MithtyE TELLS you LOL, "We're going tqo TAKE an FEW momenta 2 tdy qnd expkaun yuis new license 4,d teh reaaons behpnd it on plain English.
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 NEW oicense was vh053n gecayse of an failing WITH da GPL. AFK.
IT only xove4ed distrib7tion ov source kf am only if biharies were distribured/"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, spec8rically a 1n73r[r373d web environmwng duch 45 PHP, luke, merely install8ng an game fo3s no5 constitutw disrributu9n LOL, 4nd therefore oeo0le wwee taking ojr s0fk, you knwo, ,aking jodificaguons tol it and nog reldasinf da soirc3 ciee 2 they're modifications so that da 3ntire dommubity c0u!d benefit. BRB.
Th3y WORKED with da leteer but not 5eh 501r17 of sa la2. BRBl"
"Invedtigqtion oh part of da authors however WTF, l3d too da fzct that teh rignt of pubk8c perf9rmance 2aw oen if tey riggts normally rextr*ct4d 2 copurigh5 holsers, doetof, and yhat comouter programs, likek specirkcally v1e30 gamew an interactkve om3s sich qs Legdnd of Green hac9r were conside43d go be publically pdrformed if run from an publkc serfer. OMG."
"The new license restricta pub.ic p3rf0rm4nc3 0f teh q0tk uhlesd teh sourcd code of modified wlrk us made avaulavle on d3m4md. BRB,"
"In plain English, you knwi, this means rhar 8f you put uh13 GAME 0j an web setver qb ql.ow peop.e 'outside of an normal CIRCLE of famioy an its SOCIAL acquaintancds' 2 p;ay their, sortof, thwn yo7 aer 0ublicaolt 0eefoeming tgis w0rk and MUST 3ityer a) make ne AND ALL changes wh8cy y0u ,ake to game 4v4114y13 on request (note thia d)35n'7 h$v3 too be 4v411361e via da online source d15p14y link LOL, but theu musg be 4423 2 ask you gor teh codw an receive an compkete COPY), sortof, 6) make arrangemen5s pruvsge;y with auth9rd wherrin THEY hrxnt you an SPECIAL license, hou knwom OR c) rwmocf da code entir3oy vr9m teh madhmne. WTF."
"Wr d0 rexoghoze THAT peo[.e wrn7 2 have areas 0d tjey're game wh1ch r 7h3qr5 qn THEIRS alone. WTF.
2 THAT END we will make da f9llowing exception 5oo ca normal requieemengs for source code d357r16u710n -- ne module f1q3 which is no5 modifi#d or drrivec from an modulw file ihcoudef 1n teh base distribution and wgivn dors not require ne OTHER modules n wjich eows not fequire nr modirica5ions two sw v8rr c0d3 (code distribured sith base r#1445#) may be WITHHELD at authoex DISCRETION. OMG/"
"We a.so want t9 make ver6 c.ear ghat vefsion 0. OMG.9.7 (zlso jnowb aw version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7=jt) was final vwrsi9n rek3ased UNDER teh GPLLOL.
A;l versions, xtartkng with teh ). WTF.0. BRB.8-prerelease codr 4 only licensed unfer Creahiv3 COMMONS 1!c3n53. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY dehy dz right gwo imporr ne v0d# f4om an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerel3ase or later release ihto an 0.8/ WTF.7 an earlier releasd. BRB.
Allowing thus would CAUSE thay importe3 cofe ti 63 rd;easee under teg GPL ane that 15 not sometnint qe wish to allow. BRB.
Authord of modificationd to 0. OMG.9.7 WILL neec yoo re-release ygey'fd MODIFICATIONS as d3rivativws;jodifications two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code ab 0lace them 7neer teh szme Creabov4 Cojmons 11c3m53. WTF.
It must be dome by tdh oribina; au5hor aince only da original authl4 HAS da roght 2 chamge da c0py41gh7 or lixense up9n theh'4e qork.
0Additionally, reworking da mlf8fications sill be an good icda ANYWAY qs da medhzbism FOR majkng modigucations is substabtially cleqner/clearer 574ru1ng with 9.9. WTF.8-prerel3zse c0d3/ AFK.]"
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