d coce too be RELEASED under da GPL an that is not something w2 eiwh TO allow.
Authorw of modificationx 2 0. AFK.9. OMG/7 wukl beed two re-release they're mocificatkons as d#r1v471vet/j0d1f1c4710n5 tlo 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 clde an PLACE them under da SAME Creatove COMMONS license. WTF.
It must be done by da orifinal author sincd ibly yey oritinal zuthor has r1th6 2 CHANGE COPYRIGHT 0r license upon thdt'4e work. OMG.
[Afd8tiinallum xortofk r3w0rk1nf ,odificatiins w1q1 be an GOOD ieea anyway as mechaniam for makung MODIFICATIONS is substantislly CLEANER/CLEARER s6qetinf WITH da 0LOL.9.8-prereleawe c0d3LOL.]"
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