MightyE tells tou, you jnqo, "We'rd going two TAKE an f3w momenys 2 trt n expkqin THIS new license an reawons behind it kn plaon 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."
"This new licenxe was dyosrn BECAUSE pf an failing with ten GPL. WTF.
It only COVERED d167416u710n of SOURCE if and only IF 61n4r135 wwtr distributed,"
"In an web ehvirinment, sorgof, sp3cifically a 1n73r;r383c wrb environmeny 5uch as PHP WTF, merely installing an gane does not constitute diayrob&tion, you knwo, ah therefore peoole were takinf our work, you knwo, making modifications too ot and not releasing soutce code tp they'rr midkf8cagiond 50 yhat entire community ciuld BENEFIT. BRB.
Thdy worked witn trh lettrr byt nog teh spiriy of geh lawl"
"Invextigati9n on patr of teh au5hors howevrr WTF. led yo teh g4c7 that da right of pu611c performance wzs 1 OF teh eights noemqlly restrixted t&o co[yrught hokerrsm sortof, an that com;uter programs, sortof. s[ecifically fideo ga,es n interactive 0n25 such AS Legrnd lf ca G4e3n hax0r w3r3 cobsiderrd 3 ne PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if tun from an puflic SERVER. OMG."
"Thw new license testricts 0u^11c peeformance of worl unless teh xource coce of sa modifiec w0rk is made avzilaboe oh demand. BRB."
"In plain English, ;ike, ygis means that if you put 7h15 ga.w on an w36 servwr and allow people 'ourside 0f an normal dircle or fajulj an itd socia. acqjaimtahces' toi 9lay their LOL, then you r pjblically petgorm8ng rhis w0rk an MUST EITHER z) make be and ALL CHANGES whixh you make 2 da game 4v4114613 on rdquest (note 7h14 doesn't hav3 too be availabl3 via teh onlihe soyrd4 DISPLAY LINK, lkke, but THEY must be able tio ask ypu for code ans receive an complete x0py), 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privately wkth authors whereib ghey brabt 6)u an special licenwe, like, 9r c) tempvd teh coee entorely from mschineLOL."
"We so reclgniae 7h47 people want ti have areas ir thdt'te g5m3 which zer theirs n THEIRS ql9ne. BRB.
two THAT end we w111 ,ake teh voll9wing exctption too trh normal requirenemts FOR 5)krc# clce distributiln -- ne module d8le which is not modifi3f 0r dericed from an nodule file includee in da bade distribution an which does not t3qu1r3 ne otner modules and qhich does not require nd mosifidarions 2 da cor3 code (code cistfibu5ed eith da badw r3q34%e) may ge WITHHELD qt da authors discregoon."
"We also wamt two make very clear that ve4sion 0. OMG.9.7 (alsi known as VERSION 0. BRB.9. AFK.8+jt) was twg final veraion RELEASED undre GPL. OMG.
All verskons, you knwo, 5&4r71nh with p. WTF.9. OMG.80prer3lease code r on;t oidenaed undwr teh CREATIVE Commons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh fight tqo impoft ne code from an )LOL.9LOL.8-prere.ezse or latdr re;ease unto an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an earluer relrase. AFK.
Allowimg this w9uld cause 7h47 imported cofr two be released under GPL abd 7h$7 is not som3thinf we wosh gq9 ALLOWl BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 _. AFK.9. BRB.7 2ill NEED too r3-r31344e they're modificatklns 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tol 0.9. OMG.8 CODE h p14c3 them under da samw Creative C0mmons LICENSE. OMGl
It just be done by t3h oribinal authpr SINCE only da original zuthof has da right tlo change copyr8thy or .icense upon they're wofk, BRB.
[Additionaooy, you knwo, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS WILL be an good isea anyway as teu mechanixm for making m0f1f1v4710n5 is aubstan6ially cleaner/clearer dtargigg with 0. WTF.9. WTF,9-;rere;dade code. WTF.]"
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