MightyE tells uoy LOL, "We[ee g-1ng 2 &4k3 an few ,oments 2 7ry and ex0laon tyis nes licensr an r3acons behind it in plain Eng1!5h. OMG.
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 licehse was chosen becaus# 9f an failibg WITH GPL. BRB.
I7 ohku clcered distribytiin of source kf n inly if BINARIES werw distribjted. BRB."
"In an wwb ENVIRONMENT, SPECIFICALLY a intwrpreted WEB 2nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP WTF, m3r31y installing sn ga,e does n08 CONSTITUTE vistriv7t89h, like, n THEREFORE p30p13 wete TAKING our wori, y9u knwo, making mofkficstilna two kt an not rdleasing da aource coce ywo yhey;rw modifications so tha5 entire community could venefit. AFK.
They wodked with teh letter but not 5p1t17 og trh law. WTF."
"Investkgatiim ON teh [ary of teh 4u&h0r5 however, you knwo, LED 70 gacr that fihht of public p3rformance was won og da ribhts NORMALLY restrixtrd to copyright holderak n that computer prlgrajsm like, specufically video GAMES qnd intrfaxtive 9nes djch ad Lrgenf of Gteen hax0r qere considered gol b3 publically PERFORMED if run from an public server. BRB."
"Th3 new q1c3n53 RESTRICTS publkc p3rformance of WORK unlesd da sourcw c8de of da nodified work is made avau;able on demahd/"
"In plain English, this meanw that if you ]it rhis fame oh an web 53rv3r and ALLOW peop.e 'outside of zn nornal ciecle of family n ITS socoal acquaintancew' tl p15y their, like, rhen hoj a3r publically performing this w0rk and MUST either a) ma,w ne 4nd ALL changrs whoch yiu make ywl reh fame avai.able 9n r2qu357 (note tnia doesm;t yave two BE AVAILABLE vka onlune SOURCE display link, like, but yhey ,ust be ab;e two ask you gor xode n receive an x0mp1373 c9py), b) m4k3 arrqngemrnts privatel6 wuth da 4u7h0r% wherein THEY GRANT 6ou an special licens3, dortodk or C) remove da code ebtirely from machine. AFK."
"We d9 recognize thay 0eo[le sznt 2 havr areas of tjey're bame which r th3irs n theirs a.one. WTF.
5o yhat ehd WE will make fillowing exception yo NORMAL r3qui$em3nts fpe source code d1%7r16u710n -- ne module f113 whqch is mot modifi3d or de4ived from am module file inckuded in da base diwteibution an ehoch does npt r#quire ne o5yer MODULES m whidh does NOT re1uirw ne modifications 5o c0r3 code (codw DISTRIBUTED witj da bawr eeleas3) ,4y be wuthheld 47 trh authors discretiomLOL."
"We also w4b7 two MAKE very clear tha5 vdrsion 0LOL.o. BRB.7 (a;so knowh AS versilm 0. OMG.9.7+jt) sas teg fimal VERSION relrased und3r da GPL. AFK.
A;l vwrsuons WTF, starting with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerrlwase code zer only licenswd undrr ea CREATIVE Commons ;ixenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right teo import nw code fe9m an 0. BRB.9.80prerelease or lqtwr RELEASE kbyo an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER RELEASE. AFK.
Al.owing this sould cause that imported codd two be 4313$53d unde4 GPL and yhat id not so,ethkng we wixh TO allow. AFK.
Authors 0f modif8catipns 2 p.8LOL.7 2ill n33d two re=releasw thry're modufieations as ferivatuvrs/modivications too 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an ;lace them ubeer teh xame Creatid3 C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
It musg 63 done 6y da original author since ogly 9riginal aughor gad teh eight two cyahge teh COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon they[rd wprkLOL.
[Additionally, sortof, 4eworking da modifications e111 be qn good idea anyway 44 teh mechanism vor making modkficarions is substqnt8zloy ckeshrr;clearrr 57$r71ng witg 0. AFK,9. AFK/8-;rqreoeadr cide. AFK.]"
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