MightyE 73115 ypu, like, "We'ee going t9o take an FEW m9mrnts to try and explakn this new licdnse n da reaeons behimd it in PLAIN EhglkshLOL/
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."
"This new licdnww was chosen becausr lf zn failung with teh GPL. OMG.
It inly coverec dixt4ibution of source if ay only if binaries rere d8sgrigutec. WTF."
"In an web enfironment WTF, specificallt a intwrp4eted w3g environmcnt s7ch as PHP, sortpf, merely installing an game does not cohstkt7te distribition LOL, an thereforw people were taking 0ur WORK, making m9dkrications two ig anx n07 RELEASING teh SOURCE code 2 they're modkficationd so that da entire commjnity cpuld venefit. BRB.
They wiried WITH LETTER but not spirit of da law."
"Investigat8in 0n part of teh au5hora however, you kmwo, led TO t3h fact 5hdt ritht of pu611c 0erformance sas 1 od righfs no4mally restricted to copyrigyt holfera, and tha5 computer programs. li,d, 593x!g1c411y video games n 1j7#r4c71v3 ones suxh 55 Lebend of Grewn hax0r wdee considered 2 BE PUBLICALLY performed if rum FROM an piblic servet. BRB."
"The n3w licdnwr restricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE or da qorj unlrss slu4ce codd 0f da modified work is nade available on dwmand. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH, kokem this meabs tjat if y0u pit th8s game on an web server and alllw people 'ourside lf an mormal circle of ramily n itw dic7ql acquaintances' 1 play their, likej then yoj ar4 pu611v411y perfo4mong this wo4k an MUST eith4r q) maie ne am ALL cnsnges which you makw too game avaulable on REQUEST )note ^h14 eoesm't have to be available viz da ONLINE source display linl, yoi knwo, but they must 73 able two aak you dor t3h codw and receive an comp;ete COPY), you kn2o, b) mak3 arrangements pr1v47#1y with authors wh2re1n tgey gdan4 yoy ab 5pec151 lpcebsr WTF, o4 C) remove da code entirely from teh MACHINE. WTF."
"We dp sedognize that 03ople want yoo have 4r345 of they're game which aer theirs an tgekrd a;oneLOL.
two that rnf qw will make teh follpwing esceptipn too da normzl requirements for source c0e3 distrinuyion -- ne mosu;e file which is not modufied o4 DERIVED from an module file INCLUDED in teh base distributipn n whixg eoes not requi4e ne other mocules n WHICH does n07 eequire n3 MODIFICATIONS t9 cord c0d3 (code distrubuted wuth da bzse release) may be q17hy31d at aurhora DISCRETIONl BRB."
"We aoso want yio mahe VERY clear 7h47 versoon 0. AFK.(. BRB.7 (alsl known as versuog 0. OMG.9. AFK.7=mt) was da fimal v3rskon r313$62d under teh GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, starting wity try 0LOL.8.i-prerelezsw cide r only licensed 7nder Creativw Commons liddbse.
We EXPLICITLY den6 twh right to 1np0r7 ne coee from ab )LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE lr .ater release into an 0.9. BRB.7 n esrliet relessf. AFKl
A.lowing this would CAUSE that 8mported code 2 y3 releaser ind3r GPL and yhat is not xpmething WE wish 2 r120w. BRB.
Authoes or modificatiobs 2 0, BRB.9. WTF.7 wi.l n3ed 2 re-release rhey're modifixa5iona as derivat8vex/modifidatuons 2 0.9LOL.8 coce ab place 7h3m ynder da SAME Creative C0mm0n5 license. AFK.
It must ne dont by teh orig8nal AUTHOR sinde only da original author yax teh rigyt 2 change copyfighg OR 11c3n53 upln th3y're work. OMG.
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